2019 NCAA Division III football season

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Total No. of teams247
RegularseasonSeptember 5 – November 16, 2019
PlayoffsNovember 23 – December 21, 2019
Woodforest Bank Stadium
Shenandoah, TX
December 21, 2019

The 2019 NCAA Division III football season is the component of the 2019 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on September 5 and culminated on November 16.[1][2]

The season's playoffs ended with the NCAA Division III Football Championship (also known as the Stagg Bowl) at Woodforest Bank Stadium in Shenandoah, Texas, hosted by the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor.

The annual Cortaca Jug game between Ithaca and Cortland on November 16 was moved to MetLife Stadium in honor of the 150th anniversary of college football. It became the most-attended game in Division III history, with 45,161 fans watching Ithaca defeat Cortland 32–20.[3]

Membership changes

SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference
Buffalo State BengalsEmpire 8Liberty League
Earlham QuakersHCACSuspended program
Thomas More SaintsIndependentMid-South (NAIA)
Frostburg State BobcatsNJACMountain East (D-II)
Husson EaglesECFCCommonwealth Coast
Southern Virginia KnightsNJACODAC

Belhaven completed its transition to Division III and became eligible for the postseason.

Conference standings

2019 American Rivers Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 Central (IA) +^  7 –1   10 –2  
No. 14 Wartburg +^  7 –1   10 –2  
Dubuque  6 –2   7 –3  
Coe  5 –3   6 –4  
Loras  4 –4   5 –5  
Simpson (IA)  4 –4   5 –5  
Buena Vista  1 –7   3 –7  
Nebraska Wesleyan  1 –7   3 –7  
Luther  1 –7   1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 American Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^  9 –0   12 –1  
Texas Lutheran  8 –1   8 –2  
No. 21 Hardin–Simmons  7 –2   8 –2  
East Texas Baptist  6 –3   6 –4  
Howard Payne  4 –5   5 –5  
Southwestern (TX)  3 –6   4 –6  
Louisiana College  3 –6   3 –7  
Sul Ross  3 –6   3 –7  
Belhaven  2 –7   2 –8  
McMurry  0 –9   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Centennial Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 7 Muhlenberg $^  9 –0   13 –1  
No. 16 Susquehanna  8 –1   10 –1  
Johns Hopkins  6 –3   8 –3  
Franklin & Marshall  5 –4   7 –4  
Dickinson  4 –5   5 –5  
Ursinus  4 –5   5 –5  
Moravian  4 –5   4 –6  
McDaniel  2 –7   3 –7  
Juniata  2 –7   2 –8  
Gettysburg  1 –8   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Wheaton (IL) $^  9 –0   12 –1  
No. 1 North Central (IL) ^  8 –1   14 –1  
Washington University  6 –3   7 –3  
Illinois Wesleyan  6 –3   6 –4  
Augustana (IL)  5 –4   6 –4  
Millikin  4 –5   5 –5  
Carthage  4 –5   4 –6  
Carroll (WI)  1 –8   2 –8  
Elmhurst  1 –8   1 –9  
North Park  1 –8   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Commonwealth Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Western New England $^  7 –0   9 –2  
Endicott  6 –1   9 –2  
Nichols  4 –3   6 –4  
Husson  4 –3   4 –6  
Salve Regina  3 –4   4 –6  
New England  2 –5   4 –6  
Curry  2 –5   2 –8  
Becker  0 –7   2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2019 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Dean $#  4 –1   4 –6  
SUNY Maritime ^  3 –2   5 –6  
Alfred State  2 –3   3 –6  
Gallaudet  2 –3   2 –6  
Castleton  2 –3   2 –7  
Anna Maria  2 –3   2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • # – Provisional Division III member
2019 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 25 Brockport +^  5 –1   9 –3  
Cortland +  5 –1   8 –3  
Morrisville State  4 –2   6 –5  
