2023 NCAA Division III football season

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 will begin on September 2 and will end on November 12. This will be the 50th season that the NCAA has sponsored a Division III championship.

2023 NCAA Division III football season
Total No. of teams240
Regular seasonSeptember 2 – November 12, 2023
PlayoffsNovember 19 – December 14, 2023
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, VA
December 14, 2023
NCAA Division III football seasons

North Central (IL) is the defending national champions.

The season's playoffs will be played between November 19 and December 14, culminating in the national championship—also known as the Stagg Bowl—at the Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia.[1]

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes
Team Former conference New conference Source
Catholic NEWMAC Landmark [2]
Eastern Independent MAC [3]
Finlandia UMAC University closed [4]
Juniata Centennial Landmark [5]
Keystone ECFC Landmark [6]
Lycoming MAC Landmark [7]
Lyon Sooner (NAIA) Independent [8]
Moravian Centennial Landmark [9]
Salve Regina CCC NEWMAC [10]
Southwestern ASC SAA [11]
SUNY Maritime ECFC NEWMAC [12]
Susquehanna Centennial Landmark [13]
Whittier SCIAC Program dropped [14]
Wilkes MAC Landmark [15]

Other headlines

Conference standings
2023 American Rivers Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Wartburg  6 –0   8 –0  
Coe  4 –1   6 –1  
Central (IA)  4 –1   6 –1  
Dubuque  3 –2   3 –4  
Loras  2 –3   3 –4  
Simpson  2 –3   3 –4  
Nebraska Wesleyan  2 –4   4 –4  
Buena Vista  1 –4   1 –6  
Luther  0 –6   0 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 American Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Hardin–Simmons  3 –0   5 –1  
No. 22 Mary Hardin–Baylor  2 –0   2 –3  
Sul Ross State  1 –0   3 –2  
Howard Payne  1 –1   4 –1  
East Texas Baptist  1 –1   2 –3  
McMurry  0 –2   2 –3  
Austin  0 –2   1 –4  
Texas Lutheran  0 –2   1 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Centennial Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 21 Muhlenberg  3 –0   6 –0  
No. 10 Johns Hopkins  2 –0   6 –0  
Dickinson  2 –0   5 –1  
Franklin & Marshall  1 –2   4 –2  
Gettysburg  1 –2   2 –4  
Ursinus  0 –2   4 –3  
McDaniel  0 –3   0 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Central (IL)  5 –0   6 –0  
Augustana (IL)  4 –1   5 –1  
Washington University  4 –1   5 –1  
No. 13 Wheaton (IL)  3 –1   4 –1  
Carroll (WI)  2 –2   3 –2  
North Park  2 –2   3 –2  
Carthage  1 –3   1 –4  
Illinois Wesleyan  1 –3   1 –4  
Elmhurst  0 –4   1 –4  
Millikin  0 –5   0 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Commonwealth Coast football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 18 Endicott  1 –0   5 –1  
Husson  1 –0   5 –1  
New England (ME)  1 –0   5 –1  
Nichols  0 –1   3 –3  
Western New England  0 –1   3 –3  
Curry  0 –1   2 –4  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Alfred State  1 –0   4 –3  
Gallaudet  1 –0   2 –4  
Dean  0 –0   1 –5  
Anna Maria  0 –1   2 –4  
Castleton  0 –1   2 –4  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Empire 8 football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 16 Cortland  3 –0   5 –1  
Brockport  2 –0   5 –1  
Utica  2 –1   6 –1  
St. John Fisher  1 –1   4 –2  
Alfred  1 –1   3 –3  
SUNY Morrisville  0 –3   2 –5  
Hartwick  0 –3   1 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mount St. Joseph  3 –0   5 –1  
Rose–Hulman  3 –0   4 –2  
Franklin  3 –0   3 –3  
Hanover  2 –1   5 –1  
Defiance  1 –2   2 –4  
Manchester  0 –2   0 –5  
Bluffton  0 –3   1 –5  
Anderson (IN)  0 –4   0 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Landmark Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Susquehanna  3 –0   7 –0  
Wilkes  3 –0   3 –4  
Moravian  2 –0   3 –3  
Catholic University  1 –2   2 –5  
Lycoming  1 –2   1 –6  
Juniata  0 –2   1 –5  
Keystone  0 –2   1 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Liberty League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 15 Ithaca  3 –0   5 –1  
Union (NY)  2 –1   6 –1  
Rochester (NY)  2 –1   5 –2  
Hobart  1 –1   5 –1  
RPI  1 –1   5 –1  
St. Lawrence  0 –2   2 –4  
Buffalo State  0 –3   1 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Bridgewater State  5 –0   5 –2  
UMass Dartmouth  5 –1   7 –1  
Western Connecticut  5 –1   5 –2  
Framingham State  3 –2   3 –3  
Massachusetts Maritime  2 –3   2 –5  
Plymouth State  2 –3   2 –5  
Westfield State  1 –4   1 –6  
Worcester State  1 –4   1 –6  
Fitchburg State  0 –6   0 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Hope  2 –0   5 –1  
No. 19 Alma  1 –0   5 –0  
Trine  2 –1   4 –3  
Albion  1 –1   5 –1  
Olivet  1 –1   3 –3  
Kalamazoo  1 –2   4 –2  
Adrian  0 –3   1 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 25 Delaware Valley  5 –0   5 –1  
King's  4 –1   5 –1  
Stevenson  4 –1   5 –1  
Lebanon Valley  4 –1   4 –2  
Widener  3 –2   4 –2  
Misericordia  2 –3   2 –4  
Eastern  1 –3   1 –4  
FDU-Florham  1 –4   2 –4  
Albright  0 –4   0 –5  
