INDIANAPOLIS, IN - For the first time in program history, the Utica University football team has earned a bid into the NCAA Division III Football Tournament. The Pioneers enter the field as one of five at-large selections.
The NCAA Division III Football Committee announced today the field of 32 teams for the 2022 NCAA Division III Football Championship. The committee selected teams
based on conference results and competition within an institution's respective evaluation region.
Twenty-seven conferences received automatic-qualifying berths. The remaining five berths were
awarded to teams from automatic qualifying conferences that did not win an automatic berth.
The first round of the championship will be played November 19 at the host institution's campus
or at an alternate site approved by the football committee. The Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the
national championship game, will be played Friday, December 16, at Navy-Marine Corps
Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU at 7 p.m.
Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (27):
American Southwest Conference - Mary Hardin-Baylor
American Rivers Conference - Wartburg
Centennial Conference - Susquehanna
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin - North Central (Illinois)
Commonwealth Coast Conference Endicott
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference - Gallaudet
Empire 8 - SUNY Cortland
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference - Mount. St. Joseph
Liberty League - Ithaca
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference - Massachusetts Dartmouth
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association - Alma
Middle Atlantic Conference - Delaware Valley
Midwest Conference - Lake Forest
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Saint John's (Minnesota)
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference - Springfield
New Jersey Athletic Conference - Salisbury
North Coast Athletic Conference - DePauw
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference - Aurora
Northwest Conference - Linfield
Ohio Athletic Conference - Mount Union
Old Dominion Athletic Conference - Randolph-Macon
Presidents' Athletic Conference - Carnegie Mellon
Southern Athletic Association - Trinity (Texas)
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Pomona-Pitzer
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference - Northwestern-St. Paul
USA South Athletic Conference - Huntingdon
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Wisconsin-Whitewater
Pool C Berths (5):
(listed alphabetically)
Bethel (Minnesota)
Hardin-Simmons
Utica
Wheaton (Illinois)
Wisconsin-LaCrosse
The Division III Football Committee also announced the following 16 first-round sites:
San Antonio, Texas - Trinity (Texas) vs. Hardin-Simmons
Belton, Texas - Mary Hardin-Baylor vs. Huntingdon
Wheaton, Illinois - Wheaton (Illinois) vs. Bethel (Minnesota)
McMinnville, Oregon - Linfield vs. Pomona-Pitzer
Naperville, Illinois - North Central (Illinois) vs. Lake Forest
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Carnegie Mellon vs. DePauw
Beverly, Massachusetts - Endicott vs. Springfield
Ithaca, New York - Ithaca vs. UMass Dartmouth
Collegeville, Minnesota - Saint John's (Minnesota) vs. Northwestern-St. Paul
Waverly, Iowa - Wartburg vs. Wisconsin-La Crosse
Alma, Michigan - Alma vs. Mt. St. Joseph
Whitewater, Wisconsin - Wisconsin-Whitewater vs. Aurora
Alliance, Ohio - Mount Union vs. Salisbury
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania - Susquehanna vs. Utica
Ashland, Virginia - Randolph-Macon vs. SUNY Cortland
Doylestown, Pennsylvania - Delaware Valley vs. Gallaudet
Utica travels to Selinsgrove, PA at noon on Saturday for its first round matchup at Susquehanna University.
