2010 NCAA Division III football season

2010 NCAA Division III football season
2010 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2010
Playoffs	November – December 2010
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Wisconsin–Whitewater (3)
Gagliardi Trophy	Eric Watt (QB), Trine

The 2010 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 2010, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2010 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won their first Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 31−21. This was the sixth of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins).

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Eric Watt, quarterback from Trine.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	2009 conference	2010 conference
Menlo	Northwest (Division III)	Independent (NAIA)

Conference standings

2010 American Southwest Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^	8	–	0	12	–	1
Louisiana College	7	–	1	7	–	3
No. 24 Hardin–Simmons	6	–	2	8	–	2
McMurry	4	–	4	6	–	4
East Texas Baptist	4	–	4	5	–	5
Texas Lutheran	3	–	5	4	–	6
Mississippi College	2	–	6	4	–	6
Howard Payne	1	–	7	2	–	8
Sul Ross	1	–	7	1	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Wesley $^	3	–	0	12	–	1
Salisbury ^	2	–	1	7	–	3
Frostburg State	1	–	2	2	–	8
Apprentice §	0	–	3	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant § – Not an NCAA member Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Centennial Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Ursinus +	7	–	2	8	–	2
Johns Hopkins +	7	–	2	8	–	3
Muhlenberg +^	7	–	2	7	–	4
Moravian	6	–	3	7	–	4
Gettysburg	5	–	4	6	–	4
Franklin & Marshall	5	–	4	6	–	5
McDaniel	4	–	5	5	–	5
Dickinson	3	–	6	3	–	7
Susquehanna	1	–	8	2	–	8
Juniata	0	–	9	0	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2010 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 North Central (IL) $^	7	–	0	12	–	1
No. 11 Wheaton (IL) ^	6	–	1	10	–	2
Illinois Wesleyan	4	–	3	7	–	3
Augustana (IL)	4	–	3	6	–	4
Carthage	3	–	4	6	–	4
Elmhurst	3	–	4	6	–	4
Millikin	1	–	6	4	–	6
North Park	0	–	7	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Maritime $^	7	–	0	10	–	1
Norwich	5	–	2	8	–	3
Castleton	5	–	2	5	–	4
Mount Ida	5	–	2	6	–	5
Gallaudet	3	–	4	3	–	5
Becker	2	–	5	2	–	8
Husson	1	–	6	1	–	9
Anna Maria	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2010 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 Alfred $^	5	–	0	10	–	3
St. John Fisher	3	–	2	9	–	2
Springfield	3	–	2	9	–	2
Ithaca	3	–	2	6	–	4
Hartwick	1	–	4	4	–	5
Utica	0	–	5	5	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 22 Franklin (IN) $^	8	–	0	9	–	2
Hanover	6	–	2	7	–	3
Defiance	6	–	2	6	–	4
Rose-Hulman	5	–	3	6	–	4
Mount St. Joseph	4	–	4	5	–	5
Bluffton	3	–	5	4	–	6
Anderson (IN)	3	–	5	3	–	7
Manchester	1	–	7	2	–	8
Earlham	0	–	8	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12 Wartburg $^	8	–	0	10	–	1
No. 14 Coe ^	7	–	1	9	–	2
Central (IA)	6	–	2	8	–	2
Loras	4	–	4	5	–	5
Luther	4	–	4	5	–	5
Dubuque	3	–	5	4	–	6
Buena Vista	2	–	6	3	–	7
Simpson (IA)	2	–	6	2	–	8
Cornell (IA)	0	–	8	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Liberty League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
St. Lawrence $^	5	–	1	5	–	6
RPI	4	–	2	6	–	4
Hobart	3	–	3	5	–	4
Rochester (NY)	3	–	3	4	–	5
Merchant Marine	3	–	3	4	–	6
Union (NY)	2	–	4	2	–	7
WPI	1	–	5	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2010 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Trine $^	6	–	0	11	–	1
Adrian	4	–	2	5	–	5
Albion	4	–	2	5	–	5
Hope	3	–	3	3	–	7
Alma	2	–	4	3	–	7
Kalamazoo	2	–	4	3	–	7
Olivet	0	–	6	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 16 Delaware Valley $^	6	–	1	9	–	3
Lebanon Valley	5	–	2	6	–	5
Wilkes	5	–	2	6	–	5
Lycoming	4	–	3	6	–	4
Widener	4	–	3	5	–	5
Albright	3	–	4	5	–	5
King's	1	–	6	1	–	9
FDU Florham	0	–	7	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Midwest Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
St. Norbert $^	7	–	2	7	–	4
Carroll (WI)	6	–	3	7	–	3
Ripon	6	–	3	7	–	3
Monmouth (IL)	6	–	3	6	–	4
Grinnell	5	–	4	6	–	4
Beloit	5	–	4	5	–	5
Illinois College	5	–	4	5	–	5
Lake Forest	2	–	7	2	–	8
Lawrence	2	–	7	2	–	8
Knox	1	–	8	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2010 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 7 St. Thomas (MN) $^	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 6 Bethel (MN) ^	7	–	1	12	–	2
Saint John's (MN)	6	–	2	7	–	3
St. Olaf	4	–	4	6	–	4
Concordia–Moorhead	4	–	4	5	–	5
Gustavus Adolphus	3	–	5	4	–	6
Augsburg	2	–	6	4	–	6
Carleton	2	–	6	3	–	7
Hamline	0	–	8	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 New England Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Bogan Division
Framingham State x	6	–	1	9	–	2
Maine Maritime xy	6	–	1	8	–	3
Massachusetts Maritime	4	–	3	5	–	5
Westfield State	4	–	3	5	–	5
Bridgewater State	3	–	4	5	–	5
Worcester State	3	–	4	5	–	5
Coast Guard	1	–	6	2	–	7
Fitchburg State	1	–	6	1	–	9
Boyd Division
Western New England x	6	–	1	9	–	2
Endicott xy$^	6	–	1	9	–	3
Salve Regina	5	–	2	6	–	4
Curry	4	–	3	6	–	4
Plymouth State	4	–	3	6	–	4
UMass Dartmouth	2	–	5	3	–	7
Nichols	1	–	6	1	–	9
MIT	0	–	7	1	–	8
Championship: Endicott 38, Maine Maritime 35
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2010 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Williams $	8	–	0	8	–	0
Trinity (CT)	7	–	1	7	–	1
Amherst	6	–	2	6	–	2
Colby	4	–	4	4	–	4
Middlebury	4	–	4	4	–	4
Wesleyan	4	–	4	4	–	4
Bowdoin	3	–	5	3	–	5
Bates	2	–	6	2	–	6
Hamilton	1	–	7	1	–	7
Tufts	1	–	7	1	–	7

