* – Provisional Division III member ** – Dean was accepted as a Division III football program for the 2016 season, but did not play against any varsity level teams.
Postseasonedit
Twenty-five conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, two conferences had no Pool A bid. The American Southwest, which had fallen below the required seven members in 2013 and lost its Pool A bid after the two-year grace period, was in the first year of the two-year waiting period, having now attained seven members; the SCAC had only four members.
Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 25 Pool A conferences contained 222 schools, an average of 8.9 teams per conference. Twelve schools were in Pool B, enough for one bid.
The remaining six playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.
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The 2016 NCAA Division III football season part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States began on September 5 2016 and ended with the NCAA Division III Football Championship also known as the Stagg Bowl on December 16 2016 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem Virginia However UMHB s championship was later vacated by the NCAA 1 2016 NCAA Division III football seasonRegular seasonSeptember 3 November 12 2016PlayoffsNovember 19 December 16 2016NationalchampionshipSalem Football StadiumSalem VAChampionMary Hardin Baylor vacated via NCAA violation Gagliardi TrophyCarter Hanson Saint John s MN 2015 NCAA Division III football seasons 2017 Contents 1 Conference changes and new programs 2 Conference standings 3 Postseason 3 1 Playoff bracket 3 2 Bowl games 4 See also 5 ReferencesConference changes and new programs editThree programs changed conference affiliations School 2015 conference 2016 conference Carroll MWC CCIW 2 McMurry Independent ASC 3 Nebraska Wesleyan Great Plains NAIA IIAC 4 A full list of Division III teams can be viewed on the D3football website 5 This was also the final season of competition for two Division III conferences The New England Football Conference will be absorbed by the Commonwealth Coast Conference 6 and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference which had lost most of its membership in 2012 when seven schools left to form the Southern Athletic Association will end its sponsorship of football and continue as a non football conference Conference standings edit2016 American Southwest Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 1 Mary Hardin Baylor 6 0 15 0 No 13 Hardin Simmons 5 1 9 2 Sul Ross 4 2 6 4 East Texas Baptist 3 3 7 3 McMurry 2 4 4 5 Louisiana College 1 5 4 6 Howard Payne 0 6 0 10 Belhaven 2 8 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant Provisional NCAA Division III member Provisional NCAA Division III member games not counted in standingsRankings from D3football com 2016 Centennial Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 11 Johns Hopkins 9 0 11 1 Muhlenberg 8 1 9 2 Franklin amp Marshall 6 3 7 4 Susquehanna 6 3 6 4 Moravian 4 5 5 5 Juniata 3 6 4 6 Gettysburg 3 6 3 7 McDaniel 3 6 3 7 Ursinus 2 7 2 8 Dickinson 1 8 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 10 North Central IL 8 0 11 1 No 8 Wheaton IL 7 1 11 2 Illinois Wesleyan 6 2 7 2 Carthage 5 3 7 3 Elmhurst 4 4 5 5 Millikin 3 5 4 6 Augustana IL 2 6 3 7 Carroll WI 1 7 1 9 North Park 0 8 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Husson 7 0 9 2 Norwich 5 2 5 5 SUNY Maritime 4 3 6 5 Castleton 4 3 4 6 Mount Ida 4 3 4 6 Becker 2 