2022 NCAA Division III football rankings

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2022 NCAA Division III football rankings
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Season 2022
Postseason Single-elimination
Preseason No. 1 North Central (IL)
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Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings. Unlike in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the NCAA, Division III's college football's governing body, bestows a national championship on the winner of the Stagg Bowl – the championship round of a 32-team postseason tournament. The main weekly poll that begins in the preseason is the D3Football.com Poll which ranks the top 25 colleges in Division III football. One additional poll is released midway through the season, the AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll.

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Legend

 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 Selected for Division III Football Championship Playoffs
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 Win–loss record
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 Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

D3Football.com poll

Preseason
Jul 27 [1] 		Week 1
Sept 5 [2] 		Week 2
Sept 12 [3] 		Week 3
Sept 19 [4] 		Week 4
Sept 26 [5] 		Week 5
Oct 3 [6] 		Week 6
Oct 10 [7] 		Week 7
Oct 17 [8] 		Week 8
Oct 24 [9] 		Week 9
Oct 31 [10] 		Week 10
Nov 8 [11] 		Week 11
Nov 15 [12] 		Week 12 (Final)
Dec 17 [13]
1. Mary Hardin–Baylor (23)Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0) (25)North Central (IL) (14)North Central (IL) (2–0) (13) North Central (IL) (3–0) (18) North Central (IL) (4–0) (18) North Central (IL) (5–0) (19) North Central (IL) (6–0) (21) North Central (IL) (7–0) (23) North Central (IL) (8–0) (23) North Central (IL) (9–0) (24) North Central (IL) (10–0) (25) North Central (IL) (15–0) (25)1.
2. North Central (IL) North Central (IL) (0–0)Saint John's (MN) (7)Saint John's (MN) (2–0) (6) Mount Union (3–0) (5) Mount Union (4–0) (5) Mount Union (5–0) (5) Mount Union (6–0) (4) Mount Union (7–0) (2) Mount Union (8–0) (2) Mount Union (9–0) (1) Mount Union (10–0) Mount Union (14–1)2.
3. Mount Union (2)Mount Union (1–0)Mount Union (4)Mount Union (2–0) (4) UW–Whitewater (2–1) (1) UW–Whitewater (3–1) (1) UW–Whitewater (4–1) (1) UW–Whitewater (5–1) Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–1) Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–1) Mary Hardin–Baylor (8–1) Mary Hardin–Baylor (9–1) Wartburg (13–1)3.
4. Wisconsin–Whitewater Saint John's (MN) (1–0)Wisconsin–WhitewaterWisconsin–Whitewater (2–1) Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–1) (1) Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–1) (1) Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–1) Mary Hardin–Baylor (6–1) Saint John's (MN) (6–1) Saint John's (MN) (7–1) Linfield (8–0) Saint John's (MN) (9–1) Mary Hardin–Baylor (12–2)4.
