| 2001 NIFL season | |
| League: | National Indoor Football League |
| Sport: | indoor American football |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Mississippi Fire Dogs |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Conf1: | Atlantic |
| Conf1 Champ: | Mississippi Fire Dogs |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Ohio Valley Greyhounds |
| Conf2: | Pacific |
| Conf2 Champ: | Wyoming Cavalry |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Sioux Falls Storm |
| Finals: | Indoor Bowl I |
| Finals Champ: | Mississippi Fire Dogs |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Wyoming Cavalry |
| Seasonslist: | List of NIFL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | NIFL |
| Nextseason Link: | 2002 National Indoor Football League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2002 |
The 2001 National Indoor Football League season was the first season of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The league champions were the Mississippi Fire Dogs, who defeated the Wyoming Cavalry in Indoor Bowl I.
| Team | Overall | Conference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| Ohio Valley Greyhounds | 12 | 4 | 0.750 | 8 | 2 | 0.800 |
| Johnstown J Dogs | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 6 | 3 | 0.667 |
| River Cities LocoMotives | 1 | 13 | 0.071 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Mississippi Fire Dogs | 16 | 1 | 0.941 | 9 | 1 | 0.900 |
| Lake Charles Land Sharks | 11 | 4 | 0.733 | 7 | 3 | 0.700 |
| Tupelo FireAnts | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 7 | 5 | 0.583 |
| Mobile Seagulls | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 4 | 6 | 0.400 |
| Louisiana Rangers | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 4 | 7 | 0.364 |
| Louisiana Bayou Beast | 1 | 13 | 0.071 | 1 | 10 | 0.091 |
| Central Division | ||||||
| Rapid City Red Dogs | 13 | 2 | 0.867 | 10 | 1 | 0.909 |
| Wyoming Cavalry | 10 | 7 | 0.588 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 |
| Sioux Falls Storm | 8 | 8 | 0.500 | 5 | 6 | 0.455 |
| Billings Outlaws | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 5 | 6 | 0.455 |
| Tri-City Diesel | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 3 | 8 | 0.273 |
| Sioux City Bandits | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | 4 | 8 | 0.333 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| Utah Rattlers | 8 | 7 | 0.533 | 7 | 1 | 0.875 |
| Yakima Shockwave | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Southern Oregon Heat | 1 | 12 | 0.533 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 |