2011 NCAA Division III football season

The 2011 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2011, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2011 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won their fourth, and third consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 13−10. This was the seventh of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins).

2011 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2011
Playoffs	November – December 2011
National championship	Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA
Champion	Wisconsin–Whitewater (4)
Gagliardi Trophy	Michael Zweifel (WR), Dubuque
NCAA Division III football seasons

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Michael Zweifel, wide receiver from Dubuque.[1]

Conference standings

2011 American Southwest Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 5 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^   8 – 0         12 – 1   No. 14 McMurry ^   7 – 1         9 – 3   Louisiana College   5 – 3         7 – 3   Hardin–Simmons   4 – 4         6 – 4   East Texas Baptist   4 – 4         5 – 5   Texas Lutheran   4 – 4         5 – 5   Mississippi College   2 – 6         3 – 7   Sul Ross   1 – 7         2 – 8   Howard Payne   1 – 7         1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2011 Centennial Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 18 Johns Hopkins $^   9 – 0         10 – 1   Muhlenberg   7 – 2         7 – 3   Gettysburg   6 – 3         6 – 4   Ursinus   6 – 3         6 – 4   Susquehanna   5 – 4         6 – 4   Dickinson   4 – 5         4 – 6   Franklin & Marshall   3 – 6         3 – 7   McDaniel   2 – 7         2 – 8   Moravian   2 – 7         2 – 8   Juniata   1 – 8         1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2011 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 8 North Central (IL) $^   7 – 0         10 – 2   No. 21 Illinois Wesleyan ^   6 – 1         9 – 2   No. 22 Wheaton (IL)   5 – 2         8 – 2   Elmhurst   4 – 3         6 – 4   Carthage   2 – 5         5 – 5   Millikin   2 – 5         4 – 6   Augustana (IL)   2 – 5         2 – 8   North Park   0 – 7         3 – 7   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2011 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Norwich $^   7 – 0         7 – 4   SUNY Maritime   6 – 1         8 – 2   Mount Ida   5 – 2         6 – 5   Gallaudet   4 – 3         5 – 5   Castleton   3 – 4         4 – 6   Anna Maria   2 – 5         2 – 8   Becker   1 – 6         1 – 9   Husson   0 – 7         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant	2011 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 9 Salisbury $^   7 – 0         11 – 2   No. 11 St. John Fisher ^   6 – 1         10 – 3   Alfred   4 – 3         8 – 3   Springfield   4 – 3         6 – 4   Frostburg State   3 – 4         4 – 6   Utica   2 – 5         5 – 5   Ithaca   2 – 5         4 – 6   Hartwick   0 – 7         2 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2011 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 15 Franklin (IN) $^   8 – 0         10 – 2   Mount St. Joseph   5 – 3         6 – 4   Bluffton   5 – 3         5 – 5   Hanover   5 – 3         5 – 5   Rose-Hulman   5 – 3         5 – 5   Defiance   4 – 4         4 – 6   Manchester   3 – 5         4 – 6   Anderson (IN)   1 – 7         1 – 9   Earlham   0 – 8         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2011 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Dubuque $^   7 – 1         9 – 2   Wartburg   6 – 2         8 – 2   Central (IA)   6 – 2         7 – 3   Coe   6 – 2         6 – 4   Simpson   5 – 3         5 – 5   Luther   3 – 5         3 – 7   Buena Vista   2 – 6         2 – 8   Cornell (IA)   1 – 7         3 – 7   Loras   0 – 8         1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	2011 Liberty League football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Hobart +^   5 – 1         7 – 2   Union (NY) +   5 – 1         6 – 4   Rochester (NY)   3 – 3         4 – 5   RPI   3 – 3         4 – 5   St. Lawrence   2 – 4         3 – 6   Merchant Marine   2 – 4         3 – 7   WPI   1 – 5         2 – 7   + – Conference co-champions ^ – Division III playoff participant	2011 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Albion $^   6 – 0         6 – 5   Hope   5 – 1         7 – 3   Adrian   4 – 2         8 – 2   Trine   3 – 3         7 – 3   Kalamazoo   1 – 5         4 – 6   Alma   1 – 5         2 – 8   Olivet   1 – 5         1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant
2011 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 13 Delaware Valley $^   8 – 0         11 – 1   Widener   6 – 2         9 – 2   Lycoming   6 – 2         8 – 2   Lebanon Valley   5 – 3         8 – 3   Albright   4 – 4         6 – 5   Wilkes   4 – 4         4 – 5   Stevenson   1 – 7         2 – 8   FDU Florham   1 – 7         1 – 9   King's   1 – 7         1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2011 Midwest Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 19 Monmouth (IL) $^   9 – 0         10 – 2   Illinois College ^   8 – 1         9 – 2   St. Norbert   7 – 2         7 – 3   Carroll (WI)   6 – 3         7 – 3   Ripon   5 – 4         6 – 4   Grinnell   4 – 5         5 – 5   Lake Forest   3 – 6         3 – 7   Beloit   2 – 7         2 – 8   Lawrence   1 – 8         1 – 9   Knox   0 – 9         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2011 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 4 St. Thomas (MN) $^   8 – 0         13 – 1   No. 25 Bethel (MN)   6 – 2         8 – 2   St. Olaf   6 – 2         8 – 2   Saint John's (MN)   5 – 3         6 – 4   Augsburg   4 – 4         6 – 4   Concordia–Moorhead   4 – 4         6 – 4   Gustavus Adolphus   2 – 6         2 – 8   Carleton   1 – 7         2 – 8   Hamline   0 – 8         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2011 New England Football Conference standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Bogan Division Framingham State xy   6 – 1         7 – 4   Worcester State   5 – 2         8 – 3   Bridgewater State   5 – 2         7 – 3   Westfield State   4 – 3         5 – 5   Massachusetts Maritime   3 – 4         5 – 4   Maine Maritime   2 – 5         4 – 5   Coast Guard   2 – 5         2 – 7   Fitchburg State   1 – 6         2 – 8   Boyd Division Western New England xy$^   7 – 0         10 – 2   Endicott   6 – 1         10 – 1   Salve Regina   5 – 2         8 – 3   UMass Dartmouth   4 – 3         5 – 5   Curry   3 – 4         5 – 5   Plymouth State   2 – 5         4 – 6   MIT   1 – 6         2 – 7   Nichols   0 – 7         0 – 10   Championship: Western New England 20, Framingham State 13 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – Division III playoff participant	2011 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Amherst $   8 – 0         –   Trinity (CT)   7 – 1         –   Williams   5 – 3         –   Bowdoin   4 – 4         –   Middlebury   4 – 4         –   Bates   3 – 5         –   Colby   3 – 5         –   Hamilton   3 – 5         –   Wesleyan   3 – 5         –   Tufts   0 – 8         –   $ – Conference champion	2011 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 10 Kean $^   8 – 1         10 – 2   Cortland   7 – 2         9 – 2   Montclair State   7 – 2         8 – 2   TCNJ   6 – 3         7 – 3   Buffalo State   5 – 4         5 – 5   Rowan   5 – 4         5 – 5   William Paterson   3 – 6         4 – 6   Brockport   3 – 6         3 – 7   Morrisville State   1 – 8         1 – 9   Western Connecticut   0 – 9         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2011 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 7 Wabash $^   6 – 0         12 – 1   Wittenberg   5 – 1         8 – 2   Denison   4 – 2         5 – 5   Allegheny   3 – 3         5 – 5   Ohio Wesleyan   3 – 3         4 – 6   Wooster   3 – 3         4 – 6   Oberlin   2 – 4         3 – 7   Hiram   1 – 5         1 – 9   Kenyon   0 – 6         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2011 Northern Athletics Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Concordia (IL) +   6 – 1         8 – 2   Benedictine (IL) +^   6 – 1         7 – 4   Wisconsin Lutheran   5 – 2         6 – 4   Concordia (WI)   4 – 3         4 – 6   Lakeland   4 – 3         4 – 6   Aurora   2 – 5         3 – 7   Maranatha Baptist   1 – 6         3 – 7   Rockford   0 – 7         0 – 10   + – Conference co-champions ^ – Division III playoff participant	2011 Northwest Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 6 Linfield $^   6 – 0         10 – 1   Lewis & Clark   4 – 2         7 – 2   Pacific Lutheran   4 – 2         6 – 3   Whitworth   3 – 3         4 – 6   Willamette   