2006 NCAA Division III football season

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The 2006 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2006, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2006 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their ninth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, 35−16. This was the second of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins) and the second straight win for Mount Union.

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The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Josh Brehm, quarterback from Alma. [1]

Conference standings

2006 American Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^  8 0   10 3  
No. 13 Hardin–Simmons ^  6 1   8 2  
Texas Lutheran  4 4   6 4  
Sul Ross  4 4   5 4  
Howard Payne  3 5   5 5  
Mississippi College  3 5   5 5  
East Texas Baptist  3 5   3 7  
Louisiana College  2 5   4 5  
McMurry  2 6   3 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 7 Wesley $^  4 0   13 1  
Apprentice §  2 2   7 3  
Salisbury  2 2   6 5  
Brockport  2 2   4 6  
Frostburg State  0 4   2 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • § – Not an NCAA member
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Centennial Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Dickinson $^  5 1   8 3  
Ursinus  4 2   8 3  
Gettysburg  3 3   5 5  
Johns Hopkins  3 3   5 5  
Muhlenberg  2 4   5 5  
McDaniel  2 4   4 6  
Franklin & Marshall  2 4   3 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2006 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 16 Wheaton (IL) +^  6 1   10 2  
No. 19 North Central (IL) +^  6 1   9 3  
Augustana (IL) +  6 1   7 3  
Carthage  3 4   6 4  
Elmhurst  3 4   6 4  
Illinois Wesleyan  2 5   3 7  
Millikin  2 5   3 7  
North Park  0 7   1 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 St. John Fisher +^  5 1   12 2  
No. 10 Springfield +^  5 1   10 2  
Alfred  4 2   8 3  
Ithaca  4 2   7 3  
Hartwick  2 4   4 6  
Utica  1 5   3 7  
Norwich  0 6   2 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mount St. Joseph $^  7 0   9 2  
Franklin (IN)  6 1   9 1  
Defiance  5 2   7 3  
Hanover  4 3   4 6  
Rose-Hulman  3 4   6 4  
Bluffton  2 5   3 7  
Anderson (IN)  1 6   2 8  
Manchester  0 7   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2006 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Concordia (WI) $^  7 0   10 1  
Greenville  5 2   6 4  
Aurora  5 2   5 5  
Lakeland  5 2   5 5  
Benedictine (IL)  3 4   4 6  
MacMurray  2 5   3 7  
Concordia (IL)  1 6   2 8  
Eureka  0 7   0 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2006 Iowa Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Central (IA) $^  8 0   10 1  
Wartburg  6 2   8 2  
Coe  5 3   7 3  
Dubuque  5 3   6 4  
Buena Vista  4 4   4 6  
Loras  4 4   4 6  
Simpson  3 5   3 7  
Luther  1 7   2 8  
Cornell (IA)  0 8   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Liberty League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Hobart +^  5 1   8 2  
No. 25 Union (NY) +^  5 1   7 3  
Rochester (NY)  4 2   7 4  
RPI  3 3   7 3  
St. Lawrence  3 3   5 4  
Merchant Marine  1 5   3 7  
WPI  0 6   3 6  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Hope $^  7 0   7 4  
Alma  5 2   6 4  
Olivet  5 2   6 4  
Adrian  4 3   5 5  
Albion  3 4   5 5  
Kalamazoo  2 5   2 7  
Tri-State #  2 5   2 8  
Wisconsin Lutheran  0 7   0 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – Provisional NCAA Division III member
2006 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Wilkes $^  9 0   11 1  
Delaware Valley  8 2   8 3  
Widener  6 3   7 4  
King's  6 3   6 5  
Lebanon Valley  5 4   6 4  
Lycoming  4 5   4 5  
Moravian  4 5   4 6  
Albright  2 7   2 8  
FDU Florham  2 7   2 8  
Juniata  2 7   2 8  
Susquehanna  2 7   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Midwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
St. Norbert $^  9 0   10 1  
Monmouth (IL)  7 2   7 3  
Ripon  7 2   7 3  
Illinois College  6 3   6 4  
Lake Forest  5 4   5 5  
Lawrence  4 5   5 5  
Carroll (WI)  4 5   4 6  
Grinnell  2 7   2 8  
Knox  1 8   2 8  
Beloit  0 9   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2006 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Saint John's (MN) +^  7 1   11 2  
No. 17 Bethel (MN) +^  7 1   9 2  
St. Olaf  6 2   8 2  
St. Thomas (MN)  5 3   6 4  
Gustavus Adolphus  4 4   6 4  
Concordia–Moorhead  3 5   4 6  
Carleton  2 6   4 6  
Hamline  1 7   3 7  
Augsburg  1 7   1 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 New England Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Bogan Division
Coast Guard xy  7 0   8 3  
