2017 NCAA Division III football season

2017 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August 31 – November 11, 2017
Playoffs	November 18 – December 15, 2017
National championship	Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA
Champion	Mount Union
Gagliardi Trophy	Brett Kasper (QB), Wisconsin–Oshkosh
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The 2017 NCAA Division III football season was the portion of the 2017 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. Under Division III rules, teams were eligible to begin play on August 31, 2017. ^[1] The season ended with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, on December 15, 2017, at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. Mount Union earned their 13th national title, defeating defending national champions Mary Hardin–Baylor.

Conference and program changes

The 2017 season saw several significant changes to the landscape of Division III football:

• The New England Football Conference, a football-only league that had operated since 1965, became the football league of the all-sports Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), operating as Commonwealth Coast Football (CCC Football). The football league remains a separate entity from the overall conference. ^[2]
• The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference began sponsoring football.
• The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, which had sponsored football since its creation in 1962 as the College Athletic Conference, ended sponsorship of football at the end of the 2016 season. The league had lost most of its membership when seven schools left in 2012 to form the Southern Athletic Association.
• The New England Small College Athletic Conference eliminated its members' annual pre-season scrimmages in favor of a 9th regular season game and ensuring all conference members play one another each season. ^[3] Conference members remain ineligible for postseason tournament play.
• The Empire 8 and Liberty League announced on July 5 the creation of the New York State Bowl Game, which will feature the top two teams from each conference who failed to make the DIII tournament. It will be held immediately for the 2017 season, on November 18. ^[4]
• Maranatha Baptist University announced that it would be dropping its football program on February 17. The school cited the resignation of coach Nate Spate, small roster numbers, and the struggle of filling a schedule as an independent all as factors in the decision. ^[5]

School	2016 conference	2017 conference
Alfred State	Independent	ECFC [6]
Austin	SCAC	SAA [7]
Becker	ECFC	CCC Football [8]
Brevard	SAC (D-II)	USA South [9]
Catholic	ODAC	NEWMAC [10]
Chicago	SAA & UAA	MWC [11]
Coast Guard	NEFC	NEWMAC [12]
Curry	NEFC	CCC Football [2]
Dean	USCAA	ECFC [6]
Endicott	NEFC	CCC Football [2]
Maine Maritime	NEFC	NEWMAC [12]
Maranatha Baptist	Independent	Dropped program
Merchant Marine	Liberty League	NEWMAC [12]
MIT	NEFC	NEWMAC [12]
Nichols	NEFC	CCC Football [2]
Norwich	ECFC	NEWMAC [12]
Salve Regina	NEFC	CCC Football [2]
Springfield	Liberty League	NEWMAC [12]
Southwestern	SCAC	ASC [13]
Texas Lutheran	SCAC	ASC [13]
Trinity (TX)	SCAC	SAA [7]
Washington (MO)	SAA & UAA	UAA only [14]
Western New England	NEFC	CCC Football [2]
WPI	Liberty League	NEWMAC [12]

A full list of Division III teams can be viewed on the D3football website. ^[15]

