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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.
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.
In 1970, NAIA football was divided into two divisions based on enrollment, Division I and Division II, with a championship game played in each division. In 1997, NAIA football was again consolidated back into one division. NAIA schools are allowed to offer 24 full varsity football scholarships which can be divided up as they wish.
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Keiser University needed some fourth-quarter heroics Saturday to beat College of Idaho in the NAIA football semifinal game in ... Raiders beat the Seahawks 35-25 in last year's championship game.
The tournament concluded with a single game, played as the 68th Annual NAIA Football National Championship. The championship game was played at Durham County Memorial Stadium in Durham, North Carolina , between the undefeated 14–0 No. 1 Northwestern Red Raiders , representing Northwestern College from Orange City, Iowa , and the 11–2 No. 3 ...
The 2024 NAIA football season was the component of the 2024 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The regular season began on August 24 and ended on November 16. [1] The playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, began on November 23
The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoff bracket will be announced on Sunday at 11:30 p.m. Central Time on ESPNU. Eight first-round games will be played next Saturday, Nov. 25, at ...