2020–21 NCAA Division III football season

2020 NCAA Division III football season
2020 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	October 3, 2020 – May 1, 2021
Playoffs	Not held
Gagliardi Trophy	Not awarded
	NCAA Division III football seasons
	NCAA Division III football seasons

The 2020–21 NCAA Division III football season was the component of the 2020 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only a few games were played during the traditional fall season, including the annual Secretaries Cup between Coast Guard and Merchant Marine on November 14, 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3] For other teams that chose to play during the 2020–21 school year, the regular season began on February 6, 2021 and culminated on May 1.^[4]^[5]

The season concluded with the end of the regular season, as the playoffs and championship game were not held due to the pandemic.

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
Keystone Giants	Returning program, last competed 1947	ECFC
MacMurray Highlanders	UMAC	College shut down before spring 2021 season
St. Norbert Green Knights^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Midwest	NACC

↑ Did not play during the spring 2021 season.

Conference standings

2020 American Rivers Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Central $	2	–	0	2	–	0
Loras	1	–	0	2	–	0
Dubuque	1	–	0	1	–	0
Coe	0	–	1	0	–	1
Luther	0	–	1	0	–	1
Nebraska Wesleyan	0	–	1	0	–	1
Simpson	0	–	1	0	–	1

$ – Conference champion Note: Buena Vista and Wartburg did not play due to COVID-19.

2020 American Southwest Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Mary Hardin–Baylor xy$	4	–	0	5	–	0
Belhaven	2	–	2	3	–	2
East Texas Baptist	2	–	2	3	–	2
Louisiana College	2	–	2	2	–	3
Southwestern (TX)	0	–	4	0	–	4
West Division
Hardin–Simmons xy	4	–	0	4	–	1
Texas Lutheran	3	–	1	3	–	2
Howard Payne	2	–	2	2	–	3
McMurry	1	–	3	2	–	3
Sul Ross	0	–	4	1	–	4
Championship: Mary Hardin–Baylor 23, Hardin–Simmons 15
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

2020 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Carthage $	2	–	0	2	–	0
Illinois Wesleyan	2	–	1	2	–	1
Millikin	2	–	1	2	–	1
Augustana (IL)	1	–	2	1	–	2
North Park	0	–	3	0	–	3

$ – Conference champion Note: Carroll (WI), Elmhurst, North Central (IL), Washington University, and Wheaton (IL) did not play due to COVID-19.

2020 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Utica	1	–	1	1	–	1
Alfred	1	–	1	1	–	1

Note: Brockport, Cortland, Hartwick, Morrisville State, and St. John Fisher did not compete due to COVID-19.

2020 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Hanover $	4	–	0	4	–	0
Mount St. Joseph	5	–	1	5	–	1
Rose–Hulman	4	–	1	4	–	1
Franklin	4	–	3	4	–	3
Bluffton	3	–	4	4	–	4
Defiance	2	–	5	2	–	5
Anderson (IN)	1	–	4	1	–	4
Manchester	0	–	5	0	–	7

$ – Conference champion

2020 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Albion $	3	–	0	3	–	0
Trine	2	–	1	4	–	1
Alma	1	–	1	1	–	1
Adrian	2	–	2	3	–	4
Olivet	1	–	3	1	–	3
Kalamazoo	0	–	2	0	–	2

$ – Conference champion Note: Finlandia and Hope did not play due to COVID-19.

2020 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Salisbury $	2	–	0	2	–	0
Wesley	2	–	1	2	–	1
Montclair State	2	–	1	2	–	1
William Paterson	0	–	1	0	–	1
Kean	0	–	1	0	–	1
Christopher Newport	0	–	2	0	–	2

$ – Conference champion Notes: Due to COVID-19, the New Jersey Athletic Conference suspended the fall 2020 football season. TCNJ and Rowan opted out of the spring season.

