The NAIA football national championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) college football teams in the United States.
Under sponsorship of the NAIA, the championship game has been played annually since 1956.
NAIA schools are allowed to offer 24 full varsity football scholarships which can be divided up as they wish.
Carroll College of Montana is the most successful team still playing at the NAIA level, with six national titles.
Over the years, the NAIA championship games were played under a variety of names: