The 2017 NAIA football national championship was a four-round, sixteen team tournament played between November 18 and December 16 of 2017.

The tournament will conclude on December 16 with a single game, played as the 62nd Annual NAIA Football National Championship .

[1] The game featured two undefeated teams that met in the semifinal round of the 2016 tournament, including the defending national champions, the #1-ranked Saint Francis Cougars.

The field was filled with at-large selections that were awarded to the highest ranked teams that were not conference champions.

[3] Semifinal pairings were confirmed by the NAIA on November 25, soon after completion of the day's quarterfinal games.