American college football season
2012 NCAA Division III football season Regular season August – November 2012 Playoffs November – December 2012 Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA Champion Mount Union (11)Gagliardi Trophy (RB), Elmhurst (IL)
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The 2012 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 2012, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship , also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2012 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia . The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their eleventh Division III championship by defeating the St. Thomas (MN) Tommies , 28−10.
The Gagliardi Trophy , given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to , running back from Elmhurst (IL) .[1]
Conference changes and new programs [ ]
School
2011 conference
2012 conference
McMurry
ASC (Division III)
Heartland (Division II)
Conference standings [ ]
2012 American Southwest Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 2 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^
7
–
0
13
–
1
No. 23 Louisiana College ^
6
–
1
8
–
3
Hardin–Simmons
5
–
2
6
–
4
Sul Ross
4
–
3
5
–
5
Texas Lutheran
2
–
5
4
–
6
East Texas Baptist
2
–
5
3
–
7
Mississippi College
1
–
6
2
–
8
Howard Payne
1
–
6
1
–
9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Centennial Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 22 Johns Hopkins $^
8
–
1
10
–
2
Muhlenberg
7
–
2
8
–
3
Gettysburg
6
–
3
7
–
3
Franklin & Marshall
6
–
3
7
–
4
Susquehanna
5
–
4
6
–
4
Ursinus
5
–
4
6
–
4
Dickinson
4
–
5
4
–
6
Juniata
2
–
7
3
–
7
Moravian
2
–
7
2
–
8
McDaniel
0
–
9
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 8 Elmhurst +^
6
–
1
10
–
2
No. 21 Wheaton (IL) +
6
–
1
8
–
2
No. 7 North Central (IL) +^
6
–
1
9
–
3
Augustana (IL)
4
–
3
5
–
5
Illinois Wesleyan
3
–
4
6
–
4
Millikin
2
–
5
5
–
5
Carthage
1
–
6
3
–
7
North Park
0
–
7
1
–
9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Mount Ida +^
6
–
1
8
–
3
Castleton +
6
–
1
7
–
4
Gallaudet
5
–
2
7
–
3
Norwich
4
–
2
7
–
3
SUNY Maritime
2
–
4
3
–
6
Becker
2
–
5
3
–
7
Anna Maria
1
–
6
2
–
8
Husson
1
–
6
2
–
8
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2012 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 11 Salisbury $^
6
–
1
9
–
3
Alfred
5
–
2
6
–
4
St. John Fisher
4
–
3
8
–
3
Buffalo State
4
–
3
6
–
4
Ithaca
4
–
3
6
–
4
Utica
4
–
3
6
–
4
Frostburg State
1
–
6
3
–
7
Hartwick
0
–
7
3
–
7
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 20 Franklin $^
8
–
0
9
–
3
Hanover
6
–
2
6
–
4
Manchester
6
–
2
6
–
4
Bluffton
5
–
3
6
–
4
Rose-Hulman
5
–
3
5
–
5
Mount St. Joseph
3
–
5
4
–
6
Defiance
2
–
6
2
–
8
Earlham
1
–
7
1
–
9
Anderson (IN)
0
–
8
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 15 Coe $^
7
–
0
10
–
1
Simpson
4
–
3
6
–
4
Wartburg
4
–
3
6
–
4
Central (IA)
4
–
3
5
–
5
Dubuque
4
–
3
5
–
5
Buena Vista
4
–
3
4
–
6
Loras
1
–
6
2
–
8
Luther
0
–
7
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Liberty League football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 9 Hobart $^
7
–
0
12
–
1
Union (NY)
6
–
1
6
–
4
Springfield
5
–
2
8
–
3
RPI
3
–
4
5
–
4
Merchant Marine
3
–
4
5
–
5
Rochester (NY)
3
–
4
4
–
5
WPI
1
–
6
2
–
8
St. Lawrence
0
–
7
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Adrian $^
6
–
0
9
–
2
Trine
5
–
1
7
–
3
Hope
4
–
2
5
–
5
Albion
3
–
3
6
–
4
Kalamazoo
2
–
4
5
–
5
Alma
1
–
5
1
–
9
Olivet
0
–
6
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2012 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 10 Widener $^
8
–
0
11
–
1
Lycoming
8
–
1
8
–
2
Delaware Valley
7
–
2
8
–
3
Albright
6
–
3
8
–
3
Lebanon Valley
5
–
4
6
–
4
Wilkes
4
–
5
5
–
5
FDU Florham
2
–
6
2
–
8
King's
2
–
7
2
–
8
Stevenson
2
–
7
2
–
8
Misericordia
0
–
9
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Lake Forest +
8
–
1
8
–
2
St. Norbert +^
8
–
1
8
–
3
Carroll (WI)
