2022 NCAA Division III football season
Total No. of teams250
Preseason AP No. 1Mary Hardin–Baylor[1]
Regular seasonSeptember 3 – November 12, 2022
PlayoffsNovember 19 – December 16, 2022
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Annapolis, MD
December 16, 2022
ChampionNorth Central (IL)
Gagliardi TrophyEthan Greenfield (RB), North Central (IL)
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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.

Mary Hardin–Baylor, the defending national champions, were the top-ranked team to begin the season.

The season's playoffs were played between November 19 and December 16, culminating in the national championship—also known as the Stagg Bowl—at the Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

Team Former conference New conference
Allegheny NCAC Presidents'
Averett USA South ODAC
Belhaven ASC USA South
Eastern New program Independent
Hilbert New program Independent

In addition to the above, the USA South amicably split into two conferences at the end of the 2021–22 school year. In addition to Averett, which left for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, 10 of the previous 19 full members remained in the USA South, and eight left to form the new Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS). Belhaven, which had previously been announced as a new USA South all-sports member for 2021–22, instead joined CCS. Since CCS does not sponsor football, the separation agreement called for all football-sponsoring CCS members to become USA South affiliates. This meant the only changes to USA South football were the arrival of Belhaven and departure of Averett.

Conference standings

2022 American Rivers Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 12 Wartburg $^   8 – 0     13 – 1  
Coe   6 – 2     7 – 3  
Dubuque   6 – 2     6 – 4  
Central (IA)   5 – 3     7 – 3  
Loras   5 – 3     5 – 5  
Buena Vista   3 – 5     4 – 6  
Luther   2 – 6     2 – 8  
Simpson   1 – 7     1 – 9  
Nebraska Wesleyan   0 – 8     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 American Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^   8 – 0     12 – 1  
No. 9 Hardin–Simmons ^   7 – 1     9 – 2  
Howard Payne   6 – 2     7 – 3  
East Texas Baptist   4 – 4     4 – 6  
Sul Ross   4 – 4     4 – 6  
Texas Lutheran   3 – 5     4 – 6  
Southwestern (TX)   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Austin   1 – 7     1 – 9  
McMurry   1 – 7     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Centennial Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Susquehanna $^   9 – 0     10 – 1  
No. 18 Johns Hopkins   8 – 1     10 – 1  
Ursinus   7 – 2     9 – 2  
Muhlenberg   6 – 3     7 – 4  
Franklin & Marshall   5 – 4     6 – 4  
Dickinson   3 – 6     3 – 7  
Moravian   3 – 6     3 – 7  
McDaniel   3 – 6     3 – 7  
Gettysburg   1 – 8     1 – 9  
Juniata   0 – 9     0 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Central (IL) $^   9 – 0     15 – 0  
No. 15 Wheaton (IL) ^   8 – 1     8 – 3  
Washington University   7 – 2     8 – 3  
Carroll (WI)   5 – 4     6 – 4  
Illinois Wesleyan   5 – 4     6 – 4  
Augustana (IL)   4 – 5     5 – 5  
Millikin   3 – 6     4 – 6  
Carthage   3 – 6     3 – 7  
North Park   1 – 8     1 – 9  
Elmhurst   0 – 9     0 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Commonwealth Coast Football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 22 Endicott $^   6 – 0     10 – 1  
Husson   4 – 2     5 – 6  
Salve Regina   3 – 3     6 – 4  
New England   3 – 3     5 – 5  
Western New England   3 – 3     4 – 6  
Nichols   1 – 5     4 – 6  
Curry   1 – 5     3 – 7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Gallaudet $^   5 – 1     7 – 2  
Castleton   4 – 2     5 – 5  
Anna Maria   3 – 3     5 – 4  
Alfred State   3 – 3     5 – 5  
Keystone   3 – 3     3 – 7  
SUNY Maritime   2 – 4     3 – 7  
Dean   1 – 5     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 17 Cortland $^   6 – 0     9 – 1  
Utica ^   5 – 1     9 – 1  
Brockport   4 – 2     7 – 3  
SUNY Morrisville   3 – 3     7 – 3  
St. John Fisher   2 – 4     4 – 6  
