The participants of the 2014 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2014 Division II Playoffs, which began with teams seeded 3–6 in each super region playing in the first round, the winners of which faced teams seeded 1–2 in the second round. From there, the bracket was a sixteen-team single-elimination tournament.[2] The game featured the No. 2 seed CSU Pueblo and No. 2 seed Minnesota State. This was the first meeting between the teams[3] and both teams' first championship game appearance.[4]