{{short description|American college football championships}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} thumb|right|upright=1.4|A photo at the conclusion of the 2022 Red Grange Bowl, the NJCAA Division III championship contest '''National Junior College Athletic Association''' (NJCAA) national football champions:
==Champions== ===Single division era (1956–2021)=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Team !Location !Conference !Head coach |- |1956 |{{cfb link|year=1956|team=Coffeyville Red Ravens|title=Coffeyville}} |Coffeyville, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |Cliff Long |- |1957 |{{cfb link|year=1957|team=Texarkana Bulldogs|title=Texarkana}} |Texarkana, Texas |Texas Junior College Conference |Duncan Thompson |- |1958 |Boise |Boise, Idaho |Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference |Lyle Smith |- |1959 |{{cfb link|year=1959|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}} |Miami, Oklahoma |Oklahoma Junior College Conference |Red Robertson |- |1960<br>co-champions |{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Tyler Apaches|title=Tyler}}<br>{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Cameron Aggies|title=Cameron}} |Tyler, Texas<br>Lawton, Oklahoma |Texas Eastern Conference<br>Oklahoma Junior College Conference |Floyd Wagstaff<br>Leroy Montgomery |- ! colspan="8" style="text-align:center;" style= |1961–1963 no champion |- |1964 |{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Phoenix Bears|title=Phoenix}} |Phoenix, Arizona |Arizona Junior College Athletic Conference |Thomas Hogan |- |1965 |{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Ferrum Panthers|title=Ferrum}} |Ferrum, Virginia |Coastal Football Conference |Hank Norton |- |1966 |{{cfb link|year=1966|team=Kilgore Rangers|title=Kilgore}} |Kilgore, Texas |Texas Junior College Football Federation |Boyd Converse |- |1967 |{{cfb link|year=1967|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}} |Miami, Oklahoma |Oklahoma Junior College Conference |Chuck Bowman |- |1968 |Ferrum |Ferrum, Virginia |Coastal Football Conference |Hank Norton |- |1969 |Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |Miami, Oklahoma |Independent |Chuck Bowman |- |1970 |Fort Scott |Fort Scott, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference |Dick Foster |- |1971 |Mississippi Gulf Coast |Perkinston, Mississippi |Mississippi Junior College Conference |George Sekul |- |1972 |Arizona Western |Yuma, Arizona |Arizona Junior College Athletic Conference |Ray Butcher |- |1973 |{{cfb link|year=1973|team=Mesa Hokams|title=Mesa (AZ)}} |Mesa, Arizona |Arizona Community College Athletic Conference |Paul Widmer |- |1974 |{{cfb link|year=1974|team=Ferrum Panthers|title=Ferrum}} |Ferrum, Virginia |Coastal Football Conference |Hank Norton |- |1975 |{{cfb link|year=1975|team=Mesa Hokams|title=Mesa (AZ)}} |Mesa, Arizona |Arizona Community College Athletic Conference |Paul Widmer |- |1976 |{{cfb link|year=1976|team=Ellsworth Panthers|title=Ellsworth}} |Iowa Falls, Iowa |Iowa Junior College Conference |Vern Thomsen |- |1977 |{{cfb link|year=1977|team=Ferrum Panthers|title=Ferrum}} |Ferrum, Virginia |Coastal Football Conference |Hank Norton |- |1978 |{{cfb link|year=1978|team=Iowa Central Tritons|title=Iowa Central}} |Fort Dodge, Iowa |Iowa Junior College Conference |Paul Shupe |- |1979 |{{cfb link|year=1979|team=Ranger Rangers|title=Ranger}} |Ranger, Texas | |Tim Marcum |- |1980 |{{cfb link|year=1980|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}} |Miami, Oklahoma |Southwest Junior College Football Conference |Glen Wolfe |- |1981 |{{cfb link|year=1981|team=Butler County Grizzlies|title=Butler County}} |El Dorado, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |Fayne Henson |- |1982 |{{cfb link|year=1982|team=Northwest Mississippi Rangers|title=Northwest Mississippi}} |Senatobia, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Bobby Franklin |- |1983 |{{cfb link|year=1983|team=Coffeyville Red Ravens|title=Coffeyville}} |Coffeyville, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |Dick Foster |- |1984 |{{cfb link|year=1984|team=Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs|title=Mississippi