2012 NCAA Division III football season

The 2012 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2012, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2012 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their eleventh Division III championship by defeating the St. Thomas (MN) Tommies, 28−10.

2012 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 2012
PlayoffsNovember – December 2012
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, VA
ChampionMount Union (11)
Gagliardi TrophyScottie Williams (RB), Elmhurst (IL)
NCAA Division III football seasons

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Scottie Williams, running back from Elmhurst (IL).[1]

Conference standings
2012 American Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^  7 –0     13 –1  
No. 23 Louisiana College ^  6 –1     8 –3  
Hardin–Simmons  5 –2     6 –4  
Sul Ross  4 –3     5 –5  
Texas Lutheran  2 –5     4 –6  
East Texas Baptist  2 –5     3 –7  
Mississippi College  1 –6     2 –8  
Howard Payne  1 –6     1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Centennial Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 22 Johns Hopkins $^  8 –1     10 –2  
Muhlenberg  7 –2     8 –3  
Gettysburg  6 –3     7 –3  
Franklin & Marshall  6 –3     7 –4  
Susquehanna  5 –4     6 –4  
Ursinus  5 –4     6 –4  
Dickinson  4 –5     4 –6  
Juniata  2 –7     3 –7  
Moravian  2 –7     2 –8  
McDaniel  0 –9     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Elmhurst +^  6 –1     10 –2  
No. 21 Wheaton (IL) +  6 –1     8 –2  
No. 7 North Central (IL) +^  6 –1     9 –3  
Augustana (IL)  4 –3     5 –5  
Illinois Wesleyan  3 –4     6 –4  
Millikin  2 –5     5 –5  
Carthage  1 –6     3 –7  
North Park  0 –7     1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mount Ida +^  6 –1     8 –3  
Castleton +  6 –1     7 –4  
Gallaudet  5 –2     7 –3  
Norwich  4 –2     7 –3  
SUNY Maritime  2 –4     3 –6  
Becker  2 –5     3 –7  
Anna Maria  1 –6     2 –8  
Husson  1 –6     2 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
2012 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 11 Salisbury $^  6 –1     9 –3  
Alfred  5 –2     6 –4  
St. John Fisher  4 –3     8 –3  
Buffalo State  4 –3     6 –4  
Ithaca  4 –3     6 –4  
Utica  4 –3     6 –4  
Frostburg State  1 –6     3 –7  
Hartwick  0 –7     3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 20 Franklin $^  8 –0     9 –3  
Hanover  6 –2     6 –4  
Manchester  6 –2     6 –4  
Bluffton  5 –3     6 –4  
Rose-Hulman  5 –3     5 –5  
Mount St. Joseph  3 –5     4 –6  
Defiance  2 –6     2 –8  
Earlham  1 –7     1 –9  
Anderson (IN)  0 –8     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 15 Coe $^  7 –0     10 –1  
Simpson  4 –3     6 –4  
Wartburg  4 –3     6 –4  
Central (IA)  4 –3     5 –5  
Dubuque  4 –3     5 –5  
Buena Vista  4 –3     4 –6  
Loras  1 –6     2 –8  
Luther  0 –7     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Liberty League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 9 Hobart $^  7 –0     12 –1  
Union (NY)  6 –1     6 –4  
Springfield  5 –2     8 –3  
RPI  3 –4     5 –4  
Merchant Marine  3 –4     5 –5  
Rochester (NY)  3 –4     4 –5  
WPI  1 –6     2 –8  
St. Lawrence  0 –7     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Adrian $^  6 –0     9 –2  
Trine  5 –1     7 –3  
Hope  4 –2     5 –5  
Albion  3 –3     6 –4  
Kalamazoo  2 –4     5 –5  
Alma  1 –5     1 –9  
Olivet  0 –6     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
2012 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Widener $^  8 –0     11 –1  
Lycoming  8 –1     8 –2  
Delaware Valley  7 –2     8 –3  
Albright  6 –3     8 –3  
Lebanon Valley  5 –4     6 –4  
Wilkes  4 –5     5 –5  
FDU Florham  2 –6     2 –8  
King's  2 –7     2 –8  
Stevenson  2 –7     2 –8  
Misericordia  0 –9     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Lake Forest +  8 –1     8 –2  
St. Norbert +^  8 –1     8 –3  
Carroll (WI)  7 –2     8 –2  
Illinois College  7 –2     8 –2  
Monmouth (IL)  5 –4     5 –5  
Ripon  5 –4     5 –5  
Cornell (IA)  4 –5     4 –6  
Grinnell  2 –7     2 –8  
Knox  2 –7     2 –8  
Lawrence  2 –8     2 –8  
Beloit  0 –9     0 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
2012 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 St. Thomas (MN) $^  8 –0     14 –1  
No. 18 Concordia–Moorhead  6 –2     8 –2  
No. 12 Bethel (MN) ^  6 –2     9 –3  
Augsburg  5 –3     7 –3  
St. Olaf  5 –3     7 –3  
Saint John's (MN)  3 –5     5 –5  
Gustavus Adolphus  2 –6     3 –7  
Carleton  1 –7     3 –7  
Hamline  0 –8     1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 New England Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Bogan Division
Framingham State xy$^  7 –0     10 –2  
Bridgewater State ^  6 –1     9 –2  
Worcester State  4 –3     6 –4  
Coast Guard  4 –3     5 –4  
Massachusetts Maritime  4 –3     5 –4  
Westfield State  2 –5     3 –7  
Fitchburg State  1 –6     2 –8  
Maine Maritime  0 –7     0 –9  
Boyd Division
Endicott x  7 –0     9 –2  
Salve Regina xy  6 –1     9 –2  
Curry  5 –2     6 –4  
Western New England  4 –3     6 –4  
MIT  4 –3     5 –4  
Plymouth State  1 –6     2 –8  
Nichols  1 –6     1 –9  
UMass Dartmouth  1 –6     1 –9  
Championship: Framingham State 28, Salve Regina 16
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
2012 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Trinity (CT) $  8 –0      –  
Middlebury  7 –1      –  
Amherst  6 –2      –  
Bates  5 –3      –  
Wesleyan  5 –3      –  
Williams  4 –4      –  
Colby  3 –5      –  
Bowdoin  1 –7      –  
Hamilton  1 –7      –  
Tufts  0 –8      –  
  • $ – Conference champion
2012 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 24 Cortland $^  7 –0     9 –2  
No. 25 Rowan ^  6 –1     7 –3  
Kean  5 –2     5 –4  
Montclair State  5 –3     5 –5  
Brockport  4 –4     6 –4  
TCNJ  3 –5     4 –6  
William Paterson  2 –5     5 –5  
Western Connecticut  1 –7     1 –8  
Morrisville State  1 –7     1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Ohio Wesleyan +  6 –1     9 –1  
