INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Football Committee announced today the field of 32 teams for the 2022 NCAA Division III Football Championship. The committee selected teams based on conference results and competition within an institution's respective evaluation region.
Twenty-seven conferences received automatic-qualifying berths. The remaining five berths were awarded to teams from automatic qualifying conferences that did not win an automatic berth.
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The first round of the championship will be played November 19 at the host institution's campus or at an alternate site approved by the football committee. The Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the national championship game, will be played Friday, December 16, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
| Conference | Automatic Qualifier |
|---|---|
| American Southwest Conference | Mary Hardin-Baylor |
| American Rivers Conference | Wartburg |
| Centennial Conference | Susquehanna |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | North Central (Illinois) |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Endicott |
| Eastern Collegiate Football Conference | Gallaudet |
| Empire 8 | SUNY Cortland |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Mount. St. Joseph |
| Liberty League | Ithaca |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Alma |
| Middle Atlantic Conference | Delaware Valley |
| Midwest Conference | Lake Forest |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Saint John's Minnesota |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | Springfield |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Salisbury |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Depauw |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Aurora |
| Northwest Conference | Linfield |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Mount Union |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Randolph-Macon |
| Presidents' Athletic Conference | Carnegie Mellon |
| Southern Athletic Association | Trinity (Texas) |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Pomona-Pitzer |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | Northwestern-St.Paul |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Huntingdon |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
- Bethel (Minnesota)
- Hardin-Simmons
- Utica
- Wheaton (Illinois)
- Wisconsin-LaCrosse
The Division III Football Committee also announced the following 16 first-round sites (all games start at noon local time):
- San Antonio, Texas — Trinity (Texas) vs. Hardin-Simmons
- Belton, Texas — Mary Hardin-Baylor vs. Huntingdon
- Wheaton, Illinois — Wheaton (Illinois) vs. Bethel (Minnesota)
- McMinnville, Oregon — Linfield vs. Pomona-Pitzer
- Naperville, Illinois — North Central (Illinois) vs. Lake Forest
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Carnegie Mellon vs. DePauw
- Beverly, Massachusetts — Endicott vs. Springfield
- Ithaca, New York — Ithaca vs. UMass Dartmouth
- Collegeville, Minnesota — Saint John’s (Minnesota) vs. Northwestern-St. Paul
- Waverly, Iowa — Wartburg vs. Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Alma, Michigan — Alma vs. Mt. St. Joseph
- Whitewater, Wisconsin — Wisconsin-Whitewater vs. Aurora
- Alliance, Ohio — Mount Union vs. Salisbury
- Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania — Susquehanna vs. Utica
- Ashland, Virginia — Randolph-Macon vs. SUNY Cortland
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania -— Delaware Valley vs. Gallaudet
In the 2021 championship, Mary Hardin-Baylor defeated North Central 57-24.
