2016 NAIA football season

2016 Waste Pro NAIA Football National Championship
Saint Francis Cougars Baker Wildcats
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Head coach: 
Kevin Donley		 Head coach: 
Mike Grossner
Coaches
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Coaches
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Saint Francis 0000 0
Baker 0000 0
Date December 17, 2016
Season 2016
Stadium Municipal Stadium
Location Daytona Beach, Florida
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN3[1]

The 2016 NAIA Football National Championship is a four-round, sixteen team tournament being played between November 19 and December 17 of 2016. The tournament will conclude on December 17 with a single game played as the 61st Annual NAIA Football National Championship Presented by Waste Pro. Waste Pro became the newest title game sponsor in an announcement made October 31, 2015.[2] The game will feature two teams that have never before won a national championship, the undefeated #2 Baker Wildcats facing the once-beaten #4 Saint Francis Cougars.

The championship game will be played at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida. This will be the 3rd time the championship game will be played at this venue after the prior six games were played at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. A total of sixteen teams have been selected to participate in the single-elimination tournament from across the country. The field includes ten conference champions who received automatic bids. The field was filled with at-large selections that were awarded to the highest ranked teams that were not conference champions. First-round seeding was based on the final edition of the 2016 NAIA Coaches' Poll, with certain minor modifications given based on geographic considerations. Each subsequent round will be re-seeded based on the rankings of all teams advancing to that round.

Quarterfinal pairings were announced by the NAIA on November 20, a day after the first round results were known.[3]

Semifinal pairings were confirmed by the NAIA on November 26, soon after completion of the day's quarterfinal games.[4]


Postseason

Playoff bracket

1st Round
November 19 		Quarterfinals
November 26 		Semifinals
December 3 		Championship
December 17
            
2 Baker (KS) (11–0) 44
13 Sterling (KS) (8–2) 21
2 Baker (KS) (12–0) 42
8 Lindsey Wilson (KY) (11–1) 27
8 Lindsey Wilson (KY) (10–1) 34*
10 Grand View (IA) (9–2) 27
2 Baker (KS) (13–0) 45
9 Eastern Oregon (10–2) 41
1 Marian (IN) (10–0) 32
15 Robert Morris (IL) (7–3) 7
1 Marian (IN) (11–0) 0
9 Eastern Oregon (9–2) 17
7 Doane (NE) (9–1) 28
9 Eastern Oregon (8–2) 34
2 Baker (KS) (14–0)
4 Saint Francis (IN) (12–1)
3 Reinhardt (GA) (11–0) 52
20 Southeastern (FL) (6–2) 22
3 Reinhardt (GA) (12–0) 27
6 Montana Tech (10–1) 0
6 Montana Tech (9–1) 28
14 Dickinson State (ND) (9–2) 21
3 Reinhardt (GA) (13–0) 24
4 Saint Francis (IN) (11–1) 42
4 Saint Francis (IN) (9–1) 79
11 Missouri Valley (MO) (9–2) 20
4 Saint Francis (IN) (10–1) 42
5 Morningside (IA) (10–1) 28
5 Morningside (IA) (9–1) 65
12 Tabor (KS) (8–2) 17
* denotes OT

Bowl games

Game Date Location Winning Team
(Record)		 Losing Team
(Record)		 Score Note
Victory Bowl December 3 N/A Warner
8-2 (4-1)		 None N/A The NCCAA could not find a second team available to play

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Schedule / Results". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 19, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 NAIA FCS First Round Pairings Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 NAIA FCS Quarterfinal Pairings Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 20, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016 NAIA FCS Quarterfinal Recap". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
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