2022 junior college football season

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The 2022 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September to December 2022. 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 Iowa Western who defeated Hutchinson 31–0 in the NJCAA National Football Championship.^[1]^[2] The NJCAA Division III champion was DuPage who defeated NDSCS 14–12 in the Red Grange Bowl.^[3] The 3C2A champion was San Mateo who defeated Riverside City 24–21 in the CCCAA State Championship.^[4]

Conference standings

NJCAA Division I

2022 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Iowa Western $^	2	–	0	10	–	2
No. 10 Iowa Central	1	–	1	7	–	4
Ellsworth	0	–	2	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll

2022 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Hutchinson $^	6	–	0	11	–	1
No. 5 Coffeyville	4	–	2	8	–	3
No. 9 Butler (KS)	4	–	2	8	–	4
Independence	3	–	3	4	–	5
Garden City	3	–	3	4	–	6
Dodge City	1	–	5	3	–	7
Highland (KS)	0	–	6	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll

2022 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 3 Northwest Mississippi #x^	6	–	0	10	–	2
No. 6 East Mississippi #$	4	–	2	8	–	3
Holmes	3	–	3	5	–	4
Northeast Mississippi	3	–	3	5	–	4
Itawamba	3	–	3	3	–	6
Coahoma	1	–	5	1	–	8
Mississippi Delta	1	–	5	1	–	8
South Division
No. 8 Jones (MS) #x	5	–	1	8	–	2
Mississippi Gulf Coast #x	5	–	1	6	–	4
Pearl River	4	–	2	6	–	3
Copiah–Lincoln	3	–	3	5	–	4
Hinds	3	–	3	4	–	5
Southwest Mississippi	1	–	5	3	–	6
East Central (MS)	0	–	6	1	–	8
Championship: East Mississippi 36, Northwest Mississippi 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant # – MACJC playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll

2022 Northeast Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 Lackawanna	0	–	0	7	–	3
Monroe College	0	–	0	3	–	5

Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll

2022 Southwest Junior College Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Trinity Valley $	7	–	0	8	–	3
No. 7 New Mexico Military	5	–	2	9	–	3
No. 15 Navarro	5	–	2	6	–	4
No. 11 Kilgore	4	–	3	8	–	4
Tyler	4	–	3	5	–	4
Blinn	1	–	6	3	–	6
Cisco	1	–	6	3	–	6
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M	1	–	6	3	–	6

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll

2022 NJCAA Division I independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12 Georgia Military		–		8	–	2
No. 4 Snow		–		8	–	2
Sussex County		–		3	–	6
ASA Miami		–		2	–	4
Community Christian (MI)		–		1	–	3
Community Christian (CA)		–		0	–	1

Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll

NJCAA Division III

2022 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Minnesota State C&T $	6	–	0	9	–	1
No. 2 NDSCS ^	5	–	1	9	–	2
Rochester C&T	3	–	3	5	–	5
Central Lakes	2	–	3	4	–	4
Mesabi Range	2	–	4	2	–	6
Minnesota West C&T	1	–	4	2	–	6
Vermilion	0	–	4	0	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – Red Grange Bowl participate Rankings from NJCAA Division III poll

2022 NJCAA Division III independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 DuPage ^		–		9	–	2
No. 5 Hocking		–		6	–	3
Louisburg		–		5	–	3
Hudson Valley		–		6	–	4
No. 4 Nassau		–		6	–	4
Erie		–		1	–	9

^ – Red Grange Bowl participate Rankings from NJCAA Division III poll

CCCAA

SCFA

2022 American Metro League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Citrus $	5	–	0	11	–	0
Santa Ana	4	–	1	5	–	5
Glendale (CA)	3	–	2	5	–	5
Orange Coast	2	–	3	3	–	7
West Los Angeles	1	–	4	3	–	7
Los Angeles Southwest	0	–	5	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from 3C2A poll

