The 2003 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 on September 6, 2003, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 13, 2003 at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Grand Valley State Lakers defeated the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, 10–3, to win their second Division II national title.
The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Will Hall, quarterback from North Alabama.
Conference changes and new programs Conference changes School 2002 Conference 2003 Conference Minnesota Morris Northern Sun UMAC (D-III) Morningside North Central GPAC (NAIA) North Greenville NAIA Independent Independent Northern Colorado North Central Independent Quincy Independent Mid-States (NAIA) Shaw Program Revived CIAA Tiffin Mid-States (NAIA) Independent
Conference standings
Conference summaries
Conference ChampionsCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Fayetteville State Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saginaw Valley State Great Northwest Athletic Conference – Western Washington Gulf South Conference – North Alabama Lone Star Conference – Texas A&M–Kingsville Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Central Missouri State, Emporia State, Missouri Western State, Northwest Missouri State, and Pittsburg State North Central Conference – North Dakota Northeast-10 Conference – Bentley Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Concordia–Saint Paul and Winona State Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg and East Stroudsburg (East), Edinboro and Indiana (PA) (West) Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Mesa State South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman, Catawba, and Tusculum Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – West Virginia Wesleyan
Postseason
The 2003 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 30th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II. This was the final year of the 16-team bracket before the field expanded to 24 teams in 2004.
Playoff bracket
See also 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season 2003 NCAA Division III football season 2003 NAIA football season
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