Independent DII
Two current members, 66 former. Our membership records under this name start in 1956.
2026 records
| Team | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | Next | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern State | 4–3–1 | 1241 | LLLTW | at Langston Oct 31 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, week 7. Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Members
- Air Force
- Arkansas State
- Buffalo
- Delaware
- Hawai’i
- Temple
- Akron
- Eastern Michigan
- Northern Illinois
- App State
- San Diego State
- UNLV
- Nevada
- Central Michigan
- James Madison
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff
- Bucknell
- Chattanooga
- Eastern Illinois
- Illinois State
- Indiana State
- Lafayette
- Lehigh
- Portland State
- Tennessee State
- Western Carolina
- Western Illinois
- Youngstown State
- Central Connecticut
- Northwestern State
- Alabama State
- Northern Colorado
- Long Island University
- Eastern Washington
- Nicholls
- SE Louisiana
- Towson
- Morgan State
- New Haven
- UCF
- Liberty
- Wofford
- UT Martin
- Troy
- Jacksonville State
- Mercyhurst
- Sacred Heart
- Tarleton State
- UC Davis
- UAlbany
- Stony Brook
- Elon
- Utah Tech
- Incarnate Word
- Lindenwood
- Alderson-Broaddus
- Barton
- Bluefield State
- Erskine
- Kentucky Wesleyan
- Limestone
- North Greenville
- Oklahoma Panhandle
- UNC Pembroke
- Post
- Lincoln (MO)
- Lincoln (CA)
- Northeastern State
Every school and its years (68)
Members now
- Lincoln (CA) 2024 on
- Northeastern State 2024 on
Former members
- Bluefield State 2014–2023
- Lincoln (MO) 2023
- Post 2022–2023
- Barton 2014–2021
- Erskine 2014–2021
- UNC Pembroke 2014–2019
- North Greenville 2014–2017
- Limestone 2014–2016
- Oklahoma Panhandle 2014–2016
- Alderson-Broaddus 2014–2015
- Kentucky Wesleyan 2014–2015
- Lindenwood 2011
- Incarnate Word 2009
- Utah Tech 2006–2007
- New Haven 1982–2003
- UC Davis 1994–2002
- Elon 1997–1998
- Mercyhurst 1993–1997
- Long Island University 1977–1984, 1993–1996
- Stony Brook 1996
- UAlbany 1995–1996
- Jacksonville State 1993–1995
- Portland State 1973–1977, 1981, 1993–1995
- Sacred Heart 1993–1994
- Tarleton State 1994
- Wofford 1988–1994
- Central Connecticut 1975–1992
- Troy 1991–1992
- UT Martin 1990–1991
- Buffalo 1956, 1977–1990
- UCF 1982–1989
- Liberty 1984–1987
- Towson 1979–1986
- Eastern Washington 1979–1983
- Morgan State 1980–1983
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff 1973–1982
- Alabama State 1976–1981
- Delaware 1956–1957, 1970–1979
- James Madison 1972–1973, 1976, 1979
- Nicholls 1979
- Northern Colorado 1976–1979
- SE Louisiana 1979
- Akron 1966–1977
- Bucknell 1973–1977
- Eastern Illinois 1973–1977
- Lafayette 1973–1977
- Lehigh 1973–1977
- Nevada 1969–1977
- Northwestern State 1975–1977
- UNLV 1968–1977
- Western Illinois 1973–1977
- Youngstown State 1973–1977
- Chattanooga 1973–1976
- Tennessee State 1973–1976
- Western Carolina 1973–1976
- Eastern Michigan 1966–1975
- Illinois State 1973–1975
- Indiana State 1973–1975
- Central Michigan 1970–1974
- Hawai’i 1956–1970, 1972–1973
- App State 1968–1971
- Temple 1956–1957, 1970
- Northern Illinois 1966–1968
- San Diego State 1968
- Arkansas State 1956–1963
- Air Force 1956
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1956; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Portland State | Left for Big Sky | Source | |
| 1990 | UCF | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source | |
| 1963 † | Hardin Simmons | Joined (independent before) | Source |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. † Our membership records (CollegeFootballData.com) date the move to another season, or don’t show it. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 372 team-seasons from 1956. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
NFL first-round picks 3
| Tennessee State | 2 |
| San Diego State | 1 |
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1956); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.