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1989 NAIA Division II football season
The 1989 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1989 college football season in the United States and the 34th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 20th season of play of the NAIA Division II for football.
| 1989 NAIA Division II football season |
|---|
| August–November 1989 |
| November–December 1989 |
| Canton, OH |
| Westminster (PA) (5) |
The 1989 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1989 college football season in the United States and the 34th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 20th season of play of the NAIA Division II for football.
The season was played from August to November 1989 and culminated in the 1989 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at a neutral field in Canton, Ohio.
In rematch of the previous year's final, the Westminster Titans repeated as national champion by defeating the Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles, 51–30, to win their fifth NAIA national title.
- This is the final season that the NAIA officially recognizes football champions from the Illini–Badger Football Conference and the Wisconsin State University Conference. Both conferences would eventually join NCAA Division III; the IBFC would continue to sponsor football until 2007 while the WSUC, which would evolve into the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1997, continues to sponsor the sport.
| Conference | Champion | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | Mount Rainier League: Central WashingtonMount Hood League: Lewis & Clark | 5–0–15–1 |
| Frontier | Carroll (MT) | 6–0 |
| Heart of America | Missouri Valley | 7–0 |
| Illini-Badger | Greenville | 8–1 |
| Kansas | St. Mary of the Plains | 9–0 |
| Mid-South | Georgetown (KY) | 6–0 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Wesleyan | 5–0 |
| North Dakota | Dickinson State | 5–0 |
| South Dakota | Dakota WesleyanSioux Falls | 4–1 |
| WSUC | Wisconsin–La Crosse | 7–1 |
Final NAIA Division II poll rankings:
| Rank | Team (first place votes) | Record (thru Nov. 11) | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster (PA) (21) | 9–0 | 525 |
| 2 | Central Washington | 8–0–1 | 499 |
| 3 | Missouri Valley | 9–1 | 470 |
| 4 | Wisconsin–La Crosse | 9–1 | 457 |
| 5 | St. Mary of the Plains | 10–0 | 426 |
| 6 | Peru State | 8–1 | 402 |
| 7 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 9–1 | 381 |
| 8 | Dickinson State | 8–1 | 356 |
| 9 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 8–1–1 | 351 |
| 10 | Chadron State | 8–1 | 323 |
| 11 | Hanover | 9–0–1 | 320 |
| 12 | Baker | 8–1 | 287 |
| 13 | St. Francis (IL) | 8–2 | 274 |
| 14 | Bethany (KS) | 8–1 | 270 |
| 15 | Carroll (MT) | 9–1 | 261 |
| 16 | Concordia (WI) | 8–1 | 217 |
| 17 | Pacific Lutheran | 6–2–1 | 149 |
| 18 | Georgetown (KY) | 7–2–1 | 140 |
| 19 | Lewis & Clark | 7–2 | 137 |
| 20 | Tarleton State | 8–2 | 116 |
| 21 | Western Washington | 7–2 | 107 |
| 22 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 7–3 | 87 |
| 23 | Howard Payne | 8–3 | 66 |
| 24 | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 7–3 | 40 |
| 25 | Linfield | 6–3 | 33 |
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‡ Game played at Puyallup, Washington
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1989 NCAA Division I-A football season
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1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season
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1989 NCAA Division II football season
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1989 NCAA Division III football season
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