List of NCAA Division II institutions
There are 299 American, Canadian, and Puerto Rican colleges and universities classified as Division II for NCAA competition during the 2025–26 academic year, including nine schools that are in the process of reclassifying to Division II. Forty-four of the 50 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Canadian province of British Columbia are represented. Arizona, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming do not currently have D-II institutions.
NCAA Division II is the smallest division in the NCAA by school count.
Division II institutions
Full members
;NotesReclassifying to Division II
The reclassification process from one NCAA division to another requires three to five years, except for moves to Division II. Moves from Division III or another national governing body to Division II typically requires three years, but as of 2024 can be expedited to only need two. Moves from Division I to II require two years.| School | Nickname | City | State/ province | Enrollment | Conference | Reclassifying from | Full membership |
| Ferrum College | Panthers | Ferrum | VA | 780 | Conference Carolinas | NCAA D-III | 2027 |
| University of Jamestown | Jimmies | Jamestown | ND | 1,372 | Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | NAIA | 2026 |
| Menlo College | Oaks | Atherton | CA | 810 | Pacific West Conference | NAIA | 2027 |
| Middle Georgia State University | Knights | Macon and Cochran | GA | 8,409 | Peach Belt Conference | NAIA | 2028 |
| Point Park University | Pioneers | Pittsburgh | PA | 3,448 | Mountain East Conference | NAIA | 2027 |
| Roosevelt University | Lakers | Chicago | IL | 4,281 | Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | NAIA | 2026 |
| Sul Ross State University | Lobos | Alpine | TX | 2,576 | Lone Star Conference | NCAA D-III | 2026 |
| Comets | Richardson | TX | 29,886 | Lone Star Conference | NCAA D-III | 2026 | |
| University of California, Merced | [UC Merced, California|Merced Golden Bobcats|Golden Bobcats] | Merced | CA | 9,110 | California Collegiate Athletic Association | NAIA | 2026 |
Reclassifying from Division II
The following programs are reclassifying away from NCAA Division II, or have announced definitive plans to do so. Under current NCAA rules, they must have an invitation from a conference to begin the transition to Division I. During the normally four-year transition period, they are ineligible for the Division I playoffs. Since January 2025, there is an option to shorten this transition to three years.| School name | Common name | Teams | Location | State | Type | Subdivision | Conference | Reclassified | Full DI member |
| Le Moyne College | Le Moyne | Dolphins | Syracuse | NY | Private AJCU | Non-football | Northeast Conference | 2023 | 2026 |
| Mercyhurst University | Mercyhurst | Lakers | Erie | PA | Private | FCS | Northeast Conference | 2024 | 2027 |
| University of New Haven | New Haven | Chargers | New Haven | CT | Private | FCS | Northeast Conference | 2025 | 2028 |
| University of West Georgia | West Georgia | Wolves | Carrollton | GA | Public | FCS | Atlantic Sun Conference | 2024 | 2027 |
Pending
These schools are actively pursuing Division II membership, but have not yet been approved by the NCAA to transition to Division II. Schools wishing to move within the NCAA to Division II must apply no later than February 1 of a given year, with the NCAA making its decision that July.| School | Nickname | City | State/ province | Enrollment | Conference | Current affiliation | Applying |
| Monroe University | Mustangs | New Rochelle | NY | 7,924 | Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference | Independent | 2026 |
| Shawnee State University | Bears | Portsmouth | OH | 3,641 | Mountain East Conference | RSC | 2026 |
| Lackawanna College | Falcons | Scranton | PA | 1,939 | Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | EPAC | TBA |
| Eagles | Texarkana | TX | 2,109 | Lone Star Conference | RRAC | TBA |
Sports not in D-II
The NCAA does not conduct separate Division II championships in the following sports:- Men: Gymnastics, ice hockey, volleyball, water polo
- Women: Bowling, gymnastics, ice hockey, water polo, wrestling. The first official championships in acrobatics & tumbling and stunt will be held in 2026–27, and a separate Division II bowling championship will be established in 2027–28.
- Coeducational: Fencing, rifle, skiing
In some sports, the NCAA only sponsors championships open to all member schools regardless of division, with examples including beach volleyball, fencing, rifle, and water polo. In men's and women's ice hockey and men's volleyball, the NCAA holds Division III championships, but does not hold a separate D-II championship. The NCAA officially classifies all championship events that are open to schools from more than one division as "National Collegiate", except in men's ice hockey, in which the top-level championship is styled as a Division I championship. Division II members are allowed to compete for National Collegiate championships as well as the Division I men's ice hockey championship; in all such sports, they are allowed to operate under the same rules and scholarship restrictions that apply to full Division I members in that sport.
The Northeast-10 Conference sponsors men's ice hockey for its members who choose to remain in D-II, including a postseason tournament.
Several NE-10 members that sponsored women’s ice hockey also competed in the ECAC Women’s East and pursued the ECAC Open title, a women's ice hockey postseason tournament for those teams remaining in D-II but competing as independents during the regular season, but that tournament has been superseded by the New England Women's Hockey Alliance, which began play in 2017 as a scheduling agreement between all of the existing women's National Collegiate independents, organized as a full conference in 2018, and received official NCAA recognition in 2019.
Because the NE-10 is the sole Division II hockey league, its postseason champion cannot compete for the NCAA national hockey championship. The Post University men's team competes as D-II as a single-sport NE-10 member, while its women's team is a member of the NEWHA.
- Future conference affiliations indicated in this list will take effect on July 1 of the stated year. In the case of spring sports, the first year of competition will take place in the calendar year after the conference move becomes official.
Probation
The following is a list of Division II institutions currently on probation by the NCAA in one or more sports. Probation decisions are made by the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Committee on Infractions.| Institution | Sport | Expiration date |
| Shaw University | Men's basketball | July 12, 2026 |
| Drury University | 16 of 21 sports | August 9, 2026 |
| University of Findlay | Eleven sports | September 12, 2026 |
| King University | Men's and women's volleyball | October 10, 2027 |