7
–
2
8
–
2
Illinois College
7
–
2
8
–
2
Monmouth (IL)
5
–
4
5
–
5
Ripon
5
–
4
5
–
5
Cornell (IA)
4
–
5
4
–
6
Grinnell
2
–
7
2
–
8
Knox
2
–
7
2
–
8
Lawrence
2
–
8
2
–
8
Beloit
0
–
9
0
–
10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2012 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 3 St. Thomas (MN) $^
8
–
0
14
–
1
No. 18 Concordia–Moorhead
6
–
2
8
–
2
No. 12 Bethel (MN) ^
6
–
2
9
–
3
Augsburg
5
–
3
7
–
3
St. Olaf
5
–
3
7
–
3
Saint John's (MN)
3
–
5
5
–
5
Gustavus Adolphus
2
–
6
3
–
7
Carleton
1
–
7
3
–
7
Hamline
0
–
8
1
–
9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 New England Football Conference standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Bogan Division
Framingham State xy$^
7
–
0
10
–
2
Bridgewater State ^
6
–
1
9
–
2
Worcester State
4
–
3
6
–
4
Coast Guard
4
–
3
5
–
4
Massachusetts Maritime
4
–
3
5
–
4
Westfield State
2
–
5
3
–
7
Fitchburg State
1
–
6
2
–
8
Maine Maritime
0
–
7
0
–
9
Boyd Division
Endicott x
7
–
0
9
–
2
Salve Regina xy
6
–
1
9
–
2
Curry
5
–
2
6
–
4
Western New England
4
–
3
6
–
4
MIT
4
–
3
5
–
4
Plymouth State
1
–
6
2
–
8
Nichols
1
–
6
1
–
9
UMass Dartmouth
1
–
6
1
–
9
Championship: Framingham State 28 , Salve Regina 16
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2012 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 24 Cortland $^
7
–
0
9
–
2
No. 25 Rowan ^
6
–
1
7
–
3
Kean
5
–
2
5
–
4
Montclair State
5
–
3
5
–
5
Brockport
4
–
4
6
–
4
TCNJ
3
–
5
4
–
6
William Paterson
2
–
5
5
–
5
Western Connecticut
1
–
7
1
–
8
Morrisville State
1
–
7
1
–
9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Ohio Wesleyan +
6
–
1
9
–
1
No. 14 Wittenberg +^
6
–
1
10
–
2
Wabash
5
–
2
8
–
2
Kenyon
5
–
2
6
–
4
Allegheny
4
–
3
5
–
5
Denison
4
–
3
4
–
6
Oberlin
3
–
4
4
–
6
DePauw
1
–
6
2
–
8
Wooster
1
–
6
2
–
8
Hiram
0
–
7
0
–
10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Northern Athletics Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Concordia (IL) $^
7
–
0
10
–
1
Concordia (WI)
6
–
1
7
–
3
Wisconsin Lutheran
5
–
2
7
–
3
Aurora
4
–
3
5
–
5
Benedictine (IL)
3
–
4
5
–
5
Lakeland
2
–
5
2
–
8
Rockford
1
–
6
2
–
8
Maranatha Baptist
0
–
7
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2012 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 5 Linfield $^
6
–
0
11
–
1
No. 17 Pacific Lutheran ^
5
–
1
7
–
3
Willamette
4
–
2
8
–
2
Whitworth
3
–
3
7
–
3
Pacific (OR)
2
–
4
3
–
6
Lewis & Clark
1
–
5
4
–
5
Puget Sound
0
–
6
0
–
9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 1 Mount Union $^
9
–
0
15
–
0
No. 19 Heidelberg ^
8
–
1
9
–
2
Otterbein
7
–
2
8
–
2
Baldwin Wallace
6
–
3
7
–
3
John Carroll
5
–
4
6
–
4
Ohio Northern
4
–
5
4
–
6
Muskingum
3
–
6
3
–
7
Capital
2
–
7
2
–
8
Wilmington (OH)
1
–
8
1
–
9
Marietta
0
–
9
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Washington and Lee $^
6
–
1
8
–
3
Randolph–Macon
5
–
2
7
–
3
Bridgewater
4
–
3
7
–
3
Hampden–Sydney
4
–
3
6
–
4
Guilford
4
–
3
5
–
5
Emory & Henry
3
–
4
6
–
4
Catholic University
2
–
5
3
–
7
Shenandoah
0
–
7
1
–
9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2012 Southern Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Birmingham–Southern +
3
–
1
7
–
3
Millsaps +
3
–
1
7
–
3
Rhodes
2
–
2
6
–
3
Centre
1
–
3
6
–
4
Sewanee
1
–
3
3
–
7
+ – Conference co-champions
2012 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 16 Cal Lutheran $^
7
–
0
8
–
2
Redlands
6
–
1
6
–
3
Chapman
5
–
2
6
–
3
La Verne
4
–
3
4
–
5
Whittier
3
–
4
4
–
5
Occidental
2
–
5
2
–
7
Pomona–Pitzer
1
–
6
1
–
8
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps
0
–
7
0
–
9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2012 University Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Washington University $
3
–
0
5
–
5
Case Western Reserve
2
–
1
6
–
4
Carnegie Mellon
1
–
2
6
–
5
Chicago
0
–
3
4
–
6
2012 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Greenville +
7
–
1
8
–
2
Northwestern (MN) +
7
–
1
8
–
3
