2020–21 NCAA Division III football season

The 2020–21 NCAA Division III football season was the component of the 2020 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only a few games were played during the traditional fall season, including the annual Secretaries Cup between Coast Guard and Merchant Marine on November 14, 2020.[1][2][3] For other teams that chose to play during the 2020–21 school year, the regular season began on February 6, 2021 and culminated on May 1.[4][5]

2020 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonOctober 3, 2020 – May 1, 2021
PlayoffsNot held
Gagliardi TrophyNot awarded
NCAA Division III football seasons

The season concluded with the end of the regular season, as the playoffs and championship game were not held due to the pandemic.

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes
SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference
Keystone GiantsReturning program, last competed 1947ECFC
MacMurray HighlandersUMACCollege shut down before spring 2021 season
St. Norbert Green Knights[lower-alpha 1]MidwestNACC
  1. Did not play during the spring 2021 season.

Conference standings
2020 American Rivers Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Central $  2 –0   2 –0  
Loras  1 –0   2 –0  
Dubuque  1 –0   1 –0  
Coe  0 –1   0 –1  
Luther  0 –1   0 –1  
Nebraska Wesleyan  0 –1   0 –1  
Simpson  0 –1   0 –1  
2020 American Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Mary Hardin–Baylor xy$  4 –0   5 –0  
Belhaven  2 –2   3 –2  
East Texas Baptist  2 –2   3 –2  
Louisiana College  2 –2   2 –3  
Southwestern (TX)  0 –4   0 –4  
West Division
Hardin–Simmons xy  4 –0   4 –1  
Texas Lutheran  3 –1   3 –2  
Howard Payne  2 –2   2 –3  
McMurry  1 –3   2 –3  
Sul Ross  0 –4   1 –4  
Championship: Mary Hardin–Baylor 23, Hardin–Simmons 15
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
2020 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Carthage $  2 –0   2 –0  
Illinois Wesleyan  2 –1   2 –1  
Millikin  2 –1   2 –1  
Augustana (IL)  1 –2   1 –2  
North Park  0 –3   0 –3  
2020 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Utica  1 –1   1 –1  
Alfred  1 –1   1 –1  
2020 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Hanover $  4 –0   4 –0  
Mount St. Joseph  5 –1   5 –1  
Rose–Hulman  4 –1   4 –1  
Franklin  4 –3   4 –3  
Bluffton  3 –4   4 –4  
Defiance  2 –5   2 –5  
Anderson (IN)  1 –4   1 –4  
Manchester  0 –5   0 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
2020 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Albion $  3 –0   3 –0  
Trine  2 –1   4 –1  
Alma  1 –1   1 –1  
Adrian  2 –2   3 –4  
Olivet  1 –3   1 –3  
Kalamazoo  0 –2   0 –2  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Note: Finlandia and Hope did not play due to COVID-19.
2020 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Salisbury $  2 –0   2 –0  
Wesley  2 –1   2 –1  
Montclair State  2 –1   2 –1  
William Paterson  0 –1   0 –1  
Kean  0 –1   0 –1  
Christopher Newport  0 –2   0 –2  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the New Jersey Athletic Conference suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    TCNJ and Rowan opted out of the spring season.
2020 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Lakeland +  3 –0   3 –0  
Aurora +  3 –0   3 –0  
Benedictine (IL)  2 –1   2 –1  
Concordia (WI)  1 –2   3 –2  
Eureka  1 –2   2 –3  
Wisconsin Lutheran  1 –2   1 –2  
Rockford  1 –2   1 –3  
Concordia (IL)  0 –3   0 –3  
  • + – Conference co-champions
2020 Northwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Whitworth $  4 –0   4 –0  
Puget Sound  2 –2   2 –2  
George Fox  1 –1   1 –1  
Pacific (OR)  1 –1   1 –1  
Pacific Lutheran  0 –4   0 –4  
Rankings from D3football.com
2020 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mount Union $  4 –0   4 –0  
Heidelberg  4 –1   4 –1  
Ohio Northern  3 –1   3 –1  
John Carroll  2 –1   2 –1  
Marietta  3 –2   3 –2  
Wilmington (OH)  2 –3   2 –3  
Muskingum  1 –2   1 –2  
Otterbein  1 –4   1 –4  
Baldwin Wallace  0 –2   0 –2  
Capital  0 –4   0 –4  
  • $ – Conference champion
2020 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Randolph–Macon $  4 –0   5 –0  
Emory & Henry  3 –0   3 –1  
Hampden–Sydney  3 –1   4 –1  
Ferrum  2 –2   2 –3  
Bridgewater  1 –2   3 –2  
Shenandoah  1 –2   1 –4  
Southern Virginia  0 –3   1 –3  
Guilford  0 –4   0 –4  
2020 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Westminster (PA) $  4 –0   5 –0  
Washington & Jefferson  2 –1   3 –1  
Grove City  2 –2   2 –2  
St. Vincent  2 –2   2 –2  
Bethany (WV)  1 –1   1 –2  
Carnegie Mellon  1 –2   2 –2  
Geneva  1 –2   2 –3  
Waynesburg  0 –3   0 –5  
2020 Southern Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Berry $  4 –0   4 –0  
Hendrix  3 –1   3 –1  
Trinity (TX)  3 –1   3 –1  
Birmingham–Southern  2 –2   2 –2  
Centre  2 –2   2 –2  
Austin  1 –3   1 –3  
Millsaps  1 –3   1 –3  
Sewanee  0 –0   0 –1  
Rhodes  0 –4   0 –4  
  • $ – Conference champion
2020 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Martin Luther  1 –0   3 –1  
Northwestern (MN)  1 –0   1 –1  
Westminster (MO)  2 –1   2 –1  
Greenville  1 –1   1 –3  
Iowa Wesleyan  1 –2   1 –2  
Minnesota–Morris  0 –2   0 –2  
2020 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Methodist $  3 –0   4 –1  
Brevard  2 –1   4 –1  
Huntingdon  2 –1   3 –1  
Averett  1 –1   1 –3  
Greensboro  0 –1   1 –2  
Maryville (TN)  0 –2   2 –2  
North Carolina Wesleyan  0 –2   0 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Note: LaGrange did not play due to COVID-19.

Conferences that did not play

The following conferences did not hold a football season in fall 2020 or spring 2021.

See also

References
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  5. "2020 Division III football scoreboard - May 01, 2021". D3football. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
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