Gulf Coast}} |Perkinston, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |George Sekul |- |1985 |{{cfb link|year=1985|team=Snow Badgers|title=Snow}} |Ephraim, Utah |Western States Football League |Walt Criner |- |1986 |{{cfb link|year=1986|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}} |Miami, Oklahoma |Southwest Junior College Football Conference |Glen Wolfe |- |1987 |Ellsworth |Iowa Falls, Iowa |Independent |Lloyd Sisco |- |1988 |{{cfb link|year=1988|team=Glendale Gauchos|title=Glendale (AZ)}} |Glendale, Arizona |Western States Football League |Joe Kersting |- |1989 |{{cfb link|year=1989|team=Navarro Bulldogs|title=Navarro}} |Corsicana, Texas |Texas Junior College Football Conference |Bob McElroy |- |1990 |{{cfb link|year=1990|team=Coffeyville Red Ravens|title=Coffeyville}} |Coffeyville, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |Skip Foster |- |1991 |{{cfb link|year=1991|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}} |Miami, Oklahoma | |Mike Loyd |- |1992 |{{cfb link|year=1992|team=Northwest Mississippi Rangers|title=Northwest Mississippi}} |Senatobia, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Bobby Franklin |- |1993 |{{cfb link|year=1993|team=Mississippi Delta Trojans|title=Mississippi Delta}} |Moorhead, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |James Gray |- |1994 |{{cfb link|year=1994|team=Trinity Valley Cardinals|title=Trinity Valley}} |Athens, Texas |Texas Junior College Football Conference |Randy Pippin |- |1995 |{{cfb link|year=1995|team=Blinn Buccaneers|title=Blinn}} |Brenham, Texas |Texas Junior College Football Conference |Willie Fritz |- |1996 |Blinn |Brenham, Texas |Southwest Junior College Football Conference |Willie Fritz |- |1997 |{{cfb link|year=1997|team=Trinity Valley Cardinals|title=Trinity Valley}} |Athens, Texas |Southwest Junior College Football Conference |Scotty Conley |- |1998 |{{cfb link|year=1998|team=Butler County Grizzlies|title=Butler County}} |El Dorado, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |James Shibest |- |1999 |{{cfb link|year=1999|team=Butler County Grizzlies|title=Butler County}} |El Dorado, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |James Shibest |- |2000 |{{cfb link|year=2000|team=Glendale Gauchos|title=Glendale (AZ)}} |Glendale, Arizona |Western States Football League |Mike Grossner |- |2001 |{{cfb link|year=2001|team=Georgia Military Bulldogs|title=Georgia Military}} |Milledgeville, Georgia |Independent |Bert Williams |- |2002 |Joliet |Joliet, Illinois |North Central Community College Conference |Bob MacDougall |- |2003 |{{cfb link|year=2003|team=Butler County Grizzlies|title=Butler County}} |El Dorado, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |Troy Morrell |- |2004 |{{cfb link|year=2004|team=Pearl River Wildcats|title=Pearl River}} |Poplarville, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Tim Hatten |- |2005 |{{cfb link|year=2005|team=Glendale Gauchos|title=Glendale (AZ)}} |Glendale, Arizona |Western States Football League |Joe Kersting |- |2006 |{{cfb link|year=2006|team=Blinn Buccaneers|title=Blinn}} |Brenham, Texas |Southwest Junior College Football Conference |Brad Franchione |- |2007<br>(co-champions) |{{cfb link|year=2007|team=Butler Grizzlies|title=Butler (KS)}}<br>{{cfb link|year=2007|team=Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs|title=Mississippi Gulf Coast}} |El Dorado, Kansas<br>Perkinston, Mississippi |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference<br>Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Troy Morrell<br>Steve Campbell |- |2008 |{{cfb link|year=2008|team=Butler Grizzlies|title=Butler (KS)}} |El Dorado, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |Troy Morrell |- |2009 |{{cfb link|year=2009|team=Blinn Buccaneers|title=Blinn}} |Brenham, Texas |Southwest Junior College Football Conference |Brad Franchione |- |2010 |{{cfb link|year=2010|team=Navarro Bulldogs|title=Navarro}} |Corsicana, Texas |Southwest Junior College Football Conference |Nick Bobeck |- |2011 |{{cfb link|year=2011|team=East Mississippi Lions|title=East Mississippi}} |Scooba, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Buddy Stephens |- |2012 |{{cfb link|year=2012|team=Iowa