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NCAA Division III Football Committee selects championship field

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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Football Committee announced today the field of 32 teams for the 2023 NCAA Division III Football Championship. The committee selected teams based on conference results and competition within an institution’s respective evaluation region.

Twenty-eight conferences received automatic-qualifying berths. The remaining four berths were awarded to teams from automatic qualifying conferences that did not win an automatic berth.

The first round of the championship will be played November 18 at the host institution’s campus or at an alternate site approved by the football committee.  The 50th Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the national championship game, will be played Friday, December 15, at Salem Stadium in Salem, Viginia.  The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU at 7 p.m. Eastern time.

Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (28):

Conference Team
American Southwest Conference

Hardin-Simmons

American Rivers Conference Wartburg
Centennial Conference Johns Hopkins
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

North Central (Illinois)

Commonwealth Coast Conference Endicott
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Alfred State
Empire 8 SUNY Cortland
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

Mount St. Joseph

Landmark Conference Susquehanna
Liberty League Ithaca
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference

Western Connecticut State University

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Alma
Middle Atlantic Conference Delaware Valley
Midwest Conference Illinois College
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