National Junior College Athletic Association
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is the governing association of community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions ...
(NJCAA) national football champions:
Champions
Single Division (1956–2021)
For the 2021 season, the NJCAA announced the creation of Division I and Division III, along with implementing a Division I national championship playoff system for the 2021 fall season. Prior to the fall of 2021, NJCAA Football consisted of a single division. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 fall season was postponed until the spring of 2021 and is denoted in the record book as the 2020–21 season.
*1961–1963 no champion
Division I (2021–present)
Division III (2021–present)
Championship games
Single Division (1956–2021)
Division I (2021–present)
Division III (2021–present)
Top Non-Scholarship (2000–2010)
From 2000–2010, the NJCAA recognized the top non-scholarship team in the nation.
National Championships by team
See also
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NCAA Division I Football Championship
The NCAA Division I Football Championship is an annual post-season college football game, played since 2006, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). From 1978 to 2005, the game was kn ...
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NCAA Division I FCS Consensus Mid-Major Football National Championship
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NCAA Division II National Football Championship
The NCAA Division II Football Championship is an American college football tournament played annually to determine a champion at the NCAA Division II level. It was first held in 1973, as a single-elimination tournament with eight teams. The tourna ...
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NCAA Division III National Football Championship
The NCAA Division III Football Championship began in 1973.
The Division III playoffs begin with 32 teams selected to participate in the Division III playoffs. The Division III championship game, known as the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl or Stagg Bowl ...
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NAIA National Football Championship
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the National Assoc ...
References
Additional sources
NJCAA record book
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National championship
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