Brewton-Parker Flag Football Joining Sun, SCAD Savannah Adding Women's Varsity Program

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, Georgia, will add women's varsity flag football beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. SCAD will compete in the NAIA's Sun Conference. SCAD's press release also confirmed that Brewton-Parker Christian University from Mount Vernon, Georgia, will join the Sun for its inaugural flag football season during the 2025-26 academic year.

Brewton-Parker will put the Sun Conference at 10 flag football teams next season. The newcomers will join Florida Memorial University, Keiser University (FL), Life University (GA), Point University (GA), Reinhardt University (GA), St. Thomas University (FL), Thomas University (GA), Warner University (FL), and Webber International University (FL). SCAD will make it 11 members when the program debuts during the 2027 spring season.

The Sun Conference will trail the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) in membership, with the KCAC expected to have 11 members for the 2026 spring season. The KCAC may increase to as many as 13 members in 2027, with Oklahoma Wesleyan University joining and the College of Saint Mary (NE) applying for affiliate membership (provided no additional changes).

The 2026 NAIA season will see the addition of a third conference: the Great Southwest Athletic Conference, which will feature Arizona Christian University, Benedictine University at Mesa (AZ), Hope International University (CA), La Sierra University (CA), Ottawa University (AZ), and Simpson University (CA). The 2026 season will also be flag football's first as an invitational sport in the NAIA, following five seasons as an emerging sport.

More than 225 colleges are expected to compete at the club or varsity level during the 2025-26 academic year, including more than 100 new flag football programs. The NAIA will have over a dozen new teams next season.