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All-time conference rankings

Oct 09, 2025

D3football.com has ranked all Division III football conferences since the 2002 season. The high-water mark for each conference is bolded. (Does not include preseason rankings.)

Conf. '25 '24 '23 '22 '21 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 '12 '10 '08 '07 '06 '04 '02
WIAC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
MIAC 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 7 6 9 6 4 6
OAC 10  7 4 5 5 4 3 4 8 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
ASC 4 2 5 3 3 3 4 2 5 7 5 7 6 3 3 3 4 6 8
CCIW 3 4 3 4 5  5 5 5 4 6 6 6 7 4 4 7 5 5 4
E8 6  6 7 7 8  8 8 8 3 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 9 8 15
NWC 19 13 13 10 13  15 9 7 7 8 7 3 5 6 7 4 3 3 3
NJAC 7 15 17 15 16  10 6 6 6 5 14 11 9 9 8 6 7 9 5
CC 2 5 8 6 6 6 7 9 9 9 10 12 12 12 11 17 19 15 13
ARC/IIAC 11 9 9 12 11  13 14 11 11 12 8 13 10 8 16 11 12 11 10
LL/UCAA 14 8 6 8 7  7 11 14 14 15 9 8 16 16 13 10 10 18 14
MAC 22 18 15 14 14 17 12 12 10 14 12 10 11 10 9 8 8 7 7
SAA 8 14 10 9 8 9 16 16 15 13 18 17 8            
ODAC 16 12 14 16 12 14 13 13 17 10 11 9 14 11 12 19 14 16 9
PAC 17 10 12 11 10  12 10 10 12 11 13 19 18 19 17 13 15 10 20
LAND 13 16 18                                
NCAC 12 21 19 19 18  16 15 15 13 18 15 20 17 17 20 18 17 17 12
MIAA 9 11 11 13 17  21 17 17 18 17 16 18 22 21 21 22 20 19 18
SCAC 26  26             22 16 20 22   15 15 16 16 12 11
UAA                       14 13 18 14 15 23 23 26
SCIAC 18 22 20 18 15 11 23 23 20 19 17 16 15 14 19 20 18 20 25
NEWMAC 15 19 22 22 20  18 19 18                      
USAC 24 27 25 23 23  20 22 22 16 21 19 15 19 23 18 14 13 14 27
MWC 25 23 23 20 21  19 18 19 21 22 21 23 20 22 23 23 21 21 17
CNE/CCC/NEFC 20 17 16 17 19  22 21 21 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 25 24 25 23
HCAC 23 24 24 25 24 23 24 24 19 23 23 26 25 20 22 21 22 22 19
MASCAC 27 25 26 24 25  25 20 20 23 20 22 21              
NACC 21 20 21 21 22  24 26 26 25 25 26 25 21 26 27        
ECFC   29 27 26 26  27 25 25 27 26 25 27 23 25          
UMAC 28 28 28 27 27  26 27 27 26 27 27 28 26 27 25        

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Greg Thomas

Greg Thomas graduated in 2000 from Wabash College. He has contributed to D3football.com since 2014 as a bracketologist, Kickoff writer, curator of Quick Hits, and Around The Nation Podcast guest host before taking co-host duties over in 2021. Greg lives in Claremont, California.

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