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The 1981 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 1981 and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 12 1981 at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen Texas During the game s five year stretch in McAllen the City of Palms it was referred to as the Palm Bowl 1981 NCAA Division II football seasonRegular seasonAugust November 1981PlayoffsDecember 1981National ChampionshipPalm BowlVeterans StadiumMcAllen TXChampionSouthwest Texas State 1980 NCAA Division II football seasons 1982 Southwest Texas State defeated North Dakota State in the championship game 42 13 to win their first Division II national title 1 Contents 1 Conference realignment 1 1 Conference changes 1 2 Membership changes 2 Conference standings 3 Conference summaries 4 Postseason 4 1 Playoff bracket 5 See also 6 ReferencesConference realignment editConference changes edit Prior to the 1981 season the Mid Continent Conference was shifted from Division II to Division I AA its four members Eastern Illinois Northern Iowa Western Illinois and Southwest Missouri State now Missouri State all made the transition Northern Michigan and Youngstown State who had been members of the Mid Continent the previous season departed the league before the shift NMU remained in Division II while YSU departed for the Ohio Valley Conference in Division I AA Membership changes edit School 1980 Conference 1981 ConferenceEastern Washington Evergreen NAIA D II IndependentLiberty NAIA Independent D II IndependentMankato State Northern North CentralNorthern Michigan Mid Continent D II IndependentPortland State I AA Independent D II IndependentSouthwest Missouri State MIAA Mid Continent I AA St Cloud State Northern North CentralYoungstown State Mid Continent D II Ohio Valley I AA Conference standings edit1981 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TCalState Northridge 2 0 0 6 4 1Cal Poly Pomona 1 1 0 4 7 0Cal Poly 0 2 0 4 5 0 Conference champion 1981 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNorthernNo 2 Virginia Union xy 7 0 0 11 1 0Elizabeth City State 6 1 0 8 3 0No 10 Hampton 5 2 0 8 2 0Norfolk State 3 4 0 4 5 1Virginia State 3 4 0 4 6 0Saint Paul s VA 0 7 0 0 10 0SouthernNorth Carolina Central xy 6 1 0 7 4 0Winston Salem State 4 3 0 5 5 0Johnson C Smith 3 4 0 4 6 0Fayetteville State 2 5 0 3 5 0Livingstone 1 6 0 3 7 0Bowie State 2 5 0 5 5 0Championship Virginia Union 45 North Carolina Central 7 Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participant NCAA Division II playoff participant ineligible for conference titleRankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll for Virginia Union and NAIA Division I poll for Hampton 1981 Far Western Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TUC Davis 4 1 0 6 4 0Cal State Hayward 4 1 0 6 4 1Humboldt State 3 2 0 6 4 0Chico State 3 2 0 5 5 0Sacramento State 1 4 0 5 6 0San Francisco State 0 5 0 3 7 0 Conference co champions1981 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TGrand Valley State 6 0 0 7 2 0No 3 Hillsdale 5 1 0 10 2 0Ferris State 3 3 0 4 4 0Wayne State MI 3 3 0 4 5 0Northwood 2 4 0 4 6 0Saginaw Valley State 2 4 0 3 7 0Michigan Tech 0 6 0 1 8 0 Conference champion NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll 1981 Gulf South Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 5 Jacksonville State 6 0 0 8 3 0No T 10 North Alabama 4 2 0 8 2 0Livingston 4 2 0 6 3 0Mississippi College 3 3 0 6 4 0Tennessee Martin 3 3 0 4 7 0Troy State 1 5 0 3 7 0Delta State 0 6 0 3 7 0 Conference champion NCAA Division II playoff participantRankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll 1981 Heartland Collegiate Conference standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TFranklin IN 6 1 0 8 2 0Indiana Central 6 1 0 7 4 0Saint Joseph s IN 5 2 0 6 3 0Ashland 5 2 0 6 4 0Butler 2 5 0 3 7 0Evansville 2 5 0 3 8 0Georgetown KY 1 6 0 1 9 0Valparaiso 1 6 0 1 9 0 Conference co champions1981 Lone Star Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 4 Southwest Texas State 6 1 0 13 1 0No 9 Texas A amp I 5 2 0 9 2 0Abilene Christian 5 2 0 8 2 0Angelo State 5 2 0 8 3 0No 17 East Texas State 4 3 0 7 4 0Sam Houston State 2 5 0 3 7 0Howard Payne 1 6 0 3 7 0Stephen F Austin 0 7 0 1 10 0 Conference champion NCAA Division II playoff participantRankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll for Southwest Texas State and Texas A amp I and NAIA Division I poll for East Texas State 1981 