Bridgewater State  6 1   8 2  
Maine Maritime  5 2   6 3  
Fitchburg State  3 4   4 5  
Worcester State  3 4   4 6  
Massachusetts Maritime  2 5   3 6  
Framingham State  1 6   1 8  
Westfield State  1 6   1 8  
Boyd Division
Curry xy$^  7 0   11 1  
Endicott  5 2   6 4  
Nichols  4 3   5 4  
UMass Dartmouth  4 3   5 4  
Plymouth State  4 3   4 5  
Western New England  3 4   5 4  
MIT  1 6   2 7  
Salve Regina  0 7   1 8  
Championship: Curry 34, Coast Guard 28
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2006 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Williams $  8 0   8 0  
Trinity (CT)  7 1   7 1  
Middlebury  6 2   6 2  
Amherst  5 3   5 3  
Tufts  4 4   4 4  
Wesleyan  3 5   3 5  
Bowdoin  2 6   2 6  
Colby  2 6   2 6  
Hamilton  2 6   2 6  
Bates  1 7   1 7  
  • $ Conference champion
2006 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 21 Cortland +  6 1   9 2  
No. 12 Rowan +^  6 1   9 3  
Montclair State  5 2   7 3  
Kean  4 3   7 4  
Western Connecticut  2 5   5 5  
TCNJ  2 5   4 6  
Buffalo State  2 5   3 7  
William Paterson  1 6   1 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Wabash +  6 1   8 2  
Wittenberg +^  6 1   7 4  
Wooster  5 2   8 2  
Allegheny  4 3   6 4  
Oberlin  4 3   5 5  
Kenyon  3 4   4 6  
Denison  3 4   3 7  
Ohio Wesleyan  3 4   3 7  
Earlham  1 6   3 7  
Hiram  0 7   0 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2006 Northwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Whitworth $^  6 0   11 1  
No. 23 Linfield  5 1   6 3  
Pacific Lutheran  4 2   4 5  
Puget Sound  3 3   7 3  
Willamette  2 4   2 7  
Menlo  1 5   4 6  
Lewis & Clark  0 6   0 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Mount Union $^  9 0   15 0  
No. 3 Capital ^  8 1   11 2  
Baldwin–Wallace  6 3   7 3  
Marietta  5 4   6 4  
Ohio Northern  5 4   6 4  
John Carroll  5 4   5 5  
Otterbein  3 6   4 6  
Wilmington (OH)  3 6   3 7  
Muskingum  1 8   2 8  
Heidelberg  0 9   0 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Washington and Lee $^  5 1   7 4  
Bridgewater  4 2   8 2  
Emory & Henry  4 2   6 4  
Hampden–Sydney  4 2   4 6  
Guilford  3 3   6 4  
Catholic University  1 5   3 7  
Randolph–Macon  0 6   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2006 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 18 Washington & Jefferson $^  6 0   10 2  
Waynesburg  5 1   6 4  
Thiel  4 2   5 5  
Thomas More  2 4   6 4  
Bethany (WV)  2 4   4 6  
Grove City  1 5   3 7  
Westminster (PA)  1 5   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 15 Occidental $^  6 0   9 1  
Redlands  4 2   4 5  
Cal Lutheran  3 3   6 3  
La Verne  3 3   3 6  
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps  2 4   4 5  
Pomona–Pitzer  2 4   3 6  
Whittier  1 5   2 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Millsaps $^  6 0   7 4  
Trinity (TX)  5 1   8 2  
DePauw  3 3   6 4  
Rhodes  3 3   6 4  
Centre  2 4   5 5  
Austin  2 4   4 6  
Sewanee  0 6   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2006 University Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 22 Carnegie Mellon $^  3 0   11 1  
Washington University  2 1   6 4  
Case Western Reserve  1 2   5 5  
Chicago  0 3   4 5  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North
Minnesota–Morris xy$#  7 0   7 3  
Northwestern (MN) #  6 1   7 3  
Crown #  2 5   3 6  
Trinity Bible §  2 5   2 6  
Martin Luther  2 5   2 8  
South
Rockford xy  5 2   7 3  
Maranatha Baptist  4 3   6 3  
Westminster (MO)  4 3   4 5  
Blackburn  3 4   3 7  
Principia  0 7   0 9  
Championship: Minnesota–Morris 27, Rockford 20
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • # – Provisional NCAA Division III member
    § – Not an NCAA member
2006 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 Christopher Newport +^  6 1   8 3  
Averett +  6 1   7 3  
North Carolina Wesleyan  5 2   6 4  
Maryville (TN)  4 3   5 5  
Methodist  2 5   4 6  
Greensboro  2 5   3 7  
Ferrum  2 5   2 7  
Shenandoah  1 6   2 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Wisconsin–Whitewater $^  7 0   14 1  
No. 6 Wisconsin–La Crosse ^  6 1   9 2  
Wisconsin–Stevens Point  4 3   6 4  
Wisconsin–Oshkosh  3 4   5 5  
Wisconsin–Platteville  3 4   5 5  
Wisconsin–Eau Claire  2 5   3 7  
Wisconsin–River Falls  2 5   3 7  
Wisconsin–Stout  1 6   3 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2006 NCAA Division III independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Huntingdon    6 4  
Husson    6 4  
Mount Ida    5 4  
Colorado College    5 5  
Chapman    4 5  
Macalester    2 7  
SUNY Maritime    1 6  
Morrisville State #    1 8  
Becker    0 9  
LaGrange    0 10  
  • # – Provisional Division III member

