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.
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| Season | 2024 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
| Preseason No.1 | North Central (IL) |
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| Selected for Division III Football Championship Playoffs | ||
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D3football.com poll
edit| Preseason July 24[1] | Week 1 September 8[2] | Week 2 September 15[3] | Week 3 September 22[4] | Week 4 September 29[5] | Week 5 October 6[6] | Week 6 October 13[7] | Week 7 October 20[8] | Week 8 October 27[9] | Week 9 November 3[10] | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
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| 1. | North Central (IL) (14) | North Central (IL) (0–0) (17) | North Central (IL) (1–0) (17) | North Central (IL) (2–0) (16) | North Central (IL) (3–0) (16) | North Central (IL) (4–0) (18) | North Central (IL) (5–0) (18) | North Central (IL) (6–0) (18) | North Central (IL) (7–0) (18) | North Central (IL) (8–0) (18) | 1. | |||
| 2. | Cortland (11) | Cortland (1–0) (8) | Cortland (2–0) (8) | Cortland (2–0) (9) | Cortland (3–0) (9) | Cortland (4–0) (7) | Cortland (5–0) (7) | Cortland (6–0) (7) | Cortland (7–0) (7) | Cortland (8–0) (7) | 2. | |||
| 3. | Wisconsin–Whitewater | Wisconsin–Whitewater (1–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) | Saint John's (MN) (4–0) | Saint John's (MN) (5–0) | Saint John's (MN) (6–0) | Saint John's (MN) (7–0) | Saint John's (MN) (8–0) | 3. | |||
| 4. | Wartburg | Mount Union (1–0) | Mount Union (1–0) | Mount Union (2–0) | Mount Union (3–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (4–0) | Mount Union (5–0) | Mount Union (6–0) | Mount Union (7–0) | Mount Union (8–0) | 4. | |||
| 5. | Mount Union | Wartburg (1–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–0) | Saint John's (MN) (2–0) | Saint John's (MN) (3–0) | Mount Union (4–0) | Hardin–Simmons (5–0) | Hardin–Simmons (6–0) | Hardin–Simmons (7–0) | Hardin–Simmons (8–0) | 5. | |||
| 6. | Wisconsin–La Crosse | Wisconsin–La Crosse (1–0) | Saint John's (MN) (2–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (2–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (3–0) | Hardin–Simmons (4–0) | Wisconsin–Platteville (5–0) | Salisbury (6–0) | Salisbury (7–0) | Susquehanna (8–1) | 6. | |||
| 7. | Alma | Johns Hopkins (1–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (1–0) | Hardin–Simmons (2–0) | Hardin–Simmons (3–0) | Grove City (4–0) | Grove City (5–0) | Susquehanna (6–1) | Susquehanna (7–1) | Salisbury (8–0) | 7. | |||
| 8. | Johns Hopkins | Wisconsin–River Falls (1–0) | Johns Hopkins (2–0) | Grove City (2–0) | Grove City (3–0) | Susquehanna (4–1) | Susquehanna (5–1) | Wisconsin–Platteville (5–1) | Wisconsin–Platteville (6–1) | Wisconsin–Platteville (7–1) | 8. | |||
| 9. | Wheaton (IL) | Randolph–Macon (1–0) | Grove City (1–0) | Susquehanna (2–1) | Salisbury (3–0) | Salisbury (4–0) | Salisbury (5–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (4–2) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (5–2) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (6–2) | 9. | |||
| 10. | Randolph–Macon | Grove City (1–0) | Randolph–Macon (2–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–1) | Susquehanna (3–1) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–1) | Wisconsin–River Falls (4–1) | Wisconsin–Lacrosse (3–3) | DePauw (7–0) | DePauw (8–0) | 10. | |||
| 11. | Grove City | Susquehanna (1–0) | Susquehanna (2–0) | Salisbury (3–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–1) | Wisconsin–Platteville (4–0) | Endicott (4–1) | Endicott (5–1) | Endicott (6–1) | Endicott (7–1) | 11. | |||