Western Reivers|title=Iowa Western}} |Council Bluffs, Iowa |Midwest Football Conference |Scott Strohmeier |- |2013 |{{cfb link|year=2013|team=East Mississippi Lions|title=East Mississippi}} |Scooba, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Buddy Stephens |- |2014 |East Mississippi |Scooba, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Buddy Stephens |- |2015 |{{cfb link|year=2015|team=Northwest Mississippi Rangers|title=Northwest Mississippi}} |Senatobia, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Jack Wright |- |2016 |Garden City |Garden City, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |Jeff Sims |- |2017 |{{cfb link|year=2017|team=East Mississippi Lions|title=East Mississippi}} |Scooba, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Buddy Stephens |- |2018 |East Mississippi |Scooba, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Buddy Stephens |- |2019 |Mississippi Gulf Coast |Perkinston, Mississippi |Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges |Jack Wright |- |2020–21{{efn|Due to COVID-19, the 2020 fall season was postponed until the spring of 2021 and is denoted in the record book as the 2020–21 season.{{small|<ref>{{Cite web |title=NJCAA Football Record Book 2022 |url=https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/u/8/gqqg530h93k51u/NJCAA_Football_Record_Book_-_Updated_January_2022.pdf}}</ref>}}}} |{{cfb link|year=2020–21|team=Hutchinson Blue Dragons|title=Hutchinson}} |Hutchinson, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |Drew Dallas |- |} {{notelist}}
===Split division era (2021–present)=== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NJCAA Football Creates Divisions and Playoff System|url=https://www.sportstravelmagazine.com/njcaa-football-creates-divisions-and-playoff-system/}}</ref>
====Division I==== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Team !Location !Conference !Head coach |- |2021 |New Mexico Military |Roswell, New Mexico |Southwest Junior College Football Conference |Kurt Taufa'asau |- |2022 |Iowa Western |Council Bluffs, Iowa |Iowa Community College Athletic Conference |Scott Strohmeier |- |2023 |Iowa Western |Council Bluffs, Iowa |Iowa Community College Athletic Conference |Scott Strohmeier |- |2024 |Hutchinson |Hutchinson, Kansas |Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |Drew Dallas |- |2025 |{{cfb link|year=2025|team=Iowa Western Reivers|title=Iowa Western}} |Council Bluffs, Iowa |Iowa Community College Athletic Conference |Scott Strohmeier |}
====Division III==== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Team !Location !Conference !Head coach |- |2021 |{{cfb link|year=2021|team=DuPage Chaparrals|title=DuPage}} |Glen Ellyn, Illinois |Independent |Matt Rahn |- |2022 |{{cfb link|year=2022|team=DuPage Chaparrals|title=DuPage}} |Glen Ellyn, Illinois |Independent |Matt Rahn |- |2023 |DuPage |Glen Ellyn, Illinois |Independent |Matt Rahn |- |2024 |{{cfb link|year=2024|team=DuPage Chaparrals|title=DuPage}} |Glen Ellyn, Illinois |Independent |Matt Rahn |- |2025 |{{cfb link|year=2025|team=DuPage Chaparrals|title=DuPage}} |Glen Ellyn, Illinois |Independent |Matt Rahn |}
=== J. C. Gridwire rankings (1960–1974) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !No. 1 !No. 2 !No. 3 !No. 4 !No. 5 !Source |- |1960 |Long Beach (10–0) |{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Hancock Bulldogs|title=Hancock}} (10–0) |{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Bakersfield Renegades|title=Bakersfield}} (9–1) |{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Del Mar Vikings|title=Del Mar}} (8–0–1) |{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Tyler Apaches|title=Tyler}} (12–1) |<ref>{{cite news|title=Long Beach Wins Juco Grid Title|newspaper=The Idaho Statesmaan|date=December 19, 1960|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-gridwire/144617749/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1961 |Cameron (11–0), 788 points |{{cfb link|year=1961|team=Pearl River Wildcats|title=Pearl River}} (10–0), 763 points |{{cfb link|year=1961|team=Bakersfield Renegades|title=Bakersfield}} (9–1), 750 points |{{cfb link|year=1961|team=San Mateo Bulldogs|title=San