Alvernia  0 –5   0 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Midwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Lake Forest  5 –0   6 –0  
Illinois College  3 –1   4 –1  
Cornell (IA)  3 –1   3 –2  
Monmouth (IL)  3 –1   3 –2  
Chicago  2 –2   2 –3  
Ripon  2 –2   2 –3  
Grinnell  2 –3   2 –3  
Knox  1 –3   1 –4  
Beloit  0 –4   1 –4  
Lawrence  0 –4   0 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Div  ConfOverall
Team W L    W L  W L 
Northwoods Division
Gustavus Adolphus  2 –0   3 –2   4 –3  
Carleton  2 –1   4 –1   6 –1  
No. 18 Saint John's (MN)  1 –1   4 –1   5 –2  
St. Olaf  1 –1   3 –2   4 –3  
St. Scholastica  0 –3   1 –4   2 –5  
Skyline Division
Bethel (MN)  3 –0   4 –1   5 –2  
Concordia–Moorhead  2 –0   3 –2   4 –3  
Augsburg  1 –1   3 –2   5 –2  
Hamline  0 –3   0 –5   2 –5  
Macalester  0 –2   0 –5   2 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Middlebury  4 –1   4 –1  
Trinity (CT)  4 –1   4 –1  
Tufts  3 –1   3 –1  
Wesleyan  3 –1   3 –1  
Colby  3 –2   3 –2  
Bowdoin  2 –2   2 –2  
Amherst  2 –3   2 –3  
Williams  2 –3   2 –3  
Bates  0 –4   0 –4  
Hamilton  0 –5   0 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Springfield  3 –0   5 –1  
Salve Regina  3 –0   5 –1  
Merchant Marine  3 –1   5 –1  
Maritime  2 –1   4 –2  
Coast Guard  1 –2   3 –3  
WPI  1 –2   3 –3  
Norwich  0 –3   1 –5  
MIT  0 –4   1 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Christopher Newport  1 –0   3 –2  
Rowan  1 –0   2 –3  
Montclair State  2 –1   3 –3  
Salisbury  2 –1   3 –3  
William Paterson  1 –1   2 –4  
TCNJ  1 –2   2 –4  
Kean  0 –3   0 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
DePauw  5 –0   7 –0  
Wittenberg  4 –0   5 –1  
Wabash  3 –1   4 –2  
Denison  3 –2   4 –3  
Ohio Wesleyan  3 –2   4 –3  
Wooster  1 –3   2 –4  
Kenyon  1 –3   1 –5  
Oberlin  0 –4   1 –5  
Hiram  0 –5   0 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Concordia (WI)  4 –0   5 –1  
No. 16 Aurora  3 –0   5 –0  
St. Norbert  3 –1   4 –2  
Eureka  2 –1   4 –1  
Wisconsin Lutheran  2 –2   2 –4  
Benedictine (IL)  1 –2   1 –3  
Lakeland  1 –3   2 –4  
Concordia (IL)  0 –3   0 –5  
Rockford  0 –4   1 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Northwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Whitworth  3 –0   5 –0  
No. 9 Linfield  2 –0   4 –0  
Pacific Lutheran  2 –1   3 –3  
Lewis & Clark  1 –1   2 –3  
Pacific (OR)  1 –1   1 –3  
Puget Sound  1 –2   2 –3  
George Fox  0 –2   1 –4  
Willamette  0 –3   1 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Mount Union  5 –0   6 –0  
No. 15 John Carroll  4 –0   4 –1  
Marietta  3 –2   4 –2  
Heidelberg  2 –2   3 –2  
Muskingum  2 –2   3 –2  
Baldwin Wallace  2 –2   2 –3  
Wilmington  2 –3   3 –3  
Ohio Northern  1 –3   1 –4  
Capital  1 –4   1 –5  
Otterbein  0 –4   0 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Randolph–Macon  3 –0   6 –0  
Washington & Lee  2 –0   4 –1  
Bridgewater  2 –1   4 –2  
Hampden–Sydney  2 –1   4 –2  
Shenandoah  2 –1   4 –2  
Ferrum  0 –2   2 –3  
Averett  0 –3   3 –3  
Guilford  0 –3   2 –4  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 23 Grove City  7 –0   7 –0  
Carnegie Mellon  6 –1   6 –1  
Washington & Jefferson  5 –1   5 –1  
Case Western Reserve  4 –1   4 –1  
Westminster (PA)  3 –2   3 –2  
Geneva  2 –4   2 –4  
St. Vincent  2 –4   2 –4  
Allegheny  2 –5   2 –5  
Thiel  2 –5   2 –5  
Waynesburg  1 –5   1 –5  
Bethany (WV)  0 –6   0 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Southern Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Trinity (TX)  4 –0   5 –1  
No. 24 Berry  2 –1   4 –1  
Sewanee  2 –1   3 –2  
Hendrix  2 –1   2 –3  
Rhodes  2 –2   4 –2  
Centre  2 –2   2 –4  
Birmingham–Southern  1 –3   2 –4  
Millsaps  1 –3   1 –5  
Southwestern (TX)  1 –4   1 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Sun Division
Pomona-Pitzer  2 –1   3 –2  
Redlands  2 –1   3 –2  
La Verne  0 –3   1 –4  
Surf Division
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  2 –1   4 –1  
Cal Lutheran  2 –1   3 –2  
Chapman  1 –2   1 –3  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Minnesota Morris  2 –0   3 –3  
Northwestern (MN)  2 –0   3 –3  
Crown  1 –1   1 –5  
Martin Luther  1 –2   1 –5  
Westminster (MO)  1 –2   1 –5  
Greenville  0 –1   3 –3  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Belhaven  4 –0   6 –0  
Brevard  4 –0   4 –3  
Huntingdon  2 –1   4 –2  
Maryville (TN)  1 –1   4 –1  
North Carolina Wesleyan  1 –1   1 –4  
Methodist  1 –2   1 –5  
Southern Virginia  1 –2   1 –5  
Greensboro  0 –3   0 –6  
LaGrange  0 –4   0 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Wisconsin–River Falls  2 –0   5 –0  
No. 6 Wisconsin–La Crosse  2 –0   4 –1  
No. 7 Wisconsin–Whitewater  1 –1   4 –1  
Wisconsin–Oshkosh  1 –1   3 –2  
Wisconsin–Platteville  1 –1   3 –2  
Wisconsin–Eau Claire  1 –1   2 –3  
Wisconsin–Stout  0 –2   2 –3  
Wisconsin–Stevens Point  0 –2   1 –4  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 NCAA Division III independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Lyon   –   2 –4  
Hilbert   –   0 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 25, 2023
Rankings from D3Football.com