| 12. | Susquehanna | Saint John's (MN) (1–0) | Hardin–Simmons (2–0) | Endicott (3–0) | Endicott (4–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–2) | Wartburg (4–1) | DePauw (6–0) | Wartburg (6–1) | Wartburg (7–1) | 12. | |||
| 13. | Trinity (TX) | Hardin–Simmons (1–0) | Wartburg (1–1) | Wartburg (2–1) | Wartburg (3–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–1) | DePauw (5–0) | Wartburg (5–1) | Grove City (6–1) | Grove City (7–1) | 13. | |||
| 14. | Saint John's (MN) | Aurora (1–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–1) | Carnegie Mellon (5–0) | Whitworth (5–0) | Whitworth (6–0) | Whitworth (7–0) | Aurora (8–1) | 14. | |||
| 15. | Aurora | Alma (0–1) | Endicott (2–0) | Carnegie Mellon (3–0) | Carnegie Mellon (4–0) | Endicott (3–1) | Carnegie Mellon (5–1) | Grove City (5–1) | Aurora (7–1) | Whitworth (8–0) | 15. | |||
| 16. | Hardin–Simmons | Endicott (1–0) | Alma (1–1) | Alma (2–1) | DePauw (4–0) | Wartburg (3–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–2) | Aurora (6–1) | Hope (7–0) | Carnegie Mellon (7–1) | 16. | |||
| 17. | Wisconsin–River Falls | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0) | Carnegie Mellon (2–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) | DePauw (4–0) | Aurora (5–1) | Hope (6–0) | Carnegie Mellon (6-1) | Hope (8–0) | 17. | |||
| 18. | Endicott | Muhlenberg (1–0) | Wheaton (IL) (0–1) | DePauw (3–0) | Wheaton (IL) (2–1) | Whitworth (4–0) | Hope (5–0) | Carnegie Mellon (5–1) | Linfield (6–1) | Linfield (7–1) | 18. | |||
| 19. | John Carroll | Wheaton (IL) (0–1) | Aurora (1–1) | Wheaton (IL) (1–1) | Whitworth (3–0) | Aurora (4–1) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–2) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–2) | Washington and Jefferson (7–1) | Washington and Jefferson (8–1) | 19. | |||
| 20. | Ithaca | Carnegie Mellon (1–0) | Whitworth (2–0) | Johns Hopkins (2–1) | Aurora (3–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–2) | Linfield (4–1) | Linfield (5–1) | Wisconsin–Lacrosse (4–3) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (5–3) | 20. | |||
| 21. | Muhlenberg | Linfield (1–0) | DePauw (2–0) | Whitworth (3–0) | Johns Hopkins (2–1) | Hope (5–0) | Johns Hopkins (4–1) | Washington and Jefferson (6–1) | Wisconsin–River Falls (5–2) | Johns Hopkins (7–1) | 21. | |||
| 22. | Carnegie Mellon | Berry (GA) (1–0) | Salisbury (2–0) | Aurora (2–1) | Linfield (2–1) | Johns Hopkins (3–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–3) | Wisconsin–Lacrosse (3–3) | Johns Hopkins (6–1) | Marietta (8–0) | 22. | |||
| 23. | Linfield | Whitworth (1–0) | Linfield (1–1) | Randolph–Macon (2–1) | Hope (4–0) | Linfield (3–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–2) | Johns Hopkins (5–1) | Wheaton (IL) (5–2) | Wheaton (IL) (6–2) | 23. | |||
| 24. | Whitworth | Ithaca (0–1) | Bethel (MN) (1–0) | Bethel (MN) (2–0) | Wisconsin–Platteville (3–0) | Wheaton (IL) (2–2) | Wheaton (IL) (3–2) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–2) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–2) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–2) | 24. | |||
| 25. | Berry (GA) | John Carroll (0–1) | John Carroll (0–1) | Linfield (2–1) | Randolph–Macon (2–1) | John Carroll (2–2) | Berry (GA) (4–1) | Wheaton (IL) (4–2) | Marietta (7–0) | Bethel (MN) (7–1) | 25. | |||
| Preseason July 24[1] | Week 1 September 8[2] | Week 2 September 15[3] | Week 3 September 22[4] | Week 4 September 29[5] | Week 5 October 6[6] | Week 6 October 13[7] | Week 7 October 20[8] | Week 8 October 27[9] | Week 9 November 3[10] | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
