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2017 NCAA Division III football rankings
Season2017
PostseasonSingle-elimination
Preseason No. 1Mary Hardin–Baylor
National championsMount Union
Conference with most teams in final pollCCIW, MIAC, WIAC (3)
NCAA Division III football rankings
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Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings. Unlike in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the NCAA, Division III college football's governing body, bestows a national championship on the winner of the Stagg Bowl – the championship round of a 32-team postseason tournament. The main weekly poll that begins in the preseason is the D3football.com poll, which ranks the top 25 colleges in Division III football. The AFCA Division III Coaches Poll is released beginning midway through the season.

Legend

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D3football.com poll

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Preseason
July 10[1]
Week 1
September 3[2]
Week 2
September 10[3]
Week 3
September 17[4]
Week 4
September 24[5]
Week 5
October 1[6]
Week 6
October 8[7]
Week 7
October 15[8]
Week 8
October 22[9]
Week 9
October 29[10]
Week 10
November 5[11]
Week 11
November 12[12]
Final
December 17[13]
1.Mary Hardin–Baylor (16)Mary Hardin–Baylor (0–0) (19)Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0) (18)Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–0) (19)Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–0) (21)Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–0) (21)Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–0) (21)Mary Hardin–Baylor (6–0) (21)Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–0) (21)Mary Hardin–Baylor (8–0) (21)Mary Hardin–Baylor (9–0) (21)Mary Hardin–Baylor (10–0) (20)Mount Union (15–0) (25)1.
2.Mount Union (3)Mount Union (1–0) (4)Mount Union (1–0) (5)Mount Union (2–0) (5)Mount Union (3–0) (4)Mount Union (4–0) (4)Mount Union (5–0) (4)Mount Union (6–0) (4)Mount Union (7–0) (4)Mount Union (8–0) (4)Mount Union (9–0) (4)Mount Union (10–0) (3)Mary Hardin–Baylor (14–1)2.
3.Wisconsin–Whitewater (4)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0) (2)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0) (2)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0) (1)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (4–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (5–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (6–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (7–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (8–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (9–0) (2)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (12–1)3.
4.Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2)St. Thomas (MN) (1–0)Wheaton (IL) (2–0)Wheaton (IL) (3–0)North Central (IL) (3–0)North Central (IL) (4–0)North Central (IL) (5–0)North Central (IL) (5–0)St. Thomas (MN) (6–1)St. Thomas (MN) (7–1)St. Thomas (MN) (8–1)St. Thomas (MN) (9–1)St. Thomas (MN) (11–2)4.
5.St. Thomas (MN)Wheaton (IL) (1–0)North Central (IL) (1–0)North Central (IL) (2–0)Wheaton (IL) (4–0)Hardin–Simmons (4–0)Hardin–Simmons (4–1)Hardin–Simmons (5–1)Hardin–Simmons (6–1)Hardin–Simmons (7–1)Hardin–Simmons (8–1)Hardin–Simmons (9–1)Brockport (13–1)5.
6.Wheaton (IL)North Central (IL) (1–0)Linfield (1–0)Saint John's (MN) (3–0)Hardin–Simmons (3–0)St. Thomas (MN) (4–1)St. Thomas (MN) (5–1)St. Thomas (MN) (5–1)Linfield (5–1)Saint John's (MN) (7–1)Saint John's (MN) (8–1)Saint John's (MN) (9–1)Linfield (9–2)6.
7.North Central (IL)Linfield (0–0)Saint John's (MN) (2–0)Hardin–Simmons (2–0)St. Thomas (MN) (3–1)Linfield (2–1)Linfield (3–1)Linfield (4–1)Saint John's (MN) (7–1)Delaware Valley (8–0)Delaware Valley (9–0)Delaware Valley (10–0)Delaware Valley (12–1)7.
8.John CarrollSaint John's (MN) (1–0)Hardin–Simmons (1–0)Linfield (1–1)Linfield (1–1)Saint John's (MN) (4–1)Saint John's (MN) (5–1)Saint John's (MN) (6–1)Delaware Valley (7–0)Linfield (6–1)Linfield (7–1)Linfield (8–1)North Central (IL) (10–2)8.
