Here's everything you need to know for the 2024 NCAA DIII football championship that features 40 teams battling it out in a single-elimination bracket.
The 40-team championship bracket was revealed on Sunday, Nov. 17. Twenty-eight teams earned automatic qualification, while the remaining teams were selected at large by the DIII Football Committee. The tournament begins with the first round on Saturday, Nov. 23.
2024 NCAA DIII football tournament schedule
All games listed in Eastern Time
Second round: Saturday, Nov. 30
- Susquehanna vs. Hobart, noon
- Cortland vs. Endicot, noon
- Springfield vs. UMass Dartmouth, noon
- Hope vs. Aurora, noon
- Johns Hopkins vs. Grove City, noon
- DePauw vs. Maryville (TN), noon
- Salisbury vs. King's (PA), noon
- Randolph-Macon vs. Washington & Jefferson, noon
- Carnegie Mellon vs. Centre, noon
- Mount Union vs. John Carroll, noon
- Saint John's (MN) vs. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1 p.m.
- Wartburg vs. Wisconsin-Platteville, 1 p.m.
- Lake Forest vs. Bethel (MN), 1 p.m.
- North Central (IL) vs. Whitworth, 1 p.m.
- Hardin-Simmons vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor, 1 p.m.
- Linfield vs. Texas Lutheran, 3 p.m.
Third round: Saturday, Dec. 7
Quarterfinals: Saturday, Dec. 14
Semifinals: Saturday, Dec. 21 on ESPN+
National championship: Sunday, Jan. 5 on ESPN
First round: Saturday, Nov. 23
- Endicott 44, Alfred State 0
- Maryville (TN) 20, Berry 16
- King's (PA) 32, Ursinus 29
- John Carroll 52, Mt. St. Joseph 7
- Wisconsin-La Crosse 59, Northwestern-St. Paul 14
- Bethel (MN) 31, Coe 26
- Mary Hardin-Baylor 29, Trinity (TX) 22
- Whitworth 21, Pomona-Pitzer 13
2024 NCAA DIII football tournament bracket
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NCAA DIII football championship history
Cortland won its first-ever national title last season, defeating North Central (IL), 38-37, and stopping the Cardinals from winning back-to-back championships for the first time in school history. No program has won two straight titles since Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2013 and 2014. Here's every DIII football champion, runner-up and score from the past decade:
| Year | Champion | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cortland | Curt Fitzpatrick | 38-37 | North Central (IL) | Salem, Virginia |
| 2022 | North Central (IL) | Brad Spencer | 28-21 | Mount Union | Annapolis, Maryland |
| 2021 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Pete Fredenburg | 57-24 | North Central (IL) | Canton, Ohio |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | North Central (IL) | Jeff Thorne | 41-14 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Shenandoah, Texas |
| 2018 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Pete Fredenburg | 24-16 | Mount Union | Shenandoah, Texas |
| 2017 | Mount Union | Vince Kehres | 12-0 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Salem, Va. |
| 2016 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Pete Fredenburg | 10-7 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Salem, Va. |
| 2015 | Mount Union | Vince Kehres | 49-35 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | Salem, Va. |
| 2014 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Lance Leipold | 43-34 | Mount Union | Salem, Va. |
