# 1993 NAIA Division I football season

The 1993 NAIA Division I football season was the 38th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 24th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1993 and culminated in the 1993 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1993 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 11, 1993, at Norris Field in Ada, Oklahoma, on the campus of East Central University.
East Central defeated Glenville State in the Champion Bowl, 49–35, to win their first NAIA national title.

## Conference and membership changes
### Conference changes

* This is the final season that the NAIA official recognizes a conference champion in football from the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, and West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Northern Sun and WVIAC would transition to the NCAA Division II level, while the AIC's membership would eventually be lost to two existing Division II leagues.

### Membership changes

| Team | 1992 conference | 1993 conference |
| Central Arkansas | Arkansas (NAIA) | Gulf South (NCAA D-II) |
| Henderson State | Arkansas (NAIA) | Gulf South (NCAA D-II) |

## Conference standings

1993 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings :
| 1993 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 5 Arkansas–Monticello $^ 4 –0 –08 –4 –0 No. 10 Southern Arkansas 3 –1 –06 –4 –0 No. 13 Harding 2 –2 –06 –4 –0 Arkansas Tech 1 –3 –01 –9 –0 Ouachita Baptist 0 –4 –03 –7 –0 + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll | 1993 Frontier Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 5 Carroll (MT) +^ 5 –1 –08 –2 –0 Western Montana + 5 –1 –05 –4 –0 Montana Tech 2 –4 –05 –4 –0 Rocky Mountain 0 –6 –01 –9 –0 + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll | 1993 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 8 Winona State $^ 5 –1 –07 –4 –0 Minnesota Duluth 4 –2 –08 –3 –0 No. 14 Moorhead State 4 –2 –06 –4 –0 Northern State 4 –2 –06 –5 –0 Southwest State (MN) 3 –3 –04 –6 –0 Minnesota Morris 1 –5 –02 –9 –0 Bemidji State 0 –6 –00 –10 –0 $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll |
| 1993 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 4 Langston $^ 4 –1 –09 –3 –0 No. 7 East Central ^ 3 –2 –010 –3 –0 No. 15 SE Oklahoma State 3 –2 –06 –4 –0 No. 11 SW Oklahoma State 2 –3 –06 –4 –0 Northeastern State 2 –3 –05 –5 –0 NW Oklahoma State 1 –4 –03 –7 –0 $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll | 1993 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 2 Glenville State $^ 6 –1 –010 –3 –0 No. 9 West Virginia Wesleyan 5 –2 –07 –3 –0 Shepherd 5 –2 –05 –5 –0 West Liberty State 5 –2 –05 –5 –0 Concord 4 –3 –04 –6 –0 Fairmont State 2 –5 –03 –7 –0 West Virginia State 1 –6 –01 –9 –0 West Virginia Tech 0 –7 –00 –10 –0 $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll | 1993 NAIA Division I independents football records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 1 Central State (OH) ^   –  8 –1 –2 No. 12 Iowa Wesleyan   –  8 –3 –0 No. 3 Western New Mexico   –  7 –3 –0 Arkansas–Pine Bluff   –  5 –6 –0 Westmar   –  4 –6 –0 ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division I poll |

## Conference champions

| Conference | Champion | Record |
| Arkansas Intercollegiate | Arkansas–Monticello | 4–0 |
| Frontier | Carroll (MT) Montana Western | 5–1 |
| Northern Sun | Winona State | 5–1 |
| Oklahoma | Langston | 4–1 |
| WVIAC | Glenville State | 6–1 |

## Postseason

| Quarterfinals November 20, 1993 Campus sites | Quarterfinals November 20, 1993 Campus sites | Quarterfinals November 20, 1993 Campus sites | Semifinals December 4, 1993 Campus sites | Semifinals December 4, 1993 Campus sites | Semifinals December 4, 1993 Campus sites | 1992 Champion Bowl December 11, 1993 Ada, OK | 1992 Champion Bowl December 11, 1993 Ada, OK | 1992 Champion Bowl December 11, 1993 Ada, OK |
| Central State (OH) | Central State (OH) | 58 | | | | | | |
| Winona State* | Winona State* | 7 | | | | | | |
| Winona State* | Winona State* | 7 | Central State (OH) | Central State (OH) | 12 | | | |
| | | | Glenville State* | Glenville State* | 13 | | | |
| Glenville State | Glenville State | 41 | Glenville State* | Glenville State* | 13 | | | |
| Carroll (MT)* | Carroll (MT)* | 24 | | | | | | |
| Carroll (MT)* | Carroll (MT)* | 24 | | | | Glenville State | Glenville State | 35 |
| | | | | | | East Central* | East Central* | 49 |
| Langston | Langston | 13 | | | | | | | East Central* | East Central* | 49 |
| Arkansas–Monticello* | Arkansas–Monticello* | 26 | | | | | | |
| Arkansas–Monticello* | Arkansas–Monticello* | 26 | Arkansas–Monticello | Arkansas–Monticello | 0 | | | |
| | | | East Central* | East Central* | 27 | | | |
| East Central | East Central | 24 | East Central* | East Central* | 27 | | | |
| Western New Mexico* | Western New Mexico* | 22 | | | | | | |