Mateo}} (9–1), 746 points |{{cfb link|year=1961|team=Columbia Basin Hawks|title=Columbia Basin}} (9–0), 744 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=Vikings 17th, Cameron 1st|newspaper=Press-Telegram|date=December 19, 1961|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-telegram-gridwire/144617581/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1962 |Santa Ana (10–0), 782.8 points<br>{{cfb link|year=1962|team=Long Beach Vikings|title=Long Beach}} (9–0–1), 782.2 points | |{{cfb link|year=1962|team=Orange Coast Pirates|title=Orange Coast}} (9–1), 742 points |{{cfb link|year=1962|team=Henderson County Cardinals|title=Henderson County}} (10–1–1), 737 points |{{cfb link|year=1962|team=Columbia Basin Hawks|title=Columbia Basin}} (8–1–1), 734 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=Long Beach, Santa Ana Top Jaycees|newspaper=Redwood City Tribune|date=December 24, 1962|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/redwood-city-tribune-gridwire/144617393/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1963 |Orange Coast (10–0), 775 points |{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Bakersfield Renegades|title=Bakersfield}} (9–1), 764 points |{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Pearl River Wildcats|title=Pearl River}} (9–0–1), 752 points |{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}} (9–1), 748 points |{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Trinidad Trojans|title=Trinidad}} (8–2), 739 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=Perfect Ending! Orange Coast Tops JC Training|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 20, 1963|page=4, Part III|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-gridwire/144617070/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1964 |Long Beach (10–0), 790 points |{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Harbor Seahawks|title=Harbor}} (9–0), 754 points |{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Cameron Aggies|title=Cameron}} (9–1), 750 points |{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Fullerton Hornets|title=Fullerton}} (8–2), 742 points |{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Jones County Bobcats|title=Jones County}} (9–1), 741 points<br>Phoenix (10–1), 741 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=Vikings Top J.C. Grid-Wire Final Ratings|newspaper=The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet|date=December 20, 1964|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-van-nuys-news-and-valley-green-sheet/144616844/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1965 |Fullerton (10–0), 784 points |{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Cerritos Falcons|title=Cerritos}} (10–0), 782 points |{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Henderson County Cardinals|title=Henderson County}} (10–1), 754 points |{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Columbia Basin Hawks|title=Columbia Basin}} (9–0), 752 points |{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Monterey Peninsula Lobos|title=Monterey Peninsula}} (9–1), 743 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=Hawks 4th In Final JC Poll|newspaper=Tri-city Herald|date=December 19, 1965|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tri-city-herald-jc-gridwire/144616603/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1966 |{{cfb link|year=1966|team=Santa Monica Corsairs|title=Santa Monica}} (8–0–1), 768 points | {{cfb link|year=1966|team=Henderson County Cardinals|title=Henderson County}} (10–1), 764 points |{{cfb link|year=1966|team=Laney Eagles|title=Laney}} (10–0), 764 points |{{cfb link|year=1966|team=Fullerton Hornets|title=Fullerton}} (9–0–1), 763 points |{{cfb link|year=1966|team=Kilgore Rangers|title=Kilgore}} (10–1), 759 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=Hawks Overlooked: Californians Top JC Grid Ratings|newspaper=Tri-City Herald|date=December 18, 1966|page=30|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tri-city-herald-hawks-overlooked-califo/144637712/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1967 |Fullerton (12–0), 793 points |{{cfb