NAIA independent football schools

1999 NAIA independents football records
	^ – NAIA playoff participant;

1998 NAIA independents football records
	^ – NAIA playoff participant;

NAIA independent football schools are four-year institutional members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that play college football independent of any formal conference affiliation.^[1] In sports other than football, these schools compete in a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA.

NAIA football independents[]

Current members[]

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Since	Primary conference
Arkansas Baptist College	Little Rock, Arkansas	1884	Private (Baptist)	468 (2020)	Buffaloes	2021	Continental

Yearly records[]

NAIA Division II independents (1970–1996)[]

NAIA independents (1997–present)[]

2000 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 16 Azusa Pacific ^			–			6	–	4
Southern Oregon			–			5	–	4
Virginia–Wise			–			3	–	7

^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2001 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
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 participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2002 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 16 Azusa Pacific			–			9	–	1
No. 6 Southern Oregon ^			–			8	–	3
Paul Quinn			–			7	–	4
Edward Waters			–			6	–	4
Morningside			–			5	–	5
Allen			–			0	–	7

^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2003 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 13 Azusa Pacific ^			–			8	–	2
Edward Waters			–			7	–	4
Texas College			–			7	–	3
Southern Oregon			–			5	–	4
Allen			–			4	–	6
Webber International			–			3	–	7
Paul Quinn			–			1	–	6
Southern Virginia			–			0	–	10
Waldorf			–			0	–	11

^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2004 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
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 participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2005 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Webber International *			–			6	–	2
Eastern Oregon			–			6	–	3
No. 12 Azusa Pacific ^			–			6	–	4
Allen			–			4	–	4
Southern Virginia *			–			3	–	5
Paul Quinn			–			3	–	6
Edward Waters			–			2	–	7
SAGU			–			2	–	8
Waldorf			–			2	–	9
Seton Hill			–			1	–	9
Southern Oregon			–			1	–	9

^ – NAIA playoff participant * – Webber International later forfeited two wins and Southern Virginia forfeited three. Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2006 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Webber International			–			5	–	5
Langston			–			5	–	4
Southern Oregon			–			3	–	6
Azusa Pacific			–			3	–	7
Paul Quinn			–			2	–	6
Southern Virginia *			–			2	–	7
SAGU			–			2	–	8
Waldorf			–			2	–	8
Haskell			–			2	–	9
Seton Hill			–			2	–	9
Edward Waters			–			1	–	9

* – Southern Virginia later forfeited a win.

2007 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Southern Oregon			–			5	–	4
No. 21 Azusa Pacific			–			6	–	5
Peru State			–			6	–	5
Edward Waters			–			5	–	6
Southern Virginia			–			4	–	5
Webber International			–			3	–	6
Haskell			–			2	–	8
Waldorf			–			2	–	9
SAGU			–			1	–	9
Faulkner			–			0	–	9

Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2008 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
SAGU			–			4	–	5
Peru State			–			4	–	6
Southern Oregon			–			3	–	7
Southern Virginia			–			3	–	8
Webber International			–			3	–	8
Azusa Pacific			–			2	–	8
Edward Waters			–			2	–	8
Grand View			–			2	–	8
Haskell			–			2	–	9
Kentucky Christian			–			1	–	9
Waldorf			–			1	–	10

2009 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
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

2010 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 15 Azusa Pacific ^			–			7	–	3
No. 25 Webber International			–			7	–	4
Menlo			–			4	–	7
Peru State			–			4	–	7
Southern Oregon			–			3	–	7
Southern Virginia			–			3	–	7
Haskell			–			1	–	9
Edward Waters			–			0	–	8

^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2011 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 16 Valley City State ^			–			9	–	2
No. 5 Azusa Pacific ^			–			9	–	3
Menlo			–			5	–	5
Southern Oregon			–			5	–	5
Mayville State			–			5	–	6
Walsh			–			5	–	6
Dickinson State			–			4	–	6
Edward Waters			–			4	–	6
Malone			–			4	–	7
Robert Morris (IL)			–			4	–	6
Webber International			–			4	–	6
Jamestown			–			3	–	7
Southern Virginia			–			2	–	7
West Virginia Tech			–			1	–	9
Dakota State			–			1	–	10
Ave Maria			–			0	–	9
Haskell			–			0	–	11

^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2012 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Robert Morris (IL)			–			8	–	3
No. 24 Valley City State			–			7	–	3
Bacone			–			7	–	4
Langston			–			6	–	4
Edward Waters			–			5	–	6
Jamestown			–			4	–	6
Lindenwood–Belleville			–			4	–	6
Mayville State			–			4	–	6
Menlo			–			4	–	6
SAGU			–			4	–	6
Southern Virginia			–			4	–	6
Webber International			–			4	–	6
Point			–			2	–	8
Wayland Baptist			–			2	–	8
Dakota State			–			2	–	9
Texas College			–			2	–	9
Ave Maria			–			1	–	7
Haskell			–			1	–	8

Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2013 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Ave Maria			–			8	–	2
Mayville State			–			7	–	4
Menlo			–			5	–	5
Valley City State			–			5	–	5
Webber International			–			5	–	5
Presentation			–			5	–	5
Lindenwood–Belleville			–			4	–	7
Jamestown			–			3	–	7
Point			–			3	–	7
Dakota State			–			3	–	8
Edward Waters			–			2	–	9
Haskell			–			1	–	7
Warner			–			1	–	10

2014 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Menlo			–			3	–	8
Arizona Christian			–			2	–	7
Lindenwood–Belleville			–			2	–	8
Missouri Baptist			–			1	–	10
Haskell			–			0	–	9

2016 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Davenport			–			5	–	5

2018 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Indiana Wesleyan			–			7	–	3
Lawrence Tech			–			5	–	3
Allen			–			2	–	6

2019 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Allen			–			3	–	6
Edward Waters			–			1	–	10

2020 NAIA independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Edward Waters			–			1	–	2
Madonna			–			0	–	4

References[]

^ "Football Qualification Plan 2007" (PDF). NAIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.

[1] "Football Qualification Plan 2007" (PDF). NAIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.

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