St. Scholastica +^
7
–
1
8
–
3
Minnesota–Morris
5
–
3
6
–
4
Eureka
3
–
5
4
–
6
Martin Luther
2
–
6
4
–
6
Westminster (MO)
2
–
6
4
–
6
MacMurray
2
–
6
2
–
8
Crown
1
–
7
2
–
8
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2012 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Ferrum +
5
–
2
7
–
3
Maryville (TN) +
5
–
2
6
–
4
Christopher Newport +^
5
–
2
6
–
5
Methodist
4
–
3
5
–
5
Greensboro
3
–
4
5
–
5
LaGrange
3
–
4
3
–
7
North Carolina Wesleyan
2
–
5
3
–
7
Averett
1
–
6
1
–
9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Conference champions [ ]
Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor
Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Elmhurst , North Central (IL) , and Wheaton (IL)
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Castleton State and Mount Ida
Empire 8 Conference – Salisbury
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Coe
Liberty League – Hobart
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association �� Adrian
Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener
Midwest Conference – Lake Forest and St. Norbert
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – St. Thomas (MN)
New England Football Conference – Framingham State (Bogan Division), Endicott and Salve Regina (Boyd Division)
Championship Game: Framingham State 28, Salve Regina 16
New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT)
New Jersey Athletic Conference – SUNY Cortland
North Coast Athletic Conference – Ohio Wesleyan and Wittenberg
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Concordia Chicago
Northwest Conference – Linfield
Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union
Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Washington & Lee
Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson and Waynesburg
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Cal Lutheran
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX)
University Athletic Association – Washington–Saint Louis
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Greenville , Northwestern–St. Paul , and St. Scholastica
USA South Athletic Conference – Christopher Newport , Ferrum , and Maryville (TN)
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Oshkosh
Postseason [ ]
The 2012 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 40th 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 20th time.[2]
Qualification [ ]
Twenty-four conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, two conferences (the SAA and UAA) had no Pool A bid, neither meeting the seven-member requirement.
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 24 Pool A conferences contained 214 schools, an average of 8.9 teams per conference. Fifteen schools were in Pool B, enough for one bid.
The remaining seven 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
Linfield
27
Pacific Lutheran
24
Linfield
30
North Central (IL)
41
North Central (IL)
14
Cal Lutheran
21
Linfield
24
Bethel (MN)
24
Wisconsin–Oshkosh
31*
Concordia Chicago
23
Bethel (MN)
14
Wisconsin–Oshkosh
55
Wisconsin–Oshkosh
37
St. Scholastica
10
Wisconsin–Oshkosh
14
Hobart
38
St. Thomas (MN)
28
Washington & Lee
20
Hobart
35
Wittenberg
52
Wittenberg
10
Heidelberg
38
Hobart
7
Elmhurst
27
St. Thomas (MN)
47
Coe
24
Elmurst
17
St. Thomas (MN)
48
St. Thomas (MN)
24
St. Norbert
17
St. Thomas (MN)
10
Mary Hardin–Baylor
59
Mount Union
28
Louisiana College
20
Mary Hardin–Baylor
63
Franklin
42
Franklin
17
Adrian
10
Mary Hardin–Baylor
32
SUNY Cortland
20
Wesley
20
Framingham State
19
SUNY Cortland
6
Wesley
73
Wesley
56
Mount Ida
14
Mary Hardin–Baylor
35
Widener
44
Mount Union
48
Bridgewater State
14
Widener
28
Salisbury
17
Salisbury
7
Rowan
9
Widener
17
Johns Hopkins
42
Mount Union
72
Washington & Jefferson
10
Johns Hopkins
13
Mount Union
72
Mount Union
55
Christopher Newport
14
* Overtime
See also [ ]
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