The 1989 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1989 college football season in the United States and the 34th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 20th season of play of the NAIA Division II for football.

The season was played from August to November 1989 and culminated in the 1989 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at a neutral field in Canton, Ohio.

In rematch of the previous year's final, the Westminster Titans repeated as national champion by defeating the , 51–30, to win their fifth NAIA national title.

Conference changes This is the final season that the NAIA officially recognizes football champions from the Illini–Badger Football Conference and the Wisconsin State University Conference. Both conferences would eventually join NCAA Division III; the IBFC would continue to sponsor football until 2007 while the WSUC, which would evolve into the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1997, continues to sponsor the sport.

Conference standings

Conference champions Conference Champion Record Columbia Mount Rainier League: Central WashingtonMount Hood League: Lewis & Clark 5–0–15–1FrontierCarroll (MT)6–0 Heart of America Missouri Valley 7–0 Illini-Badger Greenville 8–1 Kansas St. Mary of the Plains 9–0 Mid-South Georgetown (KY) 6–0 Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 5–0 North Dakota Dickinson State 5–0 South Dakota Dakota WesleyanSioux Falls 4–1WSUCWisconsin–La Crosse7–1

Rankings Final NAIA Division II poll rankings:

Rank Team (first place votes) Record (thru Nov. 11) Points 1 Westminster (PA) (21) 9–0 525 2 8–0–1 499 3 9–1 470 4 9–1 457 5 10–0 426 6 8–1 402 7 9–1 381 8 8–1 356 9 8–1–1 351 10 8–1 323 11 9–0–1 320 12 8–1 287 13 8–2 274 14 8–1 270 15 9–1 261 16 8–1 217 17 6–2–1 149 18 7–2–1 140 19 7–2 137 20 8–2 116 21 7–2 107 22 7–3 87 23 8–3 66 24 7–3 40 25 6–3 33

Postseason

‡ Game played at Puyallup, Washington

See also 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1989 NCAA Division II football season 1989 NCAA Division III football season

References