| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Brandeis (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Brockport State |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 57 (3.56 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Cleveland Lewis, Brockport State (6) |
| Best player | Offense: Cleveland Lewis, Brockport State Defense: Arn Armstrong, Brockport State |
The 1976 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship was the third annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the best men's Division III college soccer program in the United States.
The finals were played at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. [1]
Brandeis defeated Brockport State in the final, 2–1 after two overtime periods, claiming the Judges' first NCAA Division III national title.
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Westfield State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| WPI | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| WPI | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Brandeis | 6** | ||||||||||||||
| SE Massachusetts | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brandeis | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Brandeis | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| Elizabethtown | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lynchburg | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Grove City | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Grove City | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Elizabethtown | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Elizabethtown | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Haverford | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brandeis | 2** | ||||||||||||||
| Brockport State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio Wesleyan | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wheaton (IL) | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| Wheaton (IL) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| MacMurray | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| MacMurray | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Wooster | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| MacMurray | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brockport State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Brockport State | 1* | Third place | |||||||||||||
| St. Lawrence | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brockport State | 3* | Elizabethtown | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Cortland State | 2 | MacMurray | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cortland State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Drew | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Brandeis | 2–1 (2OT) | Brockport State |
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