2020 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Lakeland +	3	–	0	3	–	0
Aurora +	3	–	0	3	–	0
Benedictine (IL)	2	–	1	2	–	1
Concordia (WI)	1	–	2	3	–	2
Eureka	1	–	2	2	–	3
Wisconsin Lutheran	1	–	2	1	–	2
Rockford	1	–	2	1	–	3
Concordia (IL)	0	–	3	0	–	3

+ – Conference co-champions

2020 Northwest Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Whitworth $	4	–	0	4	–	0
Puget Sound	2	–	2	2	–	2
George Fox	1	–	1	1	–	1
Pacific (OR)	1	–	1	1	–	1
Pacific Lutheran	0	–	4	0	–	4

$ – Conference champion Note: Lewis & Clark, Linfield, and Willamette did not play due to COVID-19. Rankings from D3football.com

2020 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Mount Union $	4	–	0	4	–	0
Heidelberg	4	–	1	4	–	1
Ohio Northern	3	–	1	3	–	1
John Carroll	2	–	1	2	–	1
Marietta	3	–	2	3	–	2
Wilmington (OH)	2	–	3	2	–	3
Muskingum	1	–	2	1	–	2
Otterbein	1	–	4	1	–	4
Baldwin Wallace	0	–	2	0	–	2
Capital	0	–	4	0	–	4

$ – Conference champion

2020 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Randolph–Macon $	4	–	0	5	–	0
Emory & Henry	3	–	0	3	–	1
Hampden–Sydney	3	–	1	4	–	1
Ferrum	2	–	2	2	–	3
Bridgewater	1	–	2	3	–	2
Shenandoah	1	–	2	1	–	4
Southern Virginia	0	–	3	1	–	3
Guilford	0	–	4	0	–	4

$ – Conference champion Note: Washington and Lee did not compete due to COVID-19.

2020 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Westminster (PA) $	4	–	0	5	–	0
Washington & Jefferson	2	–	1	3	–	1
Grove City	2	–	2	2	–	2
Saint Vincent	2	–	2	2	–	2
Bethany (WV)	1	–	1	1	–	2
Carnegie Mellon	1	–	2	2	–	2
Geneva	1	–	2	2	–	3
Waynesburg	0	–	3	0	–	5

$ – Conference champion Note: Case Western Reserve and Thiel did not play due to COVID-19.

2020 Southern Athletic Association football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Berry $	4	–	0	4	–	0
Hendrix	3	–	1	3	–	1
Trinity (TX)	3	–	1	3	–	1
Birmingham–Southern	2	–	2	2	–	2
Centre	2	–	2	2	–	2
Austin	1	–	3	1	–	3
Millsaps	1	–	3	1	–	3
Sewanee	0	–	0	0	–	1
Rhodes	0	–	4	0	–	4

$ – Conference champion

2020 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Martin Luther	1	–	0	3	–	1
Northwestern (MN)	1	–	0	1	–	1
Westminster (MO)	2	–	1	2	–	1
Greenville	1	–	1	1	–	3
Iowa Wesleyan	1	–	2	1	–	2
Minnesota–Morris	0	–	2	0	–	2

Note: Crown and St. Scholastica did not compete due to COVID-19.

2020 USA South Athletic Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Methodist $	3	–	0	4	–	1
Brevard	2	–	1	4	–	1
Huntingdon	2	–	1	3	–	1
Averett	1	–	1	1	–	3
Greensboro	0	–	1	1	–	2
Maryville (TN)	0	–	2	2	–	2
North Carolina Wesleyan	0	–	2	0	–	5

$ – Conference champion Note: LaGrange did not play due to COVID-19.

Conferences that did not play

The following conferences did not hold a football season in fall 2020 or spring 2021.

Centennial Conference – announced on December 10, 2020, that fall and winter sports would not be held during their respective seasons or during the spring.^[6]
Commonwealth Coast Conference – announced on January 21, 2021, that all winter sports and previously cancelled sports seasons would not be held.^[7]
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – announced on July 14, 2020, that the football season would not be played.^[8]
Liberty League – announced on November 9, 2020, that winter/spring sports and all previously postponed fall sports would not be played.^[9]
Middle Atlantic Conference – announced on March 22, 2021, that the previously postponed football season would not be rescheduled for the spring.^[10]
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference – announced on January 22, 2021, that postponed fall sports would not be rescheduled for the spring.^[11]
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – announced on March 3, 2021, that spring seasons for fall sports would not be held.^[12]
Midwest Conference – announced on December 3, 2020, that fall and winter sports would be cancelled and not rescheduled.^[13]
North Coast Athletic Conference – announced on October 16, 2020, that fall sports seasons would not be held.^[14]
New England Small College Athletic Conference – announced on August 10, 2020, that fall sports seasons would not be held.^[15]
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference – announced on July 17, 2020, that fall sports seasons would not be held.^[16] Coast Guard and Merchant Marine, both federal service academies and NEWMAC members (Coast Guard in all sports and Merchant Marine in football only), chose to play their rivalry game in November 2020, but did not play any other football games in 2020–21.
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – announced on December 1, 2020, that the fall and winter sports seasons that had previously been postponed would not be held.^[17]
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – announced on July 27, 2020, that the fall sports seasons would not be held.^[18]

