1986 NCAA Division II football season

1986 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season	August – November 1986
Playoffs	November 29 – December 13, 1986
National Championship	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL
Champion	North Dakota State (3)
Harlon Hill Trophy	Jeff Bentrim, North Dakota State
← 1985 Division II football season 1987 →

1986 Lone Star Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Texas State $	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Texas A&I	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Abilene Christian	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Eastern New Mexico	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Angelo State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
East Texas State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Howard Payne	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1986 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Central Missouri State $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
SE Missouri State	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
NE Missouri State	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Missouri-Rolla	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
NW Missouri State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Lincoln (MO)	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1986 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UC Davis $^	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Chico State	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Cal State Hayward	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Sonoma State	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
San Francisco State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Humboldt State	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1986 Western Football Conference standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Sacramento State $	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Cal State Northridge	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Portland State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Southern Utah State	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Cal Poly	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Santa Clara	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Cal Lutheran	0	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

1986 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams	8
Finals Site	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL
Champions	North Dakota State 3rd title 5th championship game 8 tournaments
Runner-Up	South Dakota 1st championship game 3 tournaments
Semifinalists	Central State (OH) 4 tournaments Troy State 2 tournaments
Winning Coach	Earle Solomonson 2nd championship

The 1986 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 1986, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 13, 1986, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The championship would remain hosted in Florence for the next twenty-eight seasons through 2013 before moving to Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The North Dakota State Bison defeated the South Dakota Coyotes, 27–7, to win their third Division II national title.

The first ever Harlon Hill Trophy, given to the best player in Division II, was awarded to Jeff Bentrim, quarterback for North Dakota State.

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Virginia Union
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Hillsdale
Gulf South Conference – Troy State
Lone Star Conference – West Texas State
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Central Missouri State
North Central Conference – North Dakota State
Northern California Athletic Conference – UC Davis
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Morris
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Indiana (PA)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado Mesa
South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State

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