1970 NAIA Division I football season
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NAIA Division I football season
| year = 1970
| image =
| image_caption =
| regular_season = August–November 1970
| playoffs = November 28–December 12, 1970
| championship = Sirrine Stadium
Greenville, SC
| champions = Texas A&I (3)
}}
The 1970 NAIA Division I football season was the 15th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA. It was also the first of twenty-seven seasons that the NAIA split its football competition into two separate championships.
The season was played from August to November 1970 and culminated in the 1970 NAIA Champion Bowl, played on December 12, 1970 at Sirrine Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.{{cite web|title=NAIA Championship History|url=http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523|work=NAIA|access-date=November 27, 2015|pages=4–11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715022933/http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523|archive-date=July 15, 2015|url-status=dead}}
Texas A&I defeated {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Wofford Terriers|title=Wofford}} in the Champion Bowl, 48–7, to win their third NAIA national title.{{cite web|title=1970 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs|url=http://www.jonfmorse.com/wiki/index.php?title=1970_NAIA_Division_I_Football_Playoffs|work=JonFMorse.com|access-date=November 27, 2015}}
Conference realignment
=Membership changes=
Conference standings
| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Carolinas Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Evergreen Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Lone Star Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Mid-South Athletic Conference football standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Northwest Conference football standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 NAIA Division I independents football records}} |
Postseason
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1 = Semifinals
November 28, 1970
| RD2 = 1970 Champion Bowl
December 12, 1970
Greenville, SC
| seed-width =
| team-width = 170
| score-width =
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Platteville State Pioneers|title=Platteville State}}
| RD1-score1 = 0
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-team2 = Texas A&I*
| RD1-score2 = 16
| RD1-seed3 =
| RD1-team3 = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=New Mexico Highlands Cowboys|title=New Mexico Highlands}}
| RD1-score3 = 23
| RD1-seed4 =
| RD1-team4 = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Wofford Terriers|title=Wofford}}*
| RD1-score4 = 28
| RD2-seed1 =
| RD2-team1 = Texas A&I
| RD2-score1 = 48
| RD2-seed2 =
| RD2-team2 = Wofford
| RD2-score2 = *7
}}