2020–21 NAIA football season

2020 NAIA football season
2020 NAIA football season
Regular season	Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Postseason	April 17 – May 10, 2021
National Championship	Eddie Robinson Stadium; Grambing, LA; May 10, 2021
Champion	Lindsey Wilson
Player of the Year	Tyson Kooima (quarterback, Northwestern (IA))
	← 2019; NAIA football season; 2021 →;

The 2020–21 NAIA football season was the component of the 2020 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The regular season for many teams was moved to spring 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic-related measures and protocols. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on May 10, 2021, at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana. It was originally scheduled for December 19, 2020.^[1] The Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders defeated the Northwestern Red Raiders, 45–13, in the title game to win the program's first NAIA championship.^[2]

Conference changes and new programs

Roosevelt acquired Robert Morris University's football team in April 2020 after merging with Robert Morris.^[3]

2020 Frontier Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 College of Idaho +	3	–	1	3	–	1
No. 21 Eastern Oregon +	3	–	1	3	–	1
No. 22 Carroll (MT) +^	3	–	1	3	–	2
Rocky Mountain	1	–	3	1	–	3
Montana State–Northern	0	–	4	0	–	4

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2020 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Morningside $^	8	–	0	10	–	1
No. 2 Northwestern (IA) ^	8	–	1	11	–	2
No. 15 Dordt ^	7	–	2	7	–	3
Midland	5	–	3	5	–	3
Concordia (NE)	4	–	4	4	–	4
Dakota Wesleyan	4	–	5	4	–	5
Doane	2	–	5	2	–	5
Hastings	2	–	7	2	–	8
Jamestown	1	–	7	1	–	7
Briar Cliff	1	–	8	1	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2020 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North
No. 4 Grand View x^	3	–	0	7	–	1
Clarke	1	–	0	2	–	3
William Penn	2	–	1	4	–	3
Peru State	0	–	0	1	–	2
Culver–Stockton	0	–	2	1	–	3
Graceland	0	–	3	0	–	5
South
No. 7 Baker x^	4	–	0	7	–	1
No. 16 Benedictine (KS)	4	–	1	8	–	2
Central Methodist	3	–	2	5	–	4
MidAmerica Nazarene	2	–	3	2	–	6
Evangel	1	–	3	2	–	5
Missouri Valley	0	–	5	1	–	6

x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2020 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 Avila +	6	–	1	8	–	1
No. 12 Bethel (KS) +^	6	–	1	9	–	2
No. 25 Kansas Wesleyan	5	–	2	8	–	2
No. 24 Southwestern (KS)	5	–	2	7	–	2
Ottawa (KS)	2	–	5	5	–	5
Friends	2	–	5	2	–	6
Tabor	1	–	6	3	–	7
Sterling	1	–	6	1	–	8
McPherson	0	–	0	3	–	4
Bethany (KS)	0	–	0	1	–	4
Saint Mary (KS)	0	–	0	0	–	4

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2020 Mid-South Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Appalachian Division
No. 8 Reinhardt x^	6	–	0	9	–	1
Faulkner	5	–	1	6	–	2
Kentucky Christian	4	–	2	6	–	2
St. Andrews	2	–	3	3	–	3
Union (KY)	1	–	4	1	–	6
Bluefield	1	–	5	2	–	7
Point	1	–	5	1	–	7
Bluegrass Division
No. 1 Lindsey Wilson x^	7	–	0	11	–	0
No. 13 Georgetown (KY) ^	6	–	1	6	–	2
Cumberlands (KY)	4	–	3	4	–	3
Bethel (TN)	3	–	4	3	–	4
Pikeville	3	–	4	3	–	4
Cumberland (TN)	2	–	5	2	–	5
Thomas More	2	–	5	2	–	5
Campbellsville	1	–	6	1	–	6
Sun Division
No. 4 Keiser x^	5	–	0	9	–	1
Southeastern	3	–	1	5	–	1
St. Thomas (FL)	3	–	2	4	–	3
Ave Maria	2	–	3	3	–	4
Warner	1	–	3	2	–	4
Webber International	1	–	5	1	–	7
Florida Memorial	0	–	1	0	–	3

x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2020 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mideast League
No. 6 Concordia (MI) x^	4	–	0	6	–	1
No. 10 Marian (IN) ^	3	–	1	5	–	2
No. 17 Saint Francis (IN)	2	–	2	2	–	2
Indiana Wesleyan	2	–	3	2	–	3
Siena Heights	1	–	2	2	–	2
Lawrence Tech	0	–	1	0	–	2
Taylor	0	–	4	0	–	4
Midwest League
No. 9 Olivet Nazarene x^	8	–	0	8	–	1
No. 20 Roosevelt	5	–	1	6	–	1
St. Ambrose	4	–	2	5	–	3
Saint Xavier	3	–	3	5	–	3
St. Francis (IL)	2	–	4	2	–	6
Missouri Baptist	1	–	6	1	–	6
Trinity International	0	–	6	0	–	7

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2020 North Star Athletic Association football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 Dickinson State $^	9	–	0	9	–	1
Valley City State	5	–	2	5	–	2
Waldorf	6	–	3	6	–	3
Dakota State	4	–	5	4	–	5
Mayville State	1	–	6	2	–	7
Presentation	0	–	9	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2020 Sooner Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Arizona Christian $^	6	–	0	9	–	2
No. 23 Ottawa (AZ)	4	–	1	4	–	1
SAGU	3	–	2	4	–	3
Langston	2	–	3	2	–	3
OK Panhandle State	2	–	3	2	–	8
Wayland Baptist	1	–	4	2	–	5
Texas Wesleyan	0	–	0	1	–	1
Texas College	0	–	0	0	–	0
Lyon	0	–	5	0	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

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