There are 239 NCAA Division III football programs in the United States. Teams and conference affiliations are current for the 2024 season.[1]
NCAA Division III football programs[edit]
Legend | |
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* | Former NCAA Division I (or equivalent) national champions |
^ | Former NCAA Division I (or equivalent) member |
- ^ 18 states (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming) do not currently have Division III football programs.
- ^ According to conferences in football, not necessarily a team's primary conference.
- ^ Joining the Empire 8 in 2025.
- ^ a b Joining MASCAC in 2025.
- ^ Austin was previously a Division III member between 1973 and 1977.
- ^ Bluffton was previously a Division III member in 1990.
- ^ Cal Lutheran was previously a Division III member between 1975 and 1977.
- ^ Concordia was previously a Division III member between 1973 and 1975.
- ^ Will join Division II's Conference Carolinas in 2025.
- ^ Gallaudet was previously a Division III member between 1973 and 1979, 1987 and 1994, and 2001 and 2003.
- ^ Hardin-Simmons was previously a Division III member between 1990 and 1992.
- ^ Joining the PAC in 2025.
- ^ Joining the NCAC in 2025.
- ^ Transitioning from the NAIA.
- ^ McMurry was previously a Division III member between 1977 and 2011.
- ^ Minnesota–Morris was previously a Division III member between 1978 and 1984.
- ^ Redlands was previously a Division III member between 1973 and 1978.
- ^ SUNY Maritime was previously a Division III member in 1985 and 1988.
- ^ Wilmington was previously a Division III member between 1977 and 1980.
- ^ Wisconsin–River Falls was previously a Division III member in 1977.
- ^ Wisconsin–Whitewater was previously a Division III member between 1973 and 1977.
Future Division III football programs[edit]
School | Nickname | City | State/ province |
Future conference |
Stadium | Cap. | Note | Begins play |
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Maine Maritime | Mariners | Castine | Maine | CCC | Ritchie Field | 1,500 | [F2 1] | 2025[2] |
New England College | Pilgrims | Henniker | New Hampshire | CCC | TBD | TBD | 2025[3][4] | |
Roanoke | Maroons | Salem | Virginia | ODAC | Salem Stadium | 7,157 | 2025[5] | |
Schreiner | Mountaineers | Kerrville | Texas | SCAC | TBD | TBD | 2025[6] |
Former NCAA Division III football programs[edit]
- Notes
- ^ As of the 2024 football season.
- ^ Now Canisius University.
- ^ Though now athletically branded and academically marketed as UCF, this usage was not adopted until after the school left D-III.
- ^ Now nicknamed Knights.
- ^ Now marketed as LIU Post, one of the two primary campuses of Long Island University.
- ^ As the LIU Sharks, following the 2019 merger of the LIU Post athletic program with the NCAA Division I non-football program of LIU's other primary campus in Brooklyn. Post was the only one of the two campuses that sponsored football.
- ^ Now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, and athletically branded and academically marketed as Cal Poly Humboldt.
- ^ Athletically branded as "Chicago Circle" when it played football. Now known as the University of Illinois Chicago, and athletically branded and academically marketed as UIC.
- ^ Nickname dropped shortly after the team's last season. The current nickname of Flames was adopted in 1982.
- ^ Now Iona University.
- ^ Now the University of West Alabama.
- ^ Program suspended indefinitely due to COVID-19. The program will return in the 2025 season.
- ^ Now athletically branded as Minnesota State, with no city identifier.
- ^ The current athletic nickname of Red Storm was not adopted until 1994, two years after football was dropped.
- ^ Now Saint Peter's University.
- ^ Now athletically branded as Tarleton, without "State".
- ^ Now Towson University.
- ^ Nickname changed to Beacons in 2021.
- ^ Now the University of West Georgia.
See also[edit]
- NCAA Division III Football Championship
- List of NCAA Division III Football Championship appearances by team
- List of NCAA Division III institutions
- List of current NCAA Division III football coaches
- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division II institutions
- List of NCAA Division I FBS football programs
- List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs
- List of NCAA Division II football programs
- List of NAIA football programs
- List of community college football programs
- List of colleges and universities with club football teams
- List of NCAA Division I schools that have never sponsored football
- List of defunct college football teams
References[edit]
General[edit]
- "Division III football team news, schedules and results". D3football.com.
- "NCAA Division III Football Institutions". NCAA.
Specific[edit]
- ^ "Division III Football Institutions". NCAA Directory. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ "Maine Maritime Academy to Reinstate Football Program". Maine Maritime Mariners. January 9, 2023.
- ^ "New England College Adds Football to Its Athletics Playbook". New England College Pilgrims. June 13, 2023.
- ^ "NEC Football to Join CCC for 2025". New England College Pilgrims. November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ "Roanoke College Raises $1.3M to Reinstate Football, Add Cheerleading and Marching Band". Roanoke Maroons. June 1, 2023.
- ^ Amestoy, Louis (November 3, 2022). "The Lead Nov. 3, 2022: Schreiner University makes it official — football is back". The Kerr County Lead.