Conference standings

2017 American Southwest Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 2 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^   9 – 0     14 – 1   No. 11 Hardin–Simmons ^   8 – 1     9 – 2   East Texas Baptist   6 – 3     7 – 3   Southwestern (TX)   6 – 3     6 – 4   Texas Lutheran   6 – 3     6 – 4   Sul Ross   4 – 5     5 – 5   Louisiana College   2 – 7     3 – 7   McMurry #   2 – 7     2 – 8   Belhaven #   1 – 8     2 – 8   Howard Payne   1 – 8     1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant # – Provisional NCAA Division III member Rankings from D3football.com	2017 Centennial Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Franklin & Marshall +   8 – 1     10 – 1   No. 20 Johns Hopkins +^   8 – 1     9 – 2   Muhlenberg   6 – 3     8 – 3   Susquehanna   6 – 3     8 – 3   Ursinus   5 – 4     6 – 4   Dickinson   3 – 6     3 – 7   Gettysburg   3 – 6     3 – 7   Juniata   2 – 7     3 – 7   McDaniel   2 – 7     3 – 7   Moravian   2 – 7     2 – 8   + – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2017 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 8 North Central (IL) +^   7 – 1     10 – 2   No. 17 Illinois Wesleyan +^   7 – 1     9 – 2   No. 22 Wheaton (IL)   6 – 2     8 – 2   Carthage   5 – 3     7 – 3   Millikin   5 – 3     7 – 3   North Park   2 – 6     3 – 7   Elmhurst   2 – 6     2 – 8   Augustana (IL)   1 – 7     1 – 9   Carroll (WI)   1 – 7     1 – 9   + – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2017 Commonwealth Coast Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Western New England $^   5 – 0     8 – 3   Curry   4 – 1     8 – 3   Salve Regina   3 – 2     6 – 3   Endicott   2 – 3     3 – 7   Becker   1 – 4     1 – 9   Nichols   0 – 5     2 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	2017 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 25 Husson $^   7 – 0     10 – 2   Maritime   6 – 1     9 – 2   Castleton   5 – 2     6 – 4   Mount Ida   3 – 4     4 – 6   Gallaudet   3 – 4     3 – 7   Dean #   2 – 5     4 – 6   Alfred State #   1 – 6     1 – 9   Anna Maria   1 – 6     1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant # – Provisional Division III member Rankings from D3football.com	2017 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 5 Brockport $^   7 – 0     13 – 1   Alfred   5 – 2     8 – 3   Cortland   5 – 2     7 – 4   Buffalo State   3 – 4     6 – 5   Morrisville State   2 – 5     4 – 6   Hartwick   2 – 5     3 – 7   Utica   2 – 5     3 – 7   St. John Fisher   2 – 5     2 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll
2017 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 24 Franklin (IN) $^   8 – 0     8 – 3   Rose–Hulman   7 – 1     8 – 2   Manchester   5 – 3     6 – 4   Mount St. Joseph   5 – 3     6 – 4   Bluffton   4 – 4     4 – 6   Hanover   4 – 4     4 – 6   Defiance   2 – 6     2 – 8   Anderson (IN)   1 – 7     1 – 9   Earlham   0 – 8     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2017 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 10 Wartburg $^   8 – 0     12 – 1   Central (IA)   6 – 2     7 – 3   Luther   5 – 3     6 – 4   Dubuque   4 – 4     6 – 4   Simpson (IA)   4 – 4     5 – 5   Loras   3 – 5     4 – 6   Coe   2 – 6     4 – 6   Buena Vista   2 – 6     2 – 7   Nebraska Wesleyan   2 – 6     2 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2017 Liberty League football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Ithaca +   4 – 1     8 – 3   RPI +^   4 – 1     8 – 3   Hobart   3 – 2     7 – 3   Union (NY)   3 – 2     7 – 4   St. Lawrence   1 – 4     2 – 8   Rochester (NY)   0 – 5     2 – 7   + – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2017 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Framingham State +   7 – 1     10 – 1   Plymouth State +^   7 – 1     9 – 2   Western Connecticut   5 – 3     7 – 3   Worcester State   5 – 3     6 – 4   UMass Dartmouth   4 – 4     4 – 