No. 14 Wittenberg +^  6 –1     10 –2  
Wabash  5 –2     8 –2  
Kenyon  5 –2     6 –4  
Allegheny  4 –3     5 –5  
Denison  4 –3     4 –6  
Oberlin  3 –4     4 –6  
DePauw  1 –6     2 –8  
Wooster  1 –6     2 –8  
Hiram  0 –7     0 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Northern Athletics Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Concordia (IL) $^  7 –0     10 –1  
Concordia (WI)  6 –1     7 –3  
Wisconsin Lutheran  5 –2     7 –3  
Aurora  4 –3     5 –5  
Benedictine (IL)  3 –4     5 –5  
Lakeland  2 –5     2 –8  
Rockford  1 –6     2 –8  
Maranatha Baptist  0 –7     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
2012 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 Linfield $^  6 –0     11 –1  
No. 17 Pacific Lutheran ^  5 –1     7 –3  
Willamette  4 –2     8 –2  
Whitworth  3 –3     7 –3  
Pacific (OR)  2 –4     3 –6  
Lewis & Clark  1 –5     4 –5  
Puget Sound  0 –6     0 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Mount Union $^  9 –0     15 –0  
No. 19 Heidelberg ^  8 –1     9 –2  
Otterbein  7 –2     8 –2  
Baldwin Wallace  6 –3     7 –3  
John Carroll  5 –4     6 –4  
Ohio Northern  4 –5     4 –6  
Muskingum  3 –6     3 –7  
Capital  2 –7     2 –8  
Wilmington (OH)  1 –8     1 –9  
Marietta  0 –9     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Washington and Lee $^  6 –1     8 –3  
Randolph–Macon  5 –2     7 –3  
Bridgewater  4 –3     7 –3  
Hampden–Sydney  4 –3     6 –4  
Guilford  4 –3     5 –5  
Emory & Henry  3 –4     6 –4  
Catholic University  2 –5     3 –7  
Shenandoah  0 –7     1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
2012 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Waynesburg +  7 –1     10 –1  
Washington & Jefferson +^  7 –1     8 –3  
Thomas More  6 –2     7 –3  
Grove City  5 –3     6 –4  
Bethany (WV)  3 –5     3 –7  
Geneva  3 –5     3 –7  
Thiel  3 –5     3 –7  
Westminster (PA)  2 –6     3 –6  
Saint Vincent  0 –8     0 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2012 Southern Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Birmingham–Southern +  3 –1     7 –3  
Millsaps +  3 –1     7 –3  
Rhodes  2 –2     6 –3  
Centre  1 –3     6 –4  
Sewanee  1 –3     3 –7  
  • + – Conference co-champions
2012 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 16 California Lutheran $^  7 –0     8 –2  
Redlands  6 –1     6 –3  
Chapman  5 –2     6 –3  
La Verne  4 –3     4 –5  
Whittier  3 –4     4 –5  
Occidental  2 –5     2 –7  
Pomona–Pitzer  1 –6     1 –8  
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps  0 –7     0 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 University Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Washington University $  3 –0     5 –5  
Case Western Reserve  2 –1     6 –4  
Carnegie Mellon  1 –2     6 –5  
Chicago  0 –3     4 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
2012 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Greenville +  7 –1     8 –2  
Northwestern (MN) +  7 –1     8 –3  
St. Scholastica +^  7 –1     8 –3  
Minnesota–Morris  5 –3     6 –4  
Eureka  3 –5     4 –6  
Martin Luther  2 –6     4 –6  
Westminster (MO)  2 –6     4 –6  
MacMurray  2 –6     2 –8  
Crown  1 –7     2 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
2012 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Ferrum +  5 –2     7 –3  
Maryville (TN) +  5 –2     6 –4  
Christopher Newport +^  5 –2     6 –5  
Methodist  4 –3     5 –5  
Greensboro  3 –4     5 –5  
LaGrange  3 –4     3 –7  
North Carolina Wesleyan  2 –5     3 –7  
Averett  1 –6     1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
2012 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Wisconsin–Oshkosh $^  7 –0     13 –1  
No. 13 Wisconsin–Platteville  5 –2     8 –2  
Wisconsin–Whitewater  5 –2     7 –3  
Wisconsin–Eau Claire  4 –3     4 –6  
Wisconsin–La Crosse  3 –4     4 –6  
Wisconsin–River Falls  2 –5     2 –8  
Wisconsin–Stout  1 –6     3 –7  
Wisconsin–Stevens Point  1 –6     2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2012 NCAA Division III independents football records
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Wesley ^   –     10 –2  
Trinity (TX)   –     7 –3  
Huntingdon   –     6 –3  
Macalester   –     6 –4  
Austin   –     2 –8  
Presentation   –     2 –8  
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor
  • Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Elmhurst, North Central (IL), and Wheaton (IL)
  • Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Castleton State and Mount Ida
  • Empire 8 Conference – Salisbury
  • Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Coe
  • Liberty League – Hobart
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Adrian
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener
  • Midwest Conference – Lake Forest and St. Norbert
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – St. Thomas (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Framingham State (Bogan Division), Endicott and Salve Regina (Boyd Division)
    • Championship Game: Framingham State 28, Salve Regina 16
  • New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT)
  • New Jersey Athletic Conference – SUNY Cortland
  • North Coast Athletic Conference – Ohio Wesleyan and Wittenberg
  • Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Concordia Chicago
  • Northwest Conference – Linfield
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Washington & Lee
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson and Waynesburg
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – California Lutheran
  • Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX)
  • University Athletic Association – Washington–Saint Louis
  • Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Greenville, Northwestern–St. Paul, and St. Scholastica
  • USA South Athletic Conference – Christopher Newport, Ferrum, and Maryville (TN)
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Oshkosh

