December 6th, 2025 5:00pm
The Division II national championship committee met late Saturday afternoon to assess the regional champions and seed them for national semifinal matchups. The committee determined that Ferris State and Kutztown would be the host institutions, with Ferris State as the top seed. The Bulldogs will host super region two champion, Newberry. Harding, the winners of the super region three bracket will travel to SR1 champ Kutztown. The Bulldogs are competing for a second straight national championship and fourth in the past five years. Newberry is in the semifinals for the first time in program history. Continue to visit D2football.com for coverage of the semifinal matchups.
From Ferris State sports information:
Big Rapids, Mich. - For the fifth time in school history, the Ferris State University Bulldogs will host a NCAA Division II Football National Semifinal as the Bulldogs face Newberry (S.C.) on Saturday, Dec. 13, at FSU's Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids.
Kickoff for the D2 National Semifinal will be announced soon with the contest slated to be carried live across the country by ESPN+.
The Bulldogs, who are currently 14-0 overall this year, advanced to the national semifinals for the seventh time in the past nine seasons by beating Minnesota State 52-29 in the national quarterfinals for the Super Region Three Championship on Saturday in Big Rapids.
Meanwhile, Newberry topped Albany State (Ga.) 31-24 in the quarterfinals for the Super Region Two crown and holds a 12-1 overall record this year.
The contest will represent the Bulldogs' seventh national semifinal in the last nine seasons on the field and the eighth in program history. It will be the fifth semifinal played on FSU's home field with the previous matchups in 2019 against eventual national champion West Florida along with 2021 when the Bulldogs topped Shepherd (W.Va.) en route to their first national title. FSU entertained West Florida again in 2022 before claiming a second-straight championship and the Bulldogs then beat Slippery Rock (Pa.) at home a year ago in 2024 before winning a third D2 championship.
The four remaining semifinal teams were reseeded following Saturday's quarterfinals with FSU drawing the top seed. The other semifinal match will be Kutztown (Pa.) hosting Harding (Ark.).
The winners of the two semifinals will meet in the national championship game on Saturday, Dec. 20, in McKinney, Texas.
Stay tuned to FerrisStateBulldogs.com for additional ticket and game information coming soon!