NAIA independent football schools
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NAIA independent schools are 4-year institutional members of the NAIA
that play college football
independent of any formal conference affiliation. In sports other than football, these schools also compete in a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA.
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
that play college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
independent of any formal conference affiliation. In sports other than football, these schools also compete in a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA.
NAIA football independents (as of 2011 season)
- Ave Maria UniversityAve Maria UniversityAve Maria University or AMU is a private Catholic university in southwest Florida, United States, founded in 2003. The university moved to its permanent campus, situated in the planned town of Ave Maria, east of Naples, Florida, in August 2007...
(Florida) - Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa Pacific UniversityAzusa Pacific University is a private, inter-denominational, evangelical Christian university located near Los Angeles in suburban Azusa, California. It was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900 in Whittier, California. It began offering degrees in 1939...
(California) (moving to NCAA Division II in 2012) - Dakota State UniversityDakota State UniversityDakota State University is a public university located in Madison, South Dakota. The university has a technology centric focus with programs in computer and information science, business, education, physical sciences, among other graduate and undergraduate programs...
(South Dakota) - Edward Waters CollegeEdward Waters College-External links:* -- Official web site** at * Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs** **...
(Florida) - Haskell Indian Nations UniversityHaskell Indian Nations UniversityHaskell Indian Nations University is a tribal university located in Lawrence, Kansas, for members of federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States...
(Kansas) - Southern Oregon UniversitySouthern Oregon Universityis a public liberal arts college located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1926, it was formerly known as Southern Oregon College and Southern Oregon State College . SOU offers criminology, natural sciences, including environmental science, Shakespearean studies and theatre arts programs...
(Oregon) (moving to Frontier ConferenceFrontier ConferenceThe Frontier Conference is a college athletic conference, founded in 1952 and affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in the northwestern United States, in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Utah....
as football affiliate in 2012) - Southern Virginia UniversitySouthern Virginia UniversitySouthern Virginia University is a liberal arts college located in Buena Vista, Virginia that promotes standards and values of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while not being owned nor operated by the Church...
(Virginia) - Webber International UniversityWebber International University-External links:* -- Official web site* -- Official athletics web site* at -References:...
(Florida)