link|year=1967|team=Bakersfield Renegades|title=Bakersfield}} (9–1), 769 points |{{cfb link|year=1967|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}} (9–1), 758 points |{{cfb link|year=1967|team=El Camino Warriors|title=El Camino}} (8–1), 743 points |{{cfb link|year=1967|team=American River Beavers|title=American River}} (11–1), 742 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=Harts 6th In Final Grid Poll|newspaper=The Californian|date=December 15, 1967|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-californian-harts-6th-in-final-grid/144637262/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1968 |Jones County (MS) (9–0), 761 points |{{cfb link|year=1968|team=El Camino Warriors|title=El Camino}} (10–1), 761 points |{{cfb link|year=1968|team=San Diego Junior College Knights|title=San Diego Junior College}} (9–1), 754 points |{{cfb link|year=1968|team=Bakersfield Renegades|title=Bakersfield}} (8–1), 752 points |Ferrum (10–0), 751 points<br>{{cfb link|year=1968|team=Fresno City Rams|title=Fresno City}} (10–2), 751 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=Rating Goof Rams Get 5th-Place Tie|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|date=December 20, 1968|page=25|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-gridwire/144618488/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1969 |Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (10–0) |{{cfb link|year=1969|team=Tyler Apaches|title=Tyler}} (10–1) |{{cfb link|year=1969|team=Pasadena Lancers|title=Pasadena}} (8–0–1) |{{cfb link|year=1969|team=Pearl River Wildcats|title=Pearl River}} (9–0) |{{cfb link|year=1969|team=Arizona Western Matadors|title=Arizona Western}} (9–1) |<ref>{{cite news|title=Panthers Fail To Gain Spot In Grid Poll|newspaper=The Californian|date=December 19, 1969|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-californian-panthers-fail-to-gain-sp/144636719/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1970 |Fort Scott (11–0), 764 points |{{cfb link|year=1970|team=Fullerton Hornets|title=Fullerton}} (11–1), 760 points |Redwoods (11–0), 758 points<br>Sequoias (10–2), 758 points | |Reedley [CA] (10–1), 749 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=CBC Rated 13th|newspaper=Tri-City Herald|date=December 18, 1970|page=27|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tri-city-herald-gridwire/144619199/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1971 |Mississippi Gulf Coast (11–0), 783 points |{{cfb link|year=1961|team=El Camino Warriors|title=El Camino}} (11–1), 782 points |{{cfb link|year=1971|team=Phoenix Bears|title=Phoenix}} (9–1), 758 points |{{cfb link|year=1971|team=Arizona Western Matadors|title=Arizona Western}} (9–1), 749 points |{{cfb link|year=1971|team=Fort Scott Greyhounds|title=Fort Scott}} (10–1), 748 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=Reedley Ranks Sixth In JC Grid Poll|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|date=December 17, 1971|page=24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-gridwire/144619387/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1972 |Arizona Western (10–0), 772 points |{{cfb link|year=1972|team=Pasadena Lancers|title=Pasadena}} (12–1), 763 points |{{cfb link|year=1972|team=Fresno City Rams|title=Fresno City}} (11–1–1), 759 points |{{cfb link|year=1972|team=Blinn Buccaneers|title=Blinn}} (9–0), 758 points |{{cfb link|year=1972|team=Redwoods Corsairs|title=Redwoods}} (11–0), 754 points |<ref>{{cite news|title=JC Gridwire Does It Again Pasadena No. 2, Fresno No. 3|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|date=December 17, 1972|page=D7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-jc-gridwire-does-it-again/144635906/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1973 |{{cfb link|year=1973|team=Gavilan Rams|title=Gavilan}} (11–0), 773 points | | |{{cfb link|year=1973|team=Navarro Bulldogs|title=Navarro}}, 753 points |- |1974 |{{cfb link|year=1974|team=Pasadena Lancers|title=Pasadena}} (10–0–1) |{{cfb link|year=1974|team=Ferrum Panthers|title=Ferrum}} (10–0) |{{cfb link|year=1974|team=Grossmont Griffins|title=Grossmont}} (10–0–2) |{{cfb link|year=1974|team=East Los Angeles Huskies|title=East Los Angeles}} (9–1–2) |{{cfb link|year=1974|team=Mesa Thunderbirds|title=Mesa (AZ)}} (9–1) |<ref>{{cite news|title=Pasadena No. 1 in JC grid-wire; BC winds up 18th|newspaper=The Bakersfield Californian|date=December 21, 1974|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bakersfield-californian-gridwire/144619928/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |}