9.LinfieldJohn Carroll (0–1)John Carroll (0–1)John Carroll (1–1)Saint John's (MN) (3–1)Wisconsin–Platteville (4–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (5–0)Delaware Valley (7–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (6–1)North Central (IL) (7–1)North Central (IL) (8–1)North Central (IL) (9–1)Frostburg State (11–2)9.
10.Saint John's (MN)Hardin–Simmons (0–0)St. Thomas (MN) (1–1)St. Thomas (MN) (2–1)Delaware Valley (4–0)Delaware Valley (5–0)Delaware Valley (6–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (5–1)North Central (IL) (6–1)Brockport (8–0)Brockport (9–0)Brockport (10–0)Wartburg (12–1)10.
11.WesleyFrostburg State (1–0)Frostburg State (2–0)Frostburg State (3–0)Frostburg State (4–0)Frostburg State (4–0)Illinois Wesleyan (5–1)Illinois Wesleyan (6–1)Brockport (7–0)Illinois Wesleyan (8–1)Illinois Wesleyan (8–1)Illinois Wesleyan (9–1)Hardin–Simmons (9–2)11.
12.Hardin–SimmonsDelaware Valley (1–0)Delaware Valley (2–0)Delaware Valley (3–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (3–0)Illinois Wesleyan (4–1)Wittenberg (5–0)Brockport (6–0)Illinois Wesleyan (7–1)Wittenberg (8–0)Wittenberg (9–0)Wittenberg (10–0)Wesley (10–2)12.
13.Johns HopkinsWisconsin–Platteville (1–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (1–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (2–0)Johns Hopkins (4–0)Wheaton (IL) (4–1)Brockport (5–0)Wittenberg (6–0)Wittenberg (7–0)Wesley (7–1)Wesley (8–1)Wesley (9–1)Case Western Reserve (11–1)13.
14.HobartIllinois Wesleyan (1–0)Johns Hopkins (2–0)Johns Hopkins (3–0)Whitworth (3–0)Wittenberg (4–0)Wesley (4–1)Wesley (5–1)Wesley (6–1)Frostburg State (7–1)Case Western Reserve (9–0)Washington & Jefferson (10–0)Saint John's (MN) (9–2)14.
15.Wisconsin–PlattevilleWisconsin–Whitewater (0–1)Wittenberg (1–0)Whitworth (3–0)Wittenberg (3–0)Brockport (5–0)Washington & Jefferson (5–0)Washington & Jefferson (6–0)Frostburg State (6–1)Washington & Jefferson (8–0)Washington & Jefferson (9–0)Frostburg State (9–1)Berry (11–1)15.
16.WittenbergJohns Hopkins (1–0)Illinois Wesleyan (2–0)Wittenberg (2–0)Brockport (4–0)Washington & Jefferson (3–0)Case Western Reserve (5–0)Frostburg State (5–1)Washington & Jefferson (7–0)Case Western Reserve (8–0)Frostburg State (8–1)Case Western Reserve (10–0)Washington & Jefferson (11–1)16.
17.Frostburg StateWittenberg (1–0)Case Western Reserve (1–0)Washington & Jefferson (3–0)Washington & Jefferson (3–0)Case Western Reserve (4–0)Alfred (5–0)Case Western Reserve (6–0)Case Western Reserve (7–0)Berry (9–0)Berry (9–0)Wartburg (10–0)Illinois Wesleyan (9–2)17.
18.StevensonThomas More (1–0)Washington & Jefferson (2–0)Case Western Reserve (2–0)Case Western Reserve (3–0)Alfred (4–0)Frostburg State (4–1)Berry (7–0)Berry (8–0)Wartburg (8–0)Wartburg (9–0)Berry (10–0)Wittenberg (10–1)18.
19.Thomas MoreCase Western Reserve (1–0)Alfred (1–0)Brockport (3–0)Illinois Wesleyan (3–1)Wesley (3–1)Berry (6–0)George Fox (5–1)Wartburg (7–0)Concordia Moorhead (7–1)Concordia Moorhead (8–1)Springfield (10–0)Trine (11–1)19.
