2023 NCAA Division III football rankings
Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2023 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.
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| Season | 2023 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
Legend
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| 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 Jul 31[1] | Week 1 Sep 2[2] | Week 2 Sep 9[3] | Week 3 Sep 16[4] | Week 4 Sep 24[5] | Week 5 October 1[6] | Week 6 October 8[7] | Week 7 October 15[8] | Week 8 October 22[9] | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
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| 1. | North Central (IL) (22) | North Central (IL) (1–0) (23) | North Central (IL) (1–0) (23) | North Central (IL) (2–0) (24) | North Central (IL) (3–0) (24) | North Central (IL) (4–0) (24) | North Central (IL) (5–0) (25) | North Central (IL) (6–0) (25) | North Central (IL) (7–0) (25) | 1. | |||||||
| 2. | Mount Union (3) | Mount Union (1–0) (2) | Mount Union (1–0) (1) | Mount Union (2–0) | Mount Union (3–0) | Mount Union (4–0) | Mount Union (5–0) | Mount Union (6–0) | Mount Union (7–0) | 2. | |||||||
| 3. | Mary Hardin–Baylor | Wartburg (1–0) | Wartburg (2–0) | Wartburg (3–0) | Wartburg (4–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–0) (1) | Wartburg (6–0) | Wartburg (7–0) | Wartburg (8–0) | 3. | |||||||
| 4. | Trinity (TX) | Saint John's (MN) (1–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–0) (1) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0) (1) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0) (1) | Wartburg (5–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (5–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (5–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (6–1) | 4. | |||||||
| 5. | Wartburg | Trinity (TX) (0–1) | Hardin–Simmons (2–0) | Hardin–Simmons (2–0) | Trinity (TX) (3–1) | Wisconsin–River Falls (4–0) | Trinity (TX) (5–1) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (5–1) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (6–1) | 5. | |||||||
| 6. | Saint John's (MN) | Hardin–Simmons (1–0) | Trinity (TX) (1–1) | Trinity (TX) (2–1) | Wisconsin–River Falls (3–0) | Trinity (TX) (4–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (4–1) | Trinity (TX) (5–1) | Trinity (TX) (6–1) | 6. | |||||||
| 7. | Linfield | Linfield (0–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (2–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (3–0) | Saint John's (MN) (2–1) | Saint John's (MN) (3–1) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–1) | Saint John's (MN) (5–1) | Wisconsin–River Falls (6–1) | 7. | |||||||
| 8. | Hardin–Simmons | Wisconsin–Whitewater (1–0) | Linfield (1–0) | Saint John's (MN) (1–1) | Linfield (2–0) | Linfield (3–0) | Saint John's (MN) (4–1) | Wisconsin–River Falls (5–1) | Johns Hopkins (7–0) | 8. | |||||||
| 9. | Ithaca | Wisconsin–River Falls (1–0) | Saint John's (MN) (1–1) | Linfield (2–0) | Johns Hopkins (3–0) | Johns Hopkins (4–0) | Linfield (4–0) | Linfield (5–0) | Linfield (6–0) | 9. | |||||||
| 10. | Delaware Valley | Cortland (1–0) | Cortland (2–0) | Wheaton (IL) (2–0) | Wheaton (IL) (3–0) | Randolph–Macon (4–0) | Johns Hopkins (5–0) | Johns Hopkins (6–0) | Randolph–Macon (7–0) | 10. | |||||||
| 11. | Wisconsin–Whitewater | Wisconsin–La Crosse (1–0) | Wheaton (IL) (1–0) | Randolph–Macon (3–0) | Randolph–Macon (3–0) | Susquehanna (5–0) | Randolph–Macon (5–0) | Randolph–Macon (6–0) | Susquehanna (8–0) | 11. | |||||||
