The 2020–21 NAIA football national championship was a four-round, sixteen team tournament played between April 17 and May 10, 2021.
The tournament concluded with a single game, played as the 65th Annual NAIA Football National Championship.
The Northwestern Red Raiders, led by 5th-year head coach Matt McCarty, entered the national championship game as the No.
The Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders, led by 11th-year head coach Chris Oliver, entered the national championship game as the No.
[3]at Eddie Robinson Stadium • Grambling, Louisiana 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 17, 2019.