20.Delaware ValleyRedlands (1–0)Whitworth (2–0)Illinois Wesleyan (2–1)Alfred (3–0)Concordia Moorhead (4–0)Wabash (5–0)Wartburg (6–0)George Fox (5–2)Wisconsin–Platteville (6–2)Springfield (9–0)Concordia Moorhead (8–2)Johns Hopkins (9–2)20.
21.AlfredAlfred (1–0)Redlands (1–0)Concordia Moorhead (3–0)Concordia Moorhead (3–0)Heidelberg (4–0)George Fox (4–1)Concordia Moorhead (5–1)Concordia Moorhead (6–1)George Fox (6–2)Johns Hopkins (8–1)Johns Hopkins (9–1)Concordia Moorhead (8–2)21.
22.Case Western ReserveWesley (0–1)Brockport (2–0)Wesley (1–1)Wisconsin–Stout (2–0)Whitworth (3–1)Wartburg (5–0)Johns Hopkins (5–1)Springfield (8–0)Springfield (8–0)Wheaton (IL) (7–2)Wheaton (IL) (8–2)Wheaton (IL) (8–2)22.
23.St. John FisherWashington & Jefferson (1–0)Concordia Moorhead (2–0)Alfred (2–0)Wesley (2–1)Wisconsin–Stout (2–1)Concordia Moorhead (4–1)Springfield (7–0)Wheaton (IL) (6–2)Johns Hopkins (7–1)Wisconsin–Whitewater (6–3)Wisconsin–Whitewater (7–3)Wisconsin–Whitewater (7–3)23.
24.Western New EnglandWhitworth (1–0)Wesley (0–1)Wisconsin–Stout (2–0)Heidelberg (3–0)Berry (5–0)Johns Hopkins (5–1)Heidelberg (5–1)Johns Hopkins (6–1)Wheaton (IL) (6–2)Wisconsin–La Crosse (7–2)Wisconsin–La Crosse (8–2)Wisconsin–La Crosse (8–2)24.
25.RedlandsBrockport (1–0)Wisconsin–Stout (2–0)Wabash (2–0)Wabash (3–0)Wabash (4–0)Springfield (6–0)DePauw (6–0)Salisbury (6–1)Salisbury (7–1)Trine (9–0)Trine (10–0)
25.
Preseason
July 10[1]
Week 1
September 3[2]
Week 2
September 10[3]
Week 3
September 17[4]
Week 4
September 24[5]
Week 5
October 1[6]
Week 6
October 8[7]
Week 7
October 15[8]
Week 8
October 22[9]
Week 9
October 29[10]
Week 10
November 5[11]
Week 11
November 12[12]
Final
December 17[13]
Dropped:
  • No. 14 Hobart
  • No. 18 Stevenson
  • No. 23 St. John Fisher
  • No. 24 Western New England
Dropped:
  • No. 15 Wisconsin–Whitewater
  • No. 18 Thomas More
Dropped:
No. 21 Redlands
Dropped:
No. 9 John Carroll
Dropped:
No. 13 Johns Hopkins
Dropped:
  • No. 13 Wheaton (IL)
  • No. 21 Heidelberg
  • No. 22 Whitworth
  • No. 23 Wisconsin–Stout
Dropped:
  • No. 17 Alfred
  • No. 20 Wabash
Dropped:
  • No. 24 Heidelberg
  • No. 25 DePauw
NoneDropped:
  • No. 20 Wisconsin–Platteville
  • No. 21 George Fox
  • No. 25 Salisbury
NoneDropped:
No. 19 Springfield

AFCA Coaches Poll

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Week 3
September 18[14]
Week 4
September 25[15]
Week 5
October 4[16]
Week 6
October 9[17]
Week 7
October 18[18]
Week 8
October 23[19]
Week 9
October 30[20]
Week 10
November 6[21]
Week 11
November 13[22]
Final
December 18[23]
1.Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–0) (45)Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–0) (49)Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–0) (49)Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–0) (46)Mary Hardin–Baylor (6–0) (46)Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–0) (46)Mary Hardin–Baylor (8–0) (46)Mary Hardin–Baylor (9–0) (45)Mary Hardin–Baylor (10–0) (45)Mount Union (15–0) (51)1.
