NCAA Division II independent schools

The reason for independent status varies among institutions, but it is frequently because the school's primary athletic conference does not sponsor a particular sport.

The trend toward consolidating the NCAA membership into conferences began in the late 1970s, and within a decade the number of independent programs declined dramatically.

The lists below include only the small number of programs still functioning on an independent basis in recent years.

Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (UPR Mayagüez), since they have been listed before.

Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (all of them in men's & women's tennis), since they have been listed before.