The 2019 NCAA Division III football season is the component of the 2019 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on September 5 and culminated on November 16.
The season's playoffs ended with the NCAA Division III Football Championship (also known as the Stagg Bowl) at Woodforest Bank Stadium in Shenandoah, Texas, hosted by the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor.
The annual Cortaca Jug game between and on November 16 was moved to MetLife Stadium in honor of the 150th anniversary of college football. It became the most-attended game in Division III history, with 45,161 fans watching Ithaca defeat Cortland 32–20.
Conference changes and new programs Membership changes School Former conference New conference Buffalo State Bengals Empire 8 Liberty League Earlham Quakers HCAC Suspended program Thomas More Saints Independent Mid-South (NAIA) Frostburg State Bobcats NJAC Mountain East (D-II) Husson Eagles ECFC Commonwealth Coast Southern Virginia Knights NJAC ODAC
Belhaven completed its transition to Division III and became eligible for the postseason.
Conference standings
Postseason Twenty-seven conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs.
There were no "Pool B" bids this year, slots normally allocated to schools not in a Pool A conference.
The remaining five playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.
Qualified teams Automatic bids (27) ConferenceTeamAppearanceLastAmerican Southwest Conference Mary Hardin–Baylor 18th 2018American Rivers Conference Central (IA) 21st 2009Centennial Conference Muhlenberg 9th 2018College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Wheaton (IL) 11th 2016Commonwealth Coast Football Western New England 6th 2018Eastern Collegiate Football Conference SUNY Maritime 2nd 2010Empire 8 Brockport 7th 2018Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Hanover 8th 2018Liberty League Union (NY) 12th 2006Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Framingham State 5th 2018Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hope 5th 2006Middle Atlantic Conference Delaware Valley 9th 2018Midwest Conference Monmouth (IL) 7th 2017Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Saint John's (MN) 26th 2018New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference MIT 3rd 2018New Jersey Athletic Conference Salisbury 11th 2015North Coast Athletic Conference Wabash 10th 2015Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Aurora (IL) 5th 2008Northwest Conference Linfield 15th 2017Ohio Athletic Conference Mount Union 31st 2018Old Dominion Athletic Conference Bridgewater (VA) 7th 2005Presidents' Athletic Conference Case Western Reserve 5th 2017Southern Athletic Association Berry 3rd 2018Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Chapman 3rd 2017Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Martin Luther 2nd 2018USA South Athletic Conference Huntingdon 5th 2017Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wisconsin–Oshkosh 5th 2017
At-large bids (5) TeamConferenceAppearanceLastNorth Central (IL) CCIW 12th 2018Redlands SCIAC 9th 2016Wartburg ARC 14th 2018Wesley NJAC 15th 2017Wisconsin–Whitewater WIAC 17th 2018
Playoff bracket
See also 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season 2019 NCAA Division II football season 2019 NAIA football season
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