2019 NCAA Division III football rankings

2019 NCAA Division III football rankings
Season2019
PostseasonSingle-elimination
Preseason No. 1Mary Hardin–Baylor
National championsNorth Central (IL)
Conference with most teams in final pollMIAC (3)

Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings. 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. One additional poll is released midway through the season, the AFCA Division III Coaches Poll.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Selected for Division III Football Championship Playoffs
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  Win–loss record
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  Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

D3football.com poll

Preseason
August 8[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
November 10[11]
Week 11
November 17[12]
Final
December 22[13]
1.Mary Hardin–Baylor (24)Mary Hardin–Baylor (0–0) (24)Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0) (24)Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–0) (18)Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–0) (19)Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–0) (19)Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–0) (18)Mary Hardin–Baylor (6–0) (17)Mount Union (7–0) (15)Mount Union (8–0) (15)Mount Union (9–0) (15)Mount Union (10–0) (14)North Central (IL) (14–1) (25)1.
2.Mount Union (1)Mount Union (1–0) (1)Mount Union (1–0) (1)Mount Union (2–0) (7)Mount Union (3–0) (6)Mount Union (4–0) (6)Mount Union (5–0) (7)Mount Union (6–0) (8)Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–0) (10)Mary Hardin–Baylor (8–0) (10)Mary Hardin–Baylor (9–0) (10)Mary Hardin–Baylor (10–0) (11)Wisconsin–Whitewater (13–2)2.
3.Saint John's (MN)Wisconsin–Whitewater (1–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (5–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (6–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (7–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (8–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (9–0)Wheaton (IL) (10–0)Mount Union (11–1)3.
4.Wisconsin–WhitewaterSaint John's (MN) (1–0)Saint John's (MN) (1–0)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)Wheaton (IL) (8–0)Wheaton (IL) (9–0)Muhlenberg (10–0)Saint John's (MN) (12–2)4.
5.North Central (IL)North Central (IL) (1–0)North Central (IL) (1–0)North Central (IL) (2–0)North Central (IL) (3–0)Wheaton (IL) (4–0)Wheaton (IL) (5–0)Wheaton (IL) (6–0)Wheaton (IL) (7–0)Muhlenberg (8–0)Muhlenberg (9–0)North Central (IL) (9–1)Wheaton (IL) (12–1)5.
6.Johns HopkinsSt. Thomas (MN) (1–0)St. Thomas (MN) (1–0)St. Thomas (MN) (2–0)Hardin–Simmons (4–0)Bethel (MN) (4–0)Muhlenberg (5–0)Muhlenberg (6–0)Muhlenberg (7–0)North Central (IL) (7–1)North Central (IL) (8–1)Salisbury (9–0)Mary Hardin–Baylor (12–1)6.
7.St. Thomas (MN)Johns Hopkins (1–0)Hardin–Simmons (2–0)Hardin–Simmons (3–0)Bethel (MN) (3–0)Muhlenberg (5–0)Berry (6–0)North Central (IL) (5–1)North Central (IL) (6–1)Salisbury (7–0)Salisbury (8–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (9–1)Muhlenberg (13–1)7.
8.MuhlenbergMuhlenberg (1–0)Muhlenberg (2–0)Bethel (MN) (2–0)Muhlenberg (4–0)Berry (5–0)North Central (IL) (4–1)Ithaca (6–0)Ithaca (7–0)Saint John's (MN) (7–1)Saint John's (MN) (8–1)Saint John's (MN) (8–1)Delaware Valley (11–2)8.
9.Hardin–SimmonsHardin–Simmons (1–0)Bethel (MN) (2–0)Muhlenberg (3–0)Wheaton (IL) (3–0)North Central (IL) (3–1)Ithaca (5–0)Bethel (MN) (5–1)Bethel (MN) (6–1)Bethel (MN) (7–1)Bethel (MN) (8–1)Delaware Valley (9–1)Salisbury (11–1)9.
10.Bethel (MN)Bethel (MN) (1–0)Whitworth (1–0)Berry (3–0)Berry (4–0)Ithaca (4–0)Bethel (MN) (4–1)Salisbury (5–0)Salisbury (6–0)John Carroll (7–1)John Carroll (8–1)Wesley (9–1)Chapman (10–1)10.
11.WhitworthWhitworth (1–0)Linfield (1–0)Wheaton (IL) (2–0)Ithaca (3–0)St. Thomas (MN) (3–1)St. Thomas (MN) (4–1)John Carroll (5–1)John Carroll (6–1)Wartburg (8–0)Delaware Valley (8–1)John Carroll (9–1)Wesley (10–2)11.