Alfred   1 – 5     2 – 8  
Hartwick   0 – 6     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 25 Mount St. Joseph $^   7 – 0     10 – 0  
Rose–Hulman   6 – 1     6 – 4  
Hanover   5 – 2     5 – 5  
Franklin (IN)   4 – 3     4 – 6  
Defiance   3 – 4     3 – 7  
Bluffton   2 – 5     2 – 8  
Anderson (IN)   1 – 6     1 – 9  
Manchester   0 – 7     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Liberty League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Ithaca $^   6 – 0     10 – 0  
RPI   5 – 1     7 – 3  
Union (NY)   4 – 2     7 – 3  
Hobart   3 – 3     6 – 4  
St. Lawrence   2 – 4     4 – 6  
Rochester (NY)   1 – 5     3 – 7  
Buffalo State   0 – 6     0 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
UMass Dartmouth $^   8 – 0     9 – 2  
Plymouth State   6 – 2     9 – 2  
Western Connecticut   6 – 2     7 – 3  
Bridgewater State   6 – 2     7 – 4  
Framingham State   4 – 4     5 – 5  
Massachusetts Maritime   3 – 5     3 – 7  
Westfield State   2 – 6     2 – 8  
Worcester State   1 – 7     1 – 9  
Fitchburg State   0 – 8     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 23 Alma $^   6 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 24 Albion   5 – 1     9 – 1  
Trine   3 – 3     7 – 3  
Hope   3 – 3     6 – 4  
Adrian   3 – 3     6 – 4  
Olivet   1 – 5     5 – 5  
Kalamazoo   0 – 6     3 – 7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Delaware Valley $^   8 – 0     10 – 0  
King's (PA)   7 – 1     8 – 2  
Stevenson   6 – 2     8 – 2  
Wilkes   5 – 3     7 – 3  
Lebanon Valley   5 – 3     5 – 5  
FDU Florham   4 – 4     6 – 4  
Lycoming   3 – 5     4 – 6  
Alvernia   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Misericordia   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Widener   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Albright   0 – 8     0 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Lake Forest +^   8 – 1     9 – 1  
Ripon +   8 – 1     9 – 1  
Monmouth (IL) +   8 – 1     8 – 2  
Chicago   6 – 3     7 – 3  
Illinois College   4 – 4     5 – 4  
Knox   4 – 5     5 – 5  
Cornell (IA)   3 – 6     3 – 7  
Grinnell   2 – 6     2 – 7  
Beloit   1 – 8     1 – 9  
Lawrence   0 – 9     0 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Div     Conf Overall
Team   W   L         W   L     W   L  
Northwoods Division
No. 4 Saint John's (MN) xy$^   4 – 0     7 – 1     9 – 1  
Gustavus Adolphus   3 – 1     6 – 2     7 – 3  
Carleton   2 – 2     5 – 3     7 – 3  
St. Olaf   1 – 3     3 – 5     4 – 6  
St. Scholastica   0 – 4     2 – 6     3 – 7  
Skyline Division
No. 13 Bethel (MN) xy^   4 – 0     7 – 1     8 – 2  
Augsburg   3 – 1     4 – 4     6 – 4  
Concordia–Moorhead   2 – 2     3 – 5     5 – 5  
Macalester   1 – 3     3 – 5     5 – 5  
Hamline   0 – 4     0 – 8     2 – 8  
Championship: Saint John's (MN) 28, Bethel (MN) 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of October 16, 2022
Rankings from D3Football.com Poll
2022 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Trinity (CT) $   9 – 0     9 – 0  
Middlebury   7 – 2     7 – 2  
Tufts   6 – 3     6 – 3  
Wesleyan   6 – 3     6 – 3  
Colby   4 – 5     4 – 5  
Bates   3 – 6     3 – 6  
Bowdoin   3 – 6     3 – 6  
Williams   3 – 6     3 – 6  
Hamilton   2 – 7     2 – 7  
Amherst   2 – 7     2 – 7  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Springfield $^   6 – 0     9 – 2  
Catholic University   5 – 1     6 – 5  
Merchant Marine   4 – 2     6 – 3  
WPI   2 – 4     4 – 6  
Norwich   2 – 4     3 – 7  
MIT   1 – 5     3 – 6  
Coast Guard   1 – 5     3 – 7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Salisbury $^   6 – 0     9 – 1  
Christopher Newport   5 – 1     7 – 3  
Rowan   4 – 2     7 – 3  
William Paterson   2 – 4     5 – 5  
TCNJ   2 – 4     3 – 6  
Kean   2 – 4     3 – 7  
Montclair State   0 – 6     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
DePauw $^   7 – 1     9 – 1  
Denison   6 – 2     8 – 2  
Wabash   6 – 2     7 – 3  
Ohio Wesleyan   6 – 2     6 – 4  
Wooster   4 – 4     6 – 4  
Wittenberg   4 – 4     5 – 5  
