The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) is an association of Christian universities, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada. The national headquarters is located in Greenville, South Carolina. The NCCAA was formed in 1968.
The association's sports for men are baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, soccer, tennis, football, wrestling, and volleyball. Women's sports are basketball, cross country, track and field, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball.
The Victory Bowl is the organization's football bowl game game between NCCAA teams that did not qualify for either NCAA or NAIA playoffs.
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