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNE Missouri State 4 1 0 6 4 0Missouri Rolla 3 1 1 6 3 1NW Missouri State 3 2 0 6 4 0Central Missouri State 2 2 1 4 4 3SE Missouri State 2 3 0 2 9 0Lincoln MO 0 5 0 0 11 0 Conference champion NCAA Division II playoff participant 1981 North Central Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 6 North Dakota State 7 0 0 10 3 0North Dakota 4 3 0 6 4 0Northern Colorado 4 3 0 5 4 0South Dakota 3 3 1 5 6 0Nebraska Omaha 3 4 0 5 6 0South Dakota State 2 4 1 4 6 0Morningside 2 5 0 5 6 0Augustana SD 2 5 0 3 7 0 Conference co champions NCAA Division II playoff participant South Dakota and South Dakota State split two head to head games which counted as a tie for each team in the conference standings Rankings from AP Poll1981 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 1 Moorhead State 6 0 0 10 1 1Minnesota Duluth 5 1 0 9 1 0Minnesota Morris 4 2 0 7 3 1Southwest State MN 3 3 0 6 4 0Northern State 2 4 0 4 6 0Winona State 1 5 0 1 9 0Bemidji State 0 6 0 0 10 0 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll 1981 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TEast DivisionMillersville xy 5 0 0 8 3 0Kutztown 3 2 0 5 4 0East Stroudsburg 3 2 0 4 6 0Mansfield 3 2 0 4 6 0Cheyney 1 4 0 2 8 0Bloomsburg 0 5 0 0 10 0West DivisionNo 8 Shippensburg xy 6 0 0 12 1 0California PA 4 2 0 5 5 0Clarion 3 3 0 6 4 0Lock Haven 3 3 0 6 4 0Indiana PA 2 4 0 4 6 0Slippery Rock 2 4 0 2 7 0Edinboro 1 5 0 2 6 0Championship Shippensburg 34 Millersville 17 Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participant NCAA Division II playoff participantRankings from AP Poll 1981 NCAA Division II independents football records vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 1 Northern Michigan 11 1 0West Chester 8 3 0Eastern Washington 7 3 0Saint Mary s 7 3 0Southern Connecticut State 6 3 1Arkansas Pine Bluff 5 4 2Central Connecticut 5 5 0Mankato State 5 5 0New Haven 4 4 2Towson State 5 5 0Morgan State 4 5 0St Cloud State 4 6 1Central State OH 4 7 0Sonoma State 3 7 0Santa Clara 2 8 0Portland State 2 9 0American International 1 8 0Liberty 1 9 0 NCAA Division II playoff participantRankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee pollConference summaries editSee also List of NCAA Division II football seasons Conference ChampionsCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association Virginia Union Far Western Football Conference UC Davis and Cal State Hayward Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Grand Valley State Gulf South Conference Jacksonville State Lone Star Conference Southwest Texas State Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Northeast Missouri State North Central Conference North Dakota State Northern Intercollegiate Conference Minnesota State Moorhead Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Shippensburg Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference New Mexico Highlands South Atlantic Conference Elon Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Alabama A amp MPostseason edit1981 NCAA Division II Football ChampionshipTeams8Finals SiteVeterans StadiumMcAllen TXChampionSouthwest Texas State 1st title 1st title game Runner upNorth Dakota State 1st title game SemifinalistsNorthern MichiganShippensburg StateWinning coachJim Wacker1st championshipThe 1981 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the ninth single elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men s NCAA Division II college football The championship game was held at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen Texas for the first time Playoff bracket edit First roundCampus sitesSemifinalsCampus sitesChampionshipMcAllen Veterans Memorial StadiumMcAllen TX Northern Michigan55Elizabeth City State6Northern Michigan0Southwest Texas State62Southwest Texas State38Jacksonville State22Southwest Texas State42North Dakota State13North Dakota State24Puget Sound10North Dakota State18Shippensburg6Shippensburg40Virginia Union27See also edit1981 NCAA Division I A football season 1981 NCAA Division I AA football season 1981 NCAA Division III football season 1981 NAIA Division I football season 1981 NAIA Division II football seasonReferences edit 1981 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket PDF NCAA NCAA org p 13 Retrieved January 4 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1981 NCAA Division II football season amp oldid 1180180544, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,