2022 American Mountain League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 23 Mt. San Jacinto $	5	–	0	9	–	2
Desert	4	–	1	8	–	3
Pasadena City	2	–	5	4	–	5
Grossmont	2	–	3	4	–	6
Victor Valley	2	–	3	4	–	6
Compton	0	–	5	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – 3C2A playoff participant Rankings from 3C2A poll

2022 American Pacific League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Santa Barbara City $	5	–	0	10	–	1
Moorpark	4	–	1	6	–	5
Antelope Valley	3	–	2	5	–	5
Los Angeles Valley	2	–	3	3	–	7
Santa Monica	1	–	4	2	–	8
Pierce	0	–	5	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion

2022 National Central League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Riverside City $^	5	–	0	12	–	1
No. 2 Mt. San Antonio ^	4	–	1	9	–	2
No. 9 Cerritos	3	–	2	8	–	3
No. 25 El Camino	2	–	3	5	–	6
Palomar	1	–	4	5	–	5
Chaffey	0	–	5	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – 3C2A playoff participant Rankings from 3C2A poll

2022 National Northern League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Ventura +^	3	–	2	7	–	4
No. 16 Allan Hancock +	3	–	2	6	–	5
No. 20 College of the Canyons +	3	–	2	5	–	5
No. 24 East Los Angeles	2	–	3	5	–	6
No. 21 Long Beach City	2	–	3	5	–	6
Bakersfield	2	–	3	4	–	6

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – 3C2A playoff participant Rankings from 3C2A poll

2022 National Southern League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Fullerton $^	5	–	0	10	–	2
No. 6 Golden West	4	–	1	9	–	2
No. 14 San Diego Mesa	3	–	2	7	–	4
Saddleback	2	–	3	3	–	7
Southwestern (CA)	1	–	4	1	–	9
San Bernardino Valley	0	–	5	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – 3C2A playoff participant Rankings from 3C2A poll

NCFC

2022 National Bay 6 League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 San Mateo +^	4	–	1	12	–	1
No. 5 Laney +^	4	–	1	8	–	3
No. 12 Diablo Valley	3	–	2	7	–	4
No. 11 CC of San Francisco	3	–	2	7	–	4
Chabot	1	–	4	2	–	8
San Joaquin Delta	0	–	5	1	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – 3C2A playoff participant Rankings from 3C2A poll

2022 American Golden Coast League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Merced +	5	–	1	8	–	3
Monterey Peninsula +	5	–	1	7	–	4
West Hills Coalinga +	5	–	1	6	–	5
San Jose City	3	–	3	5	–	5
Hartnell	2	–	4	3	–	7
Cabrillo	1	–	5	2	–	8
Gavilan	0	–	6	1	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions

2022 National Norcal League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 American River $^	5	–	0	8	–	4
No. 7 Butte	4	–	1	7	–	4
No. 15 Sierra	2	–	3	6	–	5
Santa Rosa	2	–	3	4	–	6
Shasta	2	–	3	4	–	6
College of the Siskiyous	0	–	5	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – 3C2A playoff participant Rankings from 3C2A poll

2022 American Pacific 7 League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 18 Feather River $	5	–	0	11	–	0
College of the Redwoods	4	–	1	7	–	4
Los Medanos	3	–	2	5	–	5
Foothill	2	–	3	8	–	3
De Anza	1	–	4	5	–	5
Yuba	0	–	5	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from 3C2A poll

2022 National Valley League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 Fresno City +	4	–	1	7	–	4
No. 19 Modesto +^	4	–	1	5	–	6
No. 22 College of the Sequoias	3	–	2	6	–	5
Reedley	2	–	3	5	–	5
Contra Costa	2	–	3	4	–	6
Sacramento City	0	–	5	3	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – 3C2A playoff participant Rankings from 3C2A poll

Postseason

Playoffs

NJCAA Division I

Semifinals December 3/4 Campus sites			Championship game December 14 War Memorial Stadium—Little Rock, AR

