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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE
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OMB Number: 3235-0006
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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09-30-2015
Check here if Amendment    Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
   adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Nationwide Fund Advisors
Address: 1000 CONTINENTAL DRIVE
SUITE 400
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA  19406
Form 13F File Number: 028-05161

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: /s/ Lee T. Cummings
Title: Senior Vice President
Phone: 610-230-2800
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Lee T. Cummings King of Prussia,  PA 10-26-2015
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
X 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
   13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
   13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
Form 13F Summary Page
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 32
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 3,282
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 22,297,687
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
8 028-11937 J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.
11 028-00595 Neuberger & Berman Management, Inc.
23 028-01091 American Century Investment Management, Inc.
25 028-10968 Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
28 028-12016 Blackrock Investment Management, LLC
30 028-00090 Putnam Investment Management LLC
33 028-01186 Dimensional Fund Advisors L.P.
34 028-10981 Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
35 028-04041 Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
37 028-04557 Wellington Management Co. LLP
38 028-00165 Wells Capital Management, Inc.
41 028-11293 Invesco Advisers, Inc.
46 028-01074 Templeton Investment Counsel LLC
47 028-00203 OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
48 028-05837 Logan Capital Management, Inc.
50 028-03676 Winslow Capital Management, LLC
51 028-12592 BNY Mellon
54 028-02682 UBS Global Asset Management, Inc.
56 028-03139 Brown Capital Management LLC
58 028-04968 Massachusetts Financial Services Company
59 028-12282 Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC
60 028-13826 Brookfield Investment Management Inc.
61 028-04663 HighMark Capital Management, Inc.
62 028-10747 Lazard Investments, LLC
63 028-10982 Ziegler Capital Management, LLC
64 028-01707 Bailard, Inc.
65 028-03935 Geneva Capital Management, LLC
66 028-05670 WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.
67 028-07196 Boston Advisors LLC
69 028-11315 Herndon Capital Management, LLC
70 028-04003 Ariel Investments, LLC
71 028-16442 Strategic Global Advisors, LLC