2.Mount Union (2–0) (7)Mount Union (3–0) (3)Mount Union (4–0) (3)Mount Union (5–0) (6)Mount Union (6–0) (5)Mount Union (7–0) (5)Mount Union (8–0) (5)Mount Union (9–0) (6)Mount Union (10–0) (5)Mary Hardin–Baylor (14–1)2.
3.Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (4–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (5–0) (1)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (6–0) (1)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (7–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (8–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (9–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (12–1)3.
4.Wheaton (IL) (3–0)Wheaton (IL) (4–0)North Central (IL) (4–0)North Central (IL) (5–0)St. Thomas (MN) (5–1)St. Thomas (MN) (6–1)St. Thomas (MN) (7–1) (1)St. Thomas (MN) (8–1) (1)St. Thomas (MN) (9–1) (1)St. Thomas (MN) (11–2)4.
5.North Central (IL) (2–0)North Central (IL) (3–0)Hardin–Simmons (4–0)St. Thomas (MN) (5–1)Delaware Valley (7–0)Delaware Valley (7–0)Delaware Valley (8–0)Delaware Valley (9–0)Delaware Valley (10–0)Brockport (13–1)5.
6.Saint John's (MN) (3–0)Hardin–Simmons (3–0)St. Thomas (MN) (4–1)Delaware Valley (6–0)Hardin–Simmons (5–1)Hardin–Simmons (6–1)Hardin–Simmons (7–1)Hardin–Simmons (8–1)Hardin–Simmons (9–1)Delaware Valley (12–1)6.
7.Hardin–Simmons (2–0)St. Thomas (MN) (3–1)Delaware Valley (5–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (5–0)Saint John's (MN) (6–1)Saint John's (MN) (7–1)Saint John's (MN) (7–1)Saint John's (MN) (8–1)Saint John's (MN) (9–1)Linfield (9–2)7.
8.Johns Hopkins (3–0)Johns Hopkins (4–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (4–0)Hardin–Simmons (4–1)Linfield (4–1)Linfield (5–1)Linfield (6–1)Linfield (7–1)Linfield (8–1)Wartburg (12–1)8.
9.Delaware Valley (3–0)Delaware Valley (4–0)Frostburg State (4–0)Saint John's (MN) (5–1)Wittenberg (6–0)Wittenberg (7–0)Wittenberg (8–0)Wittenberg (9–0)Wittenberg (10–0)Frostburg State (11–2)9.
10.Wisconsin–Platteville (2–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (3–0)Saint John's (MN) (4–1)Linfield (3–1)Washington & Jefferson (6–0)Washington & Jefferson (7–0)Washington & Jefferson (8–0)Washington & Jefferson (9–0)Washington & Jefferson (10–0)North Central (IL) (10–2)10.
11.St. Thomas (MN) (2–1)Frostburg State (4–0)Linfield (2–1)Wittenberg (5–0)Illinois Wesleyan (6–1)Illinois Wesleyan (7–1)Illinois Wesleyan (8–1)Illinois Wesleyan (8–1)Brockport (10–0)Hardin–Simmons (9–2)11.
12.Frostburg State (3–0)Saint John's (MN) (3–1)Wittenberg (4–0)Washington & Jefferson (5–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (5–1)Wisconsin–Platteville (6–1)Brockport (8–0)Brockport (9–0)Illinois Wesleyan (9–1)Washington & Jefferson (11–1)12.
13.John Carroll (1–1)Wittenberg (3–0)Washington & Jefferson (4–0)Illinois Wesleyan (5–1)Brockport (6–0)Brockport (7–0)Wesley (7–1)Wesley (8–1)Wesley (9–1)Wesley (10–2)13.
14.Wittenberg (2–0)Linfield (1–1)Illinois Wesleyan (4–1)Brockport (5–0)Wesley (5–1)Wesley (6–1)North Central (IL) (7–1)North Central (IL) (8–1)North Central (IL) (9–1)Saint John's (MN) (9–2)14.