| Dropped: Trinity (TX) (0–1) | Dropped: Muhlenberg (1–1) Berry (GA) (1–1) Ithaca (0–2) | Dropped: John Carroll (0–2) | Dropped: Alma (2–2) Bethel (MN) (2–1) | Dropped: Randolph–Macon (3–1) | Dropped: John Carroll (3–2) | Dropped: Berry (5–1) | Dropped: Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–3) | Dropped: Wisconsin–River Falls (5–3) | None | None | None |
AFCA Coaches' poll
edit| Preseason August 26[11] | Week 1 September 9[12] | Week 2 September 16[13] | Week 3 September 23[14] | Week 4 September 30[15] | Week 5 October 7[16] | Week 6 October 14[17] | Week 7 October 21[18] | Week 8 October 28[19] | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
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| 1. | North Central (IL) (26) | North Central (IL) (0–0) (28) | North Central (IL) (1–0) (33) | North Central (IL) (2–0) (33) | North Central (IL) (3–0) (36) | North Central (IL) (4–0) (36) | North Central (IL) (5–0) (36) | North Central (IL) (6–0) (36) | North Central (IL) (7–0) (37) | 1. | ||||
| 2. | Cortland (24) | Cortland (1–0) (21) | Cortland (2–0) (16) | Cortland (3–0) (15) | Cortland (3–0) (12) | Cortland (4–0) (13) | Cortland (5–0) (13) | Cortland (6–0) (13) | Cortland (7–0) (12) | 2. | ||||
| 3. | Wisconsin–Whitewater | Wisconsin–Whitewater (1–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–0) | Mount Union (2–0) (1) | Mount Union (3–0) (1) | Mount Union (4–0) (1) | Mount Union (5–0) (1) | Mount Union (6–0) (1) | Mount Union (7–0) (1) | 3. | ||||
| 4. | Wartburg | Mount Union (1–0) (1) | Mount Union (1–0) (1) | Saint John's (MN) (2–0) | Saint John's (MN) (3–0) | Saint John's (MN) (4–0) | Saint John's (MN) (5–0) | Saint John's (MN) (6–0) | Saint John's (MN) (7–0) | 4. | ||||
| 5. | Mount Union | Wisconsin–La Crosse (1–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) (1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) (1) | Wisconsin–River Falls (4–0) | Hardin–Simmons (5–0) | Hardin–Simmons (6–0) | Hardin–Simmons (7–0) | 5. | ||||
| 6. | Wisconsin–La Crosse | Wartburg (1–0) | Johns Hopkins (2–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (2–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (3–0) | Hardin–Simmons (4–0) | Wisconsin–Platteville (5–0) | Susquehanna (6–1) | Susquehanna (7–1) | 6. | ||||
| 7. | Alma | Johns Hopkins (1–0) | Saint John's (MN) (2–0) | Grove City (2–0) | Grove City (3–0) | Grove City (4–0) | Grove City (5–0) | Salisbury (6–0) | Salisbury (7–0) | 7. | ||||
| 8. | Johns Hopkins | Randolph–Macon (1–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (1–0) | Hardin–Simmons (2–0) | Hardin–Simmons (3–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–1) | Susquehanna (5–1) | DePauw (6–0) | DePauw (7–0) | 8. | ||||
| 9. | Wheaton (IL) | Grove City (1–0) | Randolph–Macon (2–0) | Endicott (3–0) | Endicott (4–0) | Susquehanna (4–1) | Salisbury (5–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (5–1) | Wisconsin–Platteville (6–1) | 9. | ||||
| 10. | Randolph–Macon | Wisconsin–River Falls (1–0) | Grove City (1–0) | Susquehanna (2–1) | Susquehanna (3–1) | Carnegie Mellon (5–0) | DePauw (5–0) | Whitworth (6–0) | Whitworth (7–0) | 10. | ||||
| 11. | Grove City | Susquehanna (1–0) | Susquehanna (2–0) | Carnegie Mellon (3–0) т | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–1) | Wisconsin–Platteville (4–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (4–1) | Wisconsin–Platteville (5–1) | Wartburg (6–1)Endicott (6–1) | 11. | ||||
