UPDATES & CORRECTIONS: CORRECTIONS: 1. In the Presidents' Athletic Conference, Westminster (PA) and Washington & Jefferson's locations should be swapped. Terribly sorry about that. 2. When I listed the logos of all 30 conferences, only 29 are shown. The missing one is the North Coast Athletic Conference. 3. Berry had the lead in all but one quarter last year, not the other way around. Updates: 1. The Commonwealth Coast Conference has since rebranded to The Conference of New England.
I saw that on your graphics that Washington and Jefferson Presidents were shown in wrong location. Also you should have taken note that Washington and Jefferson is the ONLY division 3 team that has actually won an NCAA National Championship 1921
An additional update is that West Conn is now heading to the Landmark next year. Absolutely LOVE this in depth look at the best college football in the country!
@@TheThirdDivision So basically I play de my whole life and so now I am in college now freshman (20 year old ) 182 lbs and 6’3 want to play wide receiver. I started getting experience from a trainer who knows about it I been going there for 3 weeks and I was wanted to walk to a d3 school . Do you think is to late?
No. Accroding the NCAA rules their are no age limits and your athletic clock starts when you enroll in an d3 school. For that semester. You have a total of 10 semester or 5 seasons to play. As long as you are a full time student at that school.
@@mikepalmer1971 So basically I play de my whole life and so now I am in college now freshman (20 year old ) 182 lbs and 6’3 want to play wide receiver. I started getting experience from a trainer who knows about it I been going there for 3 weeks and I was wanted to walk to a d3 school . Do you think is to late?
@@thegreatesttoeverdoit What I mean is that every team has a viable path to the natty. Winning your conference puts you in the tournament. Something that’s not true with FBS
@scottyclayton2501 Yeah there's only about 10 teams that could actually win it. It's the schools that have 130 guys on their roster and field way more players then everyone else. It's ridiculous, D3 needs a limit on how many players you can have. Because the champion is already basically decided before the season even starts, and realistically only very, very few teams can compete. Sometimes D3 football is an absolute joke🤡 not everyone has a "ViAbLe" path bro.
@@zakktucker4059 Yeah your right with so many teams their is bound to be resource gaps and talent gaps but at least you won’t lose your chance by committee after winning your conference
At UW Platteville, it’s awesome because most high school friends all went to other UW schools, so you get a rivalry with them. Didn’t know WI had so many D3
I grew up in Whitewater Wisconsin. I remember hearing the PA announcer from my backyard every Saturday there was a home game. I even got to play a game in Perkins stadium when I played youth football. Pretty cool to live through those glory years of winning national championships.
I attended a d2 school (Shepherd), this was very fascinating and very interesting to watch. Thank you for spending the time to enrich and inform us about d3 football.
@@frenchfrey65 oh yeah! Sad he didn't get actually drafted, but he has proven himself more than capable to be in the NFL. Hopefully he has a better oline this year.
So basically I play de my whole life and so now I am in college now freshman (20 year old ) 182 lbs and 6’3 want to play wide receiver. I started getting experience from a trainer who knows about it I been going there for 3 weeks and I was wanted to walk to a d3 school . Do you think is to late?
D3 in mass is fun, since not everybody goes to the big schools like BC or UMass, the D3 atmospheres are different since they’re made up of more of ya friends that you know.
Just saw this in my recommended. This video was amazing, very well made. We need more d3 content! Absolutely love the channel so far and will be binging the rest of the the videos made this far. I’ve never watched a D3 game but have friends that go to D3 schools and now I know more about their football than they do 😂
@@TheThirdDivision I know it’s a big feat but we need a series on each conference and it’s history or in depth D3 topics maybe an iceberg video. Idk just some topics I think would make good videos lol but you do what you think would make a great video!!
I thought I was the only nerd that loves D3 ball. I played at Northwood University D2 in Michigan but I was recruited by MIAA Albion and Adrian college! Love small time ball!! Hope College is my dream school
I didn't play football, but I went to Albion in the late 80s-early 90s. From 1989-96, we won or shared our conference title each year, and we won the 1994 DIII National Championship over Washington and Jefferson. That playoff run included a 1 point win over Mount Union in the 2nd round (the video mentions Mount Union not making the DIII Quarterfinal "for the first time since 1994.") While the Brits have had some decent teams in the last 30 years, that stretch from 89-96 was memorable.
