The 1988 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1988 college football season in the United States and the 33rd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 19th season of play of the NAIA division II for football.
The season was played from August to November 1988 and culminated in the 1988 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Memorial Stadium on the campus of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
The Westminster Titans defeated the in the championship game, 21–14, to win their fourth NAIA national title.
Conference standings
Conference champions Conference Champion Record Columbia Mount Rainier League: Central WashingtonMount Hood League: Oregon Tech 6–06–0FrontierCarroll (MT)6–0 Heart of America Evangel 7–0 Illini-Badger Concordia–Wisconsin 8–1 Kansas Bethany 9–0 Mid-South Cumberland (KY) 5–0 Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 5–0 North Dakota Valley City State 6–0 South Dakota Sioux Falls 5–0 Tri-State Northwestern (IA) 3–0WSUCWisconsin–Whitewater7–1
Rankings Final NAIA Division II poll rankings:
Rank Team (first place votes) Record (thru Nov. 12) Points 1 Westminster (PA) (16) 10–0 518 2 9–0 486 3 (3) 9–0 474 4 (1) 9–0 466 5 (1) 10–0 452 6 9–0 418 7 10–0 404 8 9–0–1 370 9 9–1 340 10 8–1 332 11 7–2 332 12 7–2 270 13 8–1 254 14 8–2 241 15 7–3 211 16 7–1 200 17 Valley City State 7–2 187 18 8–1 162 19 7–1 130 20 7–2 129 21 7–2 118 22 8–1 117 23 7–2–1 79 24 7–3 77 25 7–4 29
Postseason
See also 1988 NAIA Division I football season 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1988 NCAA Division II football season 1988 NCAA Division III football season
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