2006 NAIA football season

The 2006 NAIA football season was the component of the 2006 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 16, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Sioux Falls Cougars defeated the Saint Francis Cougars, 23–19 in the title game to win the program's second NAIA championship.

2006 NAIA football season
National ChampionshipJim Carroll Stadium
Savannah, TN
December 16, 2006
ChampionSioux Falls
Player of the YearBrian Kurtz (linebacker, Saint Francis (IN))

Conference standings
2006 Central States Football League standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 21 NW Oklahoma State $*  4 –0   6 –4  
Texas College  3 –1   4 –7  
Southern Nazarene  2 –2   6 –4  
Peru State  1 –3   6 –5  
Bacone  0 –4   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Northwestern Oklahoma State later vacated four wins.
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2006 Dakota Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Black Hills State $^  7 –0   8 –3  
No. 14 Jamestown ^  5 –2   8 –3  
Dickinson State  5 –2   6 –4  
Valley City State  4 –3   6 –4  
Minot State  4 –3   4 –6  
Dakota State  2 –5   3 –8  
South Dakota Mines  1 –6   1 –9  
Mayville State  0 –7   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2006 Frontier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Carroll (MT) $^  9 –1   11 –2  
No. 11 MSU Northern ^  8 –2   9 –2  
Montana Tech  6 –4   6 –5  
Eastern Oregon  5 –5   6 –5  
Rocky Mountain  1 –9   2 –9  
Montana Western  1 –9   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2006 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Sioux Falls $^  10 –0   14 –0  
No. 6 Northwestern (IA) ^  9 –1   11 –2  
No. 8 Morningside ^  8 –2   9 –3  
No. 23 Nebraska Wesleyan  7 –3   7 –3  
Dana  5 –5   6 –5  
Briar Cliff  4 –6   5 –6  
Dakota Wesleyan  4 –6   4 –6  
Hastings  4 –6   4 –6  
Concordia (NE)  2 –8   2 –8  
Midland Lutheran  1 –9   2 –9  
Doane  1 –9   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2006 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Missouri Valley $^  10 –0   13 –1  
No. 18 Benedictine (KS)  7 –3   8 –3  
No. 22 MidAmerica Nazarene  7 –3   7 –3  
Graceland  6 –4   6 –4  
William Jewell  5 –5   5 –5  
Lindenwood  5 –5   5 –7  
Baker  4 –6   4 –6  
Evangel  4 –6   4 –6  
Culver–Stockton  3 –7   3 –8  
Avila  2 –8   3 –8  
Central Methodist  2 –8   3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2006 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 15 Bethel (KS) +^  8 –1   9 –2  
No. 13 Friends +^  8 –1   9 –2  
No. 20 Kansas Wesleyan  7 –2   8 –2  
No. 25 Sterling  7 –2   7 –3  
Tabor  5 –4   6 –4  
McPherson  3 –6   3 –7  
Saint Mary (KS)  2 –7   3 –7  
Bethany (KS)  2 –7   2 –8  
Southwestern (KS)  2 –7   2 –8  
Ottawa  1 –8   1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2006 Mid-South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 10 Georgetown (KY) x^  5 –0   9 –2  
No. 24 Virginia–Wise  3 –2   8 –3  
Cumberlands (KY)  3 –2   6 –4  
Pikeville  2 –3   4 –6  
Union (KY)  1 –4   2 –8  
West Virginia Tech  1 –4   1 –10  
West Division
No. 7 Bethel (TN) x^†  5 –0   10 –3  
Belhaven  4 –1   6 –5  
Shorter  3 –2   6 –5  
Lambuth  1 –4   4 –7  
Cumberland (TN)  1 –4   3 –7  
Campbellsville  1 –4   2 –8  
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
    † – Bethel forfeited all ten wins, including games against seven Mid-South teams.
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2006 Mid-States Football Association standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mideast League
No. 2 St. Francis (IN) x^  6 –0   13 –1  
No. 16 Walsh ^  4 –2   9 –3  
No. 17 Ohio Dominican  4 –2   7 –3  
No. 19 Malone  4 –2   7 –4  
Geneva  2 –4   4 –5  
Urbana  1 –5   5 –6  
Taylor  0 –6   1 –9  
Midwest League
No. 9 St. Ambrose x^  8 –0   10 –1  
No. 4 Saint Xavier ^  7 –1   10 –3  
McKendree  5 –3   5 –4  
William Penn  5 –3   5 –6  
Quincy  4 –4   6 –5  
Olivet Nazarene  3 –5   4 –7  
Trinity International  3 –5   4 –7  
St. Francis (IL)  1 –7   1 –9  
Iowa Wesleyan  0 –8   1 –9  
  • x – League champion/co-champions
    ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2006 NAIA independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Webber International   –   5 –5  
Langston   –   5 –4  
Southern Oregon   –   3 –6  
Azusa Pacific   –   3 –7  
Paul Quinn   –   2 –6  
Southern Virginia *   –   2 –7  
SAGU   –   2 –8  
Waldorf   –   2 –8  
Haskell   –   2 –9  
Seton Hill   –   2 –9  
Edward Waters   –   1 –9  
  • * – Southern Virginia later forfeited a win.

Postseason
Main article: 2006 NAIA Football National Championship

Rankings
Main article: 2006 NAIA football rankings

References
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