So basically I play de my whole life and so now I am in college now freshman (20 year old ) 182 lbs and 6’3 want to play wide receiver. I started getting experience from a trainer who knows about it I been going there for 3 weeks and I was wanted to walk to a d3 school . Do you think is to late?
Fun fact, I attended Louisiana College for 3 years and it's first 2 years, we were NCAA D3. I played baseball for the school, not football, but that was a brutal 2 years of watching football. 3rd year, we went NAIA and did better in all sports, football especially
My dad went to North Central. He’s been very proud of them these past couple years lol. I went to a D2 school (McKendree) and we were a powerhouse in bowling until recently
Nate Jackson went to Menlo College (which no longer has a football program) and ended up playing for the Broncos. He didn't have an illustrious career, but to make a pro team and play special teams and not entirely ride the bench isn't something most colleges players would scoff at.
I grew up going to elementary school next door to Wesley College (DE). I was a huge fan! Was very close with a lot of coaches/students there as an adult. So sad to see the school get bought out. If you didn’t know, Delaware State now owns the school.
I’m a student at Moravian University and I never thought to go to a game even though I love CFB but now I’m pretty interested in D3 so you inspired me to go nice job!
Nice job on MIAC! I even noticed you used the updated logo for Macalester despite that only being around for a couple months. Also covered the St. Thomas kerfuffle. Good work.
There is some history with these teams that many don't know about. In 1926, Carnegie-Mellon (then Carnegie Tech) beat Knute Rockne's Fighting Irish of Notre Dame 19-0. The Irish were on their way to a national championship without giving up a point in 8 games before running into Tech. One of the biggest upsets of all time. Go Tartans!
A few people I knew were on the Whitewater,WI national championship teams it was them and Mount Union for awhile….im a fan of all football these days though….it can be scary violent at times but if you have played you know it takes all 11 players to make plays
Hi! I've been enjoying watching this video a lot and I'll finish watching it later (I'm watching this in my car outside my doctor's office lol) but it reminds me of how much D3 basketball has impacted my own life. My local D3 team has had a great effect on myself and the surrounding community and I've always been interested in all the opponents we've played over the years. I'd love to take my own deep dive into how it works like this video has. I don't know if I'd make my own video about it but the idea seems really cool. Thanks for making this! And P.S. Honestly, as exciting as March Madness is, I'm almost always watching the d3 tournament instead 😂
Also I just love the D3 vibe more than any D1 deal. You get to know the players, the coaches, people you go to school with are at the game. Heck, these two brothers who own a restaurant in town are at every home game without fail! The local team I watched (go Skidmore!) even ran a summer camp for girls and boys for several sports that was really awesome.
They were scheduled to play at US Bank Stadium for what would've been their final matchup in 2020, but it was canceled due to COVID. If it had gone forward normally it almost certainly would have drawn a sellout of over 66,000, especially because it would be the last game (for the foreseeable future).
Factoid: "The College of New Jersey" was the name of Princeton (when a guy named William Paterson attended) until 1896. Trenton State (no longer wanting to be associated with the city of Trenton) changed it name to The College of New Jersey.
I live in the same town as North Central College. Growing up it was mainly just that D3 school in the area, so it was awesome to see them become the team to beat in D3.
As someone who lives down the road from Mount Union, there are 4 high schools they scout in my area. West Branch, Marlington, Alliance and Salem high schools.
5:17 "But if you ask me, WestConn has the best stadium. (in their conference)" I can confirm. Did a Joe Namath football camp there back in summer '07, then as I got older had some friends play for WestConn (when they were still the Colonels!) Yeah it's a nice stadium for sure. That said, I went to Dean for my freshman year, Go Bulldogs!
Abilene Texas has 2 D3 teams, Hardin Simmons on the north side, McMurry on the south. McMurry used to be the Indians, they had to drop the Indian mascot the same time Stanford and several other universities lost it too. Great rivalry game, literary Cowboys vs Indians. The Wilford Moore trophy is on the line every year, the rivalry is heavily one sided though with HSU being the trophy’s usual home.
I was a ball boy at d3 Hobart for my four years there. lacrosse players had to work home games, and I lucked out and got asked to be the ball boy. a lot of action, running up and down the sideline, staying next to the ref.
