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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.
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 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. [2]
The Georgetown College football team is headed to the NAIA semifinals for the first time since 2011 after a 31-21 ... In the semifinals of the 68th annual NAIA Football Championship Series, No. 4 ...
The Northwestern Red Raiders, led by 5th-year head coach Matt McCarty, entered the national championship game as the No. 6 seed. They were seeking to win their third national championship overall and first non-NAIA Division II national championship, having won in 1973 and 1983. They entered the game 11–1, 8–1 in GPAC play.