INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Football Committee announced today the field of 40 teams for the 2025 NCAA Division III Football Championship. Teams were selected based on conference results and NCAA Power Index (NPI).
Twenty-seven conferences received automatic-qualifying berths. The remaining 13 at-large berths were awarded to teams from the institutions that did not win an automatic berth.
See the 2025 interactive bracket
The first round of the championship will be played Nov. 22 at the host institution's campus or at an alternate site approved by the football committee. The 52nd Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the national championship game, will be played Sunday, Jan. 4, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, in Canton, Ohio. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (27):
| Conference | School |
|---|---|
| American Rivers Conference | Wartburg |
| American Southwest Conference | Hardin-Simmons |
| Centennial Conference | Franklin & Marshall |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | North Central (Illinois) |
| Conference of New England | Endicott |
| Empire 8 | SUNY Cortland |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Hanover |
| Landmark Conference | Susquehanna |
| Liberty League | Union (New York) |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | Framingham State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Alma |
| Middle Atlantic Conference | Eastern |
| Midwest Conference | Monmouth (Illinois) |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Bethel (Minnesota) |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | Springfield |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Christopher Newport |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | John Carroll |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Concordia Wisconsin |
| Northwest Conference | Whitworth |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Mount Union |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Randolph-Macon |
| Presidents' Athletic Conference | Washington and Jefferson |
| Southern Athletic Association | Berry |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Chapman |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | Crown (Minnesota) |
| USA South Athletic Conference | LaGrange |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | University of Wisconsin-River Falls |
At-Large Berths (13):
(listed alphabetically)
Coe
DePauw
Grove City
Hope
Johns Hopkins
Muhlenberg
Saint John’s (Minnesota)
Salisbury
Trinity (Texas)
Wheaton (Illinois)
Wisconsin-Platteville
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Wisconsin-La Crosse
The Division III Football Committee also announced the following eight first-round sites:
Allentown, Pennsylvania – Muhlenberg vs. Union (New York)
Framingham, Massachusetts – Framingham State vs. LaGrange
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – Hanover vs. Grove City
Mequon, Wisconsin – Concordia Wisconsin vs. Coe
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania – Susquehanna vs. Washington and Jefferson
Spokane, Washington – Whitworth vs. Chapman
Springfield, Massachusetts – Springfield vs. SUNY Cortland
Wheaton, Illinois – Wheaton (Illinois) vs. Crown (Minnesota)
All games start at noon local time.
In the 2025 championship game, North Central (IL) defeated Mount Union 41-25, to claim their third
national championship.
