2022 NAIA football season


The 2022 NAIA football season is the component of the 2022 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in the United States.
The regular season began on August 25 and culminated on November 12.
The playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, will begin on November 19 and culminate with the championship game on December 17 at Durham County Memorial Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Conference changes and new programs

Appalachian Athletic Conference and Sun Conference started to sponsor football this season.

Postseason

Bowl game

Olivet Nazarene and Southwestern Assemblies of God did not qualify for the NAIA playoffs, but were invited to compete in the Victory Bowl to decide the 2022 National Christian College Athletic Association championship.
DateTime GameSiteTelevisionTeamsAffiliationsResults
Nov. 226:00 pmVictory BowlLumpkins Stadium
Waxahachie, Texas
Olivet Nazarene
SAGU*
MSFA
SAC
NCCAA
Olivet Nazarene 21–16

*Host team