2024 NCAA Division III football season

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The 2024 NCAA Division III football season will be the component of the 2024 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season will begin on September 1 and end on November 11. This will be the 51st season that the NCAA has sponsored a Division III championship.

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Cortland were the defending national champions.

The season's playoffs will be played between November 18 and December 14, culminating in the national championship—also known as the Stagg Bowl—at Turner Stadium in Humble, Texas. [1]

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

TeamFormer conferenceNew conferenceSource
Hilbert Hawks Independent Empire 8 [2]
Castleton Spartans ECFC MASCAC [3]
Calvin Knights New program MIAA [4]
Austin Kangaroos ASC SCAC [5]
Centenary Gentlemen Restarted program SCAC [5]
Lyon Scots Independent SCAC [6]
McMurry War Hawks ASC SCAC [7]
Texas Lutheran Bulldogs ASC SCAC [8]
Sul Ross Lobos ASC LSC (NCAA D-II) [9]
Defiance Yellow Jackets HCAC MSFA (NAIA) [10]
Birmingham–Southern Panthers SAA School closed [11]

Conference standings

2024 American Rivers Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Buena Vista  0 –0   0 –0  
Central (IA)  0 –0   0 –0  
Coe  0 –0   0 –0  
Dubuque  0 –0   0 –0  
Loras  0 –0   0 –0  
Luther  0 –0   0 –0  
Nebraska Wesleyan  0 –0   0 –0  
Simpson  0 –0   0 –0  
Wartburg  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 American Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Texas Baptist  0 –0   0 –0  
Hardin–Simmons  0 –0   0 –0  
Howard Payne  0 –0   0 –0  
Mary Hardin–Baylor  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Centennial Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Dickinson  0 –0   0 –0  
Franklin & Marshall  0 –0   0 –0  
Gettysburg  0 –0   0 –0  
Johns Hopkins  0 –0   0 –0  
McDaniel  0 –0   0 –0  
Muhlenberg  0 –0   0 –0  
Ursinus  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Augustana (IL)  0 –0   0 –0  
Carroll (WI)  0 –0   0 –0  
Carthage  0 –0   0 –0  
Elmhurst  0 –0   0 –0  
Illinois Wesleyan  0 –0   0 –0  
Millikin  0 –0   0 –0  
North Central (IL)  0 –0   0 –0  
North Park  0 –0   0 –0  
Washington University  0 –0   0 –0  
Wheaton (IL)  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Commonwealth Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Curry  0 –0   0 –0  
Endicott  0 –0   0 –0  
Husson  0 –0   0 –0  
New England (ME)  0 –0   0 –0  
Nichols  0 –0   0 –0  
Western New England  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Alfred State  0 –0   0 –0  
Anna Maria  0 –0   0 –0  
Dean  0 –0   0 –0  
Gallaudet  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Alfred  0 –0   0 –0  
Brockport  0 –0   0 –0  
Cortland  0 –0   0 –0  
Hartwick  0 –0   0 –0  
Hilbert  0 –0   0 –0  
Morrisville  0 –0   0 –0  
St. John Fisher  0 –0   0 –0  
Utica  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Anderson (IN)  0 –0   0 –0  
Bluffton  0 –0   0 –0  
Franklin (IN)  0 –0   0 –0  
Hanover  0 –0   0 –0  
Manchester  0 –0   0 –0  
Mount St. Joseph  0 –0   0 –0  
Rose–Hulman  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Landmark Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Catholic University  0 –0   0 –0  
Juniata  0 –0   0 –0  
Keystone  0 –0   0 –0  
Lycoming  0 –0   0 –0  
Moravian  0 –0   0 –0  
Susquehanna  0 –0   0 –0  
Wilkes  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Liberty League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Buffalo State  0 –0   0 –0  
Hobart  0 –0   0 –0  
Ithaca  0 –0   0 –0  
RPI  0 –0   0 –0  
Rochester  0 –0   0 –0  
St. Lawrence  0 –0   0 –0  
Union (NY)  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Bridgewater State  0 –0   0 –0  
Castleton  0 –0   0 –0  
Fitchburg State  0 –0   0 –0  
Framingham State  0 –0   0 –0  
Massachusetts Maritime  0 –0   0 –0  
Plymouth State  0 –0   0 –0  
UMass Dartmouth  0 –0   0 –0  
Western Connecticut  0 –0   0 –0  
Westfield State  0 –0   0 –0  
Worcester State  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Adrian  0 –0   0 –0  
Albion  0 –0   0 –0  
Alma  0 –0   0 –0  
Calvin  0 –0   0 –0  
Hope  0 –0   0 –0  
Kalamazoo  0 –0   0 –0  
Olivet  0 –0   0 –0  
Trine  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Albright  0 –0   0 –0  
Alvernia  0 –0   0 –0  
Delaware Valley  0 –0   0 –0  
Eastern  0 –0   0 –0  
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham  0 –0   0 –0  
King's  0 –0   0 –0  
Lebanon Valley  0 –0   0 –0  
Misericordia  0 –0   0 –0  
Stevenson  0 –0   0 –0  
Widener  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Midwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Beloit  0 –0   0 –0  
Chicago  0 –0   0 –0  
Cornell (IA)  0 –0   0 –0  
Grinnell  0 –0   0 –0  
Illinois College  0 –0   0 –0  
Knox  0 –0   0 –0  
Lake Forest  0 –0   0 –0  
Lawrence  0 –0   0 –0  
Monmouth (IL)  0 –0   0 –0  
Ripon  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Div  ConfOverall
Team W L    W L  W L 
Northwoods Division