5. Saint John's (MN) Hardin–Simmons (1–0)Mary Hardin–BaylorMary Hardin–Baylor (2–1) Trinity (TX) (3–0) Trinity (TX) (4–0) Saint John's (MN) (4–1) Saint John's (MN) (5–1) Linfield (6–0) Linfield (7–0) Saint John's (MN) (8–1) Linfield (9–0) Bethel (10–3)5.
6. Hardin–Simmons Wisconsin–Whitewater (0–1)Hardin–SimmonsHardin–Simmons (2–0) (1) Saint John's (MN) (2–1) Saint John's (MN) (3–1) Trinity (TX) (5–0) Linfield (5–0) Trinity (TX) (7–0) Trinity (TX) (8–0) Trinity (TX) (9–0) Trinity (TX) (10–0) Trinity (TX) (11–1)6.
7. Linfield Linfield (1–0)Trinity (TX)Trinity (TX) (3–0) (1) Linfield (2–0) Linfield (3–0) Linfield (4–0) Trinity (TX) (6–0) Johns Hopkins(7–0) UW–La Crosse (7–1) UW–La Crosse (8–1) UW–La Crosse (9–1) Saint John's (MN) (10–2)7.
8. Wheaton (IL) Wheaton (IL) (0–0)LinfieldLinfield (2–0) Johns Hopkins(4–0) Johns Hopkins(5–0) Johns Hopkins(5–0) Johns Hopkins(6–0) UW–La Crosse (6–1) Hardin–Simmons (7–1) Hardin–Simmons (8–1) UW–Whitewater (8–2) Linfield (10–1)8.
9. Trinity (TX) Trinity (TX) (1–0)Johns HopkinsJohns Hopkins (3–0) UW–La Crosse (3–0) UW–La Crosse (3–1) UW–La Crosse (4–1) UW–La Crosse (5–1) Hardin–Simmons (6–1) Bethel (7–1) Bethel (8–1) Hardin–Simmons (9–1) Delaware Valley (12–1)9.
10. Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins (1–0)Wheaton (IL)Wisconsin–La Crosse (3–0) Hardin–Simmons (2–1) Hardin–Simmons (3–1) Hardin–Simmons (4–1) Hardin–Simmons (5–1) UW–Whitewater (5–2) UW–Whitewater (6–2) UW–Whitewater (7–2) Ithaca (10–0) Ithaca (12–1)10.
11. Muhlenberg Bethel (1–0)Wisconsin–La CrosseWheaton (IL) (1–1) Wheaton (IL) (2–1) Bethel (3–1) Bethel (4–1) Bethel (5–1) Bethel (6–1) Cortland (8–0) Cortland (9–0) Susquehanna (10–0) Hardin–Simmons (9–2)11.
12. Wisconsin–La Crosse Wisconsin–La Crosse (1–0)Central (IA)Ithaca (3–0) Bethel (2–1) Ithaca (4–0) Ithaca (5–0) Ithaca (6–0) Ithaca (7–0) Ithaca (8–0) Ithaca (9–0) Wartburg (10–0) UW–La Crosse (9–2)12.
13. Bethel Central (IA)(1–0)IthacaCortland (3–0) Ithaca (3–0) Cortland (4–0) Cortland (5–0) Cortland (6–0) Cortland (7–0) Susquehanna (8–0) Susquehanna (9–0) Bethel (8–2) Aurora (11–2)13.
14. Central (IA) Delaware Valley (1–0)CortlandDelaware Valley (3–0) Cortland (3–0) Wheaton (IL) (2–2) UW–River Falls (4–1) Delaware Valley (7–0) Delaware Valley (8–0) Delaware Valley (8–0) Delaware Valley (9–0) Delaware Valley (10–0) Carnegie Mellon (11–1)14.
15. Delaware Valley Cortland (1–0)Delaware ValleyWisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) Delaware Valley (4–0) Delaware Valley (5–0) Wheaton (IL) (3–2) Wheaton (IL) (4–2) Wheaton (IL) (5–2) Wheaton (IL) (6–2) Wartburg (9–0) Wheaton (IL) (8–2) UW–Whitewater (8–3)15.
16. Cortland Ithaca (1–0)Wisconsin–OshkoshWisconsin–River Falls (2–1) UW–Oshkosh (2–1) UW–Oshkosh (3–1) Delaware Valley (6–0) Wartburg (7–0) Wartburg (7–0) Wartburg (8–0) Wheaton (IL) (7–2) Randolph–Macon (10–0) Randolph–Macon (11–1)16.
