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2018 NCAA Division III football season
2018 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August 30 – November 10, 2018
Playoffs	November 17 – December 14, 2018
National; championship	Woodforest Bank Stadium; Shenandoah, TX
Champion	Mary Hardin–Baylor
Gagliardi Trophy	Jackson Erdmann (QB), Saint John's (MN)

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The 2018 NCAA Division III football season is the component of the 2018 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on August 30 and will culminate on November 17.

The season's playoffs will end with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, at Woodforest Bank Stadium in Shenandoah, Texas. Hosted by the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor, this is the first Stagg Bowl since 1992 to be played away from the Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia.

News

July 5 – Frostburg State University announced that it had accepted an offer to become an all-sports member of the Division II Mountain East Conference. Pending NCAA approval, the Bobcats will join the MEC for the 2019 season. Frostburg State is currently a football-only affiliate of the New Jersey Athletic Conference.^[1]
August 9 – The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which had added its first member outside the state of Iowa (Nebraska Wesleyan) in 2016, announced a name change to American Rivers Conference.^[2]
September 22 – After previously announcing that they would be joining the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference for the 2019 season, Benedictine University reversed course and will instead remain at the Division III level. The Eagles are currently all-sports members of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference.^[3]

Conference changes and new programs

School	2017 conference	2018 conference
Dean	D–III Independent	ECFC
Ferrum	USA South	ODAC
Finlandia	D–III Independent	MIAA
New England	New program	CCC Football
Washington–St. Louis	UAA	CCIW

Postseason

Playoff bracket

First round November 17		Second round November 24		Quarterfinals December 1		Semifinals December 8		Championship Stagg Bowl December 14 Shenandoah, Texas

Mary Hardin–Baylor*	27
Hardin–Simmons	6	Mary Hardin–Baylor*	75
Berry	31	Berry	9
Maryville (TN)	0			Mary Hardin–Baylor	21
Saint John's (MN)	84			Saint John's (MN)	18
Martin Luther	6	Saint John's (MN)	45
Whitworth*	48	Whitworth	24
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	6					Mary Hardin–Baylor	31
UW–Whitewater	67					UW–Whitewater	14
Eureka	14	UW–Whitewater	54
Trine	7	St. Norbert	21
St. Norbert	31			UW–Whitewater	26
North Central (IL)	52			Bethel (MN)	12
Hanover	0	North Central (IL)	24
Bethel (MN)	41	Bethel (MN)	27
Wartburg	14							Mount Union	16
Mount Union	60							Mary Hardin–Baylor	24
Denison	0	Mount Union	51
Centre	54	Centre	23
Washington & Jefferson	13			Mount Union	38
John Carroll	20			Muhlenberg	10
Randolph–Macon	23	Randolph–Macon	6
Delaware Valley	13	Muhlenberg	35
Muhlenberg	20					Mount Union	28
Brockport	40					Johns Hopkins	20
Framingham State	27	Brockport	13
RPI	38	RPI	21
Husson	14			RPI	14
Frostburg State	42			Johns Hopkins	37
Western New England	24	Frostburg State	27
Johns Hopkins	49	Johns Hopkins	58
MIT	0

References

^ "Frostburg State set to join D-II conference". D3 Sports. d3sports.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "#RiversRise; Iowa Conference Now American Rivers Conference" (Press release). American Rivers Conference. August 9, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
^ "Benedictine pulls 180, will return to D-III". D3 Sports. d3sports.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

[1] "Frostburg State set to join D-II conference". D3 Sports. d3sports.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

[2] "#RiversRise; Iowa Conference Now American Rivers Conference" (Press release). American Rivers Conference. August 9, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.

[3] "Benedictine pulls 180, will return to D-III". D3 Sports. d3sports.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

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