Carleton  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
Gustavus Adolphus  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
Saint John's (MN)  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
St. Olaf  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
St. Scholastica  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
Skyline Division
Augsburg  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
Bethel (MN)  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
Concordia–Moorhead  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
Hamline  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
Macalester  0 –0   0 –0   0 –0  
Championship: TBA, TBA
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Amherst  0 –0   0 –0  
Bates  0 –0   0 –0  
Bowdoin  0 –0   0 –0  
Colby  0 –0   0 –0  
Hamilton  0 –0   0 –0  
Middlebury  0 –0   0 –0  
Trinity (CT)  0 –0   0 –0  
Tufts  0 –0   0 –0  
Wesleyan  0 –0   0 –0  
Williams  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Coast Guard  0 –0   0 –0  
Merchant Marine  0 –0   0 –0  
MIT  0 –0   0 –0  
Norwich  0 –0   0 –0  
Salve Regina  0 –0   0 –0  
Springfield  0 –0   0 –0  
Maritime  0 –0   0 –0  
WPI  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Christopher Newport  0 –0   0 –0  
Kean  0 –0   0 –0  
Montclair State  0 –0   0 –0  
Rowan  0 –0   0 –0  
Salisbury  0 –0   0 –0  
TCNJ  0 –0   0 –0  
William Paterson  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Denison  0 –0   0 –0  
DePauw  0 –0   0 –0  
Hiram  0 –0   0 –0  
Kenyon  0 –0   0 –0  
Oberlin  0 –0   0 –0  
Ohio Wesleyan  0 –0   0 –0  
Wabash  0 –0   0 –0  
Wittenberg  0 –0   0 –0  
Wooster  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Aurora  0 –0   0 –0  
Benedictine (IL)  0 –0   0 –0  
Concordia (IL)  0 –0   0 –0  
Concordia (WI)  0 –0   0 –0  
Eureka  0 –0   0 –0  
Lakeland  0 –0   0 –0  
Rockford  0 –0   0 –0  
St. Norbert  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin Lutheran  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Northwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
George Fox  0 –0   0 –0  
Lewis & Clark  0 –0   0 –0  
Linfield  0 –0   0 –0  
Pacific (OR)  0 –0   0 –0  
Pacific Lutheran  0 –0   0 –0  
Puget Sound  0 –0   0 –0  
Whitworth  0 –0   0 –0  
Willamette  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Baldwin Wallace  0 –0   0 –0  
Capital  0 –0   0 –0  
Heidelberg  0 –0   0 –0  
John Carroll  0 –0   0 –0  
Marietta  0 –0   0 –0  
Mount Union  0 –0   0 –0  
Muskingum  0 –0   0 –0  
Ohio Northern  0 –0   0 –0  
Otterbein  0 –0   0 –0  
Wilmington  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Averett  0 –0   0 –0  
Bridgewater  0 –0   0 –0  
Ferrum  0 –0   0 –0  
Guilford  0 –0   0 –0  
Hampden–Sydney  0 –0   0 –0  
Randolph–Macon  0 –0   0 –0  
Shenandoah  0 –0   0 –0  
Washington and Lee  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Allegheny  0 –0   0 –0  
Bethany (WV)  0 –0   0 –0  
Carnegie Mellon  0 –0   0 –0  
Case Western Reserve  0 –0   0 –0  
Geneva  0 –0   0 –0  
Grove City  0 –0   0 –0  
Saint Vincent  0 –0   0 –0  
Thiel  0 –0   0 –0  
Washington & Jefferson  0 –0   0 –0  
Waynesburg  0 –0   0 –0  
Westminster (PA)  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Southern Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Berry  0 –0   0 –0  
Centre  0 –0   0 –0  
Hendrix  0 –0   0 –0  
Millsaps  0 –0   0 –0  
Rhodes  0 –0   0 –0  
Sewanee  0 –0   0 –0  
Southwestern (TX)  0 –0   0 –0  
Trinity (TX)  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Sun Division
La Verne  0 –0   0 –0  
Pomona-Pitzer  0 –0   0 –0  
Redlands  0 –0   0 –0  
Surf Division
Cal Lutheran  0 –0   0 –0  
Chapman  0 –0   0 –0  
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  0 –0   0 –0  
Championship: TBA, TBA
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Austin  0 –0   0 –0  
Centenary  0 –0   0 –0  
Lyon  0 –0   0 –0  
McMurry  0 –0   0 –0  
Texas Lutheran  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Crown  0 –0   0 –0  
Greenville  0 –0   0 –0  
Martin Luther  0 –0   0 –0  
Minnesota Morris  0 –0   0 –0  
Northwestern (MN)  0 –0   0 –0  
Westminster (MO)  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Belhaven  0 –0   0 –0  
Brevard  0 –0   0 –0  
Greensboro  0 –0   0 –0  
Huntingdon  0 –0   0 –0  
LaGrange  0 –0   0 –0  
Maryville (TN)  0 –0   0 –0  
Methodist  0 –0   0 –0  
North Carolina Wesleyan  0 –0   0 –0  
Southern Virginia  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Wisconsin–Eau Claire  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin–La Crosse  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin–Oshkosh  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin–Platteville  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin–River Falls  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin–Stevens Point  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin–Stout  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin–Whitewater  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of May 19, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com