Utica  3 –3   5 –5  
Alfred  2 –4   5 –5  
St. John Fisher  2 –4   5 –5  
Hartwick  0 –6   1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Hanover $^  7 –0   9 –2  
Mount St. Joseph  5 –2   7 –3  
Rose–Hulman  5 –2   6 –4  
Franklin (IN)  4 –3   5 –5  
Manchester  3 –4   4 –6  
Bluffton  2 –5   2 –8  
Anderson (IN)  1 –6   3 –7  
Defiance  1 –6   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2019 Liberty League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Union (NY) $^  6 –0   11 –1  
Hobart  4 –2   9 –2  
Ithaca  4 –2   8 –3  
RPI  3 –3   6 –5  
St. Lawrence  3 –3   5 –5  
Buffalo State  1 –5   1 –9  
Rochester (NY)  0 –6   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Framingham State $^  8 –0   8 –3  
Western Connecticut  6 –2   8 –3  
Bridgewater State  6 –2   6 –4  
UMass Dartmouth  5 –3   7 –3  
Massachusetts Maritime  4 –4   6 –4  
Plymouth State  4 –4   6 –4  
Westfield State  2 –6   2 –8  
Fitchburg State  1 –7   2 –8  
Worcester State  0 –8   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2019 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Hope $^  7 –0   9 –2  
Albion  5 –2   8 –2  
Olivet  5 –2   8 –2  
Alma  4 –3   6 –4  
Adrian  4 –3   5 –5  
Trine  2 –5   5 –5  
Kalamazoo  1 –6   2 –8  
Finlandia  0 –7   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2019 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 Delaware Valley $^  8 –0   11 –2  
Stevenson  7 –1   8 –3  
Wilkes  6 –2   8 –3  
Misericordia  5 –3   5 –5  
Widener  4 –4   5 –5  
King's (PA)  3 –5   5 –5  
Lycoming  3 –5   4 –6  
Lebanon Valley  3 –5   3 –7  
FDU Florham  2 –6   3 –7  
Albright  2 –6   2 –8  
Alvernia  1 –7   2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
North
St. Norbert xy  5 –0   6 –3  
Lake Forest  4 –1   7 –3  
Ripon  3 –2   4 –6  
Macalester  2 –3   4 –6  
Beloit  1 –4   1 –9  
Lawrence  0 –5   1 –8  
South
Monmouth (IL) xy$^  4 –0   7 –3  
Chicago  3 –1   6 –3  
Illinois College  2 –2   6 –3  
Cornell (IA)  1 –3   4 –5  
Knox  0 –4   3 –6  
Grinnell *  0 –0   0 –3  
Championship: Monmouth 10, St. Norbert 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – Grinnell canceled seven games, including all five divisional games.
2019 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Saint John's (MN) +^  7 –1   12 –2  
No. 15 St. Thomas (MN) +  7 –1   8 –2  
No. 23 Bethel (MN)  6 –2   8 –2  
Gustavus Adolphus  5 –3   7 –3  
Concordia–Moorhead  5 –3   5 –5  
St. Olaf  3 –5   5 –5  
Carleton  2 –6   4 –6  
Augsburg  1 –7   2 –8  
Hamline  0 –8   1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Middlebury $  9 –0   9 –0  
Wesleyan  8 –1   8 –1  
Williams  7 –2   7 –2  
Trinity (CT)  5 –4   5 –4  
Amherst  4 –5   4 –5  
Hamilton  4 –5   4 –5  
Tufts  4 –5   4 –5  
Bates  2 –7   2 –7  
Colby  2 –7   2 –7  
Bowdoin  0 –9   0 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
2019 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
WPI +  6 –1   10 –1  
MIT +^  6 –1   7 –3  
Merchant Marine  5 –2   6 –3  
Springfield  5 –2   6 –4  
Coast Guard  2 –5   5 –5  
Norwich  2 –5   5 –5  
Catholic University  2 –5   2 –8  
Maine Maritime  0 –7   0 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2019 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Salisbury $^  7 –0   11 –1  
No. 11 Wesley ^  6 –1   10 –2  
Montclair State  5 –2   6 –4  
Rowan  4 –3   4 –6  
Kean  2 –5   3 –7  
Christopher Newport  2 –5   2 –8  
TCNJ  2 –5   2 –8  
William Paterson  0 –7   2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Denison +  7 –2   8 –2  
Wittenberg +  7 –2   7 –3  
Wabash +^  7 –2   7 –4  
Ohio Wesleyan  6 –3   7 –3  