Postseason

The 2012 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 40th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the 20th time.[2]

Qualification

Twenty-four conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, two conferences (the SAA and UAA) had no Pool A bid, neither meeting the seven-member requirement.

Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 24 Pool A conferences contained 214 schools, an average of 8.9 teams per conference. Fifteen schools were in Pool B, enough for one bid.

The remaining seven playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.

Playoff bracket
First Round
Campus Sites		 Second Round
Campus Sites		 Quarterfinals
Campus Sites		 Semifinals
Campus Sites		 National Championship Game
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, Virginia
Linfield 27
Pacific Lutheran 24 Linfield 30
North Central (IL) 41 North Central (IL) 14
California Lutheran 21 Linfield 24
Bethel (MN) 24 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 31*
Concordia Chicago 23 Bethel (MN) 14
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 55 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 37
St. Scholastica 10 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 14
Hobart 38 St. Thomas (MN) 28
Washington & Lee 20 Hobart 35
Wittenberg 52 Wittenberg 10
Heidelberg 38 Hobart 7
Elmhurst 27 St. Thomas (MN) 47
Coe 24 Elmurst 17
St. Thomas (MN) 48 St. Thomas (MN) 24
St. Norbert 17 St. Thomas (MN) 10
Mary Hardin–Baylor 59 Mount Union 28
Louisiana College 20 Mary Hardin–Baylor 63
Franklin 42 Franklin 17
Adrian 10 Mary Hardin–Baylor 32
SUNY Cortland 20 Wesley 20
Framingham State 19 SUNY Cortland 6
Wesley 73 Wesley 56
Mount Ida 14 Mary Hardin–Baylor 35
Widener 44 Mount Union 48
Bridgewater State 14 Widener 28
Salisbury 17 Salisbury 7
Rowan 9 Widener 17
Johns Hopkins 42 Mount Union 72
Washington & Jefferson 10 Johns Hopkins 13
Mount Union 72 Mount Union 55
Christopher Newport 14

* Overtime

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  2. "2012 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
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