Rankings

Postseason

Teams

Bracket

First round
November 17
Campus sites 		Second round
November 24
Campus sites 		Quarterfinals
December 1
Campus sites 		Semifinals
December 8
Campus sites 		Championship
2024 Stagg Bowl
December 14
Humble, Texas
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 

* - Host team


Coaching changes

Preseason and in-season

This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2024, and will include any changes announced after a team's last regularly scheduled games but before its playoff games.

SchoolOutgoing coachDateReasonReplacementPrevious position
TCNJ Casey Goff May 7, 2024Hired as head coach for Brooke HS (WV) [12] [13]
Castleton Tony Volpone May 9, 2024Resigned [14] Tyler Higley (interim) Castleton defensive coordinator (2022–2023)

End of season

This list includes coaching changes announced during the season that did not take effect until the end of the season.

SchoolOutgoing coachDateReasonReplacementPrevious position

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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. 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.

The Lyon Scots football team represents Lyon College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Scots are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) after transitioning from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and participating as an independent for a year in 2023. The Scots play their home games at Pioneer Stadium in Batesville, Arkansas.

The 2020–21 NCAA Division III football season was the component of the 2020 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only a few games were played during the traditional fall season, including the annual Secretaries Cup between Coast Guard and Merchant Marine on November 14, 2020. For other teams that chose to play during the 2020–21 school year, the regular season began on February 6, 2021 and culminated on May 1.

The 2022 NCAA Division III football season was the component of the 2022 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on September 3 and ended on November 12. This was the 49th season that the NCAA has sponsored a Division III championship.

The 2023 NCAA Division III football season was the component of the 2023 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on September 2 and ended on November 12. This was the 50th season that the NCAA has sponsored a Division III championship.

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