1981 NAIA Division II football season
Conference Champion Record
Frontier Carroll ( MT ) 5-1
Heart of America William Jewell 8-0
Hoosier-Buckeye Anderson ( IN ) 8-0
Kansas Bethany 8-0
Minnesota Concordia-Moorhead 8-0
Nebraska Concordia-Nebraska Hastings Midland Lutheran 4-1
North Dakota Dickinson State 6-0
Northwest Pacific Lutheran 5-0
South Dakota Sioux Falls South Dakota Tech 5-1
Texas Austin Sul Ross 9-1
Conference champions
The 1981 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1981 college football season in the United States and the 26th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 21st season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football. The season was played from August to November 1981 and culminated in the 1981 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Louis Calder Stadium in Sherman, Texas. Austin and Concordia-Moorhead tied in the championship game, 24-24, and were declared co-national champions. It was Austin's first NAIA national title and Concordia's third.