| 12. | Susquehanna | Saint John's (MN) (1–0) | Hardin–Simmons (2–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–1) т | Carnegie Mellon (4–0) | Salisbury (4–0) | Whitworth (5–0) | Wartburg (5–1) | Endicott (6–1) | 12. | ||||
| 13. | Trinity (TX) | Aurora (1–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0) | Salisbury (3–0) | Salisbury (3–0) | DePauw (5–0) | Wartburg (4–1) | Endicott (5–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (5–2) | 13. | ||||
| 14. | Saint John's (MN) | Hardin–Simmons (1–0) | Endicott (2–0) | DePauw (3–0) | DePauw (4–0) | Whitworth (4–0) | Endicott (4–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (4–2) | Aurora (7–1) | 14. | ||||
| 15. | Aurora | Endicott (1–0) | Wartburg (1–1) | Alma (2–1) | Wartburg (3–1) | Wartburg (3–1) | Carnegie Mellon (5–1) | Aurora (6–1) | Linfield (6–1) | 15. | ||||
| 16. | Hardin–Simmons | Alma (0–1) т | Carnegie Mellon (2–0) | Wartburg (2–1) | Whitworth (3–0) | Endicott (4–1) | Aurora (5–1) | Carnegie Mellon (5–1) | Carnegie Mellon (6–1) | 16. | ||||
| 17. | Wisconsin–River Falls | Linfield (1–0) т | Alma (1–1) | Whitworth (3–0) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–1) | Linfield (4–1) | Linfield (5–1) | Hope (7–0) | 17. | ||||
| 18. | Endicott | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0) | DePauw (2–0) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–2) | Hope (5–0) | Hope (6–0) | Grove City (6–1) | 18. | ||||
| 19. | Ithaca | Muhlenberg (1–0) | Whitworth (2–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) | Linfield (2–1) | Linfield (3–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–2) | Grove City (5–1) | Johns Hopkins (6–1) | 19. | ||||
| 20. | John Carroll | Carnegie Mellon (1–0) | Aurora (1–1) | Johns Hopkins (2–1) | Wisconsin–Platteville (3–0) | Aurora (4–1) | Johns Hopkins (4–1) | John Hopkins(5–1) | Wisconsin–River Falls (5–2) | 20. | ||||
| 21. | Muhlenberg | Berry (GA) (1–0) | Linfield (1–1) | Linfield (2–1) | Aurora (3–1) | Hope (5–0) | Coe (6–0) | Coe (7–0) | Wisconsin–Lacrosse (4–3) | 21. | ||||
| 22. | Linfield | Wheaton (IL) (0–1) | Wheaton (IL) (0–1) | Aurora (2–1) | Johns Hopkins (2–1) | Johns Hopkins (3–1) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–2) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–2) | Springfield (7–0) | 22. | ||||
| 23. | Carnegie Mellon | Whitworth (1–0) | Wisconsin–Platteville (2–0) | Wisconsin–Platteville (3–0) | Wheaton (IL) (2–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–2) | Randolph–Macon (4–1) | Springfield (6–0) | Washington and Jefferson (7–1) | 23. | ||||
| 24. | Berry (GA) | Ithaca (0–1) | Bethel (MN) (1–0) | Wheaton (IL) (1–1) | Hope (4–0) | Coe (5–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–3) | Randolph–Macon (5–1) | Randolph–Macon (6–1) | 24. | ||||
| 25. | Whitworth | DePauw (1–0) | Salisbury (2–0) | Randolph–Macon (2–1) | Randolph–Macon (2–1) | Randolph–Macon (3–1) | Springfield (5–0) | Washington and Jefferson (6–1) Wisconsin–Lacrosse (3–3) | Marietta (7–0) | 25. | ||||
| Preseason August 26[11] | Week 1 September 9[12] | Week 2 September 16[13] | Week 3 September 23[14] | Week 4 September 30[15] | Week 5 October 7[16] | Week 6 October 14[17] | Week 7 October 21[18] | Week 8 October 28[19] | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
| Dropped: Trinity (TX) (0–1) John Carroll (0–1) | Dropped: Muhlenberg (1–1) Berry (GA) (1–1) Ithaca (0–2) | Dropped: Bethel (MN) (2–0) | Dropped: Alma (2–2) | Dropped: Wheaton (IL) (2–2) | Dropped: Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–2) | None | Dropped: Coe (7–1) (Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–3) | None | None | None | None |
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