Draft:2021 junior college football season

2021 junior college football season
National Championship	Red Grange Bowl, Glen Ellyn, IL, (NJCAA D-III)
Champion	New Mexico Military (NJCAA D-I) DuPage (NJCAA D-III) CC of San Francisco (CCCAA)

The 2021 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September to December 2021. The season ended with three national champions: two from the National Junior College Athletic Association's (NJCAA) Division I and Division III and one from the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA).

The NJCAA Division I champion was New Mexico Military who defeated Iowa Western 31–13 in the NJCAA National Football Championship. The NJCAA Division III champion was DuPage who defeated Nassau 34–29 in the Red Grange Bowl. The CCCAA champion was CC of San Francisco who defeated Riverside City 22–19 in the CCCAA State Championship.

Conference standings

NJCAA Division I

2021 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Iowa Western $^   4 – 0     10 – 1   Iowa Central   2 – 2     9 – 2   Ellsworth   0 – 4     2 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant	2021 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Independence +   6 – 1     8 – 2   Coffeyville +   6 – 1     6 – 3   Hutchinson   5 – 2     9 – 2   Garden City   5 – 2     8 – 3   Dodge City   3 – 4     3 – 6   Highland (KS)   2 – 5     2 – 7   Fort Scott   1 – 6     2 – 7   Butler (KS)   0 – 7     1 – 9   + – Conference co-champions	2021 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   North Division East Mississippi #x   6 – 0     9 – 1   Northwest Mississippi #x$^   5 – 1     9 – 3   Mississippi Delta   3 – 3     5 – 4   Itawamba   3 – 3     4 – 5   Northeast Mississippi   3 – 3     3 – 6   Holmes   1 – 5     1 – 8   Coahoma   0 – 6     0 – 9   South Division Jones (MS) #x   5 – 1     8 – 2   Mississippi Gulf Coast x   5 – 1     7 – 2   Hinds #x   5 – 1     9 – 3   Copiah–Lincoln   3 – 3     3 – 6   East Central (MS)   2 – 4     3 – 6   Southwest Mississippi   1 – 5     3 – 6   Pearl River   0 – 6     2 – 7   Championship: Northwest Mississippi 56, Hinds 21 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant # – MACJC playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll
2021 Northeast Football Conference standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Monroe College   0 – 0     10 – 1   Lackawanna   0 – 0     7 – 3   Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll	2021 Southwest Junior College Football Conference standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   New Mexico Military $^   6 – 1     12 – 1   Tyler   5 – 3     7 – 5   Kilgore   4 – 4     5 – 5   Trinity Valley   3 – 4     5 – 4   Navarro   3 – 4     5 – 5   Blinn   3 – 4     5 – 5   Cisco   3 – 4     4 – 5   Northeastern Oklahoma A&M   2 – 4     4 – 5   $ – Conference champion ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant	2021 NJCAA Division I independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Snow   –     7 – 2   Georgia Military   –     6 – 5   Hocking   –     5 – 5   Sussex County   –     3 – 5   ASA Miami   –     3 – 6   Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll

NJCAA Division III

2021 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   NDSCS $   7 – 0     9 – 1   Itasca   6 – 1     9 – 1   Rochester C&T   3 – 3     4 – 4   Minnesota State C&T   3 – 4     6 – 4   Minnesota West C&T   3 – 4     4 – 6   Central Lakes   3 – 4     3 – 6   Vermilion   2 – 4     2 – 6   Mesabi Range   0 – 7     0 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – Red Grange Bowl participate Rankings from NJCAA Division III poll

2021 NJCAA Division III independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   DuPage ^   –     9 – 2   Nassau ^   –     6 – 3   Louisburg   –     4 – 2   Hudson Valley   –     4 – 4   Erie   –     1 – 7   ^ – Red Grange Bowl participate Rankings from NJCAA Division III poll

CCCAA

SCFA

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NCFC

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Postseason

Playoffs

NJCAA Division I

	Semifinals December 5 Campus sites					Championship game December 17 War Memorial Stadium—Little Rock, AR
	1	Iowa Western	30 (OT)
	4	Snow	29
						1	Iowa Western	13
						2	New Mexico Military	31
	2	New Mexico Military	49
	3	Northwest Mississippi	30

CCCAA

SCFA playoffs

	Semifinals November 27 Campus sites					Regional finals December 4 Campus sites
	1	Riverside City	41
	4	Ventura	21
						1	Riverside City	27
						2	Golden West	23
	2	Golden West	20
	3	College of the Canyons	10

NCFC playoffs

	Semifinals November 27 Campus sites					Regional finals December 4 Campus sites
	1	CC of San Francisco	35
	4	American River	17
						1	CC of San Francisco	20
						2	San Mateo	17
	2	San Mateo	31
	3	Fresno City	14

State championship

	Championship game December 11 College Heights Stadium—San Mateo, CA
	1	Riverside City	19
	1	CC of San Francisco	22

Bowl games

CCCAA and NJCAA had a combined fourteen bowl games, featuring teams that did not qualify for either league's postseason tournament.

Date	Time (EST)	Game	Site	Teams	Results

See also

• 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2021 NCAA Division II football season
• 2021 NCAA Division III football season
• 2021 NAIA football season
• 2021 U Sports football season