1	Hutchinson	38

4	Coffeyville	7
			1	Hutchinson	0

			3	Iowa Western	31
2	Northwest Mississippi	12

3	Iowa Western	33

^[5]

CCCAA

SCFA playoffs

Semifinals November 26 Campus sites			Regional finals December 3 Campus sites

1	Riverside City	47

4	Ventura	32
			1	Riverside City	31

			2	Fullerton	17
2	Fullerton	24

3	Mt. San Antonio	41

NCFC playoffs

Semifinals November 26 Campus sites			Regional finals December 3 Campus sites

1	San Mateo	30

4	Modesto	0
			1	San Mateo	30

			3	American River	5
2	Laney	21

3	American River	43

State championship

Championship game December 10 College Heights Stadium—San Mateo, CA

1	Riverside City	0

1	San Mateo	55

^[6]^[7]

Bowl games

CCCAA and NJCAA had a combined fourteen bowl games, featuring teams that did not qualify for either league's postseason tournament.^[8]

Date	Time (EST)	Game	Site	Teams	Results
Nov 26	12:00 p.m.	Patriotic Bowl	Campus sites	Golden West (8–2) East Los Angeles (5–5)	Golden West 32 East Los Angeles 14
	12:00 p.m.	American Division Championship Bowl		Citrus (10–0) Mt. San Jacinto (9–1)	Citrus 31 Mt. San Jacinto 20
	1:00 p.m.	Western State Bowl		Cerritos (7–2) Long Beach City (5–5)	Cerritos 35 Long Beach City 28
	1:00 p.m.	American Championship Bowl		Feather River (10–0) Merced (8–2)	Feather River 50 Merced 32
	2:30 p.m.	Beach Bowl		Santa Barbara City (9–1) Desert (8–2)	Santa Barbara City 44 Desert 23
	6:00 p.m.	SoCal Bowl		San Diego Mesa (6–4) El Camino (5–5)	San Diego Mesa 21 El Camino 20
	6:00 p.m.	Strawberry Bowl		Allan Hancock (5–5) Moorpark (6–4)	Allan Hancock 20 Moorpark 17
Dec 3	12:00 p.m.	Golden State Bowl		Monterey Peninsula (7–3) College of the Redwoods (7–3)	Monterey Peninsula 42 College of the Redwoods 21
	12:30 p.m.	Northern California Bowl		Foothill (7–3) West Hills Coalinga (6–4)	Foothill 48 West Hill Coalinga 20
	1:00 p.m.	Silicon Valley Bowl		Diablo Valley (6–4) Sierra (6–4)	Diablo Valley 36 Sierra 28
		Gridiron Classic Bowl		CC of San Francisco (6–4) College of the Sequoias (6–4)	CC of San Francisco 34 College of the Sequoias 24
		Grizzly Bowl	Redwood Bowl (Arcata, California)	Fresno City (6–4) Butte (7–3)	Fresno City 13 Butte 10
		C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl	Campus sites	Butler (KS) (7–4) Kilgore (8–3)	Butler (KS) 28 Kilgore 24
Dec 4	12:00 p.m.	Game One Bowl	UNI-Dome (Cedar Falls, Iowa)	Iowa Central (6–4) Trinity Valley (8–2)	Iowa Central 31 Trinity Valley 24

References

^ Barnett, Zach (December 15, 2022). "Iowa Western wins JuCo national title". Footballscoop. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^ Kennedy, Will (December 15, 2022). "Iowa Western football captures second NJCAA national title in program history". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^ Nunez Jr., Lou (December 3, 2022). "College of DuPage repeats national title". Daily Herald. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^ Mollat, Nathan (December 16, 2022). "College of San Mateo football team named national champs". College of San Mateo. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^ "2022 NJCAA DI Football Post Season Schedule". NJCAA. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^ "3C2A Championships". 3C2A. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
^ Pope, Dennis (December 10, 2023). "Riverside City College beats San Mateo to win CCCAA football championship". Press Enterprise. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
^ "2022 Season". 3C2A. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

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