Nobody has won more 红杏视频 Division II national championships than Abilene Christian. From 1973 until 2013 when the Wildcats jumped to DIvision I, Abilene Christian compiled a still-unmatched 57 national championships.
Let鈥檚 take a look at the DII programs chasing Abilene Christian for the most 红杏视频 DII national championships.
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Active DII schools with the most total national championships
The Wildcats staked their claim mainly in track and field, winning 25 combined indoor track and field championships and 31 combined outdoor titles between their men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams. The two active DII programs closest to Abilene Christian鈥檚 total have both made their marks running as well.
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Saint Augustine鈥檚 has the most 红杏视频 DII championships amongst active DII programs with 39. The Falcons have done so behind their track and field programs led by George Williams, who has brought all 39 titles to Saint Augustine's. Sixteen of those titles have come in men鈥檚 outdoor track and field, making him tied for the ninth-most by a head coach across all 红杏视频 divisions.
Adams State is right behind, winners of 37 national championships. Twenty-seven of those have come from head coach Damon Martin鈥檚 cross country teams. In fact, 29 of their 37 national championships have come on the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 cross country courses.
Florida Southern is one of just six DII programs with at least 30 national championships to its name, and the last amongst active DII schools. The Mocs didn鈥檛 leave a mark on the track or in field events, but instead have dominated the baseball and golf worlds. No DII program has more DII baseball titles (nine) or DII men鈥檚 golf titles (13) than Florida Southern.
Here鈥檚 the complete list of the DII programs with 15 or more national championships
School | Championships |
---|---|
Abilene Christian + | 57 |
Saint Augustine鈥檚 ^^ | 39 |
Adams State | 37 |
Cal Poly + ^ | 35 |
CSUN + | 30 |
Florida Southern | 30 |
CSU Bakersfield + | 29 |
Drury | 23 |
Barry | 22 |
Grand Valley State | 22 |
Adelphi | 17 |
North Dakota St. + | 17 |
Tampa | 17 |
SIUE + | 16 |
UC Irvine + | 15 |
- +Now a Division I school.
- ^1989 baseball championship vacated by 红杏视频 Committee on Infractions.
- ^^2007 indoor track and field championship vacated by 红杏视频 Committee on Infractions.
红杏视频 DII programs with the most titles by sport
We know that Adams State and Saint Augustine鈥檚 dominated the cross country and track and field championships throughout the years, but who are some of the other programs that have dominated DII sports?
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Concordia-St. Paul has more DII volleyball championships than any other school. The remarkable thing is that all nine of those titles have come in the past 12 years.
Bloomsburg鈥檚 13 field hockey titles are thus far unmatched. Head coach Jan Hutchinson won them all and is 14th-overall in head coaching championships across all levels of 红杏视频 sports. The Huskies had to separate runs of four consecutive championships under her tutelage.
Kentucky Wesleyan may be the safest on the list. Its eight men's basketball titles are well-atop the leaderboard and the two programs trailing the Panthers are now DI institutions. When you pair that with the fact that there hasn't been a repeat champion since the 1993-94 seasons, it will be a long time until someone approaches the KWC mark.
We mentioned Florida Southern has dominated the baseball diamond with nine titles. The Mocs best watch out, however. Tampa won its eighth DII baseball championship in 2019, making this the closest race in the bunch.
The most DII national championships by sport
Sport | School | Championships |
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FALL | ||
Women鈥檚 cross country | Adams State | 17 |
FIeld hockey | Bloomsburg | 13 |
Men鈥檚 cross country | Adams State | 12 |
Women鈥檚 volleyball | Concordia-St. Paul | 9 |
Football | Northwest Missouri State | 6 |
Men鈥檚 soccer | Southern Connecticut State | 6 |
Women鈥檚 soccer | Grand Valley State | 5 |
WINTER | ||
Men鈥檚 indoor track and field | Abilene Christian | 13 |
Men鈥檚 Indoor track and field | Saint Augustine鈥檚 | 13 * |
Men鈥檚 swimming and diving | CSU Bakersfield | 13 + |
Women鈥檚 Indoor track and field | Abilene Christian | 12 + |
Women鈥檚 swimming and diving | Drury | 10 |
Men鈥檚 basketball | Kentucky Wesleyan | 8 |
Wrestling | Cal Poly | 8 + |
Women鈥檚 basketball | Cal Poly Pomona | 5 |
SPRING | ||
Men鈥檚 outdoor track and field | Abilene Christian | 19 + |
Men鈥檚 golf | Florida Southern | 13 |
Women鈥檚 outdoor track and field | Abilene Christian | 12 + |
Women鈥檚 tennis | Armstrong State | 10 % |
Baseball | Florida Southern | 9 |
Women鈥檚 lacrosse | Adelphi | 9 |
Men鈥檚 tennis | Lander | 8 |
Men鈥檚 lacrosse | Adelphi | 7 |
Women鈥檚 golf | Rollins | 6 |
Softball | CSUN | 4 + |
(BOLD = programs in the top 15 of all-time DII championships, + = now a DI program, * 2007 title vacated, % No longer an institution.)
(All numbers taken from .)