1990 NAIA Division I football season

American college football season

1990 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season	August–November 1990
Postseason	November 17–December 8, 1990
National Championship	Ralph Stocker Stadium Grand Junction, CO
Champions	Central State (OH)
← 1989 NAIA Division I football season 1991 →

The 1990 NAIA Division I football season was the 35th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 21st season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1990 and culminated in the 1990 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1990 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 8, 1990 at Ralph Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado, on the campus of Mesa State College.

The Central State Marauders defeated the Mesa State Mavericks in the Champion Bowl, 38–16, to win their first NAIA national title. The Marauders won the championship after winning all three games on the road.

Conference changes

This is the final season that the NAIA officially recognizes a football champion from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The RMAC, and its five football-playing members, would become an NCAA Division II conference by the 1992 season.

Conference standings

1990 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Central Arkansas $^	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Henderson State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Ouachita Baptist	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
No. 10 Southern Arkansas	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
No. 15 Harding	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Arkansas–Monticello	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Arkansas Tech	0	–	6	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1990 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Northeastern State $^	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
No. T–12 NW Oklahoma State	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
SE Oklahoma State	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
SW Oklahoma State	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
East Central	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1990 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Minnesota Duluth +	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
No. 5 Southwest State (MN) +^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Northern State +	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Moorhead State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Minnesota Morris	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Winona State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Bemidji State	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1990 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Mesa State $^	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Adams State	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Colorado Mines	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Western State (CO)	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Fort Lewis	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1990 South Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Carson–Newman $^	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Catawba	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
No. 16 Lenoir–Rhyne	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
No. 17 Wingate	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Elon	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Mars Hill	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Gardner–Webb	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Presbyterian	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1990 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. T–12 Concord $	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 11 Shepherd	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Fairmont State	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
West Virginia State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
West Virginia Tech	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
West Liberty State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Glenville State	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1990 NAIA Division I independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Central State (OH) ^		–		10	–	1	–	0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Western New Mexico ^		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Fort Hays State ^		–		8	–	4	–	0
No. 14 Emporia State		–		6	–	4	–	0
West Virginia Wesleyan		–		5	–	5	–	0
Langston		–		4	–	5	–	0

^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Conference champions

Conference	Champion	Record
Arkansas Intercollegiate	Central Arkansas	6—0
NIC	Northern State (SD) Southwest State (MN)	5–1
Oklahoma	Northeastern State	4–0
RMAC	Mesa State	4–0
South Atlantic	Carson–Newman	7–0
WVIAC	Concord (WV)	5–1

Rankings

Final NAIA Division I poll rankings:

Rank	Team (first place votes)	Record (thru Nov. 11)	Points
1	Carson–Newman (13)	10–0	237
2	Central State (OH) (1)	7–1	266
3	Western New Mexico	8–1	247
4	Central Arkansas	7–3	224
5	Southwest State (MN)	8–2	216
6	Mesa State	6–3	213
7	Northeastern State	7–2–1	209
8	Fort Hays State	8–3	185
9	Northern State	7–3	155
10	Southern Arkansas	7–3–1	141
11	Shepherd	6–3–1	127
T–12	Concord	6–4	117
T–12	Northwestern Oklahoma State	6–4	117
14	Emporia State	6–4	105
15	Harding	6–4	74
16	Lenoir–Rhyne	6–5	59
17	Wingate	6–4	46
18	Ouachita Baptist	5–4	44
19	Moorhead State	5–4	41
20	Fairmont State	5–4–1	35

Postseason

Quarterfinals November 17, 1990 Campus sites		Semifinals December 1, 1990 Campus sites		1990 Champion Bowl December 8, 1990 Grand Junction, CO

Central State (OH)	48

Fort Hays State*	10
		Central State (OH)	41

		Carson–Newman*	14
Southwest State (MN)	6

Carson–Newman*	35
				Central State (OH)	38

				Mesa State*	16
Western New Mexico	30

Mesa State*	37
		Mesa State*	10

		Central Arkansas	9
Northeastern State	14

Central Arkansas*	26

References

"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
"1990 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
"NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. p. 22. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
"NAIA Division I Poll". Dayton Daily News. Dayton, Ohio. November 13, 1990. p. 4B. Retrieved May 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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