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2021 NCAA Division III football rankings

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2021 NCAA Division III football rankings
Season2021
PostseasonSingle-elimination
National championsMary Hardin–Baylor
Conference with most teams in final pollWIAC (3)
NCAA Division III football rankings
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Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings. Unlike in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the NCAA, Division III's 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. One additional poll is released midway through the season, the AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll.

Legend

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D3Football.com poll

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Preseason
July[1]
Week 1
September 6[2]
Week 2
September 12[3]
Week 3
September 19[4]
Week 4
September 26[5]
Week 5
October 3[6]
Week 6
October 10[7]
Week 7
October 17[8]
Week 8
October 24[9]
Week 9
October 31[10]
Week 10
November 7[11]
Week 11
November 14[12]
Week 12 (Final)
December 18[13]
1.Mary Hardin–Baylor (10)Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0) (12)Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–0) (13)North Central (IL) (2–0) (12)North Central (IL) (3–0) (16)North Central (IL) (4–0) (17)North Central (IL) (5–0) (17)North Central (IL) (6–0) (17)North Central (IL) (7–0) (17)North Central (IL) (8–0) (18)North Central (IL) (9–0) (18)North Central (IL) (10–0) (18)Mary Hardin–Baylor (15–0) (25)1.
2.Mount Union (6)Mount Union (1–0) (4)Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–0)Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–0) (10)Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–0) (8)Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–0) (7)Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–0) (7)Mary Hardin–Baylor (6–0) (7)Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–0) (7)Mary Hardin–Baylor (8–0) (7)Mary Hardin–Baylor (9–0) (7)Mary Hardin–Baylor (10–0) (7)North Central (IL) (13–1)2.
3.North Central (IL) (4)Wisconsin–Whitewater (1–0) (1)Mount Union (1–0) (4)Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0) (1)Wisconsin–Whitewater (3–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (4–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (5–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (6–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (7–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (8–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (9–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (10–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (13–1)3.
4.Wisconsin–Whitewater (1)North Central (IL) (0–0) (4)North Central (IL) (1–0) (4)Mount Union (2–0) (2)Mount Union (3–0) (1)Mount Union (4–0) (1)Mount Union (5–0) (1)Mount Union (6–0) (1)Mount Union (7–0) (1)Mount Union (8–0)Mount Union (9–0)Mount Union (10–0)Mount Union (13–1)4.
5.Wheaton (IL) (4)Wheaton (IL) (1–0) (4)Wheaton (IL) (1–0) (4)Wheaton (IL) (1–1)Wheaton (IL) (2–1)Wheaton (IL) (4–0)Saint John's (MN) (5–0)Saint John's (MN) (6–0)Saint John's (MN) (7–0)Saint John's (MN) (8–0)Saint John's (MN) (9–0)Saint John's (MN) (10–0)Linfield (11–1)5.
6.Saint John's (MN)Saint John's (MN) (1–0)Hardin–Simmons (2–0)Saint John's (MN) (2–0)Saint John's (MN) (3–0)Saint John's (MN) (4–0)Wheaton (IL) (4–1)Wheaton (IL) (5–1)Wheaton (IL) (6–1)Wheaton (IL) (7–1)Wheaton (IL) (8–1)Wheaton (IL) (9–1)Central (IA) (12–1)6.
7.Hardin–SimmonsHardin–Simmons (1–0)Saint John's (MN) (1–0)Hardin–Simmons (3–0)Hardin–Simmons (3–1)Linfield (3–0)Linfield (4–0)Linfield (5–0)Linfield (6–0)Linfield (7–0)Linfield (8–0)Linfield (9–0)Muhlenberg (11–2)7.
8.SalisburySalisbury (1–0)Muhlenberg (2–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0)Hardin–Simmons (4–1)Hardin–Simmons (4–1)Hardin–Simmons (5–1)Hardin–Simmons (6–1)Hardin–Simmons (7–1)Hardin–Simmons (8–1)Central (IA) (10–0)Saint John's (MN) (11–1)8.
9.Wisconsin–OshkoshMuhlenberg (1–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–0)Linfield (2–0)Linfield (2–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–0)Delaware Valley (5–0)Delaware Valley (6–0)Central (IA) (7–0)Central (IA) (8–0)Central (IA) (9–0)Delaware Valley (10–0)Wheaton (IL) (10–2)9.
10.LinfieldDelaware Valley (1–0)Delaware Valley (2–0)Delaware Valley (3–0)Delaware Valley (3–0)Delaware Valley (4–0)Central (IA) (6–0)Central (IA) (6–0)Delaware Valley (7–0)Delaware Valley (8–0)Delaware Valley (9–0)Hardin–Simmons (9–1)Hardin–Simmons (9–1)10.
11.John CarrollWisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0)Linfield (1–0)Washington & Jefferson (3–0)Washington & Jefferson (4–0)Central (IA) (5–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (4–1)Washington & Jefferson (6–0)Salisbury (5–1)Salisbury (6–1)Salisbury (7–1)Wisconsin–La Crosse (8–2)Wisconsin–La Crosse (9–3)11.
12.Delaware ValleyLinfield (0–0)Washington & Jefferson (2–0)Union (NY) (3–0)Union (NY) (4–0)Washington & Jefferson (5–0)Washington & Jefferson (6–0)Salisbury (4–1)Union (NY) (7–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (7–1)Wisconsin–La Crosse (7–2)Salisbury (8–0)Trinity (TX) (9–1)12.