I knew there was a D3 but have never really given it a thought. So foreign to me to have so many Colleges and Universities packed into such a small area like the Northeast. Obviously we don't have any D3 schools in the Intermountain Region of the west and we barely have any D2 as well. Utah has yet another Westminster in Salt Lake, which is a D2 I believe. Interesting to see that there are at least two others. Very informative video.
St. Norbert may not have the greatest football team, but their men's hockey team in the NCHA (Northern Collegiate Hockey Association) is a powerhouse! 5 D3 National Titles with their 1st in 2008! GO GREEN KNIGHTS!
Also, here's a very interesting fact about University of Chicago football. They were once in the Big Ten. They also compiled a record of 4-0 against Notre Dame!
I live in the City and made it to a McDaniel game for the first time this past season. Loved all the canopies/tents around the stadium and the whole in-game tailgate vibe. Definitely will be back.
HOPE College! Nothing better than seeing a HOPE home game in the Fall months! D-3 has teams that are really good, and some that a just bad, like high schools might beat them. But D2 and D3 is still fun to watch!
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference last sponsored football in 2008. Greenville University (IL) & Westminster (MO) are the last active programs. Principia (IL) & Blackburn (IL) ended their programs and McMurray (IL) closed it's doors after 2020. Eureka (IL) & Lyon (AR) are SLIAC members with football.
I just looked up an interesting fact about Whittier football. George Allen, Don Coryell, and Jerry Burns were all head coaches there at one point. They all later become NFL head coaches. It looks like Richard Nixon may have played football there as well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittier_College
This video was awesome, I have seen your content on tiktok and this came on my recommended, I played at WLC from 2017-19, I am not sure if they still do this but each year a NACC school would play one non conference game against an MIAA, a different team won the conference each year I was there and I will plea ignorance but to my knowledge there is one rivalry game in the conference where there is a trophy and that is WLC and CUW for the Luther Cup, keep up the good work
Fun fact: Tiny Oberlin College (NCAC) - for a while now one of the lower-end teams in D3 - is still the last college football team from Ohio to beat Ohio State, around 103 years ago (1921). Their first college football coach was also THE John Heisman. I just wish a lot of our winning history was more in the present... regardless, Go Yeo!
Played 2 years at Northwestern-St.Paul. Spent more time hurt than playing, so i joined the radio play by play team. Got to see UNW finally beat St.Scholastica for the UMAC title that year. We could never seem to beat them. We made up for it by owning their asses in basketball.
I was hoping you'd mention some of the history of the University of Chicago. They were in the Big Ten for over 40 years, from it's inception in the late 1800s, up until the 1930s. Their head coach for 40 years was Amos Alonzo Stagg, for whom the Stagg bowl is named. In 1935 their RB Jay Berwanger won the first Heisman Trophy. For many years they were considered Michigan's rival, before Ohio State got good enough to consistently be a rival to Michigan. U of Chicago folded their football program in 1939. They re-started football in the late 1960s and joined Division 3 in 1973.
Washington University in St. Louis AKA "Wash-U" has all other sports in the University Athletic Association, which stopped sponsoring football. Fontbonne University across the street had the it's campus purchased by Wash-U & will close it's doors after the 2025 school year.
I love D3 football, i also played semi pro football for many years, it was cool to play alongside alot of D2-D3 football players, it was a blast. The Wiac is no joke
The SoCal conference that discontinued football both had US Presidents as graduates. Occidental - Barack Obama Whittier - Richard Nixon (who played football there)
Sewanee was a charter member of the Southeasten Conference when it was founded. And, of course, there was the famous 1899 team which had ten shutouts in an 11-0 season: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_Sewanee_Tigers_football_team
The Ohio Athletic Conference has an interesting history going back to 1902. Even Ohio State was a member at one time, along with some schools that are now in the Mid-American Conference.
Cortland is destined to repeat this year or at the very least make the quarterfinals. They just won the Cortaca Jug 28-17, and are still undefeated. Go Red Dragons!
Yeah, but Centre is pretty know by soccer players here, because they have a great camp that sometimes even has scouts to help train players. I was thinking, ‘What could be the Kentucky team?’ And as soon as I saw the logo I knew it exactly.
The North Coast was formed when Kenyon, Oberlin, Wooster, Denison, and Ohio Wesleyan abandoned the Ohio Athletic Conference in 1984. Wittenberg and Hiram have also spent time in the OAC.
