Among the 25 teams highlighted in FloCollege's Way Too Early D2 Football Rankings, five will start the 2026 season under new head coaches.

The winds of change are blowing through Division 2 football. Earlier this year, West Florida announced it would reclassify to Division I, transitioning immediately to the FCS and joining the United Athletic Conference. The Argonauts leave massive changes in their wake.

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has been around for more than 100 years and helped set the standard for historically Black colleges and universities everywhere.

When you think of FCS football, chances are that North Dakota State is the first team that comes to mind.

The 2025 D2 football playoff bracket wasn't just one story, it was four different ones happening simultaneously. Last year, one ended in chaos, one in a gauntlet, one in order, and one in inevitability. The only thing they had in common was where they finished.

The D2 football season is slowly creeping up as we enter the dog days of summer. No doubt most players are working on their strength and conditioning ahead of camp in early August.

The Harlon Hill trophy is the most prestigious trophy in Division 2 football. Every season, the top three finalists are invited to the North Alabama campus for a ceremony, where one player is crowned the “Division 2 Heisman.”

By the time Ferris State wrapped up the 2025 D2 National Championship title, having gone an undefeated 16-0, only three teams had really pushed them in a respective game, and the top two were divisional opponents.

One of Division II football’s most prolific quarterbacks is getting his shot at the next level.

The sun is shining, the weather is warmer and as the calendar moves closer to the summer months, that can only mean one thing. The college football season are right around the corner.

Most college football stadiums don’t seat 100,000 people. Most college football programs don’t receive tens of millions of dollars from TV contracts. Most college football players don’t get to play in millions of living rooms every Saturday.

The University of West Florida is making a historic leap.

Trinidad Chambliss’ success in making the jump from Division 2 football to the FBS level has coaches continuing to sift through the deep well of talent in the lower divisions of college football.

Each year, the majority of the players selected in the NFL Draft are from NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision programs, and rightfully so. Those are the best of the best, and they’ve already reached that level because they are among the most talented athletes in the world.

The college football landscape has changed quite a bit in recent years with the expansion of the College Football Playoff, the availability of NIL money and the fluidity of the transfer portal.