3 – 3         4 – 6   Pacific (OR)   1 – 5         1 – 8   Puget Sound   0 – 6         0 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2011 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 2 Mount Union $^   9 – 0         14 – 1   No. 24 Baldwin–Wallace   7 – 2         8 – 2   Heidelberg   7 – 2         8 – 2   Ohio Northern   5 – 4         6 – 4   Capital   5 – 4         5 – 5   John Carroll   5 – 4         5 – 5   Muskingum   3 – 6         4 – 6   Marietta   2 – 7         3 – 7   Otterbein   2 – 7         3 – 7   Wilmington (OH)   0 – 9         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2011 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Washington and Lee +   5 – 1         8 – 2   Hampden–Sydney +^   5 – 1         8 – 3   Randolph–Macon   4 – 2         8 – 2   Bridgewater   3 – 3         6 – 4   Emory & Henry   2 – 4         5 – 5   Catholic University   1 – 5         5 – 5   Guilford   1 – 5         2 – 8   + – Conference co-champions ^ – Division III playoff participant	2011 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 23 Thomas More $^   7 – 1         9 – 2   Washington & Jefferson   5 – 3         6 – 4   Saint Vincent   5 – 3         6 – 5   Waynesburg   5 – 3         5 – 5   Westminster (PA)   4 – 4         5 – 5   Geneva   4 – 4         4 – 6   Bethany (WV)   3 – 5         5 – 5   Grove City   3 – 5         3 – 7   Thiel   0 – 8         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2011 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 12 California Lutheran $^   6 – 0         8 – 2   No. 20 Redlands ^   5 – 1         8 – 2   Occidental   3 – 3         5 – 4   Claremont–Mudd–Scripps   3 – 3         4 – 5   La Verne   3 – 3         4 – 5   Whittier   1 – 5         2 – 7   Pomona–Pitzer   0 – 6         0 – 9   Chapman *   –         4 – 5   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant * – Chapman played a full conference schedule, but games against them were not counted in the standings. Rankings from D3football.com	2011 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 17 Trinity (TX) $^   6 – 0         10 – 1   No. 16 Centre ^   5 – 1         9 – 2   Birmingham–Southern   4 – 2         7 – 2   Millsaps   3 – 3         4 – 6   Sewanee   2 – 4         5 – 5   Rhodes   1 – 5         3 – 6   Austin   0 – 6         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com	2011 University Athletic Association football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Case Western Reserve $   3 – 0         9 – 1   Washington University   2 – 1         6 – 4   Carnegie Mellon   1 – 2         5 – 5   Chicago   0 – 3         5 – 5   $ – Conference champion
2011 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   St. Scholastica $^   9 – 0         10 – 1   Westminster (MO)   7 – 2         8 – 2   Greenville   7 – 2         7 – 4   Northwestern (MN)   6 – 3         6 – 4   Minnesota–Morris   5 – 4         5 – 5   Eureka   4 – 5         4 – 6   Presentation   3 – 6         3 – 7   MacMurray   2 – 7         2 – 8   Martin Luther   2 – 7         2 – 8   Crown   0 – 9         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant	2011 USA South Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Christopher Newport $^   7 – 0         8 – 3   Ferrum   6 – 1         7 – 3   Shenandoah   5 – 2         6 – 4   Maryville (TN)   4 – 3         4 – 6   Averett   2 – 5         3 – 7   Methodist   2 – 5         3 – 7   North Carolina Wesleyan   2 – 5         2 – 8   Greensboro   0 – 7         0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant	2011 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 1 Wisconsin–Whitewater $^   7 – 0         15 – 0   Wisconsin–Oshkosh   5 – 2         7 – 3   Wisconsin–Platteville   5 – 2         7 – 3   Wisconsin–Eau Claire   3 – 4         5 – 5   Wisconsin–Stout   3 – 4         5 – 5   Wisconsin–Stevens Point   2 – 5         4 – 6   Wisconsin–La Crosse   2 – 5         3 – 7   Wisconsin–River Falls   1 – 6         1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2011 NCAA Division III independents football records Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   No. 3 Wesley ^   –         12 – 2   Huntingdon   –         7 – 3   DePauw   –         4 – 5   Macalester   –         4 – 5   LaGrange   –         4 – 6   ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

