2024 NCAA Division III football season

2024 NCAA Division III football season
Total No. of teams	240
Preseason AP No. 1	Cortland
Regular season	September 1 – November 16, 2024
Playoffs	November 23 – January 4, 2025
National championship	Shell Energy Stadium Houston, TX January 4, 2025
←  2023  · NCAA Division IIIfootball seasons ·  2025  →

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 16. This will be the 51st season that the NCAA has sponsored a Division III championship.

Cortland were the defending national champions.

The season's playoffs will be played between November 23 and January 4, 2025, 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

Team	Former conference	New conference	Ref
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] [6]
Lyon Scots	Independent	SCAC	[7]
McMurry War Hawks	ASC	SCAC	[8]
Texas Lutheran Bulldogs	ASC	SCAC	[9]
Sul Ross Lobos	ASC	LSC (NCAA D-II)	[10]
Defiance Yellow Jackets	HCAC	MSFA (NAIA)	[11]
Birmingham–Southern Panthers	SAA	School closed	[12]
Maine Maritime Mariners	Restarted program	Independent	[13]

Other headlines

• August 1 – The Commonwealth Coast Conference announced that it would be rebranding to the Conference of New England, effective for the 2024 season. ^[14]

Conference standings

2024 American Rivers Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 (IA)   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 4 Wartburg   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 American Southwest Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   East Texas Baptist   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 16 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Centennial Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Dickinson   0 – 0     0 – 0   Franklin & Marshall   0 – 0     0 – 0   Gettysburg   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 8 Johns Hopkins   0 – 0     0 – 0   McDaniel   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 21 Muhlenberg   0 – 0     0 – 0   Ursinus   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings v t e Conf Overall 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   No. 1 North Central (IL)   0 – 0     0 – 0   North Park   0 – 0     0 – 0   Washington University   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 9 Wheaton (IL)   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Conference of New England football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Curry   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 18 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Alfred   0 – 0     0 – 0   Brockport   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 2 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Landmark Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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   No. 12 Susquehanna   0 – 0     0 – 0   Wilkes   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Liberty League football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Buffalo State   0 – 0     0 – 0   Hobart   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 20 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Adrian   0 – 0     0 – 0   Albion   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 7 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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   FDU–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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Midwest Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Div     Conf Overall Team   W   L         W   L     W   L   Northwoods Division Carleton   0 – 0     0 – 0     0 – 0   Gustavus Adolphus   0 – 0     0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 14 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 Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 New England Small College Athletic Conference Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 15 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Northwest Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   George Fox   0 – 0     0 – 0   Lewis & Clark   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 23 Linfield   0 – 0     0 – 0   Pacific (OR)   0 – 0     0 – 0   Pacific Lutheran   0 – 0     0 – 0   Puget Sound   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 24 Whitworth   0 – 0     0 – 0   Willamette   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Baldwin Wallace   0 – 0     0 – 0   Capital   0 – 0     0 – 0   Heidelberg   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 19 John Carroll   0 – 0     0 – 0   Marietta   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 5 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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   No. 10 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Allegheny   0 – 0     0 – 0   Bethany (WV)   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 22 Carnegie Mellon   0 – 0     0 – 0   Case Western Reserve   0 – 0     0 – 0   Geneva   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 11 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Southern Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 25 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   No. 13 Trinity (TX)   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2023 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 USA South Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall 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 August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com	2024 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Wisconsin–Eau Claire   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 6 Wisconsin–La Crosse   0 – 0     0 – 0   Wisconsin–Oshkosh   0 – 0     0 – 0   Wisconsin–Platteville   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 17 Wisconsin–River Falls   0 – 0     0 – 0   Wisconsin–Stevens Point   0 – 0     0 – 0   Wisconsin–Stout   0 – 0     0 – 0   No. 3 Wisconsin–Whitewater   0 – 0     0 – 0   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 NCAA Division III independents football records v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Maine Maritime   –     0 – 0   ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of August 19, 2024 Rankings from D3Football.com

Rankings

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division III football rankings

Postseason

Teams

See also: List of NCAA Division III Football Championship appearances by team

Automatic bids (28) Automatic bids Conference School Record Appearance Last American Rivers American Southwest Centennial CCIW Commonwealth Coast ECFC Empire 8 HCAC Landmark Liberty MASCAC Michigan Middle Atlantic Midwest Minnesota NEWMAC New Jersey North Coast NACC Northwest Ohio Old Dominion Presidents' SAA SCIAC Upper Midwest USA South Wisconsin

At-large bids (12) At-large bids School Conference Record Appearance Last

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.

School	Outgoing coach	Date	Reason	Replacement	Previous position
TCNJ	Casey Goff	May 7, 2024	Hired as head coach for Brooke HS (WV) [15] [16]	Eric Jendryaszek [17] (interim)	TCNJ offensive line coach (2022–2023)
Castleton	Tony Volpone	May 9, 2024	Resigned [18]	Tyler Higley (interim; named full-time on June 13) [19]	Castleton defensive coordinator (2022–2023)
Westfield State	Pete Kowalski	May 21, 2024	Retired [20]	Lou Conte [21]	American International head coach (2023)
Chicago	Todd Gilcrist Jr.	July 5, 2024	Resigned [22]	Max Andrews (interim)	Chicago offensive line coach (2023)
Otterbein	Tommy Zagorski	July 12, 2024	Resigned [23]	Jake Schaefer (interim)	Otterbein offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2023)
Southwestern (TX)	Joe Austin	July 26, 2024	Retired [24]	Bill Kriesel [25] (interim)	Southwestern (TX) associate head coach, defensive coordinator, and defensive backs coach (2023)
Worcester State	Adam Peloquin	August 6, 2024	Resigned [26]	Zach Besaw (interim)	Worcester State defensive backs coach (2020–2023)

See also

• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2024 NCAA Division II football season
• 2024 NAIA football season
• 2024 U Sports football season

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