2021 NCAA Division III football rankings
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Rankings for the 2021 NCAA Division III football season
Season2021
PostseasonSingle-elimination
Preseason No. 1Mary Hardin–Baylor
National championsMary Hardin–Baylor
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| Season | 2021 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
| Preseason No. 1 | Mary Hardin–Baylor |
| National champions | Mary Hardin–Baylor |
| Conference with most teams in final poll | WIAC (3) |
| NCAA Division III football rankings | |
Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings. Unlike in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the NCAA, Division III's college football's governing body, bestows a national championship on the winner of the Stagg Bowl – the championship round of a 32-team postseason tournament. The main weekly poll that begins in the preseason is the D3football.com poll which ranks the top 25 colleges in Division III football. One additional poll is released midway through the season, the AFCA Division III Coaches Poll.
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| Selected for Division III Football Championship Playoffs | ||
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D3football.com poll
| Preseason August 18[1] | Week 1 September 6[2] | Week 2 September 12[3] | Week 3 September 19[4] | Week 4 September 26[5] | Week 5 October 3[6] | Week 6 October 10[7] | Week 7 October 17[8] | Week 8 October 24[9] | Week 9 October 31[10] | Week 10 November 7[11] | Week 11 November 14[12] | Final December 18[13] | ||
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| 1. | Mary Hardin–Baylor (10) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0) (12) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–0) (13) | North Central (IL) (2–0) (12) | North Central (IL) (3–0) (16) | North Central (IL) (4–0) (17) | North Central (IL) (5–0) (17) | North Central (IL) (6–0) (17) | North Central (IL) (7–0) (17) | North Central (IL) (8–0) (18) | North Central (IL) (9–0) (18) | North Central (IL) (10–0) (18) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (15–0) (25) | 1. |
| 2. | Mount Union (6) | Mount Union (1–0) (4) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–0) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–0) (10) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–0) (8) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–0) (7) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–0) (7) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (6–0) (7) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–0) (7) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (8–0) (7) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (9–0) (7) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (10–0) (7) | North Central (IL) (13–1) | 2. |
| 3. | North Central (IL) (4) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (1–0) (1) | Mount Union (1–0) (4) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0) (1) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (5–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (6–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (7–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (8–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (9–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (10–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (13–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Wisconsin–Whitewater (1) | North Central (IL) (0–0) (4) | North Central (IL) (1–0) (4) | Mount Union (2–0) (2) | Mount Union (3–0) (1) | Mount Union (4–0) (1) | Mount Union (5–0) (1) | Mount Union (6–0) (1) | Mount Union (7–0) (1) | Mount Union (8–0) | Mount Union (9–0) | Mount Union (10–0) | Mount Union (13–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Wheaton (IL) (4) | Wheaton (IL) (1–0) (4) | Wheaton (IL) (1–0) (4) | Wheaton (IL) (1–1) | Wheaton (IL) (2–1) | Wheaton (IL) (4–0) | Saint John's (MN) (5–0) | Saint John's (MN) (6–0) | Saint John's (MN) (7–0) | Saint John's (MN) (8–0) | Saint John's (MN) (9–0) | Saint John's (MN) (10–0) | Linfield (11–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Saint John's (MN) | Saint John's (MN) (1–0) | Hardin–Simmons (2–0) | Saint John's (MN) (2–0) | Saint John's (MN) (3–0) | Saint John's (MN) (4–0) | Wheaton (IL) (4–1) | Wheaton (IL) (5–1) | Wheaton (IL) (6–1) | Wheaton (IL) (7–1) | Wheaton (IL) (8–1) | Wheaton (IL) (9–1) | Central (IA) (12–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Hardin–Simmons | Hardin–Simmons (1–0) | Saint John's (MN) (1–0) | Hardin–Simmons (3–0) | Hardin–Simmons (3–1) | Linfield (3–0) | Linfield (4–0) | Linfield (5–0) | Linfield (6–0) | Linfield (7–0) | Linfield (8–0) | Linfield (9–0) | Muhlenberg (11–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Salisbury | Salisbury (1–0) | Muhlenberg (2–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0) | Hardin–Simmons (4–1) | Hardin–Simmons (4–1) | Hardin–Simmons (5–1) | Hardin–Simmons (6–1) | Hardin–Simmons (7–1) | Hardin–Simmons (8–1) | Central (IA) (10–0) | Saint John's (MN) (11–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | Muhlenberg (1–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0) | Linfield (2–0) | Linfield (2–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–0) | Delaware Valley (5–0) | Delaware Valley (6–0) | Central (IA) (7–0) | Central (IA) (8–0) | Central (IA) (9–0) | Delaware Valley (10–0) | Wheaton (IL) (10–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Linfield | Delaware Valley (1–0) | Delaware Valley (2–0) | Delaware Valley (3–0) | Delaware Valley (3–0) | Delaware Valley (4–0) | Central (IA) (6–0) | Central (IA) (6–0) | Delaware Valley (7–0) | Delaware Valley (8–0) | Delaware Valley (9–0) | Hardin–Simmons (9–1) | Hardin–Simmons (9–1) | 10. |
| 11. | John Carroll | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0) | Linfield (1–0) | Washington & Jefferson (3–0) | Washington & Jefferson (4–0) | Central (IA) (5–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (4–1) | Washington & Jefferson (6–0) | Salisbury (5–1) | Salisbury (6–1) | Salisbury (7–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (8–2) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (9–3) | 11. |
| 12. | Delaware Valley | Linfield (0–0) | Washington & Jefferson (2–0) | Union (NY) (3–0) | Union (NY) (4–0) | Washington & Jefferson (5–0) | Washington & Jefferson (6–0) | Salisbury (4–1) | Union (NY) (7–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (7–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (7–2) | Salisbury (8–0) | Trinity (TX) (9–1) | 12. |
| 13. | Muhlenberg | Washington & Jefferson (1–0) | Union (NY) (2–0) | Bethel (MN) (2–0) | Central (IA) (4–0) | Salisbury (3–1) | Salisbury (3–1) | Union (NY) (6–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (6–1) | Union (NY) (8–0) | Bethel (MN) (8–1) | Cortland (10–0) | RPI (11–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Central (IA) | Union (NY) (1–0) | Salisbury (1–1) | Central (IA) (3–0) | Salisbury (2–1) | Union (NY) (5–0) | Johns Hopkins (5–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (5–1) | Bethel (MN) (6–1) | Bethel (MN) (7–1) | Cortland (9–0) | Bethel (MN) (8–2) | Johns Hopkins (10–2) | 14. |
| 15. | Union (NY) | Wartburg (1–0) | Bethel (MN) (2–0) | Salisbury (1–1) | Johns Hopkins (4–0) | Johns Hopkins (5–0) | Union (NY) (6–0) | Bethel (MN) (5–1) | Ithaca (7–0) | Cortland (8–0) | Muhlenberg (8–1) | Muhlenberg (8–1) | Delaware Valley (11–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Bethel (MN) | Central (IA) (1–0) | Central (IA) (2–0) | Randolph–Macon (3–0) | Bethel (MN) (2–1) | Bethel (MN) (3–1) | Bethel (MN) (4–1) | Ithaca (6–0) | Cortland (7–0) | Muhlenberg (7–1) | Trinity (TX) (8–0) | Trinity (TX) (9–1) | Cortland (11–1) | 16. |
| 17. | Randolph–Macon | Bethel (MN) (1–0) | Chapman (2–0) | Chapman (3–0) | Ithaca (3–0) | Ithaca (4–0) | Ithaca (5–0) | Cortland (6–0) | Muhlenberg (6–1) | Johns Hopkins (7–1) | Johns Hopkins (8–1) | Johns Hopkins (9–1) | Bethel (MN) (8–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Wartburg | Chapman (1–0) | Randolph–Macon (2–0) | Johns Hopkins (3–0) | Whitworth (3–0) | Whitworth (4–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–1) | Muhlenberg (5–1) | Susquehanna (7–0) | Trinity (TX) (7–0) | Ithaca (8–1) | RPI (9–1) | Birmingham–Southern (10–2) | 18. |
