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2020–21 NAIA football season

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2020 NAIA football season
Regular seasonTBD
PostseasonTBA
National ChampionshipEddie Robinson Stadium
Grambing, LA
TBD 2021
ChampionTBD

The 2020 NAIA football season will be the component of the 2020 college football season organized by the NAIA in the United States. The regular season was moved to spring 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic-related measures and protocols.

The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, will culminate with the championship game in spring 2021 at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana, It was originally scheduled for December 19, 2020, but the date was changed.[1]

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

School Former conference New conference
Florida Memorial Lions Revived program Mid-South Sun
Madonna Crusaders New program MSFA Mideast
Roosevelt Lakers New program MSFA Midwest

Roosevelt acquired Robert Morris University's football team in April 2020 after merging with Robert Morris.[2]

Conference standings

2020 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Morningside $^   8 0     10 1  
No. 2 Northwestern (IA) ^   8 1     11 2  
No. 15 Dordt ^   7 2     7 3  
Midland   5 3     5 3  
Concordia (NE)   4 4     4 4  
Dakota Wesleyan   4 5     4 5  
Doane   2 5     2 5  
Hastings   2 7     2 8  
Jamestown   1 7     1 7  
Briar Cliff   1 8     1 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

Postseason

Rankings

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA's annual football tourney joins other NAIA fall championships in moving to spring". The Kansas City Star. July 31, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football Is Coming to Roosevelt University This Fall". Roosevelt University Athletics. April 3, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2020.