The 2012 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 1, 2012, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 15, 2012 at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama.
Shortly before the start of the 2012–13 school year, the WVIAC's nine football-playing members announced plans to break away and form a new league.
The new league, officially unveiled in August 2012 as the Mountain East Conference, began play in 2013.
Minot State, Notre Dame (OH), Simon Fraser, Sioux Falls, and William Jewell completed their transitions to Division II and became eligible for the postseason.
The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama for the 25th time.