Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings for the 2024 season. 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. For the first time in AFCA history they released a preseason poll for DIII in 2024.
Season | 2024 |
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Postseason | Single-elimination |
Preseason No.1 | North Central (IL) |
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D3football.com poll
editPreseason July 24[1] | Week 1 September 8[2] | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
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1. | North Central (IL) (14) | North Central (IL) (17) | 1. | |||||||||||
2. | Cortland (11) | Cortland (8) | 2. | |||||||||||
3. | Wisconsin–Whitewater | Wisconsin–Whitewater | 3. | |||||||||||
4. | Wartburg | Mount Union | 4. | |||||||||||
5. | Mount Union | Wartburg | 5. | |||||||||||
6. | Wisconsin–La Crosse | Wisconsin–La Crosse | 6. | |||||||||||
7. | Alma | Johns Hopkins | 7. | |||||||||||
8. | Johns Hopkins | Wisconsin–River Falls | 8. | |||||||||||
9. | Wheaton (IL) | Randolph–Macon | 9. | |||||||||||
10. | Randolph–Macon | Grove City | 10. | |||||||||||
11. | Grove City | Susquehanna | 11. | |||||||||||
12. | Susquehanna | Saint John's (MN) | 12. | |||||||||||
13. | Trinity (TX) | Hardin–Simmons | 13. | |||||||||||
14. | Saint John's (MN) | Aurora | 14. | |||||||||||
15. | Aurora | Alma | 15. | |||||||||||
16. | Hardin–Simmons | Endicott | 16. | |||||||||||
17. | Wisconsin–River Falls | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 17. | |||||||||||
18. | Endicott | Muhlenberg | 18. | |||||||||||
19. | John Carroll | Wheaton (IL) | 19. | |||||||||||
20. | Ithaca | Carnegie Mellon | 20. | |||||||||||
21. | Muhlenberg | Linfield | 21. | |||||||||||
22. | Carnegie Mellon | Berry | 22. | |||||||||||
23. | Linfield | Whitworth | 23. | |||||||||||
24. | Whitworth | Ithaca | 24. | |||||||||||
25. | Berry | John Carroll | 25. | |||||||||||
Preseason July 24[1] | Week 1 September 8[2] | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
Dropped: Trinity (TX) | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
AFCA Coaches' poll
editPreseason August 26[3] | Week 1 August 26[4] | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
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1. | North Central (IL) (26) | North Central (IL) (28) | 1. | |||||||||||
2. | Cortland (24) | Cortland (21) | 2. | |||||||||||
3. | Wisconsin–Whitewater | Wisconsin–Whitewater | 3. | |||||||||||
4. | Wartburg | Mount Union (1) | 4. | |||||||||||
5. | Mount Union | Wisconsin–La Crosse | 5. | |||||||||||
6. | Wisconsin–La Crosse | Wartburg | 6. | |||||||||||
7. | Alma | Johns Hopkins | 7. | |||||||||||
8. | Johns Hopkins | Randolph–Macon | 8. | |||||||||||
9. | Wheaton (IL) | Grove City | 9. | |||||||||||
10. | Randolph–Macon | Wisconsin–River Falls | 10. | |||||||||||
11. | Grove City | Susquehanna | 11. | |||||||||||
12. | Susquehanna | Saint John's (MN) | 12. | |||||||||||
13. | Trinity (TX) | Aurora | 13. | |||||||||||
14. | Saint John's (MN) | Hardin–Simmons | 14. | |||||||||||
15. | Aurora | Endicott | 15. | |||||||||||
16. | Hardin–Simmons | Alma | 16. | |||||||||||
17. | Wisconsin–River Falls | Linfield | 17. | |||||||||||
18. | Endicott | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 18. | |||||||||||
19. | Ithaca | Muhlenberg | 19. | |||||||||||
20. | John Carroll | Carnegie Mellon | 20. | |||||||||||
21. | Muhlenberg | Berry | 21. | |||||||||||
22. | Linfield | Wheaton (IL) | 22. | |||||||||||
23. | Carnegie Mellon | Whitworth | 23. | |||||||||||
24. | Berry | Ithaca | 24. | |||||||||||
25. | Whitworth | DePauw | 25. | |||||||||||
Preseason August 26[3] | Week 1 August 26[4] | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
Dropped: Trinity (TX) John Carroll | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
References
edit- ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2024 preseason". D3football.com. July 24, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
- ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2024 Week 1". D3football.com. September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ "North Central No. 1 in AFCA Preseason Poll, Presented by Hudl". AFCA. August 26, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ "Wisconsin-River Falls Surges in the Top 25 with Upset of Alma". AFCA. September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.