| 12. | Wisconsin–La Crosse | Mary Hardin–Baylor (0–1) | Randolph–Macon (2–0) | Johns Hopkins (3–0) | Susquehanna (4–0) | John Carroll (3–1) | Susquehanna (6–0) | Susquehanna (7–0) | Wheaton (IL) (6–1) | 12. | |||||||
| 13. | Wheaton (IL) | Wheaton (IL) (0–0) | Johns Hopkins (2–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) | Wheaton (IL) (3–1) | Wheaton (IL) (4–1) | Wheaton (IL) (5–1) | John Carroll (6–1) | 13. | |||||||
| 14. | Bethel (MN) | Johns Hopkins (1–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (1–1) | Carnegie Mellon (3–0) | John Carroll (2–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (3–1) | John Carroll (4–1) | John Carroll (5–1) | Aurora (7–0) | 14. | |||||||
| 15. | Randolph–Macon | Randolph–Macon (1–0) | Carnegie Mellon (2–0) | Susquehanna (3–0) | Aurora (3–0) | Aurora (4–0) | Ithaca (4–1) | Aurora (6–0) | Ithaca (6–1) | 15. | |||||||
| 16. | Carnegie Mellon | Bethel (MN) (0–0) | Aurora (2–0) | Aurora (3–0) | Cortland (2–1) | Ithaca (3–1) | Aurora (5–0) | Ithaca (5–1) | Cortland (6–1) | 16. | |||||||
| 17. | Cortland | Carnegie Mellon (1–0) | John Carroll (0–1) | John Carroll (1–1) | Ithaca (2–1) | Cortland (3–1) | Cortland (4–1) | Cortland (5–1) | Alma (7–0) | 17. | |||||||
| 18. | Johns Hopkins | Ithaca (0–1) | Bethel (MN) (0–1) | Cortland (2–1) | Hardin–Simmons (2–1) | Hardin–Simmons (3–1) | Endicott (4–1) | Alma (6–0) | Saint John's (MN) (5–2) | 18. | |||||||
| 19. | John Carroll | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (0–2) | Bethel (MN) (1–1) | Alma (4–0) | Alma (5–0) | Alma (5–0) | Endicott (5–1) | Endicott (6–1) | 19. | |||||||
| 20. | Aurora | Aurora (1–0) | Ithaca (1–1) | Alma (3–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) | Endicott (4–1) | Hardin–Simmons (4–1) | Hardin–Simmons (5–1) | Hardin–Simmons (6–1) | 20. | |||||||
| 21. | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | John Carroll (0–1) | Alma (2–0) | Ithaca (2–1) | Endicott (3–1) | Muhlenberg (4–0) | Muhlenberg (5–0) | Muhlenberg (6–0) | Muhlenberg (7–0) | 21. | |||||||
| 22. | Susquehanna | Susquehanna (1–0 | Susquehanna (1–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–3) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–3) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–3) | Grove City (7–0) | Grove City (8–0) | 22. | |||||||
| 23. | Wisconsin–River Falls | Alma (1–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (0–3) | Muhlenberg (3–0) | Grove City (5–0) | Grove City (6–0) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–3) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–3) | 23. | |||||||
| 24. | Alma | Delaware Valley (0–1) | Delaware Valley (0–1) | Muhlenberg (3–0) | Carnegie Mellon (3–1) | Delaware Valley (3–1) | Berry (4–1) | Berry (5–1) | Berry (6–1) | 24. | |||||||
| 25. | Salisbury | Salisbury (1–0) | Muhlenberg (2–0) | Delaware Valley (2–1) | Delaware Valley (3–1) | Berry (3–1) | Delaware Valley (4–1) | Delaware Valley (5–1) | Delaware Valley (6–1) | 25. | |||||||
| Preseason Jul 31[10] | Week 1 Sep 2[11] | Week 2 Sep 9[12] | Week 3 Sep 16[13] | Week 4 Sep 24[14] | Week 5 October 1[15] | Week 6 October 8[16] | Week 7 October 15[17] | Week 8 October 22[18] | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
| None | Dropped: Salisbury (1–1) | None | Dropped: Bethel (MN) (1–2) | Dropped: Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–2) Carnegie Mellon (4–1) | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