15.Linfield (1–1)Washington & Jefferson (3–0)Concordia Moorhead (4–0)Alfred (5–0)North Central (IL) (5–1)North Central (IL) (6–1)Wartburg (8–0)Wartburg (9–0)Wartburg (10–0)Case Western Reserve (11–1)15.
16.Washington & Jefferson (3–0)Concordia Moorhead (3–0)Brockport (5–0)Wesley (4–1)Case Western Reserve (6–0)Wartburg (7–0)Case Western Reserve (8–0)Case Western Reserve (9–0)Case Western Reserve (10–0)Berry (11–1)16.
17.Alfred (2–0)Alfred (3–0)Alfred (4–0)Case Western Reserve (5–0)Wartburg (6–0)Case Western Reserve (7–0)Frostburg State (7–1)Frostburg State (8–1)Frostburg State (9–1)Wittenberg (10–1)17.
18.Concordia Moorhead (3–0)Brockport (4–0)Wheaton (IL) (4–1)Wabash (5–0)Frostburg State (5–1)Frostburg State (6–1)Concordia Moorhead (7–1)Concordia Moorhead (8–1)Berry (10–0)Illinois Wesleyan (9–2)18.
19.Brockport (3–0)Whitworth (3–0)Case Western Reserve (4–0)Frostburg State (4–1)Concordia Moorhead (5–1)Concordia Moorhead (6–1)Berry (9–0)Berry (9–0)Johns Hopkins (9–1)Trine (11–1)19.
20.Whitworth (3–0)Case Western Reserve (3–0)Wesley (3–1)Wartburg (5–0)Berry (7–0)Berry (8–0)Johns Hopkins (7–1)Johns Hopkins (8–1)Springfield (10–0)Johns Hopkins (9–2)20.
21.Case Western Reserve (2–0)Illinois Wesleyan (3–1)Wabash (4–0)Concordia Moorhead (4–1)Johns Hopkins (5–1)Johns Hopkins (6–1)Springfield (8–0)Springfield (9–0)Wheaton (IL) (8–2)Husson (10–2)21.
22.Wabash (2–0)Wesley (2–1)Heidelberg (4–0)Johns Hopkins (5–1)Springfield (7–0)Springfield (8–0)Wheaton (IL) (6–2)Wheaton (IL) (7–2)Trine (10–0)Concordia Moorhead (8–2)22.
23.Illinois Wesleyan (2–1)Wabash (3–0)Johns Hopkins (4–1)Berry (6–0)Wheaton (IL) (5–2)Wheaton (IL) (6–2)George Fox (6–2)Trine (9–0)Concordia Moorhead (8–2)Springfield (10–1)23.
24.Wesley (1–1)Heidelberg (3–0)Albright (5–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (5–0)George Fox (5–1)George Fox (5–2)Wisconsin–Platteville (6–2)Huntingdon (8–1)Huntingdon (9–1)Wheaton (IL) (8–2)24.
25.Dubuque (3–0)Wisconsin–Stout (2–0)Wartburg (4–0)Springfield (6–0)Alfred (5–1)Wabash (6–1)Trine (8–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (7–2)Wisconsin–La Crosse (8–2)Wisconsin–La Crosse (8–2)25.
Week 3
September 18[14]
Week 4
September 25[15]
Week 5
October 4[16]
Week 6
October 9[17]
Week 7
October 18[18]
Week 8
October 23[19]
Week 9
October 30[20]
Week 10
November 6[21]
Week 11
November 13[22]
Final
December 18[23]
Dropped:
  • No. 13 John Carroll
  • No. 25 Dubuque
Dropped:
  • No. 19 Whitworth
  • No. 25 Wisconsin–Stout
Dropped:
  • No. 18 Wheaton (IL)
  • No. 22 Heidelberg
  • No. 24 Albright
Dropped:
  • No. 18 Wabash
  • No. 24 Wisconsin–La Crosse
Dropped:
No. 25 Alfred
Dropped:
No. 25 Wabash
Dropped:
  • No. 23 George Fox
  • No. 24 Wisconsin–Platteville
NoneDropped:
No. 24 Huntingdon

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