13.MuhlenbergWashington & Jefferson (1–0)Union (NY) (2–0)Bethel (MN) (2–0)Central (IA) (4–0)Salisbury (3–1)Salisbury (3–1)Union (NY) (6–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (6–1)Union (NY) (8–0)Bethel (MN) (8–1)Cortland (10–0)RPI (11–2)13.
14.Central (IA)Union (NY) (1–0)Salisbury (1–1)Central (IA) (3–0)Salisbury (2–1)Union (NY) (5–0)Johns Hopkins (5–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (5–1)Bethel (MN) (6–1)Bethel (MN) (7–1)Cortland (9–0)Bethel (MN) (8–2)Johns Hopkins (10–2)14.
15.Union (NY)Wartburg (1–0)Bethel (MN) (2–0)Salisbury (1–1)Johns Hopkins (4–0)Johns Hopkins (5–0)Union (NY) (6–0)Bethel (MN) (5–1)Ithaca (7–0)Cortland (8–0)Muhlenberg (8–1)Muhlenberg (8–1)Delaware Valley (11–1)15.
16.Bethel (MN)Central (IA) (1–0)Central (IA) (2–0)Randolph–Macon (3–0)Bethel (MN) (2–1)Bethel (MN) (3–1)Bethel (MN) (4–1)Ithaca (6–0)Cortland (7–0)Muhlenberg (7–1)Trinity (TX) (8–0)Trinity (TX) (9–1)Cortland (11–1)16.
17.Randolph–MaconBethel (MN) (1–0)Chapman (2–0)Chapman (3–0)Ithaca (3–0)Ithaca (4–0)Ithaca (5–0)Cortland (6–0)Muhlenberg (6–1)Johns Hopkins (7–1)Johns Hopkins (8–1)Johns Hopkins (9–1)Bethel (MN) (8–3)17.
18.WartburgChapman (1–0)Randolph–Macon (2–0)Johns Hopkins (3–0)Whitworth (3–0)Whitworth (4–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–1)Muhlenberg (5–1)Susquehanna (7–0)Trinity (TX) (7–0)Ithaca (8–1)RPI (9–1)Birmingham–Southern (10–2)18.
19.Washington & JeffersonRandolph–Macon (1–0)Ithaca (2–0)Ithaca (3–0)Cortland (3–0)Cortland (4–0)Cortland (5–0)Susquehanna (6–0)Trinity (TX) (6–0)Birmingham–Southern (8–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (6–2)Birmingham–Southern (9–1)Salisbury (8–2)19.
20.Westminster (PA)Brockport (1–0)John Carroll (0–1)Whitworth (3–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1)Wisconsin–La Crosse (3–1)Susquehanna (5–0)Johns Hopkins (5–1)Johns Hopkins (6–1)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (5–2)Baldwin Wallace (8–1)Ithaca (8–2)Wisconsin–River Falls (9–2)20.
21.ChapmanAurora (0–1)Johns Hopkins (2–0)John Carroll (1–1)Hobart (4–0)Muhlenberg (4–1)Muhlenberg (4–1)Trinity (TX) (5–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (4–2)Baldwin Wallace (7–1)RPI (8–1)Randolph–Macon (9–1)Ithaca (8–2)21.
22.BrockportJohn Carroll (0–1)Heidelberg (1–0)Heidelberg (2–0)John Carroll (1–2)John Carroll (2–2)John Carroll (3–2)Birmingham–Southern (6–0)Birmingham–Southern (7–0)Washington & Jefferson (7–1)Birmingham–Southern (8–1)Wisconsin–River Falls (8–2)Aurora (8–3)22.
23.AuroraHeidelberg (1–0)Whitworth (2–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–1)Muhlenberg (3–1)Susquehanna (5–0)Trinity (TX) (4–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (3–2)Baldwin Wallace (6–1)RPI (7–1)Union (NY) (8–1)Aurora (8–2)Randolph–Macon (9–1)23.
24.HeidelbergWhitworth (1–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (2–0)Muhlenberg (2–1)Westminster (PA) (2–1)Westminster (PA) (3–1)Birmingham–Southern (5–0)John Carroll (4–2)Washington & Jefferson (6–1)Ithaca (7–1)Randolph–Macon (8–1)Lake Forest (10–0)Redlands (8–2)24.
25.BerryJohns Hopkins (1–0)Berry (2–0)Cortland (3–0)Susquehanna (4–0)Hobart (4–1)Baldwin Wallace (4–1)Baldwin Wallace (5–1)John Carroll (5–2)Susquehanna (7–1)DePauw (8–1)Redlands (8–1)Lake Forest (10–1)25.
Preseason
July[1]
Week 1
September 6[2]
Week 2
September 12[3]
Week 3
September 19[4]
Week 4
September 26[5]
Week 5
October 3[6]
Week 6
October 10[7]
Week 7
October 17[8]
Week 8
October 24[9]
Week 9
October 31[10]
Week 10
November 7[11]
Week 11
November 14[12]
Week 12 (Final)
December 18[13]
Dropped:
Westminster (PA)
Berry
Dropped:
Wartburg
Brockport
Aurora
Dropped:
Berry
Dropped:
Randolph–Macon
Chapman
Heidelberg
NoneDropped:
Whitworth
Westminster (PA)
Hobart
NoneNoneDropped:
John Carroll
Dropped:
Washington & Jefferson
Susquehanna
Dropped:
Wisconsin–Oshkosh
Baldwin Wallace
Union (NY)
DePauw
None

References

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  5. ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 4". d3football.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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  7. ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 6". d3football.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  8. ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 7". d3football.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  9. ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 8". d3football.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  10. ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 9". d3football.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  11. ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 10". d3football.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  12. ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Week 11". d3football.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  13. ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2021 Final". d3football.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.