12.LinfieldLinfield (0–0)Washington & Jefferson (2–0)John Carroll (2–0)Wesley (3–0)Wesley (4–0)Salisbury (4–0)Wartburg (7–0)Wartburg (7–0)Wesley (7–1)Wesley (8–1)Chapman (9–0)Union (11–1)12.
13.BrockportDelaware Valley (1–0)Berry (2–0)Ithaca (2–0)Delaware Valley (3–1)Delaware Valley (4–1)John Carroll (4–1)Wesley (5–1)Wisconsin–Platteville (6–1)Delaware Valley (8–1)Chapman (8–0)Union (10–0)John Carroll (9–1)13.
14.Delaware ValleyIllinois Wesleyan (0–0)John Carroll (1–0)Wesley (3–0)St. Thomas (MN) (2–1)Salisbury (3–0)Wartburg (6–0)Delaware Valley (6–1)Wesley (6–1)Union (8–0)Union (9–0)St. Thomas (MN) (8–2)Wartburg (10–2)14.
15.Illinois WesleyanWashington & Jefferson (1–0)Wesley (2–0)Delaware Valley (2–1)Salisbury (2–0)Redlands (4–0)Wesley (4–1)Hardin–Simmons (5–1)Delaware Valley (7–1)Chapman (7–0)Hardin–Simmons (7–2)Susquehanna (9–1)St. Thomas (MN) (8–2)15.
16.BerryBerry (1–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1)Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1)John Carroll (3–1)Delaware Valley (5–1)Wisconsin–Platteville (5–1)Chapman (6–0)Hardin–Simmons (6–2)Susquehanna (8–1)Hardin–Simmons (8–2)Susquehanna (10–1)16.
17.John CarrollJohn Carroll (1–0)Wheaton (IL) (1–0)Salisbury (2–0)John Carroll (2–1)Hardin–Simmons (4–1)Hardin–Simmons (4–1)Chapman (5–0)Hardin–Simmons (5–2)Ithaca (7–1)St. Thomas (MN) (7–2)Redlands (9–1)Central (10–2)17.
18.WittenbergCentre (1–0)Illinois Wesleyan (0–1)Johns Hopkins (2–1)Redlands (3–0)Wartburg (5–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (4–1)St. Thomas (MN) (4–2)Cortland (7–0)St. Thomas (MN) (6–2)Redlands (8–1)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (8–2)Redlands (9–2)18.
19.RPIRPI (1–0)Centre (2–0)Redlands (3–0)Johns Hopkins (3–1)Wisconsin–Platteville (4–0)Chapman (4–0)Cortland (6–0)St. Thomas (MN) (5–2)Susquehanna (7–1)Linfield (7–1)Bethel (MN) (8–2)Linfield (8–2)19.
20.CentreWheaton (IL) (1–0)Delaware Valley (1–1)Wartburg (3–0)Wartburg (4–0)Johns Hopkins (4–1)Johns Hopkins (4–1)Susquehanna (5–1)Susquehanna (6–1)Case Western Reserve (8–0)Case Western Reserve (9–0)Linfield (8–1)Bridgewater (10–1)20.
21.Washington & JeffersonWabash (0–0)Johns Hopkins (1–1)Whitworth (1–1)Hobart (4–0)Susquehanna (4–1)Susquehanna (4–1)Case Western Reserve (6–0)Case Western Reserve (7–0)Redlands (7–1)Bridgewater (9–0)Bridgewater (10–0)Hardin–Simmons (8–2)21.
22.Wheaton (IL)Wesley (1–0)Ithaca (1–0)Linfield (1–1)Susquehanna (3–1)Cortland (4–0)Cortland (5–0)Berry (6–1)Berry (7–1)Berry (7–1)Brockport (8–1)Wartburg (9–1)Wisonsin–Oshkosh (8–3)22.
23.WabashWisconsin–La Crosse (1–0)Salisbury (2–0)Trine (3–0)Whitworth (1–1)Linfield (2–1)Case Western Reserve (5–0)Redlands (5–1)Redlands (6–1)Linfield (6–1)Berry (8–1)Berry (9–1)Bethel (MN) (8–2)23.
24.Randolph–MaconIthaca (1–0)Washington (MO) (1–0)Susquehanna (2–1)Trine (3–0)Whitworth (2–1)Redlands (4–1)Linfield (4–1)Linfield (5–1)Bridgewater (8–0)Wartburg (8–1)Central (9–1)Aurora (9–2)24.
25.St. NorbertWittenberg (0–1)Susquehanna (2–0)Hobart (3–0)Linfield (1–1)Case Western Reserve (4–0)Linfield (3–1)Union (6–0)Union (7–0)Texas Lutheran (7–1)Central (8–1)Wisconsin–La Crosse (7–3)Brockport (9–3)25.
Preseason
August 8[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
November 10[11]
Week 11
November 17[12]
Final
December 22[13]
Dropped:
  • No. 13 Brockport
  • No. 24 Randolph–Macon
  • No. 25 St. Norbert
Dropped:
  • No. 19. RPI
  • No. 21 Wabash
  • No. 25 Wittenberg
Dropped:
  • No. 12 Washington & Jefferson
  • No. 18 Illinois Wesleyan
  • No. 19 Centre
  • No. 24 Washington (MO)
NoneDropped:
  • No. 16 Wisconsin–La Crosse
  • No. 21 Hobart
  • No. 24 Trine
Dropped:
No. 25 Whitworth
Dropped:
No. 20 Johns Hopkins
NoneDropped:
  • No. 13 Wisconsin–Platteville
  • No. 18 Cortland
Dropped:
  • No. 17 Ithaca
  • No. 25 Texas Lutheran
Dropped:
  • No. 20 Case Western Reserve
  • No. 22 Brockport
Dropped:
  • No. 23 Berry
  • No. 25 Wisonsin–La Crosse

