# 2001 NAIA football season

The 2001 NAIA football season was the component of the 2001 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 Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Georgetown Tigers defeated the Sioux Falls Cougars, 49–27, in the title game to win the program's second consecutive and third overall NAIA championship.

## Conference standings

2001 Central States Football League standings :
| 2001 Central States Football League standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 9 NW Oklahoma State $^  4 –0  7 –3   Peru State  3 –1  5 –5   Langston  2 –2  4 –7   SAGU  1 –3  1 –9   Haskell  0 –4  0 –11   Bacone  0 –0  5 –5   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2001 Dakota Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 8 Mary $^  9 –0  9 –1   No. 13 Valley City State  8 –1  9 –2   No. 21 Huron  7 –2  7 –3   Dickinson State  6 –3  6 –4   Jamestown  5 –4  5 –5   Minot State  4 –5  4 –6   Black Hills State  2 –7  3 –7   Dakota State  2 –7  2 –8   South Dakota Mines  2 –7  2 –8   Mayville State  0 –9  0 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2001 Frontier Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 3 Carroll (MT) $^  7 –1  10 –2   No. 16 Montana Tech  7 –1  8 –3   Rocky Mountain  2 –6  3 –7   Montana State–Northern  2 –6  3 –8   Montana Western  2 –6  2 –8   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2001 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 2 Sioux Falls +^  7 –1  12 –2   No. 7 Concordia (NE) +^  7 –1  10 –2   No. 18 Hastings  6 –2  8 –2   Doane  5 –3  6 –3   Midland Lutheran  3 –5  5 –5   Northwestern (IA)  3 –5  5 –5   Nebraska Wesleyan  3 –5  5 –5   Dana  1 –7  3 –7   Dakota Wesleyan  1 –7  2 –8   + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2001 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 6 Evangel $^  10 –0  11 –1   No. 4 Benedictine (KS) ^  9 –1  12 –2   MidAmerica Nazarene  7 –3  8 –3   Culver–Stockton  5 –5  6 –5   Graceland  5 –5  5 –5   Missouri Valley  5 –5  5 –5   Baker  5 –5  5 –6   William Jewell  4 –6  4 –6   Lindenwood  3 –7  3 –8   Avila  2 –8  2 –8   Central Methodist  0 –10  1 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2001 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 19 Bethany (KS) +  8 –1  8 –1   No. 17 Kansas Wesleyan +^  8 –1  8 –3   Ottawa  6 –3  6 –4   Southwestern (KS)  6 –3  6 –4   Friends  5 –4  5 –4   Tabor  4 –5  5 –5   Sterling  4 –5  4 –6   McPherson  2 –7  3 –7   Saint Mary (KS)  1 –8  1 –8   Bethel (KS)  1 –8  1 –9   + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2001 Mid-South Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 1 Georgetown (KY) $^  7 –0  14 –0   No. 10 Campbellsville ^  5 –2  10 –3   No. 23 Cumberland (TN)  4 –2  6 –3   Belhaven  3 –4  4 –6   Lambuth  3 –4  3 –6   Union (KY)  2 –4  2 –7   Pikeville  2 –5  3 –7   Cumberland (KY)  1 –6  3 –6   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2001 Mid-States Football Association standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Mideast League No. 14 Saint Francis (IN) x^  5 –1  9 –2   No. 11 Tri-State x^  5 –1  8 –3   No. 20 Walsh x  5 –1  8 –3   Tiffin  3 –3  3 –8   Geneva  2 –4  4 –6   Malone  1 –5  2 –8   Urbana  0 –6  1 –9   Midwest League No. 12 St. Ambrose x^  7 –0  8 –3   No. 15 McKendree ^  6 –1  8 –3   Trinity International  4 –3  8 –3   No. 25 Saint Xavier  4 –3  7 –4   St. Francis (IL)  3 –4  4 –6   Taylor  2 –5  2 –8   Olivet Nazarene  1 –6  2 –8   Iowa Wesleyan  1 –6  1 –9   x – League champion/co-champions ^ – 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 |