The rules for the upcoming NCFA season have been finalized.
The results of the rule changes that were voted on can be found HERE!
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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.
NCFA NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
The NCFA is excited to announce that Dave Mogensen has been named the Director of Football Operations for the NCFA. Dave has done prior work with the NCFA as he did color commentary for the National Championship Broadcast from 2014-2017. Dave also was the NCFA Director of Awards & Recognition from 2013-2017.
Dave attended college at Wisconsin Lutheran where he was on the football team and started from his freshman year in 2000. After graduating Dave decided to head to coaching and has been a coach of football at various levels since 2002. Dave is currently the HC of the Iowa Barnstormers in the Professional Indoor Football League. He resides in Des Moines Iowa, where he lives with his wife and 5 kids.
To reach Dave you can email him at [email protected].
2021 Post Season History
In 2021, the NCFA did not host an NCFA Playoff weekend due to insufficient teams cleared to play in the NCFA after the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the top two teams in the power rankings at the conclusion of the conference championship games were given a bid to the National Championship Bowl Game.
View the 2021 NCFA Post Season Bracket HERE.
The 2021 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game was set for a match up between #1 Ohio State (4-0, 6-2 ) against #2 George Mason (4-0, 6-2) for the title. The matchup would give George Mason a chance at a rematch with the Buckeyes as Ohio State defeated the Patriots 29-28 in a week 4 non-conference match up. The Buckeyes would get on the board first and often taking a 28-0 lead late into the the 2nd Quarter. George Mason would be able to carry some momentum into halftime as Chase Soper would connect with Adam Abu-Jamous with a 34 yard TD pass with 5 seconds left in the half. A successful two point conversion would send everyone to the locker room with a 28-8 OSU lead but with a sign of life for GMU who was set to receive the 2nd half kick.
However, the clock would not be George Mason’s friend as they wouldn’t be able to get back on the board until late in the 3rd quarter and with OSU answering back with a TD of their own no the ensuing possession. The 4th quarter would start with a 35-15 OSU lead until George Mason would once again get a breath of life when Soper hit Brooks for a 73 yard touch down pass. But again the Buckeyes would answer right back with a Spencer Moore 33 yard touch down run. Mason would tack on one last TD late in the fourth to close the gap but the Buckeyes would wind up as National Champions by a score of: Ohio State 42 – George Mason 21
View the 2021 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Stats HERE.
Listen to the 2021 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Broadcast HERE.
View the 2021 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Photos HERE.
Download the 2021 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game Program HERE.
Kellyn Gerenstein took home the MVP award at the 2021 NCFA National Title game by being a catalyst for his team on offense. While he only completed 8 of 20 passes, he recorded 195 yds and 2 TDs through the air. On the ground he ran for 104 yds on 24 carries scoring 3 TDs. Kellyn’s performance was, indeed, MVP worthy as he helped lead the Ohio State Buckeyes to a repeat as NCFA Champions.
2021 NCFA ALL AMERICAN AWARDS – ANNOUNCED!
The National Club Football Association would like to congratulate all 1st and 2nd Team All-American selections for their excellent performances and accomplishments on the field during the 2021 season! Furthermore, the NCFA congratulates each player nominated for All-American honors. The NCFA is looking forward to an even more successful 2022 season!
2021 WILSON-NCFA Week 9 Power Rankings – NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP REVEALED!!
At the conclusion of the Week 9 Conference Championship, the NCFA saw some great football to round out the season for most teams. To recap, #1 Columbus State was dethroned by #6 Gordon State in the South Atlantic Conference Championship title! #2 Ohio State was able to defeat #8 Wright State for the second week in a row to take home the Great American Conference Championship title! #3 George Mason takes down #7 Pitt for the second time this year in convincing fashion to snag the Mid-Atlantic Conference title! Undefeated #4 UW-Milwaukee was toppled by #10 Oakland, as the Golden Grizzlies retained the Great Lakes Conference title for the 5th straight year! #4 Sacred Heart took home the North Atlantic Conference title by way of forfeit from # 9 Vermont to wrap up their season. Check out the 2021 NCFA Week 9 Power Rankings and see which two teams will face off in the 2021 NCFA National Championship Bowl Game! Next WILSON Power Ranking will be released on Wednesday, Nov. 17th.
2021 WILSON-NCFA Week 8 Power Rankings – BIG CHANGES AHEAD OF CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND!!!
At the conclusion of Week 8, the NCFA sees some major moves in the Power Rankings! Columbus State remains in the #1 spot going into their Conference Championship game against a tough #6 in Gordon State. Ohio State is able to jump to #2 after their big win against Wright State in their conference matchup last week! George Mason moves to #3 and that puts them in close contention for a chance to play for the title going into Conference Championship week. Sacred Heart drops to #4 and UW-Milwaukee remains at #5 to round out the top 5 for this week’s Power Rankings. We are moving into the Conference Championship weekend where these teams control their own destiny to play for the 2021 National Championship! Check out the 2021 NCFA Week 8 Power Rankings and see where your team is at. Next WILSON Power Ranking will be released on Wednesday, Nov. 17th.