# 1994 NAIA Division I football season

The 1994 NAIA Division I football season was the 39th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 25th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1994 and culminated in the 1994 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1994 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 10, 1994 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on the campus of the University of Arkansas–Pine Bluff.
Northeastern State defeated Arkansas–Pine Bluff in the Champion Bowl, 13–12, to win their second NAIA national title and first since 1958.

## Conference standings

1994 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings :
| 1994 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 8 Arkansas Tech $^ 4 –0 –07 –4 –0 No. 14 Harding 3 –1 –05 –4 –1 Arkansas–Monticello 2 –2 –04 –4 –1 Ouachita Baptist 1 –3 –05 –5 –0 Southern Arkansas 0 –4 –01 –7 –1 + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll | 1994 Frontier Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 7 Western Montana $^ 6 –0 –08 –3 –0 Montana Tech 4 –2 –05 –5 –0 Carroll (MT) 2 –4 –04 –5 –0 Rocky Mountain 0 –6 –00 –10 –0 $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll | 1994 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Winona State $ 5 –0 –17 –3 –1 No. 5 Moorhead State ^ 4 –1 –17 –3 –1 Northern State 4 –2 –05 –6 –0 Southwest State (MN) 3 –3 –04 –6 –0 Minnesota Duluth 3 –3 –04 –7 –0 Bemidji State 1 –5 –01 –8 –0 Minnesota Morris 0 –6 –01 –9 –0 $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll |
| 1994 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 3 Northeastern State +^ 4 –1 –011 –2 –0 No. 4 Langston +^ 4 –1 –010 –3 –0 No. T–5 SE Oklahoma State + 4 –1 –08 –2 –1 East Central 2 –3 –03 –7 –0 SW Oklahoma State 1 –4 –02 –7 –0 NW Oklahoma State 0 –5 –01 –9 –0 + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll | 1994 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 2 Glenville State +^ 5 –1 –08 –3 –0 No. 10 Shepherd + 5 –1 –06 –4 –0 No. 11 West Liberty State 4 –2 –07 –3 –0 No. 12 West Virginia Wesleyan 4 –2 –07 –3 –0 Fairmont State 2 –4 –03 –7 –0 West Virginia Tech 1 –5 –01 –9 –0 Concord 0 –6 –01 –9 –0 + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll | 1994 NAIA Division I independents football records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 1 Central State (OH) ^   –  8 –2 –0 No. 13 Iowa Wesleyan   –  8 –3 –0 No. 9 Arkansas–Pine Bluff ^   –  9 –4 –0 No. 15 Western New Mexico   –  4 –4 –0 Westmar   –  4 –5 –0 ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll |

## Conference champions

| Conference | Champion | Record |
| Frontier | Montana Western | 6–0 |
| Oklahoma | Northeastern State Langston | 4–1 |

## Postseason

| Quarterfinals November 19, 1994 Campus sites | Quarterfinals November 19, 1994 Campus sites | Semifinals December 3, 1994 Campus sites | Semifinals December 3, 1994 Campus sites | 1994 Champion Bowl December 10, 1994 Pine Bluff, AR | 1994 Champion Bowl December 10, 1994 Pine Bluff, AR |
| Langston | 56 | | | | |
| Arkansas Tech* | 42 | | | | |
| Arkansas Tech* | 42 | Langston | 0 | | |
| | | Northeastern State* | 3 | | |
| Moorhead State | 7 | Northeastern State* | 3 | | |
| Northeastern State* | 14 | | | | |
| Northeastern State* | 14 | | | Northeastern State | 13 |
| | | | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | 12 |
| Glenville State | 38 | | | | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | 12 |
| Montana Western* | 48 | | | | |
| Montana Western* | 48 | Montana Western | 53 | | |
| | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* (OT) | 60 | | |
| Central State (OH) | 14 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* (OT) | 60 | | |
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | 21 | | | | |