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{{Infobox NAIA football season
| year = 2021
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| regular_season = {{nowrap|August 28 – November 13, 2021}}
| postseason = {{nowrap|November 20 – December 18, 2021}}
| championship = [[Durham County Memorial Stadium]]<br/>[[Durham, North Carolina|Durham, NC]]<br/>December 18, 2021
| champions = [[2021 Morningside Mustangs football team|Morningside]]
| naia_poty = Joe Dolincheck (quarterback, [[2021 Morningside Mustangs football team|Morningside)]]
}}
The '''2021 NAIA football season''' is the component of the 2021 [[college football]] season organized by the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA) in the United States. The regular season began on August 28 and culminated on November 13. The season's playoffs, known as the [[NAIA Football National Championship]], began on November 20 and culminated with the championship game on December 18 at [[Durham County Memorial Stadium]] in [[Durham, North Carolina]]. The [[2021 Morningside Mustangs football team|Morningside Mustangs]] defeated the {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Grand View Vikings|title=Grand View Vikings}} in the title game, winning the program's third NAIA title in four seasons under head coach [[Steve Ryan (American football)|Steve Ryan]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bain |first=Matthew |title=Morningside tops Grand View in all-Iowa NAIA football national title game |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/2021/12/18/morningside-tops-grand-view-all-iowa-naia-football-championship/8955391002/ |newspaper=[[The Des Moines Register]] |location=[[Des Moines, Iowa]] |date=December 18, 2021 |access-date=December 26, 2021 }}</ref>

==Conference changes and new programs==
===Membership changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! School !! Former conference !! New conference
|-
| [[Allen University|Allen]] [[Allen Yellow Jackets|Yellow Jackets]] || [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian]] || [[NCAA Division II independent schools|NCAA D-II Independent]]
|-
| [[Arkansas Baptist College|Arkansas Baptist]] [[Arkansas Baptist Buffaloes|Buffaloes]] || Independent ([[National Junior College Athletic Association|NJCAA]]) || [[NAIA independent football schools|Independent]]
|-
| [[Edward Waters University|Edward Waters]] [[Edward Waters Tigers|Tigers]] || [[NAIA independent football schools|NAIA Independent]] || [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]] (NCAA D-II)
|-
| [[Iowa Wesleyan University|Iowa Wesleyan]] [[Iowa Wesleyan Tigers|Tigers]] || [[St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|St. Louis]] (NCAA D-III) || [[North Star Athletic Association|North Star]]
|-
| [[Judson University]] [[Judson Eagles|Eagles]] || ''New program'' || [[Mid-States Football Association|MSFA]] Midwest
|-
| [[Louisiana Christian University|Louisiana Christian]] [[Louisiana Christian Wildcats and Lady Wildcats|Wildcats]] || [[American Southwest Conference|Am. Southwest]] (NCAA D-III) || [[Sooner Athletic Conference|Sooner]]
|-
| [[Mount Marty University|Mount Marty]] [[Mount Marty Lancers|Lancers]] || ''New program'' || [[Great Plains Athletic Conference|GPAC]]
|}

==Conference standings==
{| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2021 Frontier Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2021 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2021 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2021 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2021 Mid-South Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2021 Mid-States Football Association standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2021 North Star Athletic Association football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2021 Sooner Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2021 NAIA independents football records}}
|}

==Postseason==
{{Main|2021 NAIA Football National Championship}}

===Bracket===
{{16TeamBracket
| RD1=1st Round<br/>November 20
| RD2=Quarterfinals<br/>November 27
| RD3=Semifinals<br/>December 4
| RD4=Championship<br/>December 18

| RD1-seed01 = 1
| RD1-team01 = '''{{cfb link|year=2021|team=Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders|title=Lindsey Wilson}}'''
| RD1-score01= '''48'''
| RD1-seed02 = 16
| RD1-team02 = {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Montana Western Bulldogs|title=Montana Western}}
| RD1-score02= 21

