1972 junior college football season

The 1972 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September to December 1972. Arizona Western won the NJCAA National Football Championship, defeating in the El Toro Bowl in Yuma, Arizona.

won the California State Junior College Large Division playoffs, defeating in the championship game at the Potato Bowl in Bakersfield, California, while  won the California State Junior College Small Division playoffs, beating  in the title game at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California.