I like that it's the champions that move forward. Having two schools from the same conference in CFP is silly. Give the champions from every conference a chance.
I don't know if there are other examples, but the Fargo, ND-Moorhead, MN area has colleges representing all three NCAA divisions: D-I: North Dakota State University, Fargo (FCS in football); D-II: Minnesota State University-Moorhead; D-III: Concordia College, Moorhead.
Fun fact: Albright is the worst NCAA college FB team (according to my research.) They went 0-10, 9 of them scoring 10 or less points. lost by no less than 8. 378 total points scored on.
WIAC football is no joke. All of the football talent in the state that doesn’t go D1 stays in the WIAC. There are plenty of kids that can go to bigger D2 schools out of state but choose to stay, and it’s because the level of competition is still great. Guys like Quinn Meinerz, Jake Kumerow, Dan Arnold all made it to the NFL out of D3 WIAC.
UPDATES & CORRECTIONS:
CORRECTIONS:
1. In the Presidents' Athletic Conference, Westminster (PA) and Washington & Jefferson's locations should be swapped. Terribly sorry about that.
2. When I listed the logos of all 30 conferences, only 29 are shown. The missing one is the North Coast Athletic Conference.
3. Berry had the lead in all but one quarter last year, not the other way around.
Updates:
1. The Commonwealth Coast Conference has since rebranded to The Conference of New England.
I saw that on your graphics that Washington and Jefferson Presidents were shown in wrong location. Also you should have taken note that Washington and Jefferson is the ONLY division 3 team that has actually won an NCAA National Championship 1921
Westminster and Geneva is an under rated rivalry, it is as good as Ithaca and Cortland.
Btw everyone I live in iowa and i went to a Wartburg College game when i was younger and Wartburg id a pretty good team go Knights
An additional update is that West Conn is now heading to the Landmark next year. Absolutely LOVE this in depth look at the best college football in the country!
@@PurpleLink33 appreciate it! I need to update this comment 😭
The fact that in D1 football, nobody even thinks about Boston College or UMass, but in D3, there are so many teams in Massachusetts!
Yes there are.
@@TheThirdDivision So basically I play de my whole life and so now I am in college now freshman (20 year old ) 182 lbs and 6’3 want to play wide receiver. I started getting experience from a trainer who knows about it I been going there for 3 weeks and I was wanted to walk to a d3 school . Do you think is to late?
UMass belongs in d3 cause they ass
No. Accroding the NCAA rules their are no age limits and your athletic clock starts when you enroll in an d3 school. For that semester. You have a total of 10 semester or 5 seasons to play. As long as you are a full time student at that school.
Stonehill Holy crosd Harvard Merrimak ?
As a former D3 player, it's awesome seeing D3 football get some love! Fantastic work on this video! Go A-State!
man you short for a o lineman
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At least those D3 schools have a real champion I like D1 schools. I respect that.
@@mikepalmer1971 So basically I play de my whole life and so now I am in college now freshman (20 year old ) 182 lbs and 6’3 want to play wide receiver. I started getting experience from a trainer who knows about it I been going there for 3 weeks and I was wanted to walk to a d3 school . Do you think is to late?
It’s cool that all 200+ teams all compete for 1 championship. They all have a realistic chance also
You're joking right?
This statement would never make sense under any circumstance
@@thegreatesttoeverdoit What I mean is that every team has a viable path to the natty. Winning your conference puts you in the tournament. Something that’s not true with FBS
@scottyclayton2501
Yeah there's only about 10 teams that could actually win it. It's the schools that have 130 guys on their roster and field way more players then everyone else. It's ridiculous, D3 needs a limit on how many players you can have. Because the champion is already basically decided before the season even starts, and realistically only very, very few teams can compete. Sometimes D3 football is an absolute joke🤡 not everyone has a "ViAbLe" path bro.
@@zakktucker4059 Yeah your right with so many teams their is bound to be resource gaps and talent gaps but at least you won’t lose your chance by committee after winning your conference
At UW Platteville, it’s awesome because most high school friends all went to other UW schools, so you get a rivalry with them. Didn’t know WI had so many D3
I grew up in Whitewater Wisconsin. I remember hearing the PA announcer from my backyard every Saturday there was a home game. I even got to play a game in Perkins stadium when I played youth football. Pretty cool to live through those glory years of winning national championships.
