Yes ... Troy won the NAIA national championship in 1968 and the NCAA Division II national championship in 1984 and 1987.
Carroll College
NAIA Football Player of the Year Award was created in 1997.
The NAIA Football Championship will be shown on ESPN3. The game will be played December 21, 2013 at 4:30 est. This years game is in Rome, Georgia, and features the U of Cumberlands Patriots and the Grand View Vikings. Please double check your local cable provider for the exact time and date of the broadcast.
Information regarding the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics can be found at any college with an athletic team participating in the organization. The NAIA also has a public website portal.
In the playoffs (Division I-AA, II, III, NAIA) AQ stands for automatic qualifier, a team that gets into the playoffs by winning the championship of their conference.
http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html Per the NCAA: D-A "The NCAA does not conduct a championship for Division I-A football. Instead, these teams participate in a national championship system developed by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) organization." Since the inception of the BCS: No team has "repeated" as champion. There are 8 teams with a single championship. In order from first to most recent: Tennessess Florida State Oklahoma Miami (FL) Ohio State LSU USC Texas BCS info: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4j3NQDJgFjGpvqRqCKO6AI-YXARX4_83FR9b_0A_YLc0NCIckdFAEuT364!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvUUd3QndNQSEvNElVRS82XzBfTFU!?CONTENT_URL=http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html D-AA GA Southern, 6 National Titles D-II "Before 1973, there was no National Collegiate Division II Football Championship. Instead, four regional bowl games were played to provide postseason action for what then were called NCAA College Division member schools." North Dakota State, 5 National Titles D-III Ditto on the D-II comment. Before 1973, there were only 2 bowl games. Mount Union, 7 National Titles
Since 2006 231 NAIA players have been drafted in the Summer Amateur Draft.
texas a & i university back in the late 70s?
Eastern New York State (NAIA)0-12 had a wining record a year before
Yes, the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) has different divisions for its sports programs, including NAIA Division I, Division II, and Division III. Each division has its own set of rules and regulations for competition.
No, you are not eligible. Transferring from a smaller school cancels out your availibility to play.