AFCA Coaches Poll

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
November 4[20]
Week 10
November 11[21]
Week 11
November 18[22]
Final
December 23[23]
1.Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–0) (40)Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–0) (44)Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–0) (45)Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–0) (43)Mary Hardin–Baylor (6–0) (43)Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–0) (41)Mary Hardin–Baylor (8–0) (35)Mary Hardin–Baylor (9–0) (37)Mary Hardin–Baylor (10–0) (38)North Central (IL) (14–1) (53)1.
2.Mount Union (2–0) (13)Mount Union (3–0) (9)Mount Union (4–0) (8)Mount Union (5–0) (10)Mount Union (6–0) (10)Mount Union (7–0) (12)Mount Union (8–0) (17)Mount Union (9–0) (15)Mount Union (10–0) (15)Wisconsin–Whitewater (13–2)2.
3.Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (5–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (6–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (7–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (8–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (9–0)Wheaton (IL) (10–0)Saint John's (MN) (12–2)3.
4.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)Wheaton (IL) (8–0)Wheaton (IL) (9–0)Muhlenberg (10–0)Mary Hardin–Baylor (12–1)4.
5.North Central (IL) (2–0)North Central (IL) (3–0)Muhlenberg (5–0)Wheaton (IL) (5–0)Wheaton (IL) (6–0)Wheaton (IL) (7–0)Muhlenberg (8–0)Muhlenberg (9–0)North Central (IL) (9–1)Muhlenberg (13–1)5.
6.St. Thomas (MN) (2–0)Hardin–Simmons (4–0)Wheaton (IL) (4–0)Muhlenberg (5–0)Muhlenberg (6–0)Muhlenberg (7–0)North Central (IL) (7–1)North Central (IL) (8–1)Salisbury (9–0)Wheaton (IL) (12–1)6.
7.Hardin–Simmons (3–0)Muhlenberg (4–0)Berry (5–0)Berry (6–0)Ithaca (6–0)Ithaca (7–0)Wartburg (8–0)Salisbury (8–0)John Carroll (9–1)Mount Union (11–1)7.
8.Muhlenberg (3–0)Berry (4–0)Wesley (4–0)Ithaca (5–0)North Central (IL) (5–1)North Central (IL) (6–1)Salisbury (7–0)John Carroll (8–1)Saint John's (MN) (9–1)Delaware Valley (11–2)8.
9.John Carroll (2–0)Wheaton (IL) (3–0)Bethel (MN) (4–0)Wartburg (6–0)Wartburg (7–0)Wartburg (7–0)John Carroll (7–1)Delaware Valley (8–1)Delaware Valley (9–1)Salisbury (11–1)9.
10.Berry (3–0)Wesley (3–0)Ithaca (4–0)North Central (IL) (4–1)Salisbury (5–0)Salisbury (6–0)Delaware Valley (8–1)Bethel (MN) (8–1)Wisconsin–Whitewater (9–1)John Carroll (9–1)10.
11.Wesley (3–0) тBethel (MN) (3–0)Wartburg (5–0)Salisbury (4–0)Delaware Valley (6–1) тJohn Carroll (6–1)Bethel (MN) (7–1)Saint John's (MN) (8–1)Wesley (9–1)Chapman (10–1)11.
12.Wheaton (IL) (2–0) тIthaca (3–0)North Central (IL) (3–1)Delaware Valley (5–1)John Carroll (5–1) тDelaware Valley (7–1)Saint John's (MN) (7–1)Wesley (8–1)Hardin–Simmons (8–2)Wesley (10–2)12.
13.Bethel (MN) (2–0)Wartburg (4–0)Delaware Valley (4–1)John Carroll (4–1) тBethel (MN) (5–1)Bethel (MN) (6–1)Wesley (7–1)Hardin–Simmons (7–2)Chapman (9–0)Wartburg (10–2)13.
