The 2018 NAIA football national championship was a four-round, sixteen team tournament played between November 17 and December 15 of 2018.
The tournament concluded on December 15 with a single game, played as the 63rd Annual NAIA Football National Championship.
Niles was a second-team All-American, a controversial achievement because many consider Solsma-to-Niles to be one of the most productive duos in NAIA football history.
A total of sixteen teams were selected to participate in the single-elimination tournament from across the country, with invitations that were revealed on Sunday, November 11, 2018.
The field was then filled with at-large selections that were awarded to the highest ranked teams that were not conference champions.