AFCA Coaches' poll
| Week 3 September 18[19] | Week 4 September 25[20] | Week 5 October 2[21] | Week 6 October 9[22] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | North Central (IL) (2–0) (49) | North Central (IL) (3–0) (48) | North Central (IL) (4–0) (48) | North Central (IL) (5–0) (48) | 1. | |||||||||
| 2. | Mount Union (2–0) | Mount Union (3–0) (1) | Mount Union (4–0) (1) | Mount Union (5–0) (1) | 2. | |||||||||
| 3. | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–0) | Wartburg (6–0) | 3. | |||||||||
| 4. | Wartburg (3–0) | Wartburg (4–0) | Wartburg (5–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (5–0) | 4. | |||||||||
| 5. | Hardin–Simmons (2–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (3–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls (4–0) | Linfield (4–0) | 5. | |||||||||
| 6. | Wisconsin–River Falls (3–0) | Linfield (2–0) | Linfield (3–0) | Trinity (TX) (5–1) | 6. | |||||||||
| 7. | Linfield (2–0) | Trinity (TX) (3–1) | Trinity (TX) (4–1) | Johns Hopkins (5–0) | 7. | |||||||||
| 8. | Wheaton (IL) (2–0) | Wheaton (IL) (3–0) | Johns Hopkins (4–0) | Saint John's (MN) (4–1) | 8. | |||||||||
| 9. | Trinity (TX) (2–1) | Saint John's (MN) (2–1) | Saint John's (MN) (3–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (4–1) | 9. | |||||||||
| 10. | Johns Hopkins (3–0) | Johns Hopkins (3–0) | Randolph–Macon (4–0) | Randolph–Macon (5–0) | 10. | |||||||||
| 11. | Saint John's (MN) (1–1) | Randolph–Macon (3–0) | Aurora (4–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–1) | 11. | |||||||||
| 12. | Randolph–Macon (3–0) | Aurora (3–0) | Susquehanna (5–0) | Aurora (5–0) | 12. | |||||||||
| 13. | Carnegie Mellon (3–0) | Susquehanna (4–0) | Wheaton (IL) (3–1) | Susquehanna (6–0) | 13. | |||||||||
| 14. | Aurora (3–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (3–1) | Wheaton (IL) (4–1) | 14. | |||||||||
| 15. | Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1) | Alma (4–0) | Alma (5–0) | Alma (5–0) | 15. | |||||||||
| 16. | Susquehanna (3–0) | John Carroll (2–1) | John Carroll (3–1) | John Carroll (4–1) | 16. | |||||||||
| 17. | Alma (3–0) | Muhlenberg (3–0) | Muhlenberg (4–0) | Muhlenberg (5–0) | 17. | |||||||||
| 18. | Bethel (MN) (1–1) | Ithaca (2–1) | Ithaca (3–1) | Ithaca (4–1) | 18. | |||||||||
| 19. | John Carroll (1–1) | Hardin–Simmons (2–1) | Cortland (3–1) | Cortland (4–1) | 19. | |||||||||
| 20. | Muhlenberg (3–0) | Cortland (2–1) | Hardin–Simmons (3–1) | Endicott (4–1) | 20. | |||||||||
| 21. | Cortland (2–1) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) | Endicott (4–1) | Hardin–Simmons (4–1) | 21. | |||||||||
| 22. | Ithaca (2–1) | Endicott (3–1) | Utica (5–0) | DePauw (6–0) | 22. | |||||||||
| 23. | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) | Utica (4–0) | DePauw (5–0) | Grove City (6–0) | 23. | |||||||||
| 24. | Utica (3–0) | Delaware Valley (3–0) | Delaware Valley (3–1) | Delaware Valley (4–1) | 24. | |||||||||
| 25. | Delaware Valley (2–1) т DePauw (3–0) | DePauw (4–0) | Grove City (5-0) | Washington University (5–0) | 25. | |||||||||
| Week 3 September 18[23] | Week 4 September 25[24] | Week 5 October 2[25] | Week 6 October 9[26] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
| Dropped: Carnegie Mellon (3–1) Bethel (MN) (1–2) | Dropped: Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–2) | Dropped: Utica (5–1) | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
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