| 19. | Washington & Jefferson | Randolph–Macon (1–0) | Ithaca (2–0) | Ithaca (3–0) | Cortland (3–0) | Cortland (4–0) | Cortland (5–0) | Susquehanna (6–0) | Trinity (TX) (6–0) | Birmingham–Southern (8–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (6–2) | Birmingham–Southern (9–1) | Salisbury (8–2) | 19. |
| 20. | Westminster (PA) | Brockport (1–0) | John Carroll (0–1) | Whitworth (3–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (3–1) | Susquehanna (5–0) | Johns Hopkins (5–1) | Johns Hopkins (6–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (5–2) | Baldwin Wallace (8–1) | Ithaca (8–2) | Wisconsin–River Falls (9–2) | 20. |
| 21. | Chapman | Aurora (0–1) | Johns Hopkins (2–0) | John Carroll (1–1) | Hobart (4–0) | Muhlenberg (4–1) | Muhlenberg (4–1) | Trinity (TX) (5–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (4–2) | Baldwin Wallace (7–1) | RPI (8–1) | Randolph–Macon (9–1) | Ithaca (8–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Brockport | John Carroll (0–1) | Heidelberg (1–0) | Heidelberg (2–0) | John Carroll (1–2) | John Carroll (2–2) | John Carroll (3–2) | Birmingham–Southern (6–0) | Birmingham–Southern (7–0) | Washington & Jefferson (7–1) | Birmingham–Southern (8–1) | Wisconsin–River Falls (8–2) | Aurora (8–3) | 22. |
| 23. | Aurora | Heidelberg (1–0) | Whitworth (2–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) | Muhlenberg (3–1) | Susquehanna (5–0) | Trinity (TX) (4–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–2) | Baldwin Wallace (6–1) | RPI (7–1) | Union (NY) (8–1) | Aurora (8–2) | Randolph–Macon (9–1) | 23. |
| 24. | Heidelberg | Whitworth (1–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–0) | Muhlenberg (2–1) | Westminster (PA) (2–1) | Westminster (PA) (3–1) | Birmingham–Southern (5–0) | John Carroll (4–2) | Washington & Jefferson (6–1) | Ithaca (7–1) | Randolph–Macon (8–1) | Lake Forest (10–0) | Redlands (8–2) | 24. |
| 25. | Berry | Johns Hopkins (1–0) | Berry (2–0) | Cortland (3–0) | Susquehanna (4–0) | Hobart (4–1) | Baldwin Wallace (4–1) | Baldwin Wallace (5–1) | John Carroll (5–2) | Susquehanna (7–1) | DePauw (8–1) | Redlands (8–1) | Lake Forest (10–1) | 25. |
| Preseason August 18[14] | Week 1 September 6[15] | Week 2 September 12[16] | Week 3 September 19[17] | Week 4 September 26[18] | Week 5 October 3[19] | Week 6 October 10[20] | Week 7 October 17[21] | Week 8 October 24[22] | Week 9 October 31[23] | Week 10 November 7[24] | Week 11 November 14[25] | Final December 18[26] | ||
Dropped:
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| Dropped: No. 25 Berry | Dropped:
| None | Dropped:
| None | None | Dropped: No. 25 John Carroll | Dropped:
| Dropped:
| None | |||
References
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 preseason". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 1". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 2". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 3". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 4". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 5". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 6". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 7". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 8". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 9". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 10". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 11". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Final". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 preseason". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 1". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 2". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 3". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 4". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 5". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 6". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 7". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 8". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 9". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 10". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 11". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Final". d3football.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
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