The 2008 NAIA football season was the component of the 2008 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 20, at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The Sioux Falls Cougars defeated the Carroll Fighting Saints, 23–7, in the title game to win the program's third NAIA championship and second in three years.
Conference standings[]
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2008 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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Team |
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L |
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L |
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No. 1 Sioux Falls $^
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10
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0
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15
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0
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No. 5 Morningside ^
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9
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1
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10
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2
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No. 23 Dakota Wesleyan
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7
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3
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7
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3
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Nebraska Wesleyan
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7
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3
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7
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3
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No. 19 Northwestern (IA)
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7
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3
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7
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3
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Hastings
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6
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4
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7
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4
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Midland Lutheran
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5
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5
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6
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5
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Doane
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3
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7
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4
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7
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Dana
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2
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8
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3
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8
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Briar Cliff
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2
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8
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2
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9
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Concordia (NE)
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1
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9
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1
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9
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Dordt
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1
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9
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1
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10
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- $ – Conference champion
- ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
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2008 Mid-South Conference football standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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Team |
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L |
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East Division
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No. 6 Cumberlands (KY) x^
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6
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0
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10
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2
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No. 10 Union (KY) ^
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5
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1
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9
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3
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No. 19 Virginia–Wise
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4
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2
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8
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3
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Georgetown (KY)
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3
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3
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5
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5
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Campbellsville
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2
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4
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3
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8
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Pikeville
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1
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5
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2
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9
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West Virginia Tech
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0
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6
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0
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11
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West Division
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No. 11 Shorter x^
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4
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1
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9
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3
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No. 15 Lambuth x^
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4
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1
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8
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4
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Cumberland (TN) x
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4
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1
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6
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5
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Belhaven
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2
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3
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4
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6
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Bethel (TN)
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1
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4
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2
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9
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Faulkner
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0
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5
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2
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9
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- x – Division champion/co-champions
- ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
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2008 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Overall
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Mideast League
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No. 4 St. Francis (IN) x^
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6
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0
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12
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1
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No. 16 Ohio Dominican
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4
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2
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7
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3
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No. 22 Saint Xavier
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4
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2
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7
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4
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No. 24 Malone
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4
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2
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6
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4
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Marian (IN)
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2
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4
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7
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4
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Walsh
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1
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5
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3
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8
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Taylor
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0
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6
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2
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8
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Midwest League
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No. 14 St. Ambrose x^
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6
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1
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8
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4
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William Penn
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5
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2
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7
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4
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McKendree
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5
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2
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6
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4
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Quincy
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5
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2
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6
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5
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St. Francis (IL)
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3
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4
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7
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4
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Olivet Nazarene
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3
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4
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4
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7
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Iowa Wesleyan
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1
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6
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3
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8
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Trinity International
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0
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7
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1
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10
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- x – League champion/co-champions
^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
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Postseason[]
Rankings[]
References[]
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Seasons | |
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Championships | | Division I |
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
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Division II |
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
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