DePauw  6 –3   6 –4  
Wooster  5 –4   6 –4  
Allegheny  4 –5   4 –6  
Kenyon  2 –7   3 –7  
Oberlin  1 –8   1 –9  
Hiram  0 –9   0 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2019 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 Aurora $^  7 –0   9 –2  
Benedictine (IL)  6 –1   7 –3  
Eureka  4 –3   6 –4  
Concordia (IL)  3 –4   5 –5  
Concordia (WI)  3 –4   5 –5  
Lakeland  3 –4   4 –6  
Wisconsin Lutheran  2 –5   2 –8  
Rockford  0 –7   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 19 Linfield $^  7 –0   8 –2  
Whitworth  5 –2   6 –3  
Puget Sound  4 –3   6 –4  
George Fox  4 –3   5 –5  
Pacific (OR)  4 –3   4 –6  
Lewis & Clark  3 –4   4 –5  
Pacific Lutheran  1 –6   2 –7  
Willamette  0 –7   1 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Mount Union $^  9 –0   11 –1  
No. 13 John Carroll  8 –1   9 –1  
Baldwin Wallace  6 –3   7 –3  
Ohio Northern  6 –3   6 –4  
Heidelberg  5 –4   6 –4  
Marietta  4 –5   5 –5  
Wilmington (OH)  3 –6   3 –7  
Muskingum  2 –7   3 –7  
Otterbein  2 –7   2 –8  
Capital  0 –9   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Bridgewater $^  8 –0   10 –1  
Randolph–Macon  7 –1   9 –2  
Emory & Henry  6 –2   8 –3  
Washington and Lee  5 –3   6 –4  
Shenandoah  4 –4   6 –4  
Ferrum  3 –5   4 –6  
Southern Virginia  2 –6   4 –6  
Guilford  1 –7   2 –8  
Hampden–Sydney  0 –8   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Case Western Reserve $^  8 –1   9 –2  
Grove City  7 –2   9 –2  
Carnegie Mellon  7 –2   8 –3  
Washington & Jefferson  6 –3   8 –3  
Westminster (PA)  6 –3   8 –3  
Bethany (WV)  4 –5   4 –6  
Geneva  3 –6   3 –7  
Saint Vincent  3 –6   3 –7  
Waynesburg  1 –8   1 –9  
Thiel  0 –9   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2019 Southern Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Berry +^  7 –1   9 –2  
Trinity (TX) +  7 –1   8 –2  
Birmingham–Southern  6 –2   7 –3  
Hendrix  5 –3   7 –3  
Austin  4 –4   5 –5  
Centre  3 –5   5 –5  
Millsaps  3 –5   5 –5  
Rhodes  1 –7   1 –9  
Sewanee  0 –8   0 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2019 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Chapman $^  7 –0   10 –1  
No. 18 Redlands ^  6 –1   9 –2  
Pomona-Pitzer  4 –3   5 –4  
Cal Lutheran  4 –3   5 –5  
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  3 –4   5 –5  
La Verne  3 –4   4 –6  
Whittier  1 –6   2 –8  
Occidental  0 –7   0 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2019 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Martin Luther $^  8 –0   9 –2  
Greenville  7 –1   8 –3  
St. Scholastica  5 –3   7 –3  
MacMurray  5 –3   5 –5  
Northwestern (MN)  4 –4   4 –6  
Westminster (MO)  4 –4   4 –6  
Crown  2 –6   3 –7  
Minnesota–Morris  1 –7   1 –9  
Iowa Wesleyan  0 –8   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2019 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Huntingdon $^  6 –1   8 –4  
Brevard #  5 –2   8 –2  
Averett  5 –2   7 –3  
North Carolina Wesleyan  5 –2   6 –4  
Methodist  3 –4   4 –6  
Maryville (TN)  3 –4   3 –7  
LaGrange  1 –6   3 –7  
Greensboro  0 –7   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • # – Provisional Division III member
2019 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Wisconsin–Whitewater +^  6 –1   13 –2  
No. 22 Wisconsin–Oshkosh +^  6 –1   8 –3  
Wisconsin–La Crosse  5 –2   7 –3  
Wisconsin–Platteville  4 –3   7 –3  
Wisconsin–Stout  3 –4   4 –6  
Wisconsin–Stevens Point  2 –5   3 –7  
Wisconsin–Eau Claire  1 –6   3 –7  
Wisconsin–River Falls  1 –6   2 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com

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