2022 NCAA Division III football season

2022 NCAA Division III football season
Preseason AP No. 1	Mary Hardin–Baylor
Regular season	September 3 – November 12, 2022
Playoffs	November 19 – December 16, 2022
National championship	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD December 17, 2021
NCAA Division III football seasons

The 2022 NCAA Division III football season is the component of the 2022 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on September 3 and will end on November 12. This will be the 49th season that the NCAA has sponsored a Division III championship.

Mary Hardin–Baylor, the defending national champions, were the top-ranked team to begin the season.

The season's playoffs will be played between November 19 and December 16, culminating in the national championship—also known as the Stagg Bowl—at the Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

Team	Former conference	New conference
Allegheny	NCAC	Presidents'
Averett	USA South	ODAC
Belhaven	ASC	USA South
Eastern	New program	Independent
Hilbert	New program	Independent

In addition to the above, the USA South amicably split into two conferences at the end of the 2021–22 school year. In addition to Averett, which left for the ODAC, 10 of the previous 19 full members remained in the USA South, and eight left to form the new Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS). Belhaven, which had previously been announced as a new USA South all-sports member for 2021–22, instead joined CCS. Since CCS does not sponsor football, the separation agreement called for all football-sponsoring CCS members to become USA South affiliates. This meant the only changes to USA South football were the arrival of Belhaven and departure of Averett.