Kenyon   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Hiram   1 – 7     2 – 8  
Oberlin   0 – 8     0 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Aurora $^   8 – 0     9 – 1  
Concordia (WI)   6 – 2     8 – 2  
St. Norbert   6 – 2     7 – 3  
Benedictine (IL)   4 – 3     7 – 3  
Wisconsin Lutheran   4 – 3     4 – 6  
Lakeland   3 – 5     3 – 7  
Concordia (IL)   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Eureka   2 – 6     2 – 8  
Rockford   0 – 8     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Linfield $^   7 – 0     9 – 0  
George Fox   5 – 2     8 – 2  
Pacific Lutheran   5 – 2     6 – 4  
Whitworth   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Pacific (OR)   4 – 3     5 – 4  
Lewis & Clark   2 – 5     4 – 5  
Puget Sound   1 – 6     1 – 8  
Willamette   0 – 7     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Mount Union $^   9 – 0     14 – 1  
No. 21 John Carroll   8 – 1     8 – 2  
Baldwin Wallace   7 – 2     7 – 3  
Heidelberg   6 – 3     7 – 3  
Marietta   5 – 4     6 – 4  
Muskingum   4 – 5     5 – 5  
Ohio Northern   3 – 6     3 – 7  
Wilmington (OH)   2 – 7     3 – 7  
Otterbein   1 – 8     2 – 8  
Capital   0 – 9     0 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 16 Randolph–Macon $^   7 – 0     10 – 0  
Bridgewater   6 – 1     9 – 1  
Shenandoah   5 – 2     8 – 2  
Hampden–Sydney   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Washington & Lee   3 – 4     5 – 5  
Averett   1 – 6     3 – 7  
Guilford   1 – 6     2 – 8  
Ferrum   1 – 6     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 19 Carnegie Mellon $^   8 – 0     10 – 0  
Washington & Jefferson   6 – 2     8 – 2  
Westminster (PA)   6 – 2     7 – 3  
Grove City   5 – 3     7 – 3  
Case Western Reserve   5 – 3     6 – 4  
St. Vincent   5 – 3     5 – 5  
Waynesburg   3 – 5     4 – 6  
Geneva   3 – 5     3 – 7  
Allegheny   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Thiel   1 – 7     1 – 9  
Bethany (WV)   0 – 8     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Southern Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 Trinity (TX) $^   7 – 0     10 – 0  
Birmingham–Southern   5 – 2     7 – 3  
Berry   5 – 2     7 – 3  
Centre   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Rhodes   3 – 4     5 – 5  
Millsaps   2 – 5     3 – 7  
Hendrix   2 – 5     3 – 7  
Sewanee   0 – 7     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Pomona-Pitzer +^   5 – 1     8 – 2  
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps +   5 – 1     7 – 2  
Chapman   4 – 2     7 – 3  
Redlands   4 – 2     4 – 6  
La Verne   2 – 5     2 – 7  
Cal Lutheran   1 – 5     3 – 7  
Whittier   0 – 6     0 – 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Northwestern (MN) $^   6 – 0     6 – 4  
Greenville   5 – 1     7 – 3  
Minnesota–Morris   4 – 2     5 – 5  
Crown   3 – 3     3 – 7  
Martin Luther   2 – 4     2 – 8  
Westminster (MO)   1 – 5     1 – 9  
Finlandia   0 – 6     0 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 20 Huntingdon $^   7 – 0     9 – 1  
Belhaven   6 – 2     8 – 2  
Brevard   5 – 2     5 – 5  
Maryville (TN)   5 – 2     5 – 5  
Methodist   4 – 3     5 – 5  
North Carolina Wesleyan   3 – 4     3 – 7  
Greensboro   1 – 6     1 – 9  
Southern Virginia   1 – 6     1 – 9  
LaGrange   0 – 7     1 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 Wisconsin–La Crosse +^   6 – 1     9 – 2  
No. 8 Wisconsin–Whitewater +^   6 – 1     8 – 3  
Wisconsin–River Falls   4 – 3     7 – 4  
Wisconsin–Oshkosh   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Wisconsin–Platteville   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Wisconsin–Stout   3 – 4     5 – 5  
Wisconsin–Eau Claire   1 – 6     2 – 8  
Wisconsin–Stevens Point   0 – 7     1 – 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of December 23, 2022
Rankings from d3football.com
2022 NCAA Division III independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Hilbert   –     0 – 7  
Eastern*   –     –  
  • * – Eastern was accepted as a Division III football program for the 2022 season, but did not play against any varsity level teams