| RD1-seed03 = 6
| RD1-team03 = {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Reinhardt Eagles|title=Reinhardt}}
| RD1-score03= 13
| RD1-seed04 = 12
| RD1-team04 = '''{{cfb link|year=2021|team=Keiser Seahawks|title=Keiser}}'''
| RD1-score04= '''16'''

| RD1-seed05 = 3
| RD1-team05 = '''{{cfb link|year=2021|team=Grand View Vikings|title=Grand View}}'''
| RD1-score05= '''38'''
| RD1-seed06 = 14
| RD1-team06 = {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Dickinson State Blue Hawks|title=Dickinson State}}
| RD1-score06= 13

| RD1-seed07 = 8
| RD1-team07 = '''{{cfb link|year=2021|team=Concordia Cardinals|title=Concordia (MI)}}'''
| RD1-score07= '''47'''
| RD1-seed08 = 11
| RD1-team08 = {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Saint Xavier Cougars|title=Saint Xavier}}
| RD1-score08= 3

| RD1-seed09 = 2
| RD1-team09 = '''[[2021 Morningside Mustangs football team|Morningside]]'''
| RD1-score09= '''63'''
| RD1-seed10 = 15
| RD1-team10 = {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Ottawa Spirit|title=Ottawa (AZ)}}
| RD1-score10= 38

| RD1-seed11 = 5
| RD1-team11 = {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats|title=Indiana Wesleyan}}
| RD1-score11= 
| RD1-seed12 = 10
| RD1-team12 = '''{{cfb link|year=2021|team=Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes|title=Kansas Wesleyan}}'''
| RD1-score12= '''forfeit'''

| RD1-seed13 = 4
| RD1-team13 = '''{{cfb link|year=2021|team=Northwestern Red Raiders|title=Northwestern (IA)}}''' 
| RD1-score13= '''24'''
| RD1-seed14 = 13
| RD1-team14 = {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Central Methodist Eagles|title=Central Methodist}}
| RD1-score14= 7

| RD1-seed15 = 7
| RD1-team15 = '''{{cfb link|year=2021|team=Marian Knights|title=Marian (IN)}}'''
| RD1-score15= '''21'''
| RD1-seed16 = 9
| RD1-team16 = {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Southwestern Moundbuilders|title=Southwestern (KS)}}
| RD1-score16= 17

| RD2-seed01 = 1
| RD2-team01 = '''Lindsey Wilson'''
| RD2-score01= '''54'''
| RD2-seed02 = 12
| RD2-team02 = Keiser
| RD2-score02= 12

| RD2-seed03 = 3
| RD2-team03 = '''Grand View'''
| RD2-score03= '''31'''
| RD2-seed04 = 8
| RD2-team04 = Concordia (MI)
| RD2-score04= 16

| RD2-seed05 = 2
| RD2-team05 = '''Morningside'''
| RD2-score05= '''58'''
| RD2-seed06 = 10
| RD2-team06 = Kansas Wesleyan
| RD2-score06= 21

| RD2-seed07 = 4
| RD2-team07 = '''Northwestern (IA)'''
| RD2-score07= '''25'''
| RD2-seed08 = 7
| RD2-team08 = Marian (IN)
| RD2-score08= 20

| RD3-seed01 = 1
| RD3-team01 = Lindsey Wilson
| RD3-score01= 28
| RD3-seed02 = 3
| RD3-team02 = '''Grand View'''
| RD3-score02= '''34'''

| RD3-seed03 = 2
| RD3-team03 = '''Morningside'''
| RD3-score03= '''28'''
| RD3-seed04 = 4
| RD3-team04 = Northwestern (IA)
| RD3-score04= 19

| RD4-seed01 = 3
| RD4-team01 = Grand View
| RD4-score01= 28
| RD4-seed02 = 2
| RD4-team02 = '''Morningside'''
| RD4-score02= '''38'''

}}

==Rankings==
{{Main|2021 NAIA football rankings}}

==See also==
* [[2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season]]
* [[2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season]]
* [[2021 NCAA Division II football season]]
* [[2021 NCAA Division III football season]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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