# 2009 NAIA football season

The 2009 NAIA football season was the component of the 2009 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 19, at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The Sioux Falls Cougars defeated the Lindenwood Lions, 25–22, in the title game to win the program's fourth NAIA championship and third in four years.

## Conference standings

2009 Central States Football League standings :
| 2009 Central States Football League standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  NW Oklahoma State #  5 –0  7 –3   No. 19 Langston $^  4 –1  8 –4   Southern Nazarene  3 –2  6 –5   SAGU  2 –3  3 –7   Bacone  1 –4  1 –8   Texas College  0 –5  0 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participant # – Northwestern Oklahoma State was ineligible for the conference title.Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2009 Dakota Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 14 Minot State ^  7 –1  8 –3   No. 18 Dickinson State +^  7 –1  7 –4   Black Hills State  5 –3  6 –4   Jamestown  5 –3  5 –5   South Dakota Mines  3 –5  5 –5   Valley City State  3 –5  3 –7   Dakota State  2 –6  2 –7   Mayville State  0 –8  1 –9   + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2009 Frontier Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 3 Carroll (MT) $^  10 –0  13 –1   No. 22 Eastern Oregon  7 –3  7 –4   Montana Tech  7 –3  7 –4   Montana Western  4 –6  4 –6   Montana State–Northern  1 –9  2 –9   Rocky Mountain  1 –9  2 –9   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 1 Sioux Falls $^  10 –0  15 –0   No. 5 Morningside ^  9 –1  10 –2   No. 13 Hastings ^  8 –2  9 –3   No. 25 Northwestern (IA)  7 –3  7 –3   Midland Lutheran  6 –4  6 –5   Nebraska Wesleyan  5 –5  5 –5   Dakota Wesleyan  4 –6  4 –6   Briar Cliff  4 –6  4 –7   Doane  4 –6  4 –7   Concordia (NE)  3 –7  3 –7   Dordt  0 –10  1 –10   Dana  0 –10  0 –11   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2009 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 2 Lindenwood $^  10 –0  13 –1   No. 8 MidAmerica Nazarene ^  9 –1  10 –2   No. 10 Missouri Valley ^  8 –2  8 –3   No. 23 Baker  7 –3  7 –3   Central Methodist  6 –4  6 –5   Benedictine (KS)  5 –5  6 –5   Avila  3 –7  4 –7   Evangel  3 –7  3 –7   Graceland  3 –7  3 –7   William Jewell  1 –9  1 –9   Culver–Stockton  0 –10  0 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantsRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2009 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 6 Ottawa $^  9 –0  11 –1   No. 12 McPherson ^  8 –1  9 –2   No. 15 Friends  7 –2  8 –2   Sterling  5 –4  6 –4   Kansas Wesleyan  4 –5  5 –5   Bethany (KS)  3 –6  4 –6   Bethel (KS)  3 –6  3 –7   Saint Mary (KS)  3 –6  3 –7   Southwestern (KS)  3 –6  3 –7   Tabor  0 –9  0 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2009 Mid-South Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  East Division No. 11 Cumberlands (KY) x^  5 –1  9 –2   Campbellsville  4 –2  7 –4   Georgetown (KY)  4 –2  7 –4   Virginia–Wise  4 –2  5 –6   Union (KY)  3 –3  4 –6   Pikeville  1 –5  3 –8   West Virginia Tech  0 –6  3 –8   West Division No. 7 Lambuth x^  6 –0  12 –1   Belhaven  4 –2  6 –5   Bethel (TN)  4 –2  5 –6   Shorter  3 –3  6 –5   Cumberland (TN)  3 –3  5 –6   Kentucky Christian  1 –5  1 –9   Faulkner  0 –6  2 –9   x – Division champion/co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2009 Mid-States Football Association standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Mideast League No. 4 Saint Xavier x^  7 –0  13 –1   No. 16 Walsh  5 –2  8 –3   No. 17 Saint Francis (IN)  5 –2  7 –3   No. 20 Taylor  5 –2  7 –3   Marian (IN)  3 –4  6 –5   Malone  2 –5  4 –6   Olivet Nazarene  1 –6  2 –9   Trinity International  0 –7  0 –11   Midwest League No. 9 McKendree x^  7 –0  9 –2   No. 21 Grand View  6 –1  8 –3   William Penn  5 –2  7 –5   St. Ambrose  4 –3  6 –4   Quincy  3 –4  4 –7   St. Francis (IL)  2 –5  3 –8   Iowa Wesleyan  1 –6  2 –9   Waldorf  0 –7  1 –9   x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 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 |