The 1982 NAIA Division I football season was the 27th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 13th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1982 and culminated in the 1982 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 18, 1982 at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Oklahoma on the campus of Central State University (now Central Oklahoma).
Central State (OK) defeated in the Champion Bowl, 14–11, to win their second NAIA national title.
Conference standings
Conference champions Conference Champion Record Arkansas Intercollegiate Ouachita Baptist 6–0Central StatesPittsburg StateKearney State6–1Evergreen4–1NICMoorhead State (MN)5–0–1OklahomaNortheastern State4–0RMACMesa7–0–1South AtlanticCarson–Newman6–1WVIACShepherd7–1WSUCWisconsin–La Crosse7–1
Postseason
See also 1982 NAIA Division II football season 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1982 NCAA Division II football season 1982 NCAA Division III football season
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