Conference champions

Conference champions

American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – North Central (IL) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Norwich Empire 8 Conference – Salisbury Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Dubuque Liberty League – Hobart and Union (NY) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – St. Thomas (MN) New England Football Conference – Framingham State (Bogan Division), Western New England (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Western New England 20, Framingham State 13 (OT) New England Small College Athletic Conference – Amherst New Jersey Athletic Conference – Kean North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Benedictine (IL) and Concordia Chicago Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney and Washington & Lee Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thomas More Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – California Lutheran Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Case Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – St. Scholastica USA South Athletic Conference – Christopher Newport Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2011 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 39th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the 19th time.[2]

Qualification

Twenty-five conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, the UAA had no Pool A bid, failing to meet the seven-member requirement. The ECFC and UMAC received Pool A bids for the first time, having passed through the two-year waiting period.

Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 25 Pool A conferences contained 220 schools, an average of 8.8 teams per conference. Nine schools were in Pool B, enough for one bid.

The remaining six playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.

Playoff bracket

	First Round Campus Sites					Second Round Campus Sites					Quarterfinals Campus Sites					Semifinals Campus Sites					National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia
	Wisconsin–Whitewater		59
	Albion		0			Wisconsin–Whitewater		41
	Franklin		24			Franklin		14
	Thomas More		21								Wisconsin–Whitewater		34
	Kean		34								Salisbury		14
	Christopher Newport		10			Kean		47
	Salisbury		62			Salisbury		49
	Western New England		24													Wisconsin–Whitewater		20
	St. Thomas (MN)		48													St. Thomas (MN)		0
	St. Scholastica		2			St. Thomas (MN)		38
	Monmouth (IL)		33			Monmouth (IL)		10
	Illinois Wesleyan		24								St. Thomas (MN)		45
	St. John Fisher		23								St. John Fisher		10
	Johns Hopkins		12			St. John Fisher		27
	Delaware Valley		62			Delaware Valley		14
	Norwich		10																		Wisconsin–Whitewater		13
	Mary Hardin–Baylor		34																		Mount Union		10
	Redlands		13			Mary Hardin–Baylor		49
	McMurry		25			McMurry		20
	Trinity (TX)		16								Mary Hardin–Baylor		24
	Linfield		30								Wesley		27
	California Lutheran		27			Linfield		34
	Wesley		35			Wesley		49
	Hobart		28													Wesley		21
	Wabash		38													Mount Union		28
	Illinois College		20			Wabash		29
	North Central (IL)		59			North Central (IL)		28
	Dubuque		13								Wabash		8
	Centre		51								Mount Union		20
	Hampden–Sydney		41			Centre		10
	Mount Union		47			Mount Union		30
	Benedictine (IL)		7

* Overtime

See also

• 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2011 NCAA Division II football season

References

1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
2. "2007 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.