NAIA independent football schools

NAIA independent football schools are four-year institutional members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that play college football independent of any formal conference affiliation. In sports other than football, these schools compete in a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA called Continental Athletic Conference.

NAIA football independents
Simpson will join the Frontier Conference as an associate for football at the end of the 2024 season.