The National Club Football Association (NCFA) is proud to announce a partnership with Coppin State Club Football to host the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC) Championship Game. Read the full press release HERE!
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’25 Pre-Season All-American Watch List has been Released
The NCFA Director of Awards and Recognition has set the stage for these players to have a big year in the NCFA. Will they live up to the hype? Surely there are some superstar performers lurking in the weeds ready to make this NCFA season a memorable one!
Click HERE to see who you should be on the lookout for this season.
2024 Academic All Americans Announced
The NCFA Would like to congratulate all those STUDENT athletes who have earned their way on to the 2024 Academic All American Award list.
View the Award Winners HERE.
2024 Post Season History
In 2024, the NCFA once again hosted a 4 team playoff leading to the National Championship which included 3 conference champs plus a Wild Card (determined via the power rankings) to fill out the field of playoff teams.
View the 2024 NCFA Post Season Bracket HERE.
The 2024 NCFA Playoffs would once again be hosted at the Glass Bowl in Toledo, OH. The games would feature two lopsided victories as top seeded Ohio State knocked off the Wild Card Coppin State in the opener by a score of 52 to 0. The night cap followed with #2 Clayton State defeating #3 George Mason 66 to 20 to set the stage for the National Championship Game.
The 2024 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game was set for a match up between #1 Ohio State against #2 Clayton State for the title. The matchup would mark OSU’s 4th straight title game appearance and Clayton State would get their first taste of National Championship action. However Clayton State would have a unique caveat… their Head Coach [Kevin Adkins] lead Central GA Tech to the National Championship over OSU just one year earlier.
The Lakers would get off to a dominant start jumping out to a 13-0 lead on a 9 yard TD pass from Sire Hardaway to Savion West, followed by a screen pass from Hardaway to Pacer Kincaid who would go 70 yards for another Lakers TD. This time the PAT would be no good on a bad snap. Ohio State would punch in their first score of the game late in the 2nd quarter when TE Aidan Donovan would take the direct snap from the wildcat formation and run it in from 2 yards out. 13-7 would be the score in favor of the Clayton State Lakers headed into half time.
The Buckeyes momentum would carry into the 3rd quarter. The Lakers would turn the ball over for the 4th time on the day when they fumbled the ball deep in their own territory setting up the Buckeyes inside the 5 of Clayton State. Once again TE Aidan Donovan would take the direct snap and run it in from 3 yards out to tie the game at 13 when the PAT hits the upright.
The game would remain knotted deep into the 4th quarter when once again Mr. Wildcat [Aidan Donovan] took the snap and ran in his 3rd TD from 4 yards out. The made extra point would give the Buckeyes their first lead of the day at 20-13. But Clayton State wasn’t done… With just under 2 mins left in the game, Hardaway (on his own 40 yd line) would use his arm to orchestrate a drive to give his team a chance at the comeback. The Lakers would get the ball down to the 2 with first and goal with 30 sec left. But the Buckeyes defense would stand tall with a goal line stand on 4th and 2 to secure the win by a final score of 20-13.
View the 2024 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Broadcast HERE.
View the 2024 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Photos HERE.
Aidan Donovan took home the MVP award at the 2024 NCFA National Title game with his play at Tight-End. He would rush for all 3 of Ohio State’s touchdowns leading the Buckeyes to their 3rd NCFA National Title.
2024 All Americans Announced
The NCFA Would like to congratulate all those athletes who have been nominated and a selected to the 2024 All American Award list as well as those who received individual post season awards.
View the Award Winners HERE.
2024 NCFA Rules and Regulations
The rules for the upcoming NCFA season have been finalized.
The results of the rule changes that were voted on can be found HERE!
Clayton St. First New Team For 2024-2025
The NCFA is excited to announce that Clayton St. University is the first official team to join the NCFA South Atlantic Conference for the 2024-2025 season. They are the first to join on this season. Welcome to the Clayton St. Lakers.
2023 NCFA Academic All-Americans Announced!
The National Club Football Association believes in rewarding both on AND off-field excellence! Congratulations to the members of the Academic All-American Team for their great efforts not only on the football field but also in the classroom.
2023 Post Season History
In 2023, the NCFA once again returned to it’s format of a 4 team playoff leading to the National Championship which included 3 conference champs plus a Wild Card (determined via the power rankings) to fill out the field of playoff teams.