Rankings
Main article: 2023 NCAA Division III football rankings

Postseason

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

Bracket
First round
November 23 		Second round
November 30 		Quarterfinals
December 7 		Semifinals
December 14 		Championship
Stagg Bowl
December 14
Salem, Virginia
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

* - Host team

See also

References
  1. "From 2022-2025, Stagg will break the mold". October 14, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. University, Catholic. "Cardinal Football Joins Landmark Conference". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. "MAC Realignment Set for 2020-21". Eastern University Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  4. Moody, Josh (March 2, 2023). "Finlandia University Announces Closure". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  5. "Landmark Membership to Expand; Lycoming & Wilkes to Join in '23". February 10, 2022.
  6. Kelly, Chrisann (April 1, 2022). "Keystone College football program to join Landmark Conference". Keystone College. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  7. "Lycoming to join Landmark Conference in 2023". Lycoming College Athletics. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  8. Athletics, Lyon. "Lyon College to transition from NAIA to NCAA Division III". KAIT. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  9. "Moravian to join Landmark Conference ** Lehigh Valley Report". The Morning Call. June 10, 2006. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  10. "NEWMAC Welcomes Salve Regina University as Newest Member Effective July 1, 2023 - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics". athletics.wpi.edu. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  11. "Southwestern University to Join Southern Athletic Association". www.southwestern.edu. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  12. "Maritime Football Set to Join the NEWMAC for 2023 Season". Maritime College Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  13. "Landmark Conference To Sponsor Football With Addition Of Lycoming, Wilkes". Susquehanna University Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  14. "Whittier College announces discontinuation of football program". ABC7 Los Angeles. November 25, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  15. "Wilkes University to Join Landmark Conference in 2023-24". Wilkes University Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  16. Scarborough, Alex (September 23, 2023). "Haley Van Voorhis becomes first woman non-kicker to play in NCAA football game". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  17. "Anna Maria College Accepts Invitation to Join MASCAC". October 4, 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. "Dean College Football to Join MASCAC in 2025". Dean College. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.