2024 NAIA football season

2024 NAIA football season
Total No. of teams	97
Regular season	August 24 – November 16, 2024
Postseason	November 23 – December 21, 2024
National Championship	Durham County Memorial Stadium Durham, NC December 21, 2024

The 2024 NAIA football season is the component of the 2024 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States.

The regular season will begin on August 24 and will culminate on November 16.

The playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, will begin on November 23 and culminate with the championship game on December 21 at Durham County Memorial Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
Defiance Yellow Jackets	HCAC (NCAA D-III)	Mid-States
Jamestown Jimmies	Great Plains	North Star
Roosevelt Lakers	Mid-States	GLIAC (NCAA D-II)
Simpson Red Hawks	New program	Independent
St. Ambrose Fighting Bees	Mid-States	Heart of America
Waldorf Warriors	North Star	Great Plains
William Woods Owls	New program	Heart of America

Conference standings

2024 Appalachian Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Bluefield   0 – 0     0 – 0   Kentucky Christian   0 – 0     0 – 0   Pikeville   0 – 0     0 – 0   Point   0 – 0     0 – 0   Reinhardt   0 – 0     0 – 0   St. Andrews   0 – 0     0 – 0   Union (KY)   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2024 Frontier Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Arizona Christian   0 – 0     0 – 0   Carroll (MT)   0 – 0     0 – 0   College of Idaho   0 – 0     0 – 0   Eastern Oregon   0 – 0     0 – 0   Montana State–Northern   0 – 0     0 – 0   Montana Tech   0 – 0     0 – 0   Montana Western   0 – 0     0 – 0   Rocky Mountain   0 – 0     0 – 0   Southern Oregon   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2024 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Briar Cliff   0 – 0     0 – 0   Concordia (NE)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Dakota Wesleyan   0 – 0     0 – 0   Doane   0 – 0     0 – 0   Dordt   0 – 0     0 – 0   Hastings   0 – 0     0 – 0   Midland   0 – 0     0 – 0   Morningside   0 – 0     0 – 0   Mount Marty   0 – 0     0 – 0   Northwestern (IA)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Waldorf   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2024 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   North Clarke   0 – 0     0 – 0   Culver–Stockton   0 – 0     0 – 0   Graceland   0 – 0     0 – 0   Grand View   0 – 0     0 – 0   Peru State   0 – 0     0 – 0   St. Ambrose   0 – 0     0 – 0   William Penn   0 – 0     0 – 0   South Baker   0 – 0     0 – 0   Benedictine (KS)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Central Methodist   0 – 0     0 – 0   MidAmerica Nazarene   0 – 0     0 – 0   Missouri Baptist   0 – 0     0 – 0   Missouri Valley   0 – 0     0 – 0   William Woods   0 – 0     0 – 0   x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2024 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Bissell Division Avila   0 – 0     0 – 0   Kansas Wesleyan   0 – 0     0 – 0   Ottawa   0 – 0     0 – 0   Saint Mary (KS)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Sterling   0 – 0     0 – 0   Tabor   0 – 0     0 – 0   Kessinger Division Bethany (KS)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Bethel (KS)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Evangel   0 – 0     0 – 0   Friends   0 – 0     0 – 0   McPherson   0 – 0     0 – 0   Southwestern (KS)   0 – 0     0 – 0   x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2024 Mid-South Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Bethel (TN)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Campbellsville   0 – 0     0 – 0   Cumberland (TN)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Cumberlands (KY)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Faulkner   0 – 0     0 – 0   Georgetown (KY)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Lindsey Wilson   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2024 Mid-States Football Association standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Mideast League Concordia (MI)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Defiance   0 – 0     0 – 0   Indiana Wesleyan   0 – 0     0 – 0   Lawrence Tech   0 – 0     0 – 0   Madonna   0 – 0     0 – 0   Siena Heights   0 – 0     0 – 0   Taylor   0 – 0     0 – 0   Midwest League Judson   0 – 0     0 – 0   Marian (IN)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Olivet Nazarene   0 – 0     0 – 0   St. Francis (IL)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Saint Francis (IN)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Saint Xavier   0 – 0     0 – 0   x – League champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2024 North Star Athletic Association football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Dakota State   0 – 0     0 – 0   Dickinson State   0 – 0     0 – 0   Jamestown   0 – 0     0 – 0   Mayville State   0 – 0     0 – 0   Valley City State   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2024 Sooner Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Arkansas Baptist   0 – 0     0 – 0   Langston   0 – 0     0 – 0   Louisiana Christian   0 – 0     0 – 0   SAGU   0 – 0     0 – 0   North American   0 – 0     0 – 0   OK Panhandle State   0 – 0     0 – 0   OUAZ   0 – 0     0 – 0   Texas College   0 – 0     0 – 0   Texas Wesleyan   0 – 0     0 – 0   Wayland Baptist   0 – 0     0 – 0   + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2024 Sun Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Ave Maria   0 – 0     0 – 0   Florida Memorial   0 – 0     0 – 0   Keiser   0 – 0     0 – 0   Southeastern   0 – 0     0 – 0   St. Thomas (FL)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Thomas   0 – 0     0 – 0   Warner   0 – 0     0 – 0   Webber International   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2024 NAIA independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Simpson (CA)   –     0 – 0   Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

Postseason

Bracket

First Round November 23

Second Round November 30

Quarterfinals December 7

Semifinals December 14

Championship December 21

Rankings

Main article: 2024 NAIA football rankings

Coaching changes

Preseason and in-season

This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2024, and will include any changes announced after a team's last regularly scheduled games but before its playoff games.

School	Outgoing coach	Date	Reason	Replacement	Previous position

See also

• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2024 NCAA Division II football season
• 2024 NCAA Division III football season
• 2024 U Sports football season