View the 2023 NCFA Post Season Bracket HERE.
The 2023 NCFA Playoffs would be hosted at the Glass Bowl in Toledo, OH. The games would feature two lopsided victories as top seeded Central Georgia Tech knocked off the Wild Card Michigan State in the opener by a score of 46 to 14. The night cap followed with #2 Ohio State defeating #3 Sacred Heart 43 to 9 to set the stage for the National Championship Game.
The 2023 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game was set for a match up between #1 Central GA Tech against #2 Ohio State for the title. The matchup would mark OSU’s 3rd straight title game appearance and Central GA Tech would get their first taste of National Championship action. The Titans would set the tempo early and never look back as Dvenio Davis would return the opening kickoff 85 yards for an opening TD. The Titans would tack on another TD just 4 minutes later as DeShawn Cumby would turn an OSU turnover into more points with a 41 yard TD pass to David Okoi. The Buckeyes would get on the board 3 minutes later when Spencer Moore hit Abdou Keita for a 44 yard touchdown pass.
CGT would answer again with 12 minutes to go in the 2nd when Cumby run the ball in from the 5 yard line but a missed point after would make the score 20-7. Ohio State would be down but no out, as one again Spencer Moore would connect with Abdou Keita for another touchdown pass, this time for 11 yards. This would end the scoring for the first half as the teams headed to the locker room at half time with a score of CGT 20 – OSU 14.
The 3rd quarter would be quiet with neither team putting up points until Central GA Tech’s Ryan Reno hit a 23 yard field goal 3 minutes into the fourth quarter. The Titans would then add one more touch down with just 2 minutes to go in the game as Jaylen Nobles would run it in from 6 yards out securing the win and a second half shutout of the Buckeyes by a final score of 29-14.
View the 2023 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Stats HERE.
View the 2023 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Broadcast HERE.
View the 2023 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Photos HERE.
Download the 2023 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Program HERE.
DeShawn Cumby took home the MVP award at the 2023 NCFA National Title game with his play at quarterback. He threw for a TD and rushed another leading the Titans to their first ever NCFA National Title.
2022 Post Season History
In 2022, the NCFA once again returned to it’s format of a 4 team playoff leading to the National Championship. The new wrinkle was that the league was split into 3 conferences (instead of 4) which enable 3 conference champs plus a Wild Card (determined via the power rankings) to fill out the field of playoff teams.
View the 2022 NCFA Post Season Bracket HERE.
The 2022 NCFA Playoffs would be hosted at the George Mason RAC Field in Fairfax, VA. The games would feature two lopsided victories as top seeded Ohio State (6-0, 9-1) knocked off the Wild Card George Mason (2-0, 5-3) in the opener by a score of 63 to 6. The night cap followed with #2 Gordon State (4-0, 9-1 ) defeating #3 Sacred Heart (2-0, 6-1) 55 to 7 to set the stage for the National Championship Game.
The 2022 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game was set for a match up between #1 Ohio State (6-0, 9-1) against #2 Gordon State (4-0, 9-1 )for the title. The matchup would give OSU a shot at a 3rd straight National Championship and Gordon State their first taste of National Championship action. The Buckeyes would get on the board first with touch down run by QB Kellyn Gerenstein in the first quarter. Gordon state would respond in the 2nd with a touchdown run of their own by Will Richardson, but a missed extra point would leave OSU with a 1 point lead heading into half time.
The 3rd quarter would get started with an OSU scoop and score fumble recovery and a successful 2 point conversion to expand their lead to 9. Gordon State would respond quickly with a touch down pass from Neal Howard to Pacer Kincaid and successful 2pt try of their own to once again bring the OSU lead to just 1.
But the 4th quarter belonged to Cedrion Brundage of Gordon State. He ripped off touch down runs of 65, 44, and 13 yards to seal the deal for Gordon State and securing their first National Championship by a score of 35-15.
View the 2022 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Stats HERE.
View the 2022 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Broadcast HERE.
View the 2022 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Photos HERE.
Download the 2022 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Program HERE.
Cedrion Brundage took home the MVP award at the 2022 NCFA National Title game by taking over the 4th quarter with his team trailing. His 3 touchdown runs secured the “Ship” for Gordon State. On the day, he rushed for 209 yards on 16 carries (13.06 avg) and 3 TDS.