6   Westfield State   3 – 5     3 – 7   Fitchburg State   2 – 6     3 – 7   Bridgewater State   2 – 6     2 – 8   Massachusetts Maritime   1 – 7     2 – 8   + – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	2017 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 19 Trine $^   6 – 0     11 – 1   Hope   5 – 1     8 – 2   Adrian   4 – 2     5 – 5   Olivet   3 – 3     5 – 5   Albion   2 – 4     4 – 6   Alma   1 – 5     4 – 6   Kalamazoo   0 – 6     1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2017 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 7 Delaware Valley $^   9 – 0     12 – 1   Albright   7 – 2     8 – 3   Widener   7 – 2     7 – 4   Stevenson   6 – 3     6 – 5   Lebanon Valley   5 – 4     5 – 5   King's   4 – 5     5 – 5   Lycoming   4 – 5     5 – 6   FDU Florham   2 – 7     3 – 7   Misericordia   1 – 8     1 – 9   Wilkes   0 – 9     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2017 Midwest Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   North St. Norbert xy   5 – 0     7 – 3   Chicago   3 – 2     6 – 4   Macalester   3 – 2     5 – 5   Ripon   3 – 2     5 – 5   Lawrence   1 – 4     2 – 8   Beloit   0 – 5     1 – 9   South Monmouth (IL) xy$^   5 – 0     9 – 2   Lake Forest   4 – 1     8 – 2   Illinois College   3 – 2     5 – 5   Cornell (IA)   2 – 3     4 – 6   Knox   1 – 4     5 – 5   Grinnell   0 – 5     1 – 9   Championship: Monmouth 9, St. Norbert 6 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	2017 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 4 St. Thomas (MN) $^   8 – 0     11 – 2   No. 14 Saint John's (MN) ^   7 – 1     9 – 2   No. 21 Concordia–Moorhead   6 – 2     8 – 2   Bethel (MN)   5 – 3     5 – 5   Gustavus Adolphus   4 – 4     5 – 5   St. Olaf   3 – 5     4 – 6   Augsburg   2 – 6     4 – 6   Hamline   1 – 7     2 – 8   Carleton   0 – 8     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2017 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Trinity (CT) $   8 – 1     8 – 1   Amherst   7 – 2     7 – 2   Middlebury   7 – 2     7 – 2   Wesleyan   6 – 3     6 – 3   Williams   6 – 3     6 – 3   Tufts   5 – 4     5 – 4   Hamilton   3 – 6     3 – 6   Bates   2 – 7     2 – 7   Colby   1 – 8     1 – 8   Bowdoin   0 – 9     0 – 9   $ – Conference champion
2017 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Springfield $^   7 – 0     10 – 1   WPI   6 – 1     9 – 2   MIT   5 – 2     7 – 3   Merchant Marine   4 – 3     6 – 4   Catholic University   3 – 4     5 – 5   Coast Guard   1 – 6     3 – 7   Maine Maritime   1 – 6     1 – 8   Norwich   1 – 6     1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	2017 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 12 Wesley $^   9 – 0     10 – 2   No. 9 Frostburg State ^   8 – 1     11 – 2   Salisbury   7 – 2     7 – 4   Montclair State   5 – 4     5 – 5   Christopher Newport   4 – 5     5 – 5   Kean   4 – 5     4 – 6   TCNJ   4 – 5     4 – 6   Rowan   3 – 6     4 – 6   Southern Virginia   1 – 8     2 – 8   William Paterson   0 – 9     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2017 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 18 Wittenberg $^   9 – 0     10 – 1   DePauw   7 – 2     8 – 2   Wabash   7 – 2     8 – 2   Denison   6 – 3     7 – 3   Wooster   5 – 4     6 – 4   Ohio Wesleyan   5 – 4     5 – 5   Oberlin   3 – 6     4 – 6   Allegheny   2 – 7     3 – 7   Hiram   1 – 8     2 – 8   Kenyon   0 – 9     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2017 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Lakeland $^   6 – 0     8 – 3   Benedictine (IL)   5 – 1     7 – 3   Aurora   4 – 2     5 – 5   Wisconsin Lutheran   3 – 3     3 – 7   Concordia (IL)   1 – 5     3 – 6   Concordia (WI)   1 – 5     2 – 8   Rockford   1 – 5     1 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	2017 Northwest Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 6 Linfield $^   7 – 0     9 – 2   Whitworth   5 – 2     8 – 2   George Fox   5 – 2     7 – 3   Pacific (OR)   4 – 3     4 – 4   Pacific Lutheran   4 – 3     4 – 4   Puget Sound   2 – 5     3 – 6   Lewis & Clark   1 – 6     2 – 7   Willamette   0 – 7     0 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2017 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 1 Mount Union $^   9 – 0     15 – 0   Heidelberg   6 – 3     7 – 3   Ohio Northern   6 – 3     7 – 3   John Carroll   6 – 3     6 – 4   Baldwin Wallace   5 – 4     6 – 4   Marietta   5 – 4     6 – 4   Otterbein   5 – 4     6 – 4   Muskingum   1 – 8     2 – 8   Wilmington (OH)   1 – 8     2 – 8   Capital   1 – 8     1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2017 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Washington and Lee $^   5 – 1     8 – 3   Randolph–Macon   4 – 2     7 – 3   Hampden–Sydney   4 – 2     6 – 4   Shenandoah   3 – 3     6 – 4   Guilford   3 – 3     5 – 5   Bridgewater   1 – 5     4 – 6   Emory & Henry   1 – 5     3 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	2017 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 13 Case Western Reserve +^   8 – 0     11 – 1   No. 16 Washington & Jefferson +^   8 – 0     11 – 1   Westminster (PA)   6 – 2     7 – 3   Carnegie Mellon   5 – 3     7 – 4   Thomas More   5 – 3     6 – 4   Grove City   4 – 4     4 – 6   Geneva   2 – 6     3 – 7   Bethany (WV)   2 – 6     2 – 8   Waynesburg   2 – 6     2 – 8   Saint Vincent   1 – 7     2 – 8   Thiel   1 – 7     1 – 9   + – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2017 Southern Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 15 Berry $^   8 – 0     11 – 1   Centre   7 – 1     9 – 1   Hendrix   6 – 2     8 – 2   Trinity (TX)   5 – 3     6 – 4   Rhodes   3 – 5     4 – 6   Birmingham–Southern   2 – 6     3 – 7   Millsaps   2 – 6     3 – 7   Sewanee   2 – 6     3 – 7   Austin   1 – 7     3 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2017 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Chapman $^   6 – 0     6 – 3   Redlands   5 – 1     7 – 2   Cal Lutheran   3 – 3     5 – 3   Pomona–Pitzer   3 – 3     4 – 4   Claremont–Mudd–Scripps   2 – 4     4 – 5   La Verne   2 – 4     3 – 5   Whittier   0 – 6     0 – 8   Occidental *   –     0 – 3   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant * – Occidental canceled six games, and their remaining conference games were not counted in the standings.	2017 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Eureka $^   8 – 1     8 – 3   MacMurray   7 – 2     8 – 2   St. Scholastica   7 – 2     7 – 3   Northwestern (MN)   6 – 3     6 – 4   Westminster (MO)   6 – 3     6 – 4   Martin Luther   4 – 5     5 – 5   Greenville   4 – 5     4 – 6   Iowa Wesleyan #   2 – 7     2 – 8   Minnesota–Morris   1 – 8     1 – 9   Crown   0 – 9     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant # – Provisional NCAA Division III member	2017 USA South Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Huntingdon $^   7 – 0     9 – 2   Ferrum   5 – 2     8 – 2   Averett   5 – 2     6 – 4   Maryville (TN)   3 – 4     5 – 5   LaGrange   3 – 4     4 – 6   North Carolina Wesleyan   3 – 4     3 – 7   Methodist   2 – 5     2 – 8   Greensboro   0 – 7     1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2017 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 3 Wisconsin–Oshkosh $^   7 – 0     12 – 1   No. 23 Wisconsin–Whitewater   6 – 1     7 – 3   No. 24 Wisconsin–La Crosse   5 – 2     8 – 2   Wisconsin–Platteville   4 – 3     7 – 3   Wisconsin–Stout   3 – 4     5 – 4   Wisconsin–River Falls   2 – 5     4 – 6   Wisconsin–Stevens Point   1 – 6     4 – 6   Wisconsin–Eau Claire   0 – 7     1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2017 NCAA Division III independents football records v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Brevard #   –     4 – 6   Finlandia   –     3 – 3   Washington University   –     3 – 6   # – Provisional Division III member