== Championship games == === Single division (1956–2021) === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Bowl game ! Winning team ! Losing team ! Score ! References |- |1953|| Junior Rose Bowl||Bakersfield (1)||Northeastern Oklahoma A&M||13–6||<ref>{{cite news|title=Bakersfield Rules JC Grid World: Line Leads Way as Gades Drop Oklahoma Team|newspaper=The Bakersfied Californian|author=Walt Little|date=December 14, 1953|page=37|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bakersfield-californian-bakersfield/144234185/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |1954|| Junior Rose Bowl||Hinds (1)||El Camino||13–7|| |- |1956||National Bowl||Coffeyville (1)||Grand Rapids||46–6|| |- |1957|| ||Texarkana (1)||Fairbury||56–0||<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Texarkana Wallops Fairbury JC, 56-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star/149099687/ |newspaper=Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |date=December 1, 1957 |page=1B |access-date=June 10, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- |1958|| ||Boise (1)||Tyler||22–0||<ref>{{cite news |last=Eardley |first=Dick |authorlink=Richard Eardley |title=Broncos Blast Tyler 22-0 to Win NJCAA Title Before 8500 Fans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman/148982589/ |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=November 28, 1958 |page=30 |access-date=June 8, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- |1959|| ||Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1)||Texarkana||10–7||<ref>{{cite news |last=Bullock |first=Jimmy |title=Oklahomans Defeat Texarkana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article//the-shreveport-journal/148981590/ |newspaper=Shreveport Journal |location=Shreveport, Louisiana |date=November 27, 1959 |page=A9 |access-date=June 8, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- |1964||Savannah Shrine Bowl||Phoenix (1)||Oklahoma Military||41–13||<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Phoenix Wins Shrine Bowl |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post/149139039/ |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |location=West Palm Beach, Florida |agency=Associated Press |date=November 27, 1964 |page=54 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- |1965||Savannah Shrine Bow||Ferrum (1)|| McCook||16–0||<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Dick |title=Ferrum Wins by 16-0 For National Crown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times/150501954/ |newspaper=The Roanoke Times |location=Roanoke, Virginia |date=November 27, 1965 |page=10 |access-date=July 2, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- |1966||Savannah Shrine Bowl||Kilgore (1)||Ferrum||28–7||<ref>{{cite news |last=Fatheree |first=Tom |title=National Champion Rangers Win it All in Shrine Bowl |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kilgore-news-herald/148225087/ |newspaper=Kilgore News Herald |location=Kilgore, Texas |date=November 27, 1966 |page=2 |access-date=May 27, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- |1967||Savannah Shrine Bowl||Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (2)||Lees–McRae||35–13||<ref>{{cite news |last=Boswell |first=Mack |title=Norsemen National Juco Champ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/miami-news-record/149140627/ |newspaper=Miami News-Record |location=Miami, Oklahoma |date=November 26, 1967 |page=4 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- |1968|| ||Ferrum (2)||Phoenix||41–19|| |- |1969|| ||Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (3)||Arizona Western||20–6|| |- |1970|| ||Fort Scott (1)||Mesa (AZ)||41–20|| |- |1971|| ||Mississippi Gulf Coast (1)||Fort Scott||22–13|| |- |1972||El Toro Bowl||Arizona Western (1)||Fort