2024 NCAA Division III football season
Total No. of teams239
Preseason AP No. 1Cortland
Regular seasonSeptember 1 – November 11, 2024
PlayoffsNovember 18 – December 14, 2024
Turner Stadium
Humble, TX
December 14, 2024
← 2023 · NCAA Division III football 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 11. 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 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

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

Conference standings

2024 American Rivers Conference football standings
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  
Wartburg   0 – 0     0 – 0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 American Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Centennial Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
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  
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Commonwealth Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Landmark Conference football standings
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  
Susquehanna   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Wilkes   0 – 0     0 – 0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Liberty League football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Midwest Conference football standings
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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  
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
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 July 2, 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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
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  
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Southern Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2023 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 July 2, 2024
Rankings from D3Football.com
2024 NCAA Division III independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Maine Maritime   –     0 – 0  
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
As of July 2, 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

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
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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)[13][14] Eric Jendryaszek[15] (full season interim) TCNJ offensive line coach (2022–2023)
Castleton Tony Volpone May 9, 2024 Resigned[16] Tyler Higley (interim; named full-time on June 13)[17] Castleton defensive coordinator (2022–2023)
Westfield State Pete Kowalski May 21, 2024 Retired[18] Lou Conte[19] American International head coach (2023)

End of season

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

School Outgoing coach Date Reason Replacement Previous position

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Football to Join Empire 8 Beginning 2024 Season". hilberthawks.com. Hilbert College. September 22, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "Castleton University to Join MASCAC Football in 2024". mascac.com. January 5, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
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  6. ^ "Centenary Announces Return of Football". gocentenary.com. November 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "SCAC to Reinstate Football; Adds Lyon as Affiliate for 2024 Season". scacsports.com. November 2, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  8. ^ "McMurry University Set to Join SCAC in 2024-25". scacsports.com. October 31, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
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  11. ^ "Defiance College Board of Trustees approve athletic program's return to NAIA". defianceathletics.com. October 6, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  12. ^ Moody, Josh. "Birmingham-Southern Announces Abrupt Closure". insidehighered.com. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  13. ^ Beal, Barry (May 7, 2024). "Goff Resigns as Head Football Coach". TCNJ Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
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  15. ^ "Jendryaszek Named Interim Head Football Coach for 2024 Season". The College of New Jersey Athletics. May 7, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  16. ^ "Volpone Steps Down, Higley Selected as Interim Head Football Coach". Vermont State University Castleton. March 10, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  17. ^ "VTSU Castleton Removes Interim Tag, Names Higley Head Football Coach". Vermont State University Castleton. May 9, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
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  19. ^ "Lou Conte, Jr. Named Head Football Coach at Westfield State". June 4, 2024.
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