Every NAIA football game in the nation deserves to be looked at and we do that each week with Chip’s Picks! Chip’s Picks will select featured games as well as predict the winner of every NAIA football game. (For those of you unfamiliar “Chip” is just the nickname for me, Jason Dannelly.)
Each week we will carve out the best of the best in our featured game picks as well as selecting winners of every NAIA football games. All games are Saturday unless notated below.
Featured NAIA Football Games of the Week
Before we get to all of the picks, here are the main games we will have our eyes on this week. More to come on these matchups tomorrow in “Around the NAIAtion” from the Victory Sports Network.
Cumberlands (Ky.) at Campbellsville
Florida Memorial at Southeastern
St. Francis (Ind.) at Taylor (Ind.)
Concordia at Mount Marty
Grand View at William Penn
Lindsey Wilson at Georgetown
Briar Cliff at Dordt
Here’s the full list of the NAIA football scheduled sorted by the home team.
| Away | Home | Chip’s Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Carroll (MT) | Arizona Christian | Carroll |
| Southwestern (KS) | Avila | Southwestern |
| William Woods | Baker | Baker |
| McPherson | Bethany (KS) | McPherson |
| Sterling (KS) | Bethel (KS) | Bethel |
| Cumberlands | Campbellsville | Campbellsville |
| Saint Xavier | Defiance | SXU |
| Dakota Wesleyan | Doane | Doane |
| Briar Cliff | Dordt | Dordt |
| Kansas Wesleyan | Evangel | KWU |
| Bethel (TN) | Faulkner | Bethel (TN) |
| Lindsey Wilson | Georgetown (KY) | LWU |
| Culver-Stockton | Graceland | Graceland |
| St. Francis (IL) | Indiana Wesleyan | IWU |
| Thomas (GA) | Keiser | Keiser |
| OUAZ | Langston | OUAZ |
| Fort Lauderdale | Louisiana Christian | LCU |
| Marian (IN) | Madonna | Marian |
| Dickinson State | Mayville State | Dickinson State |
| Central Methodist | MidAmerica Nazarene | MNU |
| Benedictine (KS) | Missouri Baptist | Benedictine |
| St. Ambrose | Missouri Valley | MVC |
| Dakota State | Montana Tech | Tech |
| Waldorf | Morningside | Morningside |
| Concordia (NE) | Mount Marty | Concordia |
| Hastings | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern |
| Friends | Ottawa | Friends |
| Clarke | Peru State | PSC |
| Bluefield | Point | Bluefield |
| Union (KY) | Reinhardt | Reinhardt |
| Kentucky Christian | Rio Grande | KCU |
| Judson | Siena Heights | Siena Heights |
| College of Idaho | Simpson (CA) | COI |
| Florida Memorial | Southeastern | SEU |
| Montana Western | Southern Oregon | Montana Western |
| Ave Maria | St. Thomas (FL) | STU |
| Saint Mary (KS) | Tabor | Tabor |
| Saint Francis (IN) | Taylor | Taylor |
| Arkansas Baptist | Texas Wesleyan | TWU |
| Rocky Mountain | Valley City State | Rocky |
| Oklahoma Panhandle State | Wayland Baptist | Wayland |
| Warner | Webber International | WIU |
| Grand View | William Penn | Grand View |