# 2018 NAIA football season

The 2018 NAIA football season was the component of the 2018 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 15, at Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Morningside Mustangs defeated the Benedictine Ravens, 35–28, in the title game to win the program's first NAIA championship.

## Conference standings

2018 Frontier Conference football standings :
| 2018 Frontier Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 16 Rocky Mountain $^  7 –3  8 –4   No. 24 Eastern Oregon  6 –4  6 –4   Montana Western  6 –4  6 –4   Southern Oregon  6 –4  6 –4   No. 22 College of Idaho  6 –4  6 –5   Montana Tech  5 –5  5 –5   Carroll (MT)  4 –6  5 –6   Montana State–Northern  0 –10  1 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2018 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 1 Morningside $^  9 –0  15 –0   No. 12 Northwestern (IA) ^  8 –1  9 –2   No. 23 Dordt  6 –3  7 –3   Midland  5 –4  7 –4   Doane  5 –4  6 –4   Briar Cliff  4 –5  6 –5   Hastings  3 –6  5 –6   Concordia (NE)  2 –7  3 –7   Jamestown  2 –7  3 –8   Dakota Wesleyan  1 –8  2 –9   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2018 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  North No. 2 Benedictine (KS) x^  5 –0  13 –2   No. 15 Grand View ^  4 –1  8 –3   Culver–Stockton  2 –3  4 –7   William Penn  2 –3  4 –7   Peru State  1 –4  3 –8   Graceland  1 –4  1 –10   South No. 5 Baker x^  4 –0  9 –3   No. 17 Evangel  2 –2  9 –2   MidAmerica Nazarene  2 –2  4 –7   Central Methodist  1 –3  4 –6   Missouri Valley  1 –3  3 –7   x – Division champion/co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2018 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 4 Kansas Wesleyan $^  10 –0  12 –1   No. 20 Ottawa (KS)  8 –2  8 –2   Avila  7 –3  7 –3   Tabor  6 –4  6 –4   Southwestern (KS)  5 –5  6 –5   Saint Mary (KS)  4 –6  4 –6   Sterling  4 –6  4 –6   Bethel (KS)  3 –7  3 –7   McPherson  3 –7  3 –7   Friends  3 –7  3 –8   Bethany (KS)  2 –8  2 –9   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2018 Mid-South Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Appalachian Division No. 11 Reinhardt x^  6 –0  9 –2   No. 12 Cumberlands (KY) ^  5 –1  10 –2   Pikeville  4 –2  6 –5   Point  2 –4  3 –8   Bluefield  1 –4  4 –7   St. Andrews  1 –4  2 –7   Union (KY)  1 –5  2 –8   Bluegrass Division No. 10 Bethel (TN) x^  6 –0  10 –1   No. 19 Georgetown (KY)  4 –2  7 –3   No. 18 Lindsey Wilson  4 –2  7 –3   Cumberland (TN)  3 –3  5 –6   Campbellsville  3 –3  4 –6   Kentucky Christian  1 –5  2 –9   Cincinnati Christian  0 –6  0 –11   Sun Division No. 21 Southeastern x  5 –1  7 –3   Ave Maria x  5 –1  6 –4   Keiser  4 –2  6 –4   Webber International  3 –3  7 –3   Edward Waters  2 –4  4 –7   Faulkner  1 –5  4 –6   Warner  1 –5  1 –9   x – Division champion/co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2018 Mid-States Football Association standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Mideast League No. 9 Marian (IN) x^  6 –0  10 –1   No. 6 Concordia (MI) ^  5 –1  10 –3   No. 3 Saint Francis (IN) ^  4 –2  10 –3   No. 25 Siena Heights  3 –3  7 –3   Missouri Baptist  2 –4  4 –7   Taylor  1 –5  3 –7   Lindenwood–Belleville  0 –6  0 –11   Midwest League No. 7 Saint Xavier x^  5 –0  9 –4   Olivet Nazarene  4 –1  5 –5   St. Ambrose  3 –2  6 –4   St. Francis (IL)  2 –3  4 –7   Robert Morris (IL)  1 –4  2 –9   Trinity International  0 –5  1 –9   x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2018 North Star Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 8 Dickinson State $^  6 –1  9 –3   Valley City State  5 –2  6 –4   Waldorf  5 –2  5 –5   Presentation  3 –4  5 –5   Dakota State  2 –5  3 –8   Mayville State  0 –7  1 –9   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2018 Sooner Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 14 Langston $^  8 –0  9 –2   OK Panhandle State  6 –2  6 –5   Arizona Christian  5 –3  8 –3   Ottawa (AZ)  5 –3  7 –4   SAGU  4 –4  5 –5   Wayland Baptist  3 –5  5 –5   Lyon  2 –6  4 –7   Texas Wesleyan  2 –6  2 –8   Texas College  1 –7  1 –7   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2018 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Indiana Wesleyan   –  7 –3   Lawrence Tech   –  5 –3   Allen   –  2 –6 |