American college football season
2005 NCAA Division III football season Regular season August – November 2005 Playoffs November – December 2005
The 2005 NCAA Division III football season , part of the
featured a different team.
The
Conference changes and new programs
School
2004 conference
2005 conference
Hawks
No program
Independent
Hawks
USA South
Independent (Division II)
Conference standings
2005 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 13 Augustana (IL)
$^
7
–
0
10
–
2
No. 16 North Central (IL)
^
6
–
1
9
–
2
Carthage
4
–
3
7
–
3
Wheaton (IL)
4
–
3
7
–
3
Elmhurst
3
–
4
6
–
4
Millikin
2
–
5
5
–
5
Illinois Wesleyan
2
–
5
3
–
7
North Park
0
–
7
3
–
7
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2005 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 24 Ithaca $^
6
–
0
8
–
3
Alfred
5
–
1
9
–
2
St. John Fisher
4
–
2
8
–
3
Utica
3
–
3
6
–
4
Springfield
2
–
4
4
–
6
Norwich
1
–
5
3
–
7
Hartwick
0
–
6
4
–
6
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2005 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Lakeland
$^
7
–
0
8
–
3
Concordia (WI)
6
–
1
7
–
3
Aurora
5
–
2
5
–
5
Greenville
4
–
3
4
–
6
Benedictine (IL)
3
–
4
3
–
7
MacMurray
2
–
5
4
–
6
Eureka
1
–
6
1
–
9
Concordia (IL)
0
–
7
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2005 Liberty League football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 14 Union (NY)
$^
7
–
0
11
–
1
No. 22 Hobart
^
6
–
1
9
–
2
RPI
5
–
2
8
–
2
WPI
4
–
3
6
–
3
Rochester (NY)
3
–
4
4
–
6
Merchant Marine
2
–
5
3
–
7
St. Lawrence
1
–
6
2
–
7
Coast Guard
0
–
7
2
–
7
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2005 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 6 Delaware Valley
$^
9
–
0
12
–
1
Wilkes
^
8
–
1
8
–
3
Widener
6
–
3
8
–
3
Moravian
5
–
4
7
–
4
Lycoming
5
–
4
6
–
4
King's
5
–
4
5
–
5
Albright
4
–
5
5
–
5
FDU Florham
4
–
5
4
–
6
Lebanon Valley
2
–
7
2
–
8
Susquehanna
1
–
8
2
–
8
Juniata
0
–
9
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2005 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Monmouth (IL)
$^
9
–
0
10
–
1
St. Norbert
8
–
1
8
–
2
Carroll (WI)
6
–
3
6
–
4
Ripon
5
–
4
6
–
4
Beloit
5
–
4
5
–
5
Lawrence
4
–
5
4
–
5
Knox
3
–
6
4
–
6
Lake Forest
3
–
6
4
–
6
Illinois College
2
–
7
3
–
7
Grinnell
0
–
9
1
–
9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2005 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 4 Rowan
+^
5
–
1
11
–
2
Cortland +^
5
–
1
7
–
3
Montclair State
4
–
2
5
–
5
Western Connecticut
3
–
3
6
–
4
Kean
2
–
4
4
–
6
William Paterson
1
–
5
5
–
5
TCNJ
1
–
5
3
–
7
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2005 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 3 Linfield
$^
4
–
0
10
–
1
Willamette
3
–
1
5
–
4
Whitworth
2
–
2
5
–
3
Puget Sound
1
–
3
4
–
5
Pacific Lutheran
0
–
4
3
–
6
Lewis & Clark *
0
–
0
0
–
4
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant * – Lewis & Clark's conference games were canceled.
Rankings from D3football.com
2005 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 1 Mount Union $^
8
–
1
14
–
1
No. 18 Ohio Northern
7
–
2
8
–
2
No. 5 Capital
^
7
–
2
10
–
3
John Carroll
6
–
3
7
–
3
Otterbein
6
–
3
7
–
3
Marietta
4
–
5
5
–
5
Baldwin–Wallace
3
–
6
4
–
6
Muskingum
2
–
7
2
–
8
Wilmington (OH)
2
–
7
2
–
8
Heidelberg
0
–
9
0
–
10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com
2005 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Northwestern (MN)
xy$#
7
–
0
8
–
3
Martin Luther
6
–
1
6
–
3
Minnesota–Morris
#
4
–
3
4
–
6
Crown
#
3
–
4
3
–
6
Trinity Bible
§
0
–
7
1
–
8
Rockford
x
5
–
2
7
–
3
Westminster (MO)
xy
5
–
2
5
–
5
Maranatha Baptist
2
–
5
4
–
5
Blackburn
2
–
5
2
–
8
Principia
1
–
6
1
–
8
Championship: Northwestern (MN) 27 , Westminster (MO) 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant # – Provisional NCAA Division III member § – Not an NCAA member
Conference champions
Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor
Atlantic Central Football Conference –
Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Mount St. Joseph
Illini-Badger Football Conference – Lakeland
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) and Coe
Union (NY)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion
Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley
Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
New England Football Conference – Curry
(Boyd Division)
Championship Game: Curry 17, Fitchburg State 14 (2OT)
New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT)
New Jersey Athletic Conference – SUNY Cortland
North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash
Northwest Conference – Linfield
Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union
Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater
Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thiel
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX)
University Athletic Association – Chicago
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul
USA South Athletic Conference – Methodist
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater
Postseason
The 2005 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 33rd 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 13th time. The bracket for this field expanded from 28 to 32 teams, where it has remained.
[2]
Qualification
Twenty-one conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, five conferences had no Pool A bid. The PAC was in the first year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC, NWC, UAA, and UMAC failed to meet 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 21 Pool A conferences contained 179 schools, an average of 8.5 teams per conference. Thirty-seven schools were in Pool B, enough for four bids.
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
63
Occidental
21
Linfield
28
Concordia–Moorhead
27
Concordia–Moorhead
14
Coe
14
Linfield
41
Saint John's (MN)
62
Wisconsin–Whitewater
44
Monmouth (IL)
3
Saint John's (MN)
7
Wisconsin–Whitewater
34
Wisconsin–Whitewater
34
Central (IA)
14
Wisconsin–Whitewater
58
Mary Hardin–Baylor
35
Wesley
6
Trinity (TX)
6
Mary Hardin–Baylor
36
Wesley
59
Wesley
46
Ferrum
14
Wesley
46
Bridgewater (VA)
30
Bridgewater (VA)
7
Washington & Jefferson
21
Bridgewater (VA)
24
Thiel
28
Thiel
13
Johns Hopkins
3
Wisconsin–Whitewater
28
Wabash
38
Mount Union
35
Albion
20
Wabash
11
Capital
21
Capital
14
North Central (IL)
19
Mount Union
34
Augustana (IL)
49
Capital
31
Lakeland
22
Augustana (IL)
7
Mount Union
49
Mount Union
44
Mount St. Joseph
6
Mount Union
19
Delaware Valley
37
Rowan
7
Curry
22
Delaware Valley
21
Hobart
23
Hobart
14
Cortland
22
Delaware Valley
21
Rowan
42
Rowan
27
Wilkes
3
Rowan
28
Union (NY)
55
Union (NY)
24
Ithaca
41
* Overtime
See also
References