| 1998 NCAA Division II football season | |
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| Regular season | September 5 – November 14, 1998 |
| Playoffs | November 21 – December 12, 1998[1] |
| National Championship | Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL |
| Champion | Northwest Missouri State |
| Harlon Hill Trophy | Brian Shay,Emporia State |
The1998 NCAA Division II football season, part ofcollege football in the United States organized by theNational Collegiate Athletic Association at theDivision II level, began on September 5, 1998, and concluded with theNCAA Division II Football Championship on December 12, 1998, atBraly Municipal Stadium inFlorence, Alabama, hosted by theUniversity of North Alabama. TheNorthwest Missouri State Bearcats defeatedCarson–Newman, 24–6, to win their first Division II national title.[2]
TheHarlon Hill Trophy was awarded toBrian Shay, running back fromEmporia State.
| School | 1997 Conference | 1998 Conference |
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| Alabama A&M | Southern Intercollegiate | D-II Independent |
| Findlay | MSFA (NAIA) | MIFC |
| Mercyhurst | D-II Independent | MIFC |
| Sacred Heart | Eastern | Northeast (I-AA) |
| Westminster (PA) | MSFA (NAIA) | MIFC |
| Conference Champions |
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Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association –Livingstone andWinston-Salem State |
| 1998 NCAA DivisionII Football Championship | |
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| Teams | 16 |
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The1998NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 25th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men'sNCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held atBraly Municipal Stadium inFlorence, Alabama, for the 12th time.
| First round Campus sites | Quarterfinals Campus sites | Semifinals Campus sites | Championship Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL | ||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Valley State | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Valley State | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman | 47 | ||||||||||||||
| Slippery Rock | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Slippery Rock | 37 | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Valley State | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Slippery Rock | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Shepherd | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Shepherd | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| IUP | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwest Missouri State | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwest Missouri State | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Nebraska–Omaha | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwest Missouri State | 42 | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwest Missouri State | 49 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville† | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| Central Oklahoma | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Chadron State | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Central Oklahoma | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville† | 24* | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville† | 54 | ||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 21 | ||||||||||||||
Note:† Texas A&M–Kingsville forfeited these games as a result of using ineligible players.