The 2002 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 on September 7, 2002, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 2002, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama.
[2] The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Curt Anes, quarterback from Grand Valley State.
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Fayetteville State Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Grand Valley State Great Northwest Athletic Conference – Central Washington Gulf South Conference – Valdosta State Lone Star Conference – Texas A&M–Kingsville Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Northwest Missouri State North Central Conference – Northern Colorado Northeast-10 Conference – C.W.
Post Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg and East Stroudsburg (East), Indiana (PA) (West) Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Chadron State and Nebraska–Kearney South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Tuskegee West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – West Virginia Wesleyan The 2002 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 29th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football.
The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama for the 15th time.