I attended a d2 school (Shepherd), this was very fascinating and very interesting to watch. Thank you for spending the time to enrich and inform us about d3 football.
you had to be stoked to see Tyson Bagent go to the NFL, even more so when he beat #1 overall pick from Bama, Bryce Young!
@@frenchfrey65 oh yeah! Sad he didn't get actually drafted, but he has proven himself more than capable to be in the NFL. Hopefully he has a better oline this year.
@@AbstractMarcher tell that to Caleb Williams, #gopackgo XD
@@frenchfrey65 that's fair lol.
So basically I play de my whole life and so now I am in college now freshman (20 year old ) 182 lbs and 6’3 want to play wide receiver. I started getting experience from a trainer who knows about it I been going there for 3 weeks and I was wanted to walk to a d3 school . Do you think is to late?
something satisfying knowing your in the group getting comparisons to the SEC lets go Pioneers!
Realistically, yall would be the vandy of the wiac if Eua Claire didn't exist
D3 in mass is fun, since not everybody goes to the big schools like BC or UMass, the D3 atmospheres are different since they’re made up of more of ya friends that you know.
Just saw this in my recommended. This video was amazing, very well made. We need more d3 content! Absolutely love the channel so far and will be binging the rest of the the videos made this far. I’ve never watched a D3 game but have friends that go to D3 schools and now I know more about their football than they do 😂
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@@TheThirdDivision I know it’s a big feat but we need a series on each conference and it’s history or in depth D3 topics maybe an iceberg video. Idk just some topics I think would make good videos lol but you do what you think would make a great video!!
"The SEC of D3." I kinda like that. UWW Alum '89 - and I was a classmate of our most successful coach, one Lance Leopold.
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I thought I was the only nerd that loves D3 ball. I played at Northwood University D2 in Michigan but I was recruited by MIAA Albion and Adrian college! Love small time ball!! Hope College is my dream school
@@motorcitymuscle3878 hope has a great football program
I didn't play football, but I went to Albion in the late 80s-early 90s. From 1989-96, we won or shared our conference title each year, and we won the 1994 DIII National Championship over Washington and Jefferson. That playoff run included a 1 point win over Mount Union in the 2nd round (the video mentions Mount Union not making the DIII Quarterfinal "for the first time since 1994.") While the Brits have had some decent teams in the last 30 years, that stretch from 89-96 was memorable.
So basically I play de my whole life and so now I am in college now freshman (20 year old ) 182 lbs and 6’3 want to play wide receiver. I started getting experience from a trainer who knows about it I been going there for 3 weeks and I was wanted to walk to a d3 school . Do you think is to late?
Fun fact, I attended Louisiana College for 3 years and it's first 2 years, we were NCAA D3. I played baseball for the school, not football, but that was a brutal 2 years of watching football. 3rd year, we went NAIA and did better in all sports, football especially
My dad went to North Central. He’s been very proud of them these past couple years lol. I went to a D2 school (McKendree) and we were a powerhouse in bowling until recently
Nate Jackson went to Menlo College (which no longer has a football program) and ended up playing for the Broncos. He didn't have an illustrious career, but to make a pro team and play special teams and not entirely ride the bench isn't something most colleges players would scoff at.
I like how most of the conferences are a whole lot of “who?” plus like one major big name university like WashU or MIT
I grew up going to elementary school next door to Wesley College (DE). I was a huge fan! Was very close with a lot of coaches/students there as an adult. So sad to see the school get bought out. If you didn’t know, Delaware State now owns the school.
I’m a student at Moravian University and I never thought to go to a game even though I love CFB but now I’m pretty interested in D3 so you inspired me to go nice job!
As someone who plays for grove city, that playoff game was a truly special experience! :)
I have been waiting for someone to make content like this for years!
Nice job on MIAC! I even noticed you used the updated logo for Macalester despite that only being around for a couple months. Also covered the St. Thomas kerfuffle. Good work.
" if you look at it's stadium it has no business being a D3 football school." 😂😂😂😂😂
Go Muskies! I was apart of the team from 2019-2022 and it was amazing to be part of the first team in the new stadium my last season there!
There is some history with these teams that many don't know about.