References

↑ Hale, David M. (November 15, 2020). "A mind-boggling Big Ten, QB drama and fake spikes are all we needed in Week 11". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
↑ "2020-21 Adrian Bulldogs Football Schedule". Adrian Bulldogs. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
↑ "2020-21 Trine Thunder Football Schedule". Trine Thunder. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
↑ "2020 Division III football scoreboard - February 06, 2021". D3football. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
↑ "2020 Division III football scoreboard - May 01, 2021". D3football. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
↑ Schweigert, Keith (December 10, 2020). "Centennial Conference cancels winter sports season due to COVID-19 pandemic". FOX 43. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "CCC Board of Directors Makes Decision on Winter Competition". Commonwealth Coast Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "ECFC Statement on 2020 Fall Scheduling". Eastern Collegiate Football Conference. July 14, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "Liberty League Statement on Winter Sports Competition". Liberty League. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "MAC Announces Plans for Fall Sports". Middle Atlantic Conference. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "MASCAC Update on Fall in Spring Semester Competition". Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. January 22, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "MIAC announces plans for spring competition". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. March 3, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "Midwest Conference Will Not Play a Winter Athletic Schedule; Still Hope for the Spring". Midwest Conference. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "NCAC Cancels Winter Sports Championships, Denison Maintains Hopes of Competing". Denison University. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "NESCAC Presidents' Statement on Fall Sports". New England Small College Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "NEWMAC Presidents Council Announces Statement on Fall Sports". New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. July 17, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "SCIAC Presidents' Statement on Athletics". Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. December 1, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
↑ "WIAC Fall Statement On COVID-19". Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

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[6] Did not play during the spring 2021 season.

[1] Hale, David M. (November 15, 2020). "A mind-boggling Big Ten, QB drama and fake spikes are all we needed in Week 11". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

[2] "2020-21 Adrian Bulldogs Football Schedule". Adrian Bulldogs. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

[3] "2020-21 Trine Thunder Football Schedule". Trine Thunder. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

[4] "2020 Division III football scoreboard - February 06, 2021". D3football. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[5] "2020 Division III football scoreboard - May 01, 2021". D3football. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[7] Schweigert, Keith (December 10, 2020). "Centennial Conference cancels winter sports season due to COVID-19 pandemic". FOX 43. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[8] "CCC Board of Directors Makes Decision on Winter Competition". Commonwealth Coast Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[9] "ECFC Statement on 2020 Fall Scheduling". Eastern Collegiate Football Conference. July 14, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[10] "Liberty League Statement on Winter Sports Competition". Liberty League. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[11] "MAC Announces Plans for Fall Sports". Middle Atlantic Conference. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[12] "MASCAC Update on Fall in Spring Semester Competition". Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. January 22, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[13] "MIAC announces plans for spring competition". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. March 3, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[14] "Midwest Conference Will Not Play a Winter Athletic Schedule; Still Hope for the Spring". Midwest Conference. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[15] "NCAC Cancels Winter Sports Championships, Denison Maintains Hopes of Competing". Denison University. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[16] "NESCAC Presidents' Statement on Fall Sports". New England Small College Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[17] "NEWMAC Presidents Council Announces Statement on Fall Sports". New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. July 17, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[18] "SCIAC Presidents' Statement on Athletics". Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. December 1, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[19] "WIAC Fall Statement On COVID-19". Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

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Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

Conference standings

Conferences that did not play

See also

References