Preseason

Overseas exhibition games

Because Division III football teams do not award scholarships, they are permitted by NCAA rules to occasionally travel outside the United States to tour and play exhibition matches. Several teams took off-season trips in late spring 2017 and played primarily non-college club teams, with the exception of Illinois Wesleyan, who played a Japanese college team. ^[16] All of the games were won by the Division III schools, which are displayed in bold.

Date	Location	NCAA DIII Team	Hosting Team	Score
May 20, 2017	Milngavie, Scotland, UK	CMS	East Kilbride Pirates (BAFA Premier)	73–6
May 21, 2017	Ferrara, Italy	Southwestern	Ferrara Aquile (IFL)	94–0
May 21, 2017	Shanghai, China	Puget Sound	Shanghai Titans (AFCL)	84–6
May 27, 2017	Barcelona, Spain	John Carroll	Senior Spanish League All-Stars (LNFA)	91–7
May 27, 2017	Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK	Centre	Belfast Trojans (IAFL)	47–0
June 3, 2017	Landsberg, Germany	Rose-Hulman	Landsberg X-Press (Regionalliga South)	82–0
June 4, 2017	Tokyo, Japan	Illinois Wesleyan	Waseda (KCFA)	33–6

Postseason

Twenty-five conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, two conferences had no Pool A bid. The American Southwest, which had fallen below the required seven members in 2013 and lost its Pool A bid after the two-year grace period, was in the second year of the two-year waiting period, having attained seven members in 2016; the NEWMAC, having just begun football sponsorship, was in the first year of the waiting period. Despite losing three members, the Liberty League retained its Pool A bid, but entered the grace period.

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 25 Pool A conferences contained 215 schools, an average of 8.6 teams per conference. Eighteen schools were in Pool B, enough for two bids.

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

Playoff bracket

See also: NCAA Division III Football Championship

	First round November 18, 2017				Second round November 25, 2017				Quarterfinals December 2, 2017				Semifinals December 9, 2017				Championship Stagg Bowl December 15, 2017 Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia
	Wisconsin-Oshkosh *	63
	Lakeland	0			Wisconsin–Oshkosh*	42
	North Central (IL) *	17			North Central	21
	St. John's (MN)	7							Wisconsin-Oshkosh	41
	Wartburg *	35†							Wartburg	27
	Franklin	34			Wartburg*	49
	Trine *	63			Trine	7
	Monmouth (IL)	24											Wisconsin-Oshkosh	40
	Mount Union *	21											Mount Union	43
	Washington & Lee	0			Mount Union*	45
	Illinois Wesleyan*	0			Case Western Reserve	16
	Case Western Reserve	28							Mount Union	70
	Washington & Jefferson	31							Frostburg State	37
	Johns Hopkins	28			Washington & Jefferson	23
	Wittenberg	7			Frostburg State	46
	Frostburg State	35															Mount Union	12
	Mary Hardin-Baylor	50															Mary Hardin-Baylor	0
	Chapman	6			Mary Hardin-Baylor	24
	Linfield	27			Linfield	0
	Hardin-Simmons	13							Mary Hardin-Baylor	24
	St. Thomas (MN)	47							St. Thomas (MN)	10
	Eureka	8			St. Thomas (MN)	29
	Berry	34			Berry	13
	Huntingdon	20											Mary Hardin-Baylor	24
	Delaware Valley	35											Brockport	0
	Western New England	0			Delaware Valley	37
	Springfield	21			Husson	15
	Husson	23							Delaware Valley	28
	Brockport	66							Brockport	31
	Plymouth State	0			Brockport	49
	Wesley	45			Wesley	28
	Rensselaer	27

* Home team   † Overtime   Winner

Bowl games

Date	Bowl	Location	Home team	Away team	Score
Nov. 17, 2017	ECAC Chapman Bowl	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	Merchant Marine	Buffalo State	35–20
Nov. 18, 2017	Centennial-MAC Bowl Series	Shadek Stadium Lancaster, PA	Franklin & Marshall	Widener	21–7
	Centennial-MAC Bowl Series	Shirk Stadium Reading, PA	Albright	Susquehanna	28–9
	ECAC Bushnell Bowl	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	Muhlenberg	Carnegie Mellon	36–6
	ECAC Whitelaw Bowl	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	Salisbury	Ithaca	27–17
	New England Bowl Series	Bowditch Field Framingham, MA	Framingham State	Curry	48–14
	New England Bowl Series	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	WPI	SUNY Maritime	17–3
	New York Bowl	Frank Bailey Field Schenectady, NY	Union (NY)	SUNY Cortland	35–28
Nov. 19, 2017	ECAC Lynah Bowl	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	Stevenson	Alfred	29–16

See also

• 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2017 NCAA Division II football season
• 2017 NAIA football season

References

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