2018 NAIA football season

2018 NAIA football season
2018 NAIA football season
National Championship	Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium; Daytona Beach, FL; December 15, 2018
Champion	Morningside
Player of the Year	Trent Solsma (quarterback, Morningside)
	← 2017; NAIA football season; 2019 →;

The 2018 NAIA football season was the component of the 2018 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 15, at Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Morningside Mustangs defeated the Benedictine Ravens, 35–28, in the title game to win the program's first NAIA championship.^[1]

Conference standings

2018 Frontier Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 16 Rocky Mountain $^	7	–	3	8	–	4
No. 24 Eastern Oregon	6	–	4	6	–	4
Montana Western	6	–	4	6	–	4
Southern Oregon	6	–	4	6	–	4
No. 22 College of Idaho	6	–	4	6	–	5
Montana Tech	5	–	5	5	–	5
Carroll (MT)	4	–	6	5	–	6
Montana State–Northern	0	–	10	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2018 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Morningside $^	9	–	0	15	–	0
No. 12 Northwestern (IA) ^	8	–	1	9	–	2
No. 23 Dordt	6	–	3	7	–	3
Midland	5	–	4	7	–	4
Doane	5	–	4	6	–	4
Briar Cliff	4	–	5	6	–	5
Hastings	3	–	6	5	–	6
Concordia (NE)	2	–	7	3	–	7
Jamestown	2	–	7	3	–	8
Dakota Wesleyan	1	–	8	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2018 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North
No. 2 Benedictine (KS) x^	5	–	0	13	–	2
No. 15 Grand View ^	4	–	1	8	–	3
Culver–Stockton	2	–	3	4	–	7
William Penn	2	–	3	4	–	7
Peru State	1	–	4	3	–	8
Graceland	1	–	4	1	–	10
South
No. 5 Baker x^	4	–	0	9	–	3
No. 17 Evangel	2	–	2	9	–	2
MidAmerica Nazarene	2	–	2	4	–	7
Central Methodist	1	–	3	4	–	6
Missouri Valley	1	–	3	3	–	7

x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2018 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Kansas Wesleyan $^	10	–	0	12	–	1
No. 20 Ottawa (KS)	8	–	2	8	–	2
Avila	7	–	3	7	–	3
Tabor	6	–	4	6	–	4
Southwestern (KS)	5	–	5	6	–	5
Saint Mary (KS)	4	–	6	4	–	6
Sterling	4	–	6	4	–	6
Bethel (KS)	3	–	7	3	–	7
McPherson	3	–	7	3	–	7
Friends	3	–	7	3	–	8
Bethany (KS)	2	–	8	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2018 Mid-South Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Appalachian Division
No. 11 Reinhardt x^	6	–	0	9	–	2
No. 12 Cumberlands (KY) ^	5	–	1	10	–	2
Pikeville	4	–	2	6	–	5
Point	2	–	4	3	–	8
Bluefield	1	–	4	4	–	7
St. Andrews	1	–	4	2	–	7
Union (KY)	1	–	5	2	–	8
Bluegrass Division
No. 10 Bethel (TN) x^	6	–	0	10	–	1
No. 19 Georgetown (KY)	4	–	2	7	–	3
No. 18 Lindsey Wilson	4	–	2	7	–	3
Cumberland (TN)	3	–	3	5	–	6
Campbellsville	3	–	3	4	–	6
Kentucky Christian	1	–	5	2	–	9
Cincinnati Christian	0	–	6	0	–	11
Sun Division
No. 21 Southeastern x	5	–	1	7	–	3
Ave Maria x	5	–	1	6	–	4
Keiser	4	–	2	6	–	4
Webber International	3	–	3	7	–	3
Edward Waters	2	–	4	4	–	7
Faulkner	1	–	5	4	–	6
Warner	1	–	5	1	–	9

x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2018 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mideast League
No. 9 Marian (IN) x^	6	–	0	10	–	1
No. 6 Concordia (MI) ^	5	–	1	10	–	3
No. 3 Saint Francis (IN) ^	4	–	2	10	–	3
No. 25 Siena Heights	3	–	3	7	–	3
Missouri Baptist	2	–	4	4	–	7
Taylor	1	–	5	3	–	7
Lindenwood–Belleville	0	–	6	0	–	11
Midwest League
No. 7 Saint Xavier x^	5	–	0	9	–	4
Olivet Nazarene	4	–	1	5	–	5
St. Ambrose	3	–	2	6	–	4
St. Francis (IL)	2	–	3	4	–	7
Robert Morris (IL)	1	–	4	2	–	9
Trinity International	0	–	5	1	–	9

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2018 North Star Athletic Association football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Dickinson State $^	6	–	1	9	–	3
Valley City State	5	–	2	6	–	4
Waldorf	5	–	2	5	–	5
Presentation	3	–	4	5	–	5
Dakota State	2	–	5	3	–	8
Mayville State	0	–	7	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2018 Sooner Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Langston $^	8	–	0	9	–	2
OK Panhandle State	6	–	2	6	–	5
Arizona Christian	5	–	3	8	–	3
Ottawa (AZ)	5	–	3	7	–	4
SAGU	4	–	4	5	–	5
Wayland Baptist	3	–	5	5	–	5
Lyon	2	–	6	4	–	7
Texas Wesleyan	2	–	6	2	–	8
Texas College	1	–	7	1	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

^ Jeff Bryan (December 16, 2018). "As Close As It Could Be". St. Joseph News-Press. pp. C1, C6 – via Newspapers.com.

2018 NAIA football season
National Championship	Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium Daytona Beach, FL December 15, 2018
Champion	Morningside
Player of the Year	Trent Solsma (quarterback, Morningside)
← 2017 NAIA football season 2019 →