The 1990 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1990, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 8, 1990, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The North Dakota State Bison defeated , 51–11, to win their fifth Division II national title.
The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Chris Simdorn, quarterback from North Dakota State.
Conference and program changes One program departed Division II for Division I-AA prior to the season. The Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC) was founded prior to the season by the football-playing members of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (six teams) and the Heartland Collegiate Conference (five teams). The GLIAC abandoned its sponsorship of football and the Heartland disbanded.
School 1989 Conference 1990 Conference Ashland Heartland MIFC Butler Heartland MIFC Cal Lutheran Western D-II Independent Central Florida D-II Independent I-AA Independent Ferris State GLIAC MIFC Grand Valley State GLIAC MIFC Hillsdale GLIAC MIFC Indianapolis Heartland MIFC Kearney State RMAC (NAIA) Independent (D-II) Knoxville SIAC Independent (NAIA) Lincoln (MO) MIAA Dropped Program Northern Michigan GLIAC MIFC Saginaw Valley State GLIAC MIFC Saint Joseph's (IN) Heartland MIFC Valparaiso Heartland MIFC Wayne State (MI) GLIAC MIFC Wayne State (NE) RMAC (NAIA) Independent (D-II)
Conference standings
Conference summaries
Conference ChampionsCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Winston-Salem State Gulf South Conference – Mississippi College Lone Star Conference – East Texas State Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference – Grand Valley State Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Pittsburg State North Central Conference – North Dakota State Northern California Athletic Conference – UC Davis Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth, Northern State, and Southwest Minnesota State Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Millersville (East), Indiana (PA) (West) Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado Mesa South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Alabama A&M Western Football League – Cal Poly–SLO and Cal State Northridge
Postseason
The 1990 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 18th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, for the fifth time.
Playoff bracket
See also 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1990 NCAA Division III football season 1990 NAIA Division I football season 1990 NAIA Division II football season
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