$ – Conference champion

2010 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 23 Rowan +	8	–	1	9	–	1
No. 18 Cortland +^	8	–	1	10	–	2
No. 19 Montclair State +^	8	–	1	10	–	2
Kean	5	–	4	5	–	5
TCNJ	5	–	4	5	–	5
Buffalo State	4	–	5	4	–	6
William Paterson	3	–	6	4	–	6
Brockport	2	–	7	2	–	8
Morrisville State	2	–	7	2	–	8
Western Connecticut	0	–	9	0	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Wittenberg $^	6	–	0	10	–	1
Wabash	5	–	1	8	–	2
Allegheny	4	–	2	7	–	3
Wooster	4	–	2	5	–	5
Oberlin	3	–	3	4	–	6
Denison	2	–	4	4	–	6
Ohio Wesleyan	2	–	4	2	–	8
Hiram	1	–	5	1	–	9
Kenyon	0	–	6	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Northern Athletics Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Benedictine (IL) $^	7	–	0	8	–	3
Concordia (IL)	6	–	1	8	–	2
Aurora	5	–	2	7	–	3
Wisconsin Lutheran	4	–	3	6	–	4
Lakeland	3	–	4	4	–	6
Concordia (WI)	2	–	5	2	–	8
Maranatha Baptist	1	–	6	1	–	9
Rockford	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2010 Northwest Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 9 Linfield $^	6	–	0	9	–	2
No. 20 Pacific Lutheran	5	–	1	8	–	1
Willamette	4	–	2	7	–	3
Whitworth	3	–	3	5	–	5
Lewis & Clark	2	–	4	4	–	5
Puget Sound	1	–	5	2	–	7
Pacific (OR)	0	–	6	0	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Mount Union $^	9	–	0	14	–	1
No. 8 Ohio Northern ^	8	–	1	10	–	2
Baldwin–Wallace	6	–	3	7	–	3
Otterbein	5	–	4	6	–	4
Capital	5	–	4	5	–	5
John Carroll	5	–	4	5	–	5
Heidelberg	4	–	5	5	–	5
Muskingum	2	–	7	3	–	7
Marietta	1	–	8	2	–	8
Wilmington (OH)	0	–	9	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Washington and Lee $^	6	–	0	8	–	3
No. 25 Hampden–Sydney ^	5	–	1	9	–	2
Bridgewater	4	–	2	8	–	2
Randolph–Macon	3	–	3	7	–	3
Catholic University	2	–	4	4	–	6
Emory & Henry	1	–	5	5	–	5
Guilford	0	–	6	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Thomas More $^	7	–	0	11	–	1
Washington & Jefferson	6	–	1	9	–	2
Waynesburg	4	–	3	6	–	4
Bethany (WV)	4	–	3	5	–	5
Grove City	3	–	4	5	–	5
Saint Vincent	3	–	4	3	–	7
Westminster (PA)	1	–	6	2	–	8
Thiel	0	–	7	0	–	10
Geneva #		–		5	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant # – Provisional NCAA Divisional III member; games not counted in standings Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Cal Lutheran $^	6	–	0	8	–	2
Redlands	5	–	1	8	–	1
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	4	–	2	7	–	2
Occidental	3	–	3	4	–	5
Whittier	1	–	5	2	–	7
La Verne	1	–	5	1	–	8
Pomona–Pitzer	1	–	5	1	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
DePauw $^	6	–	0	9	–	2
Millsaps	5	–	1	7	–	3
Centre	3	–	3	6	–	4
Rhodes	3	–	3	4	–	6
Austin	2	–	4	4	–	5
Trinity (TX)	2	–	4	4	–	6
Sewanee	0	–	6	1	–	9
Birmingham–Southern #		–		6	–	4

