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Map of NAIA football programs, 2024. This is a list of schools in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that have football as a varsity sport. [1] In the 2024 season, there are a total of 97 NAIA football programs.
In the NAIA playoffs, they defeated Friends, Northwestern (IA) in the quarterfinals, and Keiser in the NAIA championship game. Key players included quarterback Jackson Waring (2,514 passing yards), Dalten Van Pelt (816 rushing yards), receiver Aisea Toki (731 receiving yards), and linebacker John Argo (72 tackles).
The NAIA football national championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the NAIA, the championship game has been played annually since 1956.
St. Thomas University and Florida Memorial University – Miami’s only NAIA football programs – now know exactly how close they are to a national championship. Last year, for the first time in ...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – The NAIA announced the field for the football post season with Morningside and Northwestern both qualifying. Morningside already knew they were in by winning the GPAC ...
St. Thomas, Florida Memorial football teams in search of NAIA glory. Walter Villa. August 24, 2023 at 6:32 AM. ... In addition, the NAIA has expanded its playoffs from 16 to 20 teams, giving the ...
A separate NAIA Division II football national championship was also held between 1970 and 1996, with the same number of teams competing in its annual playoffs. [1] Many of the teams who participated in past editions of the playoffs have subsequently joined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) or disbanded their programs.
The NAIA Council of Presidents voted on and approved expanding the NAIA football playoffs from 16 to 20 teams effective for this season. Under the new format, there will be 13 automatic qualifiers, with 7 more at-large teams picked from the Top 25 teams in the final NAIA Coaches Poll, and the top 12 seeds will receive a bye in the first round.