Conference standings

2022 American Rivers Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 16 Wartburg   6 – 0     8 – 0   Coe   5 – 1     6 – 2   Dubuque   5 – 1     5 – 3   Loras   5 – 2     5 – 4   Central (IA)   3 – 3     5 – 3   Buena Vista   2 – 5     3 – 6   Luther   1 – 5     1 – 7   Simpson   1 – 5     1 – 7   Nebraska Wesleyan   0 – 6     1 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 American Southwest Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 3 Mary Hardin–Baylor   6 – 0     7 – 1   No. 8 Hardin–Simmons   5 – 1     7 – 1   Howard Payne   5 – 1     6 – 2   Sul Ross   3 – 3     3 – 5   East Texas Baptist   3 – 4     3 – 6   Texas Lutheran   2 – 4     3 – 5   Southwestern (TX)   2 – 4     3 – 5   Austin   1 – 5     1 – 7   McMurry   1 – 6     1 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Centennial Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 13 Susquehanna   7 – 0     8 – 0   No. 17 Johns Hopkins   6 – 1     7 – 1   Ursinus   5 – 2     6 – 2   Muhlenberg   5 – 2     5 – 3   Franklin & Marshall   3 – 4     4 – 4   Dickinson   3 – 4     3 – 5   Moravian   3 – 4     3 – 5   McDaniel   2 – 5     2 – 6   Gettysburg   1 – 6     1 – 7   Juniata   0 – 7     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com
2022 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 1 North Central (IL)   7 – 0     8 – 0   No. 25 Washington University   6 – 1     7 – 1   No. 15 Wheaton (IL)   6 – 1     6 – 2   Illinois Wesleyan   4 – 3     5 – 3   Carroll (WI)   4 – 3     5 – 3   Augustana (IL)   4 – 3     5 – 3   Millikin   2 – 5     3 – 5   Carthage   2 – 5     2 – 6   Elmhurst   0 – 7     0 – 8   North Park   0 – 7     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Commonwealth Coast Football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 24 Endicott   4 – 0     8 – 0   Husson   3 – 1     4 – 4   New England   3 – 2     5 – 3   Salve Regina   2 – 2     5 – 3   Western New England   2 – 2     3 – 5   Curry   1 – 4     3 – 6   Nichols   0 – 4     3 – 5   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Gallaudet   4 – 1     6 – 2   Castleton   4 – 1     5 – 4   Alfred State   2 – 2     4 – 4   SUNY Maritime   2 – 2     3 – 5   Anna Maria   1 – 3     3 – 4   Dean   1 – 3     1 – 7   Keystone   1 – 3     1 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 11 Cortland   5 – 0     8 – 0   Utica   3 – 1     7 – 1   Brockport   3 – 2     5 – 3   Morrisville State   2 – 2     6 – 2   St. John Fisher   2 – 2     4 – 4   Alfred   1 – 3     2 – 6   Hartwick   0 – 5     2 – 6   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Mount St. Joseph   5 – 0     8 – 0   Rose–Hulman   5 – 0     5 – 3   Franklin (IN)   4 – 1     4 – 4   Hanover   4 – 1     4 – 4   Bluffton   1 – 4     1 – 7   Defiance   1 – 4     1 – 7   Manchester   0 – 5     1 – 7   Anderson (IN)   0 – 5     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Liberty League football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 12 Ithaca   5 – 0     8 – 0   Union (NY)   3 – 1     6 – 2   RPI   3 – 1     5 – 3   Hobart   2 – 2     5 – 3   St. Lawrence   1 – 3     3 – 5   Rochester (NY)   1 – 4     2 – 6   Buffalo State   0 – 5     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   UMass Dartmouth   7 – 0     8 – 1   Plymouth State   5 – 1     7 – 1   Western Connecticut   5 – 2     6 – 3   Bridgewater State   4 – 2     4 – 4   Framingham State   3 – 3     4 – 4   Massachusetts Maritime   3 – 3     3 – 5   Worcester State   1 – 5     1 – 7   Fitchburg State   0 – 6     1 – 7   Westfield State   0 – 6     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 20 Albion   4 – 0     8 – 0   Alma   4 – 0     8 – 0   Trine   2 – 2     6 – 2   Adrian   2 – 2     5 – 3   Hope   2 – 3     5 – 4   Olivet   1 – 3     5 – 3   Kalamazoo   0 – 5     3 – 6   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 14 Delaware Valley   6 – 0     8 – 0   King's (PA)   6 – 1     7 – 1   Stevenson   5 – 2     7 – 2   Wilkes   5 – 2     6 – 2   Lebanon Valley   4 – 3     4 – 5   FDU Florham   3 – 3     5 – 3   Lycoming   2 – 4     3 – 5   Widener   2 – 4     3 – 5   Alvernia   1 – 5     2 – 6   Misericordia   1 – 5     2 – 6   Albright   0 – 6     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Midwest Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Ripon   7 – 0     8 – 0   Lake Forest   6 – 1     7 – 1   Monmouth (IL)   6 – 1     6 – 2   Chicago   5 – 2     6 – 2   Knox   3 – 4     4 – 4   Illinois College   3 – 4     4 – 4   Grinnell   2 – 5     2 – 5   Cornell (IA)   2 – 5     2 – 6   Beloit   1 – 6     1 – 7   Lawrence   0 – 7     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Div     Conf Overall Team   W   L         W   L     W   L   Northwoods Division No. 4 Saint John's (MN)   3 – 0     5 – 1     7 – 1   Carleton   2 – 1     4 – 2     6 – 2   Gustavus Adolphus   2 – 1     4 – 2     5 – 3   St. Olaf   1 – 2     3 – 3     4 – 4   St. Scholastica   0 – 4     1 – 5     2 – 6   Skyline Division No. 9 Bethel (MN)   3 – 0     6 – 0     7 – 1   Augsburg   3 – 0     4 – 2     6 – 2   Concordia–Moorhead   1 – 2     2 – 4     4 – 4   Macalester   1 – 3     1 – 5     3 – 5   Hamline   0 – 3     0 – 6     2 – 6   $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of October 16, 2022 Rankings from D3Football.com Poll	2022 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Trinity (CT)   7 – 0     7 – 0   Middlebury   6 – 1     6 – 1   Wesleyan   5 – 2     5 – 2   Colby   4 – 3     4 – 3   Tufts   4 – 3     4 – 3   Hamilton   2 – 5     2 – 5   Bates   2 – 5     2 – 5   Bowdoin   2 – 5     2 – 5   Williams   2 – 5     2 – 5   Amherst   1 – 6     1 – 6   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com
