2024 NCAA Division III football season

The 2024 NCAA Division III football season is the component of the 2024 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on September 1 and will end on November 16. This is the 51st season that the NCAA has sponsored a Division III championship.

Cortland is the defending national champion.

The playoffs were expanded from 32 from last season to 40 teams.[1]

The season's playoffs will be played between November 23 and January 4, 2025, culminating in the national championship—also known as the Stagg Bowl—at Turner Stadium in Humble, Texas.[2]

  1. ^ "DIII Management Council supports expanding football, team sport brackets". NCAA (Press release). April 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "From 2022-2025, Stagg will break the mold". D3Football.com (Press release). October 14, 2020.