NAIA independent football schools

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. In sports other than football, these schools compete in a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA.

There are currently no independents as Edward Waters University of Jacksonville, Florida, whose primary conference was previously the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, began a transition to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division II in July 2021 and regained membership in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Yearly records

NAIA Division II independents (1970–1996)

Main article: List of NAIA Division II football independents standings

NAIA independents (1997–present)

1997 NAIA independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 14 McKendree ^   –     8 – 2   No. 18 Clinch Valley   –     6 – 3   Peru State   –     6 – 4   NW Oklahoma State   –     5 – 5   Azusa Pacific   –     4 – 5   Eastern Oregon   –     4 – 6   ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA poll	1998 NAIA independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 8 Azusa Pacific ^   –     12 – 2   No. 21 NW Oklahoma State   –     7 – 3   No. 25 Eastern Oregon   –     6 – 4   Clinch Valley   –     4 – 5   Peru State   –     4 – 5   ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA poll	1999 NAIA independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 1 NW Oklahoma State ^   –     13 – 0   No. 7 Azusa Pacific ^   –     9 – 3   Southern Oregon   –     7 – 2   Virginia–Wise   –     6 – 3   Peru State   –     3 – 7   ^ – NAIA playoff participant
2000 NAIA independents football records 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Ave Maria   –     8 – 2   Menlo   –     5 – 5   Webber International   –     5 – 5   Lindenwood–Belleville   –     4 – 7   Point   –     3 – 7   Edward Waters   –     2 – 9   Haskell   –     1 – 7   Warner   –     1 – 10	2014 NAIA independents football records 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 Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Davenport   –     5 – 5	2018 NAIA independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Indiana Wesleyan   –     7 – 3   Lawrence Tech   –     5 – 3   Allen   –     2 – 6	2019 NAIA independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Allen   –     3 – 6   Edward Waters   –     1 – 10
2020 NAIA independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Edward Waters   –     1 – 2   Madonna   –     0 – 4

See also

• List of NAIA football programs
• NAIA independent schools