2022 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Springfield (MA)   4 – 0     6 – 2   Catholic University   4 – 0     5 – 3   Merchant Marine   3 – 2     5 – 3   Norwich   2 – 3     3 – 6   WPI   1 – 3     3 – 5   Coast Guard   1 – 3     3 – 5   MIT   0 – 4     2 – 5   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Salisbury   4 – 0     7 – 1   Christopher Newport   4 – 0     6 – 2   Rowan   3 – 2     5 – 3   TCNJ   2 – 2     3 – 4   Kean   1 – 3     2 – 6   William Paterson   1 – 4     4 – 5   Montclair State   0 – 4     2 – 6   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   DePauw   5 – 1     7 – 1   Wabash   5 – 1     6 – 2   Denison   4 – 2     6 – 2   Ohio Wesleyan   4 – 2     4 – 4   Wittenberg   4 – 3     4 – 4   Wooster   3 – 3     5 – 3   Kenyon   2 – 4     3 – 5   Hiram   1 – 6     1 – 7   Oberlin   0 – 6     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Aurora   6 – 0     7 – 1   Concordia (WI)   5 – 1     7 – 1   Benedictine (IL)   4 – 2     6 – 2   St. Norbert   4 – 2     5 – 3   Wisconsin Lutheran   4 – 2     4 – 4   Lakeland   2 – 4     2 – 6   Eureka   2 – 5     2 – 7   Concordia (IL)   1 – 5     2 – 6   Rockford   0 – 7     1 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Northwest Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 5 Linfield   5 – 0     7 – 0   Pacific Lutheran   4 – 1     5 – 3   George Fox   3 – 2     6 – 2   Whitworth   3 – 2     5 – 3   Pacific (OR)   3 – 2     4 – 3   Lewis & Clark   2 – 3     4 – 3   Willamette   0 – 5     2 – 6   Puget Sound   0 – 5     0 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 2 Mount Union   7 – 0     8 – 0   No. 22 John Carroll   7 – 0     7 – 1   Baldwin Wallace   6 – 1     6 – 2   Heidelberg   5 – 2     6 – 2   Muskingum   3 – 4     4 – 4   Marietta   3 – 4     4 – 4   Wilmington (OH)   2 – 5     3 – 5   Otterbein   1 – 6     2 – 6   Ohio Northern   1 – 6     1 – 7   Capital   0 – 7     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 18 Randolph–Macon   5 – 0     8 – 0   Bridgewater   4 – 1     7 – 1   Hampden–Sydney   4 – 1     5 – 3   Shenandoah   3 – 2     6 – 2   Washington & Lee   3 – 2     5 – 3   Ferrum   1 – 4     1 – 7   Averett   0 – 5     2 – 6   Guilford   0 – 5     1 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 19 Carnegie Mellon   7 – 0     9 – 0   Case Western Reserve   5 – 1     6 – 2   Grove City   4 – 2     6 – 2   Washington & Jefferson   4 – 2     6 – 2   Westminster (PA)   4 – 2     5 – 3   Waynesburg   3 – 3     4 – 4   St. Vincent   3 – 3     3 – 5   Geneva   2 – 4     2 – 6   Allegheny   2 – 6     2 – 7   Thiel   1 – 6     1 – 7   Bethany (WV)   0 – 6     1 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Southern Athletic Association football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 6 Trinity (TX)   5 – 0     8 – 0   Birmingham–Southern   4 – 1     6 – 2   Centre   3 – 2     5 – 3   Berry   3 – 2     5 – 3   Rhodes   2 – 3     4 – 4   Millsaps   2 – 3     3 – 5   Hendrix   1 – 4     2 – 6   Sewanee   0 – 5     2 – 6   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Claremont-Mudd-Scripps   4 – 0     6 – 1   Pomona-Pitzer   3 – 1     6 – 2   Redlands   3 – 1     3 – 5   Chapman   2 – 2     5 – 3   La Verne   2 – 3     2 – 6   Cal Lutheran   1 – 4     3 – 6   Whittier   0 – 4     0 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Northwestern (MN)   4 – 0     4 – 4   Minnesota–Morris   4 – 1     5 – 4   Greenville   3 – 1     5 – 3   Crown   2 – 2     2 – 6   Martin Luther   1 – 3     1 – 7   Westminster (MO)   1 – 3     1 – 7   Finlandia   0 – 5     0 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 USA South Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 21 Huntingdon   5 – 0     7 – 1   Belhaven   5 – 1     7 – 1   Brevard   4 – 1     4 – 4   Maryville (TN)   4 – 2     4 – 5   Methodist   3 – 3     4 – 5   North Carolina Wesleyan   2 – 3     2 – 6   Greensboro   1 – 4     1 – 7   LaGrange   0 – 5     1 – 6   Southern Virginia   0 – 5     0 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com
2022 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 7 Wisconsin–La Crosse   4 – 1     7 – 1   No. 10 Wisconsin–Whitewater   4 – 1     6 – 2   No. 23 Wisconsin–River Falls   3 – 2     5 – 3   Wisconsin–Stout   3 – 2     5 – 3   Wisconsin–Platteville   3 – 2     4 – 4   Wisconsin–Oshkosh   2 – 3     4 – 4   Wisconsin–Eau Claire   1 – 4     2 – 6   Wisconsin–Stevens Point   0 – 5     1 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of November 14, 2023 Rankings from d3football.com	2022 NCAA Division III independents football records Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Hilbert   –     0 – 5   Eastern*   –     –   * – Eastern was accepted as a Division III football program for the 2022 season, but did not play against any Varsity level teams Rankings from d3football.com

See also

• 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2022 NCAA Division II football season
• 2022 NAIA football season