# NAIA independent football schools

NAIA independent football schools are four-year institutional members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that play college football independent of any formal conference affiliation. In sports other than football, these schools compete in a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA called Continental Athletic Conference.

## NAIA football independents

Currently, no schools compete as NAIA independents in football. The most recent football independent was Simpson University, who competed as such during the 2024 football season; however, they joined the Frontier Conference as a football affiliate for 2025 and beyond.

## Yearly records
### NAIA independents (1997–present)

1997 NAIA independents football records :
| 1997 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 14 McKendree ^   –  8 –2   No. 18 Clinch Valley   –  6 –3   Peru State   –  6 –4   NW Oklahoma State   –  5 –5   Azusa Pacific   –  4 –5   Eastern Oregon   –  4 –6   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA poll | 1998 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 8 Azusa Pacific ^   –  12 –2   No. 21 NW Oklahoma State   –  7 –3   No. 25 Eastern Oregon   –  6 –4   Clinch Valley   –  4 –5   Peru State   –  4 –5   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA poll | 1999 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 1 NW Oklahoma State ^   –  13 –0   No. 7 Azusa Pacific ^   –  9 –3   Southern Oregon   –  7 –2   Virginia–Wise   –  6 –3   Peru State   –  3 –7   ^ – NAIA playoff participant |
| 2000 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 16 Azusa Pacific ^   –  6 –4   Southern Oregon   –  5 –4   Virginia–Wise   –  3 –7   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2001 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 5 Southern Oregon ^   –  9 –2   Virginia–Wise   –  6 –4   Azusa Pacific   –  4 –5   Paul Quinn   –  3 –4   Edward Waters   –  2 –8   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2002 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 16 Azusa Pacific   –  9 –1   No. 6 Southern Oregon ^   –  8 –3   Paul Quinn   –  7 –4   Edward Waters   –  6 –4   Morningside   –  5 –5   Allen   –  0 –7   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2003 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 13 Azusa Pacific ^   –  8 –2   Edward Waters   –  7 –4   Texas College   –  7 –3   Southern Oregon   –  5 –4   Allen   –  4 –6   Webber International   –  3 –7   Paul Quinn   –  1 –6   Southern Virginia   –  0 –10   Waldorf   –  0 –11   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2004 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 4 Azusa Pacific ^   –  11 –3   Edward Waters   –  7 –3   Eastern Oregon   –  6 –4   Texas College   –  5 –6   Webber International   –  4 –5   Southern Oregon   –  3 –6   Waldorf   –  3 –7   Allen   –  2 –6   Paul Quinn   –  1 –7   Southern Virginia   –  0 –8   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2005 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Webber International *   –  6 –2   Eastern Oregon   –  6 –3   No. 12 Azusa Pacific ^   –  6 –4   Allen   –  4 –4   Southern Virginia *   –  3 –5   Paul Quinn   –  3 –6   Edward Waters   –  2 –7   SAGU   –  2 –8   Waldorf   –  2 –9   Seton Hill   –  1 –9   Southern Oregon   –  1 –9   ^ – NAIA playoff participant * – Webber International later forfeited two wins and Southern Virginia forfeited three.Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2006 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Webber International   –  5 –5   Langston   –  5 –4   Southern Oregon   –  3 –6   Azusa Pacific   –  3 –7   Paul Quinn   –  2 –6   Southern Virginia *   –  2 –7   SAGU   –  2 –8   Waldorf   –  2 –8   Haskell   –  2 –9   Seton Hill   –  2 –9   Edward Waters   –  1 –9   * – Southern Virginia later forfeited a win. | 2007 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Southern Oregon   –  5 –4   No. 21 Azusa Pacific   –  6 –5   Peru State   –  6 –5   Edward Waters   –  5 –6   Southern Virginia   –  4 –5   Webber International   –  3 –6   Haskell   –  2 –8   Waldorf   –  2 –9   SAGU   –  1 –9   Faulkner   –  0 –9   Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2008 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  SAGU   –  4 –5   Peru State   –  4 –6   Southern Oregon   –  3 –7   Southern Virginia   –  3 –8   Webber International   –  3 –8   Azusa Pacific   –  2 –8   Edward Waters   –  2 –8   Grand View   –  2 –8   Haskell   –  2 –9   Kentucky Christian   –  1 –9   Waldorf   –  1 –10 |
| 2009 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 24 Ohio Dominican   –  7 –3   Peru State   –  7 –4   Webber International   –  4 –6   Haskell   –  3 –7   Azusa Pacific   –  3 –8   Southern Oregon   –  2 –7   Southern Virginia   –  0 –8   Edward Waters   –  0 –10   Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2010 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 15 Azusa Pacific ^   –  7 –3   No. 25 Webber International   –  7 –4   Menlo   –  4 –7   Peru State   –  4 –7   Southern Oregon   –  3 –7   Southern Virginia   –  3 –7   Haskell   –  1 –9   Edward Waters   –  0 –8   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2011 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 16 Valley City State ^   –  9 –2   No. 5 Azusa Pacific ^   –  9 –3   Menlo   –  5 –5   Southern Oregon   –  5 –5   Mayville State   –  5 –6   Walsh   –  5 –6   Dickinson State   –  4 –6   Edward Waters   –  4 –6   Malone   –  4 –7   Robert Morris (IL)   –  4 –6   Webber International   –  4 –6   Jamestown   –  3 –7   Southern Virginia   –  2 –7   West Virginia Tech   –  1 –9   Dakota State   –  1 –10   Ave Maria   –  0 –9   Haskell   –  0 –11   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2012 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Robert Morris (IL)   –  8 –3   No. 24 Valley City State   –  7 –3   Bacone   –  7 –4   Langston   –  6 –4   Edward Waters   –  5 –6   Jamestown   –  4 –6   Lindenwood–Belleville   –  4 –6   Mayville State   –  4 –6   Menlo   –  4 –6   SAGU   –  4 –6   Southern Virginia   –  4 –6   Webber International   –  4 –6   Point   –  2 –8   Wayland Baptist   –  2 –8   Dakota State   –  2 –9   Texas College   –  2 –9   Ave Maria   –  1 –7   Haskell   –  1 –8   Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2013 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Ave Maria   –  8 –2   Menlo   –  5 –5   Webber International   –  5 –5   Lindenwood–Belleville   –  4 –7   Point   –  3 –7   Edward Waters   –  2 –9   Haskell   –  1 –7   Warner   –  1 –10 | 2014 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Menlo   –  3 –8   Arizona Christian   –  2 –7   Lindenwood–Belleville   –  2 –8   Missouri Baptist   –  1 –10   Haskell   –  0 –9 |
| 2016 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Davenport   –  5 –5 | 2018 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Indiana Wesleyan   –  7 –3   Lawrence Tech   –  5 –3   Allen   –  2 –6 | 2019 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Allen   –  3 –6   Edward Waters   –  1 –10 |
| 2020 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Edward Waters   –  1 –2   Madonna   –  0 –4 | 2021 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Arkansas Baptist   –  0 –7 | 2022 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  North American   –  3 –9   Arkansas Baptist   –  1 –7 |
| 2024 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Simpson (CA)   –  0 –9   Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |