1972 NAIA Division II football season


The 1972 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1972 college football season in the United States and the 17th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the third season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1972 and culminated in the 1972 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played on December 9, 1972 in Joplin, Missouri on the campus of Missouri Southern State College.
Missouri Southern State defeated Northwestern in the championship game, 21–14, to win their first NAIA national title. As of 2015, this was the earliest championship to feature a team that remains a NAIA member.

Conference standings

Postseason