Scott||36–8|| |- |1973||El Toro Bowl||Mesa (AZ) (1)||Iowa Central||10–6|| |- |1974|| ||Ferrum (3)||Baltimore City|| 83–3||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefranklinnewspost.com/sports/college-football-at-ferrum-scoring-in-the-80s-is-nothing-new/article_e0f82f1c-c1c5-11e8-aa1f-7f461f5c0f07.html|title = COLLEGE FOOTBALL: At Ferrum, scoring in the 80s is nothing new}}</ref> |- |1975||Wool Bowl||Mesa (AZ) (2)||Indian Hills||8–7|| |- |1976|| Junior Rose Bowl||Bakersfield (2)||Ellsworth|| 29–14||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19761209.2.155&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|title = Desert Sun 9 December 1976 — California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref> |- |1989||Mid-America Bowl||Navarro (1)||Ellsworth||41–17|| |- |1990||Mid-America Bowl||Coffeyville (2)||Montgomery (MD)||58–20|| |- |1991||Mid-America Bowl||Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (4)||Northwest Mississippi||49–21|| |- |1992||Mid-America Bowl||Northwest Mississippi (1)||Northeastern Oklahoma A&M||34–0|| |- |1993|| ||Mississippi Delta (1)||Nassau||20–16|| |- |1994||Texas Juco Shrine Bowl||Trinity Valley (1)||Northeastern Oklahoma A&M||24–17 || |- |1997||Red River Bowl||Trinity Valley (2)||Garden City||48–13|| |- |2005||Valley of the Sun Bowl||Glendale (CA) (1)||Grand Rapids||50–48||<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.azfl.com/glendalecollegefootball.html|title=Arizona Football League Glendale Community College Gauchos 2005 NJCAA National Champions Copper Football Kevin Pakos ASPN Arizona Sports Network Radio KXXT 1010 AM Saturday 8 to Midnight Streams live Amazing Performances Radio Sports and Entertainment News Copperstate}}</ref> |- |2006||Pilgrim's Pride Bowl Classic||Blinn (1)||Pearl River||19–6|| |- |2007||Top of the Mountains Bowl<br>Heart of Texas Bowl||Butler (KS) (1)<br>Mississippi Gulf Coast (2) |Snow<br>Kilgore||56–27<br>62–28||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mgcccbulldogs.com/sports/fball/2019-20/releases/20191125q2vkly|title = Flashback: 2007 National Championship|date = 25 November 2019}}</ref> |- |2008||Top of the Mountains Bowl||Butler (KS) (2)||Snow||37–30<sup>2OT</sup>|| |- |2009||Citizens Bank Bowl||Blinn (2)||Fort Scott||31–26||<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fstribune.com/story/1593037.html|title = Blinn rallies in fourth to take national title|date = 7 December 2009}}</ref> |- |2010||Citizens Bank Bowl||Navarro (2)||Butler (KS)||13–12|| |- |2011||El Toro Bowl||East Mississippi (1)||Arizona Western||55–47|| |- |2012||Graphic Edge Bowl||Iowa Western (1)||Butler (KS)||27–7|| |- |2013||Mississippi Bowl||East Mississippi (2)||Georgia Military||52–32|| |- |2014||Mississippi Bowl||East Mississippi (3)||Iowa Western||34–17|| |- |2015||Mississippi Bowl||Northwest Mississippi (2)|| Rochester C&T||66–13||<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njcaa.org/sports/fball/2015-16/bowl_games/recaps/champ_game_recap|title = #1 Northwest Mississippi routs #2 Rochester for title|date = 6 December 2015}}</ref> |- |2016||El Toro Bowl||Garden City (1)||Arizona Western||25–22||<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njcaa.org/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/-12-3-16-_El_Toro_Bowl_Recap|title = Garden City defeats Arizona Western for national title|date = 3 December 2016}}</ref> |- |2017||Mississippi Bowl||East Mississippi (4)||Arizona Western||31–28|| |- |2018|| ||East Mississippi (5)||Garden City||10–9|| |- |2019|| || Mississippi Gulf Coast (3) || Lackawanna||24–13|| |- |2020–21{{efn|Due to COVID-19, the 2020 fall season was postponed until the spring of 2021 and is denoted in the record book as the 2020–21 season.{{small|<ref>{{Cite web |title=NJCAA Football Record Book 2022 |url=https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/u/8/gqqg530h93k51u/NJCAA_Football_Record_Book_-_Updated_January_2022.pdf}}</ref>}}}}|| || Hutchinson (1) || Snow||29–27||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/releases/20210606nfjapo|title = Title Town: Dragons Rally for Football Crown|date = 5 June 2021}}</ref> |}