17. Ithaca Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0)Wisconsin–River FallsCarnegie Mellon (3–0) UW–River Falls (2–1) UW–River Falls (3–1) Wartburg (6–0) Randolph–Macon (6–0) Randolph–Macon (7–0) Johns Hopkins(7–1) Johns Hopkins(8–1) Cortland (9–1) Wheaton (IL) (8–3)17.
18. Wisconsin–River Falls Muhlenberg (0–1)MuhlenbergRandolph–Macon (3–0) Carnegie Mellon (4–0) Carnegie Mellon (5–0) Randolph–Macon (5–0) Carnegie Mellon (7–0) Carnegie Mellon (8–0) Randolph–Macon (8–0) Randolph–Macon (9–0) Johns Hopkins(10–1) Cortland (9–2)18.
19. Wisconsin–Oshkosh Wisconsin–River Falls (1–0)Randolph–MaconHeidelberg (3–0) Randolph–Macon (3–0) Randolph–Macon (4–0) UW–Oshkosh (3–2) Susquehanna (6–0) Susquehanna (7–0) Carnegie Mellon (9–0) Carnegie Mellon (9–0) Carnegie Mellon (10–0) Susquehanna (10–1)19.
20. RPI Randolph–Macon (1–0) Carnegie Mellon Bethel (1–1) Susquehanna (4–0) Wartburg (5–0) Carnegie Mellon (6–0) Albion (6–0) Albion (7–0) Albion (8–0) Albion (9–0) Huntingdon (8–1) Utica (10–2)20.
21. Randolph–Macon Salisbury (1–0)BethelSusquehanna (3–0) Wartburg (4–0) Susquehanna (5–0) Susquehanna (5–0) Huntingdon (5–1) UW–River Falls (5–2) Huntingdon (7–1) Huntingdon (8–1) John Carroll (8–2) Johns Hopkins(10–1)21.
22. Salisbury RPI (1–0)Heidelberg Wartburg (3–0) Albion (4–0) Albion (5–0) Albion (6–0) UW–River Falls (4–2) UW–Platteville (4–3) John Carroll (7–1) John Carroll (7–2) Endicott (10–0) Alma (11–1)22.
23. Hobart Hobart (1–0)Susquehanna Albion (3–0) Central (IA) (2–1) Huntingdon (4–1) Huntingdon (4–1) Wash U. (6–0) Huntingdon (6–1) UW–River Falls (5–3) Endicott (9–0) Alma (10–0) John Carroll (8–2)23.
24.HeidelbergHeidelberg (1–0) Wisconsin–Platteville Central (IA) (2–1) Huntingdon (3–1) Central (IA) (3–1) Wash U. (5–0) UW–Oshkosh (3–3) UW–Oshkosh (4–3) Endicott (8–0) UW–River Falls (5–4) Albion (9–1) Huntingdon (9–2)24.
25. Birmingham–Southern Susquehanna (1–0) Washington & Jefferson Union (NY) (3–0) DePauw (4–0) DePauw (5–0) John Carroll (4–1) John Carroll (5–1) John Carroll (6–1) Wash U. (7–0) Birmingham-Southern (7–2) Mount St. Joseph (10–0) Springfield (9–3)25.
Preseason
Jul 27 [14] 		Week 1
Sept 5 [15] 		Week 2
Sept 12 [16] 		Week 3
Sept 19 [17] 		Week 4
Sept 26 [18] 		Week 5
Oct 3 [19] 		Week 6
Oct 10 [20] 		Week 7
Oct 17 [21] 		Week 8
Oct 24 [22] 		Week 9
Oct 31 [23] 		Week 10
Nov 8 [24] 		Week 11
Nov 15 [25] 		Week 12 (Final)
Dec 17 [26]
Dropped:
Birmingham–Southern		Dropped:
Salisbury
RPI
Hobart		Dropped:
Muhlenberg
Wisconsin-Platteville
Washington and Jefferson		Dropped:
Heidelberg
Union		Dropped:
none		Dropped:
Central
DePauw		Dropped:
none		Dropped:
Wash U.		Dropped:
UW-Platteville
UW-Oshkosh		Dropped:
Wash U.		Dropped:
UW-River Falls
Birmingham-Southern		Dropped:
Endicott
Albion
Mount St. Joseph

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