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The NCAA Division III football championship is an American college football tournament played annually to determine a champion at the NCAA Division III level. It was first held in 1973, as a single-elimination playoff with eight teams. Over the past 50 seasons, the number of participants has grown to 32, with the current bracket size dating ...
The following is a list of current Division III schools that have participated in the playoffs leading to the NCAA Division III Football Championship. The playoffs began with four teams in 1973 , expanded to eight teams to 1975 , 16 teams in 1985 , 28 teams in 1999 , 32 teams in 2005 , [ 1 ] and 40 teams in 2024 .
April 18 – The NCAA D-III Management Council announced that they would support an expansion of the playoff bracket from 32 teams to 40 effective for this season. The amount of automatic qualifier bids will remain unchanged, but the amount of available at-large bids will increase from 4 to 12.
The College Football Playoff got underway Friday but the main course is spread out through Saturday. Three first-round games will be played across three separate campus sites from State College ...
The Purple Raiders have won a record 13 NCAA Division III national titles and appeared in the championship game 22 times. Alfred State (6-4) won the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference title.
Changes to the format in the last year of the original agreement — next season’s playoff — requires unanimity among the 11 members of the board. Changes to the format starting in 2026 ...
The 2023 NCAA Division III football season was the component of the 2023 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on September 2 and ended on November 12.
After tabling a proposed eight-team playoff format in 2009, BCS commissioners announced in 2012 they had reached an agreement on a four-team playoff, which debuted in 2014.