5 3 7 Gallaudet 1 6 2 8 Anna Maria 1 6 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2016 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 12 Alfred 8 0 12 1 No 25 St John Fisher 6 2 8 3 Brockport 6 2 7 4 Utica 5 3 7 4 Ithaca 4 4 5 5 Buffalo State 3 5 5 5 Cortland 3 5 5 6 Hartwick 1 7 2 8 Morrisville State 0 8 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Franklin IN 7 1 8 2 Rose Hulman 7 1 8 3 Mount St Joseph 6 2 6 4 Bluffton 5 3 7 3 Defiance 4 4 5 5 Hanover 4 4 4 6 Manchester 2 6 2 8 Anderson IN 1 7 1 9 Earlham 0 8 0 10 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2016 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 17 Coe 8 0 11 1 Central IA 6 2 8 2 Dubuque 6 2 8 2 Wartburg 5 3 6 4 Nebraska Wesleyan 3 5 4 6 Buena Vista 3 5 3 7 Luther 2 6 3 7 Simpson 2 6 3 7 Loras 1 7 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Liberty League football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 24 St Lawrence 6 1 9 1 No 19 Hobart 6 1 9 2 Merchant Marine 4 3 5 4 Springfield 4 3 5 5 WPI 3 4 6 4 RPI 3 4 6 5 Union NY 2 5 3 7 Rochester NY 0 7 1 8 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Bridgewater State 8 0 8 3 Framingham State 6 2 8 3 Plymouth State 4 4 6 4 UMass Dartmouth 4 4 5 5 Western Connecticut 4 4 5 5 Fitchburg State 3 5 5 5 Massachusetts Maritime 3 5 4 6 Worcester State 3 5 3 7 Westfield State 1 7 2 8 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2016 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Olivet 6 0 9 2 Hope 5 1 7 3 Alma 4 2 7 3 Trine 3 3 6 4 Adrian 2 4 4 6 Kalamazoo 1 5 3 7 Albion 0 6 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2016 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 20 Stevenson 8 1 9 2 Delaware Valley 7 2 9 2 Albright 7 2 8 3 Widener 6 3 6 4 King s 5 4 5 5 Lebanon Valley 4 5 4 6 Wilkes 3 6 3 7 Lycoming 2 7 3 7 FDU Florham 2 7 2 8 Misericordia 1 8 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Midwest Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 21 Monmouth IL 8 0 10 1 St Norbert 7 1 7 3 Lake Forest 6 2 8 2 Macalester 6 2 7 3 Illinois College 5 3 6 4 Cornell IA 4 4 5 5 Beloit 2 6 3 7 Lawrence 2 6 3 7 Knox 2 6 2 8 Ripon 2 6 2 8 Grinnell 0 8 0 10 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 6 St Thomas MN 8 0 12 1 No 9 Saint John s MN 7 1 10 2 Concordia Moorhead 6 2 7 3 Bethel MN 5 3 5 5 Gustavus Adolphus 3 5 5 5 Hamline 3 5 5 5 Augsburg 2 6 2 8 St Olaf 1 7 2 8 Carleton 1 7 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 New England Football Conference standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 22 Western New England 7 0 11 1 Salve Regina 6 1 8 2 Endicott 5 2 5 5 Nichols 4 3 6 4 MIT 3 4 3 7 Coast Guard 2 5 3 7 Curry 1 6 3 6 Maine Maritime 0 7 1 8 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Trinity CT 8 0 8 0 Tufts 7 1 7 1 Middlebury 6 2 6 2 Wesleyan 6 2 6 2 Amherst 4 4 4 4 Bates 3 5 3 5 Colby 3 5 3 5 Hamilton 3 5 3 5 Bowdoin 0 8 0 8 Williams 0 8 0 8 Conference champion 2016 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 23 Frostburg State 8 1 10 1 No 15 Wesley 8 1 9 3 Salisbury 6 3 8 3 Christopher Newport 6 3 7 3 Kean 5 4 7 4 Rowan 5 4 6 4 Montclair State 3 6 4 6 TCNJ 2 7 2 8 Southern Virginia 1 8 2 8 William Paterson 1 8 2 8 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 16 Wittenberg 8 1 10 2 Denison 7 2 8 2 DePauw 7 2 8 2 Wabash 7 2 8 2 Ohio Wesleyan 6 3 6 4 Wooster 4 5 4 6 Hiram 3 6 3 7 Kenyon 2 7 3 7 Allegheny 1 8 1 9 Oberlin 0 9 0 10 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Lakeland 