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant # – Provisional Division III member; games not counted in standings

2010 University Athletic Association football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Chicago $	3	–	0	8	–	2
Washington University	2	–	1	7	–	3
Case Western Reserve	1	–	2	8	–	2
Carnegie Mellon	0	–	3	4	–	6

$ – Conference champion

2010 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Greenville $	6	–	0	7	–	3
St. Scholastica	5	–	2	7	–	3
Crown	4	–	2	6	–	3
Martin Luther	4	–	2	5	–	4
Minnesota–Morris	4	–	2	4	–	4
Westminster (MO)	3	–	4	5	–	5
Eureka	2	–	5	2	–	8
Northwestern (MN)	1	–	5	1	–	8
MacMurray	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion

2010 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Carolina Wesleyan +	6	–	1	7	–	3
Christopher Newport +^	6	–	1	6	–	5
Ferrum	4	–	3	4	–	6
Shenandoah	4	–	3	4	–	6
Averett	3	–	4	5	–	5
Maryville (TN)	3	–	4	4	–	6
Greensboro	1	–	6	2	–	8
Methodist	1	–	6	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2010 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Wisconsin–Whitewater $^	7	–	0	15	–	0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	5	–	2	7	–	3
Wisconsin–Stout	4	–	3	6	–	4
Wisconsin–Platteville	3	–	4	5	–	5
Wisconsin–Oshkosh	3	–	4	4	–	6
Wisconsin–La Crosse	3	–	4	3	–	7
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	2	–	5	4	–	6
Wisconsin–River Falls	1	–	6	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2010 NCAA Division III independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
Macalester		–		6	–	3
Huntingdon		–		6	–	4
Chapman		–		4	–	5
LaGrange		–		3	–	7

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference‡ – Wesley Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins, Muhlenberg, and Ursinus College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – North Central (IL) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Maritime Empire 8 Conference – Alfred Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wartburg Liberty League – St. Lawrence Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Trine Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley Midwest Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – St. Thomas (MN) New England Football Conference – Framingham State and Maine Maritime (Bogan Division), Endicott and Western New England (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Endicott 38, Maine Maritime 35 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Williams New Jersey Athletic Conference – Montclair State, Rowan, and SUNY Cortland North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Benedictine (IL) Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Washington & Lee Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thomas More Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Cal Lutheran Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw University Athletic Association – Chicago Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Greenville USA South Athletic Conference – Christopher Newport and North Carolina Wesleyan Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2010 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 38th 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 18th time.^[2]

Qualification

Twenty-three conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, four conferences had no Pool A bid. The ECFC and UMAC were in the second year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC and UAA failed to meet 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 23 Pool A conferences contained 197 schools, an average of 8.6 teams per conference. Twenty-eight schools were in Pool B, enough for three bids.

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

Wesley	53
Muhlenberg	14	Wesley	44
Montclair State	16	Montclair State	7
Hampden–Sydney	14			Wesley	19
Thomas More	42			Mary Hardin–Baylor	9
Washington & Lee	14	Thomas More	7
Mary Hardin–Baylor	59	Mary Hardin–Baylor	69
Christopher Newport	7					Wesley	7
North Central (IL)	57					Wisconsin–Whitewater	27
St. Norbert	7	North Central (IL)	28
Ohio Northern	37	Ohio Northern	9
Wittenberg	14			North Central (IL)	10
Trine	45			Wisconsin–Whitewater	20
DePauw	35	Trine	31
Wisconsin–Whitewater	52	Wisconsin–Whitewater	45
Franklin	21							Wisconsin–Whitewater	31
Mount Union	49							Mount Union	21
St. Lawrence	0	Mount Union	31
Delaware Valley	23	Delaware Valley	3
Salisbury	12			Mount Union	37
Alfred	60			Alfred	7
Maritime	0	Alfred	34
SUNY Cortland	49	SUNY Cortland	20
Endicott	35					Mount Union	34
St. Thomas (MN)	57					Bethel (MN)	14
Benedictine	10	St. Thomas (MN)	24**
Linfield	42	Linfield	17
Cal Lutheran	26			St. Thomas (MN)	7
Bethel (MN)	28			Bethel (MN)	12
Wartburg	20	Bethel (MN)	15
Wheaton (IL)	31	Wheaton (IL)	10
Coe	21

* Overtime

References

^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ "2010 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[2] "2010 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

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NCAA pre-divisional	1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
NCAA University Division	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
NCAA Division I	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
NCAA Division I-A/FBS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
NCAA College Division	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
NCAA Division III	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024