2020–21 junior college football season

The 2020–21 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September 2020 to June 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only a few games were played during the traditional fall season, except for the entirety of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges season.[1][2][3]

2020 junior college football season
National ChampionshipWar Memorial Stadium
Little Rock, AR
June 5, 2020
Champion(s)Hutchinson (NJCAA)

In the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA), the season concluded with the end of the regular season, as the playoffs and championship game were not held due to the pandemic.[4] The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) held its championship game in June which featured Hutchinson beating Snow 29–27 in the NJCAA National Football Championship.[5]

Conference standings

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NJCAA

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2020–21 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Iowa Western $ 40  71 
No. 10 Iowa Central 22  63 
Ellsworth 04  26 
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NJCAA poll
2020–21 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Hutchinson $^ 60  80 
No. 5 Garden City 61  71 
No. 7 Independence 52  52 
Coffeyville 33  33 
Butler (KS) 24  24 
Dodge City 15  25 
Highland (KS) 16  16 
Fort Scott 03  03 
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NJCAA playoff participant
Rankings from NJCAA poll
2020–21 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
Northwest Mississippi xy$ 60  60 
Northeast Mississippi 51  51 
Coahoma 32  32 
Itawamba 23  23 
Mississippi Delta 04  04 
Holmes 05  05 
South Division
Mississippi Gulf Coast xy 51  51 
Hinds 31  31 
Copiah–Lincoln 21  21 
Jones (MS) 32  32 
East Central (MS) 23  23 
Pearl River 24  24 
Southwest Mississippi 06  06 
Championship: Northwest Mississippi 40, Mississippi Gulf Coast 13
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
2020–21 Northeast Football Conference standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Lackawanna 00  11 
2020–21 Southwest Junior College Football Conference standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Cisco $ 70  70 
No. 6 Kilgore 61  71 
No. 8 Trinity Valley 52  62 
No. 9 New Mexico Military 43  54 
Navarro 34  34 
Tyler 25  45 
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 16  17 
Blinn 07  17 
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NJCAA poll
2020–21 NJCAA independents football records
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Snow ^   81 
Hocking   21 
ASA Miami   32 
Arkansas Baptist   13 
Sussex County   13 
  • ^ – NJCAA playoff participant
Rankings from NJCAA poll

CCCAA

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See also

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References

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  1. "CCCAA Board of Directors announces implementation of Contingency Plan for return to sports in 2020-21". Compton College Athletics. July 13, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  2. Curley, Joe (July 10, 2020). "COVID-19 forces California community colleges to shift athletics to spring". VC Star. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  3. Yang, Vongni (July 10, 2020). "JUCO sports won't return until 2021". Visalia Times Delta. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  4. "2020-21". California Community College Athletic Association. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  5. "Hutch Football Wins National Championship". Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. June 10, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2024.