=== Division I (2021–present) === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Bowl game ! Winning team ! Losing team ! Score |- |2021|| ||New Mexico Military (1) || {{cfb link|year=2021|team=Iowa Western Reivers|title=Iowa Western}} || 31–13<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=17 December 2021 |title=National champions! NMMI wins junior college football title |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/2455140/nmmi-wins-national-junior-college-football-championship.html}}</ref> |- |2022|| || Iowa Western (2) || {{cfb link|year=2022|team=Hutchinson Blue Dragons|title=Hutchinson}} ||31–0<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/reiverfootball/status/1603265020388950017?s=46&t=uLybQC4CG3qjW7Dpn8KT7g |title=First shutout since 1992. Iowa Western makes history in win over Hutchinson |website=twitter.com |date=December 15, 2022}}</ref> |- |2023|| || Iowa Western (4) || {{cfb link|year=2023|team=East Mississippi Lions|title=East Mississippi}} ||61–14<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goreivers.com/sports/fball/2023-24/releases/20231213lxeo7r |title=Not Lion, The Reivers Are Back-To-Back Champs! |website=goreivers.com |access-date=December 30, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |- |2024|| || Hutchinson (2) || {{cfb link|year=2024|team=Iowa Western Reivers|title=Iowa Western}} ||28–23<ref>{{Cite web | title=Reivers Come Up Short of Three-Peat - Iowa Community College Athletic Conference | url=https://iccac.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2024-25/releases/20241219r7qndx | access-date=2025-08-30 | website=iccac.prestosports.com}}</ref> |- |2025|| || {{cfb link|year=2025|team=Iowa Western Reivers|title=Iowa Western}} (5) || {{cfb link|year=2025|team=Hutchinson Blue Dragons|title=Hutchinson}} ||28–10 |}
=== Division III (2021–present) === {{anchor|Red Grange Bowl}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Bowl game ! Winning team ! Losing team ! Score |- |2021||Red Grange Bowl||{{cfb link|year=2021|team=DuPage Chaparrals|title=DuPage}} (1)||{{cfb link|year=2021|team=Nassau Lions|title=Nassau}}||34–29 |- |2022||Red Grange Bowl||{{cfb link|year=2022|team=DuPage Chaparrals|title=DuPage}} (2)||{{cfb link|year=2022|team=NDSCS Wildcats|title=NDSCS}}|||14–12 |- |2023||Red Grange Bowl||DuPage (3)||{{cfb link|year=2022|team=Rochester C&T Yellowjackets|title=Rochester C&T}}||33–29 |- |2024||Red Grange Bowl||{{cfb link|year=2024|team=DuPage Chaparrals|title=DuPage}} (4)||{{cfb link|year=2024|team=Louisburg Hurricanes|title=Louisburg}}||31–14 |- |2025||Red Grange Bowl||{{cfb link|year=2026|team=DuPage Chaparrals|title=DuPage}} (5)||{{cfb link|year=2025|team=NDSCS Wildcats|title=NDSCS}}||36–13 |}
=== Top non-scholarship (2000–2010) === From 2000 to 2010, the NJCAA recognized the top non-scholarship team in the nation. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Champion ! Record ! Head coach |- |2000||Rochester C&T||12–0||Chuck Siefert |- |2001||Joliet||10–1||Bob MacDougall |- |2002 |Joliet |11–0 |Bob MacDougall |- |2003 |Harper |10–1 |John Eliasik |- |2004 |Harper |9–2 |John Eliasik |- |2005 |Grand Rapids |9–2 |Jim Schulte |- |2006 |Vermilion |10–2 |Steve Crittenden |- |2007 |Rochester C&T |11–0 |Brad LaPlante |- |2008 |Harper |11–1 |Dragan Teonic |- |2009 |Grand Rapids |9–2 |Tony Annese |- |2010 |Nassau |11–0 |Jermaine Miles |}
== National championships by team == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! 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|| Iowa Western (2012, 2022, 2023, 2025) |- |4|| Mississippi Gulf Coast (1971, 1984, 2007†, 2019) |- |3|| Coffeyville (1956, 1983, 1990) |- |3|| Glendale (AZ) (1988, 2000, 2005) |- |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
== Notes == {{notelist}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
=== Additional sources === * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928083918/http://www.njcaa.org/sports.cfm?sid=11&divid=0&gender=m&slid=5&menu=22&smenu=recordbook&recordmasterselect=121 NJCAA record book] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828073522/http://www.newcomersandvisitorsguide.com/whatsnew_4.html Source about 1960 and 2007 shared titles]
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