14.Ithaca (2–0)Delaware Valley (3–1)John Carroll (3–1)St. Thomas (MN) (4–1) тHardin–Simmons (5–1)Wesley (6–1)Hardin–Simmons (6–2)Chapman (8–0)Union (10–0)Hardin–Simmons (8–2)14.
15.Wartburg (3–0)John Carroll (2–1)Salisbury (3–0)Bethel (MN) (4–1)Wesley (5–1)Wisconsin–Platteville (6–1)Case Western Reserve (8–0)Case Western Reserve (9–0)Linfield (8–1)Union (11–1)15.
16.Salisbury (2–0)Salisbury (2–0)St. Thomas (MN) (3–1)Johns Hopkins (4–1)Wisconsin–Platteville (5–1)Hardin–Simmons (5–2)Chapman (7–0)Union (9–0)Susquehanna (9–1)Linfield (8–2)16.
17.Delaware Valley (2–1)St. Thomas (MN) (2–1)Redlands (4–0)Hardin–Simmons (4–1)Case Western Reserve (6–0)Case Western Reserve (7–0)Union (8–0)Linfield (7–1)Wartburg (9–1)Central (10–2)17.
18.Johns Hopkins (2–1)Johns Hopkins (3–1)Johns Hopkins (4–1)Wesley (4–1)Cortland (6–0)Cortland (7–0)Linfield (6–1)Susquehanna (8–1)St. Thomas (MN) (8–2)Susquehanna (10–1)18.
19.Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1)Redlands (3–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (4–0)Case Western Reserve (5–0)Linfield (4–1) тChapman (6–0)Ithaca (7–1) тWartburg (8–1)Berry (9–1)St. Thomas (MN) (8–2)19.
20.Redlands (3–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1)Hardin–Simmons (4–1)Wisconsin–Platteville (4–1)Chapman (5–0) тLinfield (5–1)Susquehanna (7–1) тBerry (8–1)Bridgewater (10–0)Bridgewater (10–1)20.
21.Linfield (1–1)Hobart (4–0)Case Western Reserve (4–0)Cortland (5–0)Berry (6–1)Berry (7–1)Berry (7–1)St. Thomas (MN) (7–2)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (8–2)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (8–3)21.
22.Hobart (3–0)Linfield (1–1)Linfield (2–1)Linfield (3–1)Susquehanna (5–1)Susquehanna (6–1)St. Thomas (MN) (6–2)Bridgewater (9–0)Redlands (9–1)Redlands (9–2)22.
23.Whitworth (1–1)Trine (3–0)Central (4–0)Susquehanna (4–1)St. Thomas (MN) (4–2)St. Thomas (MN) (5–2)Bridgewater (8–0)Redlands (8–1)Central (9–1)Berry (9–2)23.
24.Trine (3–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (3–0)Susquehanna (4–1)Chapman (4–0)Union (6–0)Union (7–0)Redlands (7–1)Central (8–1)Bethel (MN) (8–2)Bethel (MN) (8–2)24.
25.Case Western Reserve (2–0)Case Western Reserve (3–0)Cortland (4–0)Union (5–0)Bridgewater (6–0)Bridgewater (7–0)Brockport (7–1)Brockport (8–1)Case Western Reserve (9–1)Brockport (9–3)25.
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
November 4[20]
Week 10
November 11[21]
Week 11
November 18[22]
Final
December 23[23]
Dropped:
No. 23 Whitworth
Dropped:
  • No. 20 Wisconsin–La Crosse
  • No. 21 Hobart
  • No. 23 Trine
Dropped:
  • No. 17 Redlands
  • No. 23 Central
Dropped:
No. 16 Johns Hopkins
NoneDropped:
  • No. 15 Wisconsin–Platteville
  • No. 18 Cortland
Dropped:
No. 19т Ithaca
Dropped:
No. 25 Brockport
Dropped:
No. 25 Case Western Reserve

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