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List of NAIA football programs

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.

NAIA football programs

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InstitutionNicknameCityStateProgram EstablishedConference
for football		Primary
conference
Arizona Christian UniversityFirestormPhoenixArizona2014Frontier ConferenceGolden State Athletic Conference
Arkansas Baptist CollegeBuffaloesLittle RockArkansas2007Sooner Athletic ConferenceContinental Athletic Conference
Ave Maria UniversityGyrenesNaplesFlorida2011The Sun Conference
Avila UniversityEaglesKansas CityMissouri1999Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Baker UniversityWildcatsBaldwin CityKansas1890Heart of America Athletic Conference
Benedictine CollegeRavensAtchisonKansas1902Heart of America Athletic Conference
Bethany CollegeTerrible SwedesLindsborgKansas1893Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Bethel UniversityWildcatsMcKenzieTennessee1900Mid-South Conference
Bethel CollegeThreshersNewtonKansas1914Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Bluefield UniversityRamsBluefieldVirginia1941;
2012		Appalachian Athletic Conference
Briar Cliff UniversityChargersSioux CityIowa2003Great Plains Athletic Conference
Campbellsville UniversityTigersCampbellsvilleKentucky1988Mid-South Conference
Carroll CollegeFighting SaintsHelenaMontana1920Frontier Conference
Central Methodist UniversityEaglesFayetteMissouri1896Heart of America Athletic Conference
Clarke UniversityPrideDubuqueIowaN/AHeart of America Athletic Conference
Concordia University–Michigan[a]CardinalsAnn ArborMichigan2011Mid-States Football AssociationWolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference
Concordia University–NebraskaBulldogsSewardNebraska2000Great Plains Athletic Conference
Culver–Stockton CollegeWildcatsCantonMissouriN/AHeart of America Athletic Conference
Cumberland UniversityPhoenixLebanonTennessee1894Mid-South Conference
University of the CumberlandsPatriotsWilliamsburgKentucky1985Mid-South Conference
Dakota State UniversityTrojansMadisonSouth Dakota2006North Star Athletic Association
(Frontier Conference in 2025)
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityTigersMitchellSouth Dakota1897Great Plains Athletic Conference
Defiance College[b]Yellow JacketsDefianceOhio1903Mid-States Football AssociationWolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference
Dickinson State UniversityBlue HawksDickinsonNorth Dakota1925North Star Athletic Association
(Frontier Conference in 2025.)
Doane UniversityTigersCreteNebraska1891Great Plains Athletic Conference
Dordt UniversityDefendersSioux CenterIowa2008Great Plains Athletic Conference
Eastern Oregon UniversityMountaineersLa GrandeOregon1929Frontier ConferenceCascade Collegiate Conference
Evangel UniversityValorSpringfieldMissouri1977Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Faulkner UniversityEaglesMontgomeryAlabamaN/AMid-South ConferenceSouthern States Athletic Conference
Florida Memorial UniversityLionsMiami GardensFlorida1945;
2020		The Sun Conference
Friends UniversityFalconsWichitaKansasN/AKansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Georgetown CollegeTigersGeorgetownKentucky1893Mid-South Conference
Graceland UniversityYellowjacketsLamoniIowa1910Heart of America Athletic Conference
Grand View UniversityVikingsDes MoinesIowa2008Heart of America Athletic Conference
Hastings CollegeBroncosHastingsNebraska1895Great Plains Athletic Conference
College of IdahoCoyotesCaldwellIdaho1905;
2014		Frontier ConferenceCascade Collegiate Conference
Indiana Wesleyan UniversityWildcatsMarionIndiana2018Mid-States Football AssociationCrossroads League
University of JamestownJimmiesJamestownNorth Dakota1914North Star Athletic Association[c]
Judson UniversityEaglesElginIllinois2021Mid-States Football AssociationChicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Kansas Wesleyan UniversityCoyotesSalinaKansas1893Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Keiser UniversitySeahawksWest Palm BeachFlorida2018The Sun Conference
Kentucky Christian UniversityKnightsGraysonKentucky2008Appalachian Athletic Conference
Langston UniversityLionsLangstonOklahoma1922Sooner Athletic Conference
Lawrence Technological UniversityBlue DevilsSouthfieldMichigan1933;
2018		Mid-States Football AssociationWolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference
Lindsey Wilson CollegeBlue RaidersColumbiaKentucky2010Mid-South Conference
Louisiana Christian UniversityWildcatsPinevilleLouisiana1908;
2000		Sooner Athletic ConferenceRed River Athletic Conference
Madonna UniversityCrusadersLivoniaMichigan2020Mid-States Football AssociationWolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference
Marian UniversityKnightsIndianapolisIndiana2007Mid-States Football AssociationCrossroads League
Mayville State UniversityCometsMayvilleNorth DakotaN/ANorth Star Athletic Association
(Frontier Conference in 2025)
McPherson CollegeBulldogsMcPhersonKansas1917Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
MidAmerica Nazarene UniversityPioneersOlatheKansas1979Heart of America Athletic Conference
Midland UniversityWarriorsFremontNebraska1895Great Plains Athletic Conference
Missouri Baptist UniversitySpartansSt. LouisMissouri2014Heart of America Athletic ConferenceAmerican Midwest Conference