5 1 7 4 Aurora 5 1 6 4 Benedictine IL 4 2 6 4 Wisconsin Lutheran 4 2 5 5 Concordia IL 2 4 4 6 Concordia WI 1 5 3 7 Rockford 0 6 1 9 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2016 Northwest Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 7 Linfield 7 0 9 2 Whitworth 6 1 8 2 George Fox 5 2 5 4 Pacific Lutheran 4 3 5 4 Pacific OR 3 4 4 6 Willamette 2 5 3 7 Puget Sound 1 6 3 6 Lewis amp Clark 0 7 0 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 3 John Carroll 9 0 12 2 No 4 Mount Union 8 1 12 2 Heidelberg 6 3 6 4 Ohio Northern 5 4 5 5 Otterbein 5 4 5 5 Capital 4 5 4 6 Muskingum 3 6 4 6 Marietta 3 6 3 7 Baldwin Wallace 2 7 3 7 Wilmington OH 0 9 0 10 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Randolph Macon 6 1 9 2 Emory amp Henry 5 2 6 4 Washington and Lee 5 2 6 4 Shenandoah 4 3 6 4 Bridgewater 4 3 5 5 Hampden Sydney 3 4 3 7 Guilford 1 6 4 6 Catholic University 0 7 3 7 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2016 Presidents Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 18 Thomas More 8 0 9 2 Case Western Reserve 7 1 9 1 Washington amp Jefferson 6 2 9 2 Carnegie Mellon 6 2 7 4 Westminster PA 5 3 8 3 Saint Vincent 3 5 5 5 Thiel 3 5 4 6 Bethany WV 2 6 3 7 Geneva 2 6 3 7 Waynesburg 2 6 2 8 Grove City 0 8 0 10 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Southern Athletic Association football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Berry 7 1 9 1 Washington University 7 1 8 3 Centre 6 2 8 2 Hendrix 5 3 7 3 Rhodes 4 4 6 4 Chicago 4 4 4 6 Millsaps 2 6 3 7 Birmingham Southern 1 7 1 9 Sewanee 0 8 0 10 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2016 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Redlands 7 0 8 2 Claremont Mudd Scripps 5 2 7 2 Pomona Pitzer 5 2 6 3 Chapman 4 3 5 4 Cal Lutheran 4 3 4 5 La Verne 2 5 2 7 Occidental 1 6 1 8 Whittier 0 7 0 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Southwestern TX 6 0 7 3 Trinity TX 3 3 5 5 Texas Lutheran 2 4 2 8 Austin 1 5 3 7 Conference champion 2016 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Northwestern MN 8 1 9 2 Eureka 7 2 8 2 MacMurray 7 2 8 2 St Scholastica 7 2 7 3 Minnesota Morris 5 4 6 4 Westminster MO 4 5 4 6 Iowa Wesleyan 3 6 3 7 Crown 2 7 2 8 Greenville 2 7 2 8 Martin Luther 0 9 0 10 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant Provisional NCAA Division III member 2016 USA South Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Huntingdon 6 1 9 2 Maryville TN 6 1 8 2 North Carolina Wesleyan 4 2 5 4 Ferrum 4 3 6 4 Averett 4 3 5 5 Methodist 2 4 3 6 LaGrange 1 6 3 7 Greensboro 0 7 1 9 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2016 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 5 Wisconsin Whitewater 7 0 12 1 No 2 Wisconsin Oshkosh 6 1 13 2 No 14 Wisconsin Platteville 5 2 8 3 Wisconsin Stevens Point 3 4 6 4 Wisconsin River Falls 3 4 4 6 Wisconsin La Crosse 2 5 5 5 Wisconsin Stout 1 6 3 7 Wisconsin Eau Claire 1 6 2 8 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participantRankings from D3football com 2016 NCAA Division III independents football records vte Conf Overall Team W L W L Dean 6 4 Maranatha Baptist 2 7 Finlandia 1 7 Alfred State 1 9 Provisional Division III member Dean was accepted as a Division III football program for the 2016 season but did not play against any varsity level teams Postseason editTwenty five conferences met the requirements for an automatic Pool A bid to the playoffs Besides the NESCAC which does not participate in the playoffs two conferences