National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national football champions:
For the 2021 season, the NJCAA announced the creation of Division I and Division III, along with implementing a Division I national championship playoff system for the 2021 fall season. Prior to the fall of 2021, NJCAA Football consisted of a single division.[2]
| Year | Institution | Location | Conference | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DuPage | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | Independent | Matt Rahn |
| 2022 | DuPage | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | Independent | Matt Rahn |
| 2023 | DuPage | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | Independent | Matt Rahn |
| 2024 | DuPage | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | Independent | Matt Rahn |
| Year | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Long Beach (10–0) | Hancock (10–0) | Bakersfield (9–1) | Del Mar (8–0–1) | Tyler (12–1) | [3] |
| 1961 | Cameron (11–0), 788 points | Pearl River (10–0), 763 points | Bakersfield (9–1), 750 points | San Mateo (9–1), 746 points | Columbia Basin (9–0), 744 points | [4] |
| 1962 | Santa Ana (10–0), 782.8 points Long Beach (9–0–1), 782.2 points | Orange Coast (9–1), 742 points | Henderson County (10–1–1), 737 points | Columbia Basin (8–1–1), 734 points | [5] | |
| 1963 | Orange Coast (10–0), 775 points | Bakersfield (9–1), 764 points | Pearl River (9–0–1), 752 points | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (9–1), 748 points | Trinidad (8–2), 739 points | [6] |
| 1964 | Long Beach (10–0), 790 points | Harbor (9–0), 754 points | Cameron (9–1), 750 points | Fullerton (8–2), 742 points | Jones County (9–1), 741 points Phoenix (10–1), 741 points | [7] |
| 1965 | Fullerton (10–0), 784 points | Cerritos (10–0), 782 points | Henderson County (10–1), 754 points | Columbia Basin (9–0), 752 points | Monterey Peninsula (9–1), 743 points | [8] |
| 1966 | Santa Monica (8–0–1), 768 points | Henderson County (10–1), 764 points | Laney (10–0), 764 points | Fullerton (9–0–1), 763 points | Kilgore (10–1), 759 points | [9] |
| 1967 | Fullerton (12–0), 793 points | Bakersfield (9–1), 769 points | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (9–1), 758 points | El Camino (8–1), 743 points | American River (11–1), 742 points | [10] |
| 1968 | Jones County (MS) (9–0), 761 points | El Camino (10–1), 761 points | San Diego Junior College (9–1), 754 points | Bakersfield (8–1), 752 points | Ferrum (10–0), 751 points Fresno City (10–2), 751 points | [11] |
| 1969 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (10–0) | Tyler (10–1) | Pasadena (8–0–1) | Pearl River (9–0) | Arizona Western (9–1) | [12] |
| 1970 | Fort Scott (11–0), 764 points | Fullerton (11–1), 760 points | Redwoods (11–0), 758 points Sequoias (10–2), 758 points | Reedley [CA] (10–1), 749 points | [13] | |
| 1971 | Mississippi Gulf Coast (11–0), 783 points | El Camino (11–1), 782 points | Phoenix (9–1), 758 points | Arizona Western (9–1), 749 points | Fort Scott (10–1), 748 points | [14] |
| 1972 | Arizona Western (10–0), 772 points | Pasadena (12–1), 763 points | Fresno City (11–1–1), 759 points | Blinn (9–0), 758 points | Redwoods (11–0), 754 points | [15] |
| 1973 | Gavilan (11–0), 773 points | Navarro, 753 points | ||||
| 1974 | Pasadena (10–0–1) | Ferrum (10–0) | Grossmont (10–0–2) | East Los Angeles (9–1–2) | Mesa (AZ) (9–1) | [16] |
| Year | Bowl game | Winning team | Losing team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | New Mexico Military (1) | Iowa Western | 31–13[34] | |
| 2022 | Iowa Western (3) | Hutchinson | 31–0[35] | |
| 2023 | Iowa Western (4) | East Mississippi | 61–14[36] | |
| 2024 | Hutchinson (2) | Iowa Western | 28-23[37] |
| Year | Bowl game | Winning team | Losing team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Red Grange Bowl | DuPage (1) | Nassau | 34–29 |
| 2022 | Red Grange Bowl | DuPage (2) | NDSCS | 14–12 |
| 2023 | Red Grange Bowl | DuPage (3) | Rochester C&T | 33–29 |
| 2024 | Red Grange Bowl | DuPage (4) | Louisburg | 31–14 |
From 2000 to 2010, the NJCAA recognized the top non-scholarship team in the nation.
| Wins | College |
|---|---|
| 6 | Butler County / Butler (KS) (1981, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007†, 2008) |
| 6 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1959, 1967, 1969, 1980, 1986, 1991) |
| 5 | East Mississippi (2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018) |
| 4 | Blinn (1995, 1996, 2006, 2009) |
| 4 | Ferrum (1965, 1968, 1974, 1977) |
| 4 | Mississippi Gulf Coast (1971, 1984, 2007†, 2019) |
| 3 | Coffeyville (1956, 1983, 1990) |
| 3 | Glendale (AZ) (1988, 2000, 2005) |
| 3 | Iowa Western (2012, 2022, 2023) |
| 3 | Northwest Mississippi (1982, 1992, 2015) |
| 2 | Bakersfield (1953, 1976) |
| 2 | Hutchinson (KS) (2020, 2024) |
| 2 | Mesa (AZ) (1973, 1975) |
| 2 | Navarro (1989, 2010) |
| 2 | Trinity Valley (1994, 1997) |
| 1 | Arizona Western (1972) |
| 1 | Boise (1958) |
| 1 | Cameron (1960†) |
| 1 | Ellsworth (1976) |
| 1 | Fort Scott (1970) |
| 1 | Garden City (2016) |
| 1 | Georgia Military (2001) |
| 1 | Hinds (1954) |
| 1 | Iowa Central (1978) |
| 1 | Joliet (2002) |
| 1 | Kilgore (1966) |
| 1 | Mississippi Delta (1993) |
| 1 | New Mexico Military (2021) |
| 1 | Paris (?) |
| 1 | Pearl River (2004) |
| 1 | Phoenix (1964) |
| 1 | Ranger (1979) |
| 1 | Snow (1985) |
| 1 | Texarkana (1957) |
| 1 | Tyler (1960†, 2025) |
† Co-champions
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