In 1926, Carnegie-Mellon (then Carnegie Tech) beat Knute Rockne's Fighting Irish of Notre Dame 19-0. The Irish were on their way to a national championship without giving up a point in 8 games before running into Tech. One of the biggest upsets of all time.
Go Tartans!
Wish there was a channel like you for NAIA great stuff new to your channel
I doubt I’ll be doing that anytime soon - division 1 rejects is an option
Thank you for this I played at Maryville from 2008 - 2012. Love seeing any recognition of D3 football.
Go Scots!
What was it like?
A few people I knew were on the Whitewater,WI national championship teams it was them and Mount Union for awhile….im a fan of all football these days though….it can be scary violent at times but if you have played you know it takes all 11 players to make plays
Hi! I've been enjoying watching this video a lot and I'll finish watching it later (I'm watching this in my car outside my doctor's office lol) but it reminds me of how much D3 basketball has impacted my own life.
My local D3 team has had a great effect on myself and the surrounding community and I've always been interested in all the opponents we've played over the years. I'd love to take my own deep dive into how it works like this video has. I don't know if I'd make my own video about it but the idea seems really cool. Thanks for making this!
And P.S. Honestly, as exciting as March Madness is, I'm almost always watching the d3 tournament instead 😂
Also I just love the D3 vibe more than any D1 deal. You get to know the players, the coaches, people you go to school with are at the game. Heck, these two brothers who own a restaurant in town are at every home game without fail! The local team I watched (go Skidmore!) even ran a summer camp for girls and boys for several sports that was really awesome.
Love your stuff on Twitter and Tiktok so when I saw this on the YT Recommends I had to sub to the channel!
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Gallaudet unis are dope. The colors are traditional and the team name across the front is the best. 🤘🏼
I am super happy you made this video. I grew up going to Saint John’s games and they were always a blast
Tommie-Johnnie Football was one of the greatest rivalries ever. Also they had the largest D3 football attendance at 35,000 in 2017.
They were scheduled to play at US Bank Stadium for what would've been their final matchup in 2020, but it was canceled due to COVID. If it had gone forward normally it almost certainly would have drawn a sellout of over 66,000, especially because it would be the last game (for the foreseeable future).
I love this. As a person that loves CFB this video is a blessing
That time reminding me of Birmingham Southern made me feel not good.😢😢😢😢
D3 has some of the coolest logos
Forgot to mention in my other comment, this was an entertaining video. Well put together and informative. Nice job!
Factoid: "The College of New Jersey" was the name of Princeton (when a guy named William Paterson attended) until 1896. Trenton State (no longer wanting to be associated with the city of Trenton) changed it name to The College of New Jersey.
This is amazing. Thank you for introducing me to DIII! I never thought I would so interested.
I live in the same town as North Central College. Growing up it was mainly just that D3 school in the area, so it was awesome to see them become the team to beat in D3.
Love D3 football..as a high school coach and a son who plays for d3 school. Hampden sydney..I definitely recommend kids to check out d3 football.
As someone who lives down the road from Mount Union, there are 4 high schools they scout in my area. West Branch, Marlington, Alliance and Salem high schools.
It was cool to see some of the footage I shot in here! Shoutout to the McMurry War Hawks and the Hardin-Simmons Cowboys!
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5:17 "But if you ask me, WestConn has the best stadium. (in their conference)" I can confirm. Did a Joe Namath football camp there back in summer '07, then as I got older had some friends play for WestConn (when they were still the Colonels!) Yeah it's a nice stadium for sure.
That said, I went to Dean for my freshman year, Go Bulldogs!
Can you do the same video but for all the other football conferences.
I would love to see D2, JUCO, and FCS divisions!
Abilene Texas has 2 D3 teams, Hardin Simmons on the north side, McMurry on the south. McMurry used to be the Indians, they had to drop the Indian mascot the same time Stanford and several other universities lost it too. Great rivalry game, literary Cowboys vs Indians. The Wilford Moore trophy is on the line every year, the rivalry is heavily one sided though with HSU being the trophy’s usual home.
I was a ball boy at d3 Hobart for my four years there. lacrosse players had to work home games, and I lucked out and got asked to be the ball boy. a lot of action, running up and down the sideline, staying next to the ref.