had no Pool A bid The American Southwest which had fallen below the required seven members in 2013 and lost its Pool A bid after the two year grace period was in the first year of the two year waiting period having now attained seven members the SCAC had only four members Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools The 25 Pool A conferences contained 222 schools an average of 8 9 teams per conference Twelve schools were in Pool B enough for one bid The remaining six playoff spots were at large Pool C teams Playoff bracket edit See also NCAA Division III Football Championship First roundNovember 19 2016Second roundNovember 26 2016QuarterfinalsDecember 3 2016SemifinalsDecember 10 2016ChampionshipDecember 16 2016Salem Football StadiumSalem VirginiaMary Hardin Baylor 50Redlands28Mary Hardin Baylor 27Hardin Simmons 10Linfield10Linfield24Mary Hardin Baylor 38Wheaton 45Wheaton16Huntingdon10Wheaton31North Central 41North Central 14Rose Hulman7Mary Hardin Baylor 14Alfred 33Mount Union12Bridgewater State27Alfred 30Western New England 44Western New England24Husson27Alfred 45Hobart 21Mount Union70Mount Union38Mount Union28Johns Hopkins 42Johns Hopkins 21Randolph Macon21Mary Hardin Baylor10St Thomas 43UW Oshkosh7Northwestern MN 0St Thomas 55Coe 21Coe6Monmouth14St Thomas 31St John s 32UW Oshkosh34UW Platteville31St John s14UW Oshkosh 49UW Oshkosh 31Washington U 13UW Oshkosh 10John Carroll 37John Carroll3Olivet12John Carroll 20Wesley 38Wesley17Stevenson17John Carroll31Thomas More 30UW Whitewater 14Wittenberg 33Wittenberg9UW Whitewater 45UW Whitewater 37Lakeland27 Home team Overtime Winner Bowl games edit Winning teams are denoted in bold Date Bowl StadiumCity Home team Away team Score Nov 18 2016 ECAC Chapman Bowl Franklin FieldPhiladelphia Pennsylvania Kean SUNY Cortland 30 27 Nov 18 2016 ECAC President s Bowl Franklin FieldPhiladelphia Pennsylvania Washington amp Jefferson Brockport 38 31 Nov 19 2016 ECAC Lynah Bowl Franklin FieldPhiladelphia Pennsylvania Utica Westminster PA 33 6 Nov 19 2016 ECAC Bushnell Bowl Franklin FieldPhiladelphia Pennsylvania No 24 Frostburg State No 22 St John Fisher 38 14 Nov 19 2016 New England Bowl Gaudet FieldMiddletown Rhode Island Salve Regina Framingham State 37 34 Nov 19 2016 Centennial MAC Bowl Series Scotty Wood StadiumAllentown Pennsylvania Muhlenberg Delaware Valley 30 27 Nov 19 2016 Centennial MAC Bowl Series Shirk StadiumReading Pennsylvania Albright Franklin amp Marshall 28 23 Nov 20 2016 ECAC Legacy Bowl Franklin FieldPhiladelphia Pennsylvania Carnegie Mellon Salisbury 52 20 Nov 20 2016 ECAC Whitelaw Bowl Franklin FieldPhiladelphia Pennsylvania SUNY Maritime RPI 38 6See also edit2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season 2016 NCAA Division II football season 2016 NAIA football seasonReferences edit Quillin Kurtis June 26 2020 NCAA denies UMHB sanctions appeal KCEN TV Retrieved November 7 2021 Carrol returns to CCIW D3sports com Retrieved November 17 2016 War Hawks Tabbed Fifth in 2016 ASC Football Poll McMurry War Hawks July 19 2016 NWU gives up NAIA status will join IIAC D3sports com Retrieved November 17 2016 Division III Team Pages D3football com Retrieved November 7 2016 Commonwealth Coast Conference To Administer Football Championship Beginning in 2017 18 Press release Commonwealth Coast Conference October 5 2015 Retrieved December 24 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 NCAA Division III football season amp oldid 1171733409, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,