Postseason

Teams

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

Bracket

First round
November 19 		Second round
November 26 		Quarterfinals
December 3 		Semifinals
December 10 		Championship
Stagg Bowl
December 16
Annapolis, Maryland
* Mount Union 51
Salisbury 0 * Mount Union 45
* Susquehanna 10 Utica 7
Utica 17 Mount Union 22
* Randolph–Macon 35 * Delaware Valley 6
Cortland 28 Randolph–Macon 32
* Delaware Valley 59 * Delaware Valley 39
Gallaudet 0 * Mount Union 34
* Saint John's (MN) 49 Wartburg 31
Northwestern (MN) 0 * Saint John's (MN) 20
* Wartburg 14 Wartburg 23
Wisconsin–La Crosse 6 * Wartburg 45
* Alma 41 Aurora 17
Mount St. Joseph 21 * Alma 26
* Wisconsin–Whitewater 28 Aurora 48
Aurora 33 Mount Union 21
* Trinity (TX) 14 North Central (IL) 28
Hardin–Simmons 7 * Trinity (TX) 17
* Mary Hardin–Baylor 54 Mary Hardin–Baylor 24
Huntingdon 0 * Mary Hardin–Baylor 41
* Wheaton (IL) 32 Bethel (MN) 28
Bethel (MN) 34 Bethel (MN) 30
* Linfield 51 * Linfield 13
Pomona-Pitzer 24 Mary Hardin–Baylor 14
* North Central (IL) 50 * North Central (IL) 49
Lake Forest 0 * North Central (IL) 28
* Carnegie Mellon 45 Carnegie Mellon 7
DePauw 14 * North Central (IL) 48
* Endicott 14 Ithaca 7
Springfield 17 Springfield 20
* Ithaca 63 * Ithaca 31
UMass Dartmouth 20

* - Host team

See also

References

  1. ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2022 preseason". D3Football.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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