# 2004 NAIA football season

The 2004 NAIA football season was the component of the 2004 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 18, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Carroll Fighting Saints defeated the Saint Francis Cougars, 15–13, in the title game to win the program's third consecutive NAIA championship.

## Conference standings

2004 Central States Football League standings :
| 2004 Central States Football League standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 9 NW Oklahoma State $^  6 –0  9 –2   No. 25 Bacone  5 –1  7 –3   Southern Nazarene  4 –2  6 –4   Langston  3 –3  6 –5   Haskell  2 –4  4 –7   Peru State  1 –5  1 –9   SAGU  0 –6  1 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2004 Dakota Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 6 Dickinson State +^  8 –1  10 –2   No. 10 Mary +^  8 –1  9 –2   Minot State  6 –3  6 –4   Jamestown  5 –4  5 –5   Valley City State  5 –4  5 –5   Black Hills State  4 –5  4 –6   Si Tanka  4 –5  4 –6   Dakota State  3 –6  4 –6   South Dakota Mines  2 –7  3 –7   Mayville State  0 –9  0 –10   + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2004 Frontier Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 1 Carroll (MT) +^  6 –2  12 –2   No. 13 Montana Tech +^  6 –2  8 –4   No. 24 Montana Western +  6 –2  7 –4   Montana State–Northern  1 –7  1 –10   Rocky Mountain  1 –7  1 –10   + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2004 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 5 Sioux Falls $^  10 –0  11 –1   No. 8 Hastings ^  8 –2  9 –3   No. 15 Morningside ^  8 –2  8 –3   No. 17 Northwestern (IA)  7 –3  7 –3   Nebraska Wesleyan  6 –4  6 –4   Concordia (NE)  5 –5  5 –5   Midland Lutheran  4 –6  5 –6   Briar Cliff  3 –7  3 –7   Doane  2 –8  2 –8   Dana  1 –9  2 –9   Dakota Wesleyan  1 –9  1 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2004 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 11 Lindenwood $^  10 –0  11 –1   No. 18 Graceland  8 –2  8 –2   No. 7 MidAmerica Nazarene ^  8 –2  10 –3   William Jewell  5 –5  5 –5   Benedictine (KS)  5 –5  5 –6   Baker  4 –6  4 –6   Evangel  4 –6  4 –6   Missouri Valley  4 –6  4 –6   Central Methodist  3 –7  4 –7   Culver–Stockton  2 –8  2 –8   Avila  2 –8  2 –9   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2004 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 19 Tabor $^  8 –1  9 –2   Friends  5 –4  5 –4   Kansas Wesleyan  5 –4  5 –5   Southwestern (KS)  5 –4  5 –5   Sterling  5 –4  5 –5   Bethel (KS)  4 –5  4 –5   McPherson  4 –5  4 –6   Bethany (KS)  3 –6  3 –6   Saint Mary (KS)  3 –6  3 –6   Ottawa  3 –6  3 –7   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2004 Mid-South Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 3 Georgetown (KY) $^  10 –0  12 –1   No. 23 Pikeville  8 –2  8 –3   No. 16 Cumberland (KY)  7 –3  8 –3   Lambuth  6 –4  6 –4   Campbellsville  5 –5  6 –5   Bethel (TN)  5 –5  5 –7   Kentucky Wesleyan  4 –6  4 –7   Union (KY)  4 –6  4 –7   Belhaven  3 –7  4 –7   Virginia–Wise  3 –7  3 –8   Cumberland (TN)  0 –10  0 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2004 Mid-States Football Association standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Mideast League No. 2 St. Francis (IN) x^  7 –0  13 –1   No. 21 Walsh  6 –1  8 –3   Urbana  5 –2  5 –6   Geneva  4 –3  5 –5   Malone  2 –5  4 –6   Quincy  2 –5  4 –7   Taylor  2 –5  2 –8   Ohio Dominican  0 –7  0 –10   Midwest League No. 12 McKendree x^  7 –0  9 –2   No. 14 Trinity International ^  5 –2  8 –3   No. 22 Saint Xavier  5 –2  7 –4   No. 19 St. Ambrose  4 –3  7 –3   Olivet Nazarene  4 –3  7 –5   William Penn  2 –5  3 –8   Iowa Wesleyan  1 –6  2 –9   St. Francis (IL)  0 –7  1 –10   x – League champion/co-champions ^ – 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 |