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.^[1] In sports other than football, these schools compete in a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA called Continental Athletic Conference.

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Since	Primary conference
Andrew College	Cuthbert, Georgia	1854	United Methodist	496	Fighting Tigers	2026	SSAC
Faulkner University	Montgomery, Alabama	1942	Churches of Christ	2,933	Eagles	2026	SSAC

v t e NAIA conferences
Single Division	American Midwest Conference Appalachian Athletic Conference^† California Pacific Conference Cascade Collegiate Conference Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Continental Athletic Conference (Independent schools) Crossroads League Frontier Conference^† Great Plains Athletic Conference^† Great Southwest Athletic Conference HBCU Athletic Conference Heart of America Athletic Conference^† Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference^† Mid-South Conference^† Red River Athletic Conference River States Conference Sooner Athletic Conference^† Southern States Athletic Conference Sun Conference^† Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference
Football-only	Mid-States Football Association^† NAIA independent football schools^†
Lacrosse-only	National Women's Lacrosse League
^†Conference sponsors football

Current members