Conference champions

Conference champions

Postseason

The 2006 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 34th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the 14th time. [2]

Qualification

Twenty-one conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, five conferences had no Pool A bid. The NWC was in the first year and the PAC in the second year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC, UAA, and UMAC failed to meet the seven-member requirement.

Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 21 Pool A conferences contained 181 schools, an average of 8.6 teams per conference. Thirty-seven schools were in Pool B, enough for four bids.

The remaining seven playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.

Playoff bracket

First Round
Campus Sites
Second Round
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
Campus Sites
Semifinals
Campus Sites
National Championship Game
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, Virginia
Mount Union49
Hope 0 Mount Union35
Wheaton (IL)42Wheaton (IL) 3
Mount St. Joseph 28 Mount Union17
North Central (IL)35Capital 14
Concordia Wisconsin 6 North Central (IL) 13
Capital32Capital41
Wittenberg 14 Mount Union26
Wilkes42St. John Fisher 14
Washington & Lee 0 Wilkes 14
Rowan20Rowan21
Hobart 18 Rowan 0
St. John Fisher49St. John Fisher31
Union (NY) 21 St. John Fisher27
Springfield42Springfield 21
Curry 14 Mount Union35
Wesley49Wisconsin–Whitewater 16
Dickinson 21 Wesley37
Carnegie Mellon21Carnegie Mellon 0
Millsaps 0 Wesley34
Washington & Jefferson27Mary Hardin–Baylor 28
Christopher Newport 23 Washington & Jefferson 27
Mary Hardin–Baylor33Mary Hardin–Baylor30
Hardin–Simmons 21 Wesley 7
Wisconsin–Whitewater59Wisconsin–Whitewater44
St. Norbert 17 Wisconsin–Whitewater24
Wisconsin–La Crosse28Wisconsin–La Crosse 21
Bethel (MN) 21 Wisconsin–Whitewater17
Whitworth27Saint John's (MN) 14
Occidental 23 Whitworth 3
Saint John's (MN)21Saint John's (MN)21
Central (IA) 13

* Overtime

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