The Junior College National Champion has historically been determined by the final poll, with the number one team being crowned national champion. The rating system and final poll have been in effect since 1956 with Coffyville Community College of Kansas declared the first national Champion. There have been a myriad of postseason bowl games pitting strong programs regionally throughout the years.
The following is a synopsis of the national championship picture for the last five years. By virtue of an undefeated season and a 31-19 victory over Butler County Community College (KS), Georgia Military College was voted to the top position in the final NJCAA football poll for 2001. In 2002, Joliet Junior College (IL) defeated Georgia Military, 24-14, in the Sea Island Company Golden Isles Bowl Classic at Brunswick, Georgia to win the 2002 NJCAA Football Championship. Butler County (KS) won the national championship in 2003 with unanimous first-place votes. The Grizzlies defeated Dixie State 14-10 in the Dixie Rotary Bowl at St. George, Utah. For Butler, it was the fourth national championship third in the previous six years. They took the top spot in 1981, 1998, 1999. Pearl River Community College (MS) was tops the final 2004 NJCAA Football Poll. The Wildcats defeated regular-season #1, Butler County, 35-14, in the Dalton Defenders Bowl at Coffeyville, KS. In 2005, Glendale Community College (AZ) finished the season 11-0 with a 50-48 win over Grand Rapids Community College (Mich.) in the Valley of the Sun Bowl at Phoenix, AZ. It was the third football national championship for the Gauchos. In 2006, the number one and two teams in the nation met in the Pilgrim’s Pride Bowl at Mount Pleasant, TX. Number 1 ranked, Blinn College of Texas, defeated #2 Pearl River Community College of Mississippi.
Junior College National Champions
1956 Coffeyville Community College
1957 Texarkana College
1958 Boise Junior College
1959 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
1960 Tyler Junior College
1964 Phoenix College
1965 Ferrum Junior College
1966 Kilgore College
1967 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
1968 Ferrum Junior College
1969 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
1970 Fort Scott Community College
1971 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
1972 Arizona Western College
1973 Mesa Community College
1974 Ferrum Junior College
1975 Mesa Community College
1976 Ellsworth Community College
1977 Ferrum College
1978 Iowa Central Community College
1979 Ranger College
1980 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
1981 Butler Community College - Kansas
1982 Northwest Mississippi Community College
1983 Coffeyville Community College
1984 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
1985 Snow College
1986 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
1987 Ellsworth Community College
1988 Glendale Community College
1989 Navarro College
1990 Coffeyville Community College
1991 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
1992 Northwest Mississippi Community College
1993 Mississippi Delta Community College
1994 Trinity Valley Community College
1995 Blinn College
1996 Blinn College
1997 Trinity Valley Community College
1998 Butler Community College - Kansas
1999 Butler Community College - Kansas
2000 Glendale Community College
2001 Georgia Military College
2002 Joliet Junior College
2003 Butler Community College - Kansas
2004 Pearl River Community College
2005 Trinity Valley Community College
2006 Blinn College
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Program from 1956 NJCAA National Championship Game |
