2009 NAIA football season

2009 NAIA football season
National Championship	Barron Stadium Rome, GA December 19, 2009
Champion	Sioux Falls
Player of the Year	Lorenzo Brown (quarterback, Sioux Falls)

The 2009 NAIA football season was the component of the 2009 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 19, at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The Sioux Falls Cougars defeated the Lindenwood Lions, 25–22, in the title game to win the program's fourth NAIA championship and third in four years.

Conference standings

2009 Central States Football League standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   NW Oklahoma State #   5 – 0     7 – 3   No. 19 Langston $^   4 – 1     8 – 4   Southern Nazarene   3 – 2     6 – 5   SAGU   2 – 3     3 – 7   Bacone   1 – 4     1 – 8   Texas College   0 – 5     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant # – Northwestern Oklahoma State was ineligible for the conference title. Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2009 Dakota Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 14 Minot State ^   7 – 1     8 – 3   No. 18 Dickinson State +^   7 – 1     7 – 4   Black Hills State   5 – 3     6 – 4   Jamestown   5 – 3     5 – 5   South Dakota Mines   3 – 5     5 – 5   Valley City State   3 – 5     3 – 7   Dakota State   2 – 6     2 – 7   Mayville State   0 – 8     1 – 9   + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2009 Frontier Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 3 Carroll (MT) $^   10 – 0     13 – 1   No. 22 Eastern Oregon   7 – 3     7 – 4   Montana Tech   7 – 3     7 – 4   Montana Western   4 – 6     4 – 6   Montana State–Northern   1 – 9     2 – 9   Rocky Mountain   1 – 9     2 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 1 Sioux Falls $^   10 – 0     15 – 0   No. 5 Morningside ^   9 – 1     10 – 2   No. 13 Hastings ^   8 – 2     9 – 3   No. 25 Northwestern (IA)   7 – 3     7 – 3   Midland Lutheran   6 – 4     6 – 5   Nebraska Wesleyan   5 – 5     5 – 5   Dakota Wesleyan   4 – 6     4 – 6   Briar Cliff   4 – 6     4 – 7   Doane   4 – 6     4 – 7   Concordia (NE)   3 – 7     3 – 7   Dordt   0 – 10     1 – 10   Dana   0 – 10     0 – 11   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2009 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 2 Lindenwood $^   10 – 0     13 – 1   No. 8 MidAmerica Nazarene ^   9 – 1     10 – 2   No. 10 Missouri Valley ^   8 – 2     8 – 3   No. 23 Baker   7 – 3     7 – 3   Central Methodist   6 – 4     6 – 5   Benedictine (KS)   5 – 5     6 – 5   Avila   3 – 7     4 – 7   Evangel   3 – 7     3 – 7   Graceland   3 – 7     3 – 7   William Jewell   1 – 9     1 – 9   Culver–Stockton   0 – 10     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participants Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2009 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 6 Ottawa $^   9 – 0     11 – 1   No. 12 McPherson ^   8 – 1     9 – 2   No. 15 Friends   7 – 2     8 – 2   Sterling   5 – 4     6 – 4   Kansas Wesleyan   4 – 5     5 – 5   Bethany (KS)   3 – 6     4 – 6   Bethel (KS)   3 – 6     3 – 7   Saint Mary (KS)   3 – 6     3 – 7   Southwestern (KS)   3 – 6     3 – 7   Tabor   0 – 9     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2009 Mid-South Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   East Division No. 11 Cumberlands (KY) x^   5 – 1     9 – 2   Campbellsville   4 – 2     7 – 4   Georgetown (KY)   4 – 2     7 – 4   Virginia–Wise   4 – 2     5 – 6   Union (KY)   3 – 3     4 – 6   Pikeville   1 – 5     3 – 8   West Virginia Tech   0 – 6     3 – 8   West Division No. 7 Lambuth x^   6 – 0     12 – 1   Belhaven   4 – 2     6 – 5   Bethel (TN)   4 – 2     5 – 6   Shorter   3 – 3     6 – 5   Cumberland (TN)   3 – 3     5 – 6   Kentucky Christian   1 – 5     1 – 9   Faulkner   0 – 6     2 – 9   x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2009 Mid-States Football Association standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Mideast League No. 4 Saint Xavier x^   7 – 0     13 – 1   No. 16 Walsh   5 – 2     8 – 3   No. 17 Saint Francis (IN)   5 – 2     7 – 3   No. 20 Taylor   5 – 2     7 – 3   Marian (IN)   3 – 4     6 – 5   Malone   2 – 5     4 – 6   Olivet Nazarene   1 – 6     2 – 9   Trinity International   0 – 7     0 – 11   Midwest League No. 9 McKendree x^   7 – 0     9 – 2   No. 21 Grand View   6 – 1     8 – 3   William Penn   5 – 2     7 – 5   St. Ambrose   4 – 3     6 – 4   Quincy   3 – 4     4 – 7   St. Francis (IL)   2 – 5     3 – 8   Iowa Wesleyan   1 – 6     2 – 9   Waldorf   0 – 7     1 – 9   x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2009 NAIA independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 24 Ohio Dominican   –     7 – 3   Peru State   –     7 – 4   Webber International   –     4 – 6   Haskell   –     3 – 7   Azusa Pacific   –     3 – 8   Southern Oregon   –     2 – 7   Southern Virginia   –     0 – 8   Edward Waters   –     0 – 10   Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

Postseason

Main article: 2009 NAIA Football National Championship

Rankings

Main article: 2009 NAIA football rankings