INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Football Committee announced today the field of 40 teams for the 2024 NCAA Division III Football Championship. Teams were selected based on conference results and NCAA Power Index (NPI).
Twenty-eight conferences received automatic-qualifying berths. The remaining twelve at-large berths were awarded to teams from the institutions that did not win an automatic berth.
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The first round of the championship will be played November 23 at the host institution's campus or at an alternate site approved by the football committee. The fifty-first Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the national championship game, will be played Sunday, January 5, at Shell Energy Stadium, in Houston, Texas. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN at 7 p.m. Central time.
Conferences and teams receiving automatic qualification (28):
| Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (43): | |
|---|---|
| American Rivers Conference | Wartburg |
| American Southwest Conference | Hardin-Simmons |
| Centennial Conference | Johns Hopkins |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | North Central (Illinois) |
| Conference of New England | Endicott |
| Eastern Collegiate Football Conference | Alfred State |
| Empire 8 | SUNY Cortland |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Mount St. Joseph |
| Landmark Conference | Susquehanna |
| Liberty League | Hobart/William Smith |
| Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Hope |
| Middle Atlantic Conference | King’s (Pennsylvania) |
| Midwest Conference | Lake Forest |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | St. Saint John’s (Minnesota) |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | Springfield |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Salisbury |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | DePauw |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Aurora |
| Northwest Conference | Linfield |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Mount Union |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Randolph-Macon |
| Presidents' Athletic Conference | Washington & Jefferson |
| Southern Athletic Association | Berry |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Pomona-Pitzer |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | Northwestern-St. Paul |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Maryville (Tennessee) |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Wisconsin-Platteville |
At-Large Berths (12):
Bethel (MN)
Carnegie Mellon
Centre
Coe
Grove City
John Carroll
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Texas Lutheran
Trinity (Texas)
Ursinus
Whitworth
Wisconsin-La Crosse
The Division III Football Committee also announced the following 8 first-round sites:
Saint Paul, Minnesota – Bethel (Minnesota) vs. Coe
All games start at noon local time.
In the 2023 championship, Cortland defeated North Central (IL) 38-37, to claim their first nation championship.
