2025 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game
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| Date | December 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | McKinney ISD Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | McKinney, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,521 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN2/ESPN+ | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Canada: TSN+ | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 20, 2025, at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas. The game determined the national champion of NCAA Division II for the 2025 season. The game was scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
The game featured the two finalists of the 32-team playoff bracket, which began on November 22, 2025.[1] The top-seed Ferris State Bulldogs from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) defeated the two-seed Harding Bisons from the Great American Conference (GAC), 42–21. The win gave the Ferris State football program its fourth national championship.[2]
Teams
The participants of the 2025 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2025 Division II Playoffs, which began on November 22 with four 8-team brackets to determine super region champions, who then qualified for the national semifinals.
National semifinals
Super region champions were reseeded 1 to 4 for the national semifinals.
| Semifinals December 13, 2025 Hosted by higher seeded team | Championship December 20, 2025 McKinney, Texas | ||||||||
| 1 | Ferris State | 49 | |||||||
| 4 | Newberry | 17 | |||||||
| 1 | Ferris State | 42 | |||||||
| 3 | Harding | 21 | |||||||
| 2 | Kutztown | 27 | |||||||
| 3 | Harding | 49 | |||||||
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 3 Harding | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| No. 1 Ferris State | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 42 |
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Statistics
| Statistics | HU | FSU |
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| First downs | 18 | 26 |
| Plays–yards | 55–486 | 60–585 |
| Rushes–yards | 51–286 | 41–363 |
| Passing yards | 80 | 224 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 5–3–0 | 12–19–0 |
| Time of possession |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Harding | Passing | Cole Keylon | 3/5, 80 yards, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Andrew Miller | 22 rushes, 70 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Christian Franklin | 2 receptions, 38 yards, 1 TD | |
| Ferris State | Passing | Wyatt Bower | 10/16, 177 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Chase Carter | 7 rushes, 111 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Cam Underwood | 4 receptions, 50 yards, 1 TD |
References
- ^ "2025 Division II Football Official Bracket". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ "Ferris State wins fourth D-II title in five seasons". ESPN. December 20, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ "2025 DII Football Championship". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 20, 2025.