I knew there was a D3 but have never really given it a thought. So foreign to me to have so many Colleges and Universities packed into such a small area like the Northeast. Obviously we don't have any D3 schools in the Intermountain Region of the west and we barely have any D2 as well. Utah has yet another Westminster in Salt Lake, which is a D2 I believe. Interesting to see that there are at least two others. Very informative video.
Nice video man, very well made. Roll Hope College Dutchmen!
St. Norbert may not have the greatest football team, but their men's hockey team in the NCHA (Northern Collegiate Hockey Association) is a powerhouse! 5 D3 National Titles with their 1st in 2008! GO GREEN KNIGHTS!
Also, here's a very interesting fact about University of Chicago football. They were once in the Big Ten. They also compiled a record of 4-0 against Notre Dame!
As a former Anderson player myself it’s nice to still get emails to this day from the NCAA recognizing the program
Soar Ravens Soar 🐦⬛
Back when I lived in Ohio, a student ID from any Ohio Athletic Conference school got you into any sporting event at any OAC school.
Great vid boss! I spent a year working with George Fox’s football team, D3 is a different beast!
McDaniel is close to where I live, about 20 minutes. The Baltimore Colts used to practice there, fun fact.
I live in the City and made it to a McDaniel game for the first time this past season. Loved all the canopies/tents around the stadium and the whole in-game tailgate vibe. Definitely will be back.
HOPE College! Nothing better than seeing a HOPE home game in the Fall months! D-3 has teams that are really good, and some that a just bad, like high schools might beat them. But D2 and D3 is still fun to watch!
Augustana had a long winning streak back in the 1980's. It was 37 games including three undefeated seasons in 1983, 1984, and 1985.
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference last sponsored football in 2008. Greenville University (IL) & Westminster (MO) are the last active programs. Principia (IL) & Blackburn (IL) ended their programs and McMurray (IL) closed it's doors after 2020. Eureka (IL) & Lyon (AR) are SLIAC members with football.
I just looked up an interesting fact about Whittier football. George Allen, Don Coryell, and Jerry Burns were all head coaches there at one point. They all later become NFL head coaches.
It looks like Richard Nixon may have played football there as well:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittier_College
This video was awesome, I have seen your content on tiktok and this came on my recommended, I played at WLC from 2017-19, I am not sure if they still do this but each year a NACC school would play one non conference game against an MIAA, a different team won the conference each year I was there and I will plea ignorance but to my knowledge there is one rivalry game in the conference where there is a trophy and that is WLC and CUW for the Luther Cup, keep up the good work
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I walked onto the Juniata College Eagles because the coaches happened to see me practicing kicking field goals at Knox stadium in 2002!
Fun fact: Tiny Oberlin College (NCAC) - for a while now one of the lower-end teams in D3 - is still the last college football team from Ohio to beat Ohio State, around 103 years ago (1921). Their first college football coach was also THE John Heisman. I just wish a lot of our winning history was more in the present... regardless, Go Yeo!
Cool stuff.
Played 2 years at Northwestern-St.Paul. Spent more time hurt than playing, so i joined the radio play by play team. Got to see UNW finally beat St.Scholastica for the UMAC title that year. We could never seem to beat them. We made up for it by owning their asses in basketball.
linfield is in my hometown where i was born!! i love that college
As a Knox alum, can confirm: NOT known for football. Still, go Prairie Fire!
Fun Fact: Sewanne was one of the Founding members of the SEC, but they left in 1940 due to them losing all 37 inner conference games
Chicago was in the big 10 but they disbanded due to the president of UC rather academics over football
@@nwalker6900IK, dumb move tbh
I attended UW-L in 1992. (Didn’t graduate from this university, though.) It’s surprising that the school flourished in the WIAC.
My dorm at Trinity looked over the stadium. Saw some great games. Stadium just got renovated too
I was hoping you'd mention some of the history of the University of Chicago. They were in the Big Ten for over 40 years, from it's inception in the late 1800s, up until the 1930s. Their head coach for 40 years was Amos Alonzo Stagg, for whom the Stagg bowl is named. In 1935 their RB Jay Berwanger won the first Heisman Trophy. For many years they were considered Michigan's rival, before Ohio State got good enough to consistently be a rival to Michigan. U of Chicago folded their football program in 1939. They re-started football in the late 1960s and joined Division 3 in 1973.