(Heart of America Athletic Conference as full-member in 2025.)
Missouri Valley CollegeVikingsMarshallMissouri1892Heart of America Athletic Conference
Montana State University–NorthernLightsHavreMontana1957Frontier Conference
Montana Technological UniversityOrediggersButteMontana1902Frontier Conference
University of Montana WesternBulldogsDillonMontanaN/AFrontier Conference
Morningside UniversityMustangsSioux CityIowa1898Great Plains Athletic Conference
Mount Marty UniversityLancersYanktonSouth Dakota2021Great Plains Athletic Conference
North American UniversityStallionsStaffordTexas2020Sooner Athletic ConferenceRed River Athletic Conference
Northwestern CollegeRed RaidersOrange CityIowa1950Great Plains Athletic Conference
Oklahoma Panhandle State UniversityAggiesGoodwellOklahomaN/ASooner Athletic Conference
Olivet Nazarene UniversityTigersBourbonnaisIllinois1976Mid-States Football AssociationChicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Ottawa UniversityBravesOttawaKansas1891Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Ottawa University ArizonaSpiritSurpriseArizona2018Sooner Athletic ConferenceGolden State Athletic Conference
Peru State CollegeBobcatsPeruNebraska1900Heart of America Athletic Conference
University of PikevilleBearsPikevilleKentucky2001Appalachian Athletic Conference
Point UniversitySkyhawksWest PointGeorgia2012Appalachian Athletic Conference
Reinhardt UniversityEaglesWaleskaGeorgia2013Appalachian Athletic Conference
Rocky Mountain CollegeBattlin' BearsBillingsMontana1931Frontier Conference
St. Ambrose UniversityFighting BeesDavenportIowa1893;
1974		Heart of America Athletic ConferenceChicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
St. Andrews UniversityKnightsLaurinburgNorth Carolina2017Appalachian Athletic Conference
University of St. Francis (Ill.)Fighting SaintsJolietIllinois1986Mid-States Football AssociationChicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
University of Saint Francis (Ind.)CougarsFort WayneIndiana1998Mid-States Football AssociationCrossroads League
University of Saint MarySpiresLeavenworthKansas2000Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Saint Thomas UniversityBobcatsMiami GardensFlorida2019The Sun Conference
Saint Xavier UniversityCougarsChicagoIllinois1993Mid-States Football AssociationChicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Siena Heights UniversitySaintsAdrianMichigan2012Mid-States Football AssociationWolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference
Simpson UniversityRed HawksReddingCalifornia2023Independent
(Frontier Conference in 2025)		California Pacific Conference
Southeastern UniversityFireLakelandFlorida2014The Sun Conference
Southern Oregon UniversityRaidersAshlandOregon1927Frontier ConferenceCascade Collegiate Conference
Southwestern Assemblies of God UniversityLionsWaxahachieTexas1996Sooner Athletic Conference
Southwestern CollegeMoundbuildersWinfieldKansas1903Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Sterling CollegeWarriorsSterlingKansas1893Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Tabor CollegeBluejaysHillsboroKansasN/AKansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Taylor UniversityTrojansUplandIndianaN/AMid-States Football AssociationCrossroads League
Texas CollegeSteersTylerTexas1922;
2004		Sooner Athletic ConferenceRed River Athletic Conference
Texas Wesleyan UniversityRamsFort WorthTexas1933;
2017		Sooner Athletic Conference
Thomas UniversityNight HawksThomasvilleGeorgia2022The Sun ConferenceSouthern States Athletic Conference
Union Commonwealth UniversityBulldogsBarbourvilleKentucky1905;
1922;
1984		Appalachian Athletic Conference
Valley City State UniversityVikingsValley CityNorth DakotaN/ANorth Star Athletic Association
(Frontier Conference in 2025)
Waldorf UniversityWarriorsForest CityIowa1965Great Plains Athletic Conference
Warner UniversityRoyalsLake WalesFlorida2013The Sun Conference
Wayland Baptist UniversityPioneersPlainviewTexas2012Sooner Athletic Conference
Webber International UniversityWarriorsBabson ParkFlorida2003The Sun Conference
William Penn UniversityStatesmenOskaloosaIowa1892Heart of America Athletic Conference
William Woods UniversityOwlsFultonMissouri2024Heart of America Athletic ConferenceAmerican Midwest Conference
(Heart of America Athletic Conference as full-member in 2025.)
  1. ^ Concordia–Michigan announced that they'll discontinue their athletic program after the 2024–25 academic year.
  2. ^ Transitioning from the NCAA Division III.
  3. ^ Joining Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NCAA Division II) in 2025, pending NCAA approval.

Future NAIA football programs

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SchoolNicknameCityStateConference for footballPrimary
conference		Begins
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University of Rio GrandeRedStormRio GrandeOhioAppalachian Athletic ConferenceRiver States Conference2025[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Football Qualification Plan 2009" (PDF). NAIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  2. ^ Dannelly, Jason (April 23, 2024). "University of Rio Grande Adding Football in Fall '25". victorysportsnetwork.co. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
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