Here’s everything you need to know for the 2024 NCAA DIII football championship that features 32 teams battling it out in a single-elimination bracket.
The 40-team championship bracket will be revealed during a selection show at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 17, streamed here on NCAA.com. Twenty-eight teams will earn automatic qualification, while the remaining teams will be selected at large by the DIII Football Committee.
2024 NCAA DIII football tournament schedule
Selection show: Sunday, Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. ET on NCAA.com
First round: Monday, Nov. 18
Second round: Monday, Nov. 25
Quarterfinals: Monday, Dec. 2
Semifinals: Monday, Dec. 9 on ESPN+
National championship: Sunday, Dec. 15 on ESPNU
2024 NCAA DIII football tournament bracket
Click or tap here for the 2024 interactive bracket
NCAA DIII football championship history
Cortland won its first-ever national title last season, defeating North Central (IL), 38-37, and stopping the Cardinals from winning back-to-back championships for the first time in school history. No program has won two straight titles since Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2013 and 2014. Here’s every DIII football champion, runner-up and score from the past decade:
| Year | Champion | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cortland | Curt Fitzpatrick | 38-37 | North Central (IL) | Salem, Virginia |
| 2022 | North Central (IL) | Brad Spencer | 28-21 | Mount Union | Annapolis, Maryland |
| 2021 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Pete Fredenburg | 57-24 | North Central (IL) | Canton, Ohio |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | North Central (IL) | Jeff Thorne | 41-14 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Shenandoah, Texas |
| 2018 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Pete Fredenburg | 24-16 | Mount Union | Shenandoah, Texas |
| 2017 | Mount Union | Vince Kehres | 12-0 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Salem, Va. |
| 2016 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Pete Fredenburg | 10-7 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Salem, Va. |
| 2015 | Mount Union | Vince Kehres | 49-35 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | Salem, Va. |
| 2014 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Lance Leipold | 43-34 | Mount Union | Salem, Va. |