Wow….great video. Very informative
Got to play at Lagrange from 2011-12. I’ll always cherish the time I spent there and the life lessons I learned
Really good video my guy
Washington University in St. Louis AKA "Wash-U" has all other sports in the University Athletic Association, which stopped sponsoring football. Fontbonne University across the street had the it's campus purchased by Wash-U & will close it's doors after the 2025 school year.
I love D3 football, i also played semi pro football for many years, it was cool to play alongside alot of D2-D3 football players, it was a blast. The Wiac is no joke
I LOVED this info. Could you do a video exactly like this on division 2?
I’ll have to see
Rhodes Vs Sewanee is the oldest college football rivalry in the entire country
The SoCal conference that discontinued football both had US Presidents as graduates.
Occidental - Barack Obama
Whittier - Richard Nixon (who played football there)
Sewanee was a charter member of the Southeasten Conference when it was founded. And, of course, there was the famous 1899 team which had ten shutouts in an 11-0 season:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_Sewanee_Tigers_football_team
Credit to the narrator for pronouncing 'Dubuque' and every school in Wisconsin and Minnesota the way the locals do!
My school just closed in the spring of 2023, RIP Finlandia Football
The Ohio Athletic Conference has an interesting history going back to 1902. Even Ohio State was a member at one time, along with some schools that are now in the Mid-American Conference.
Missed a fun fact, 1982, during the llayers strike in the NFL, John Madden and Pat Summerall commentated a game at Wittenberg on CBS
Cortland is destined to repeat this year or at the very least make the quarterfinals. They just won the Cortaca Jug 28-17, and are still undefeated. Go Red Dragons!
I’ve been to North Carolina Wesleyan University (USA South) and it’s a beautiful campus. It’s where my high school goes for band camp
Johns Hopkins is a member of the Big Ten in lacrosse.
Some cool logos here. Also interesting that there is only one Kentucky team
Correct.
Yeah, but Centre is pretty know by soccer players here, because they have a great camp that sometimes even has scouts to help train players. I was thinking, ‘What could be the Kentucky team?’ And as soon as I saw the logo I knew it exactly.
this guy sounds exactly like the kind of person who would watch d3 football
Appreciate it homie
The fact that the university of Chicago could still be a d1 football team with the big ten. As they were one of the founding fathers of the big tem
Go St. Olaf!!
You spelled Carleton wrong!😂
UM YA YA!
Great job on this video! Also, I appreciate you pronouncing Reading correctly.
I did go that far to make sure everything was pronounced correctly.
UChicago and Lake Forest have a cool rivalry and they were both at a meeting of what would become the Big 10
Fun fact. UChicago had championships in the big 10 in the early years of college football
@@SnowyFox1831a natty as well
@@floydthomas5562 I know
…1st Heisman Winner (Jay Berwanger, ‘36)
The North Coast was formed when Kenyon, Oberlin, Wooster, Denison, and Ohio Wesleyan abandoned the Ohio Athletic Conference in 1984. Wittenberg and Hiram have also spent time in the OAC.
I like that it's the champions that move forward. Having two schools from the same conference in CFP is silly. Give the champions from every conference a chance.
Every conference champion - as determined by each conference - gets in - it’s the at large bids that will probably get messy
I don't know if there are other examples, but the Fargo, ND-Moorhead, MN area has colleges representing all three NCAA divisions:
D-I: North Dakota State University, Fargo (FCS in football);
D-II: Minnesota State University-Moorhead;
D-III: Concordia College, Moorhead.
As a former Maryville player I’d also like to point out Belhaven Has yet to beat Maryville college
Fun fact: Albright is the worst NCAA college FB team (according to my research.) They went 0-10, 9 of them scoring 10 or less points. lost by no less than 8. 378 total points scored on.
No Fitchburg state is the worst
Albright should be renamed Aldark
Going to eastern this year and I’m excited!
My alma mater, Lawrence University, was a D3 football powerhouse back in the day.
they are now the exact opposite
There was definitely more to St. Thomas being removed than the MIAC, other than “they were too competitive.”
WIAC football is no joke. All of the football talent in the state that doesn’t go D1 stays in the WIAC. There are plenty of kids that can go to bigger D2 schools out of state but choose to stay, and it’s because the level of competition is still great. Guys like Quinn Meinerz, Jake Kumerow, Dan Arnold all made it to the NFL out of D3 WIAC.
7:17 those jerseys are so tuff icl