Forty teams now, believe it or not...

Conferences and teams receiving automatic qualification (28):
American Rivers Conference Wartburg
American Southwest Conference Hardin-Simmons
Centennial Conference Johns Hopkins
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin North Central (Illinois)
Conference of New England Endicott
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Alfred State
Empire 8 SUNY Cortland
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Mount St. Joseph
Landmark Conference Susquehanna
Liberty League Hobart/William Smith
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Massachusetts Dartmouth
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hope
Middle Atlantic Conference King’s (Pennsylvania)
Midwest Conference Lake Forest
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference St. Saint John’s (Minnesota)
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Springfield
New Jersey Athletic Conference Salisbury
North Coast Athletic Conference DePauw
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Aurora
Northwest Conference Linfield
Ohio Athletic Conference Mount Union
Old Dominion Athletic Conference Randolph-Macon
Presidents' Athletic Conference Washington & Jefferson
Southern Athletic Association Berry
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pomona-Pitzer
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Northwestern-St. Paul
USA South Athletic Conference Maryville (Tennessee)
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wisconsin-Platteville


At-Large Berths (12):


Bethel (MN)
Carnegie Mellon
Centre
Coe
Grove City
John Carroll
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Texas Lutheran
Trinity (Texas)
Ursinus
Whitworth
Wisconsin-La Crosse

The Division III Football Committee also announced the following 8 first-round sites:
La Crosse, Wisconsin – Wisconsin-La Crosse vs. Northwestern-St. Paul
Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Coe vs. Bethel (Minnesota)
Beverly, Massachusetts – Endicott vs. Alfred St.
Spokane, Washington – Whitworth vs. Pomona-Pitzer
San Antonio, Texas – Trinity (TX) vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor
Rome, Georgia – Berry vs. Maryville (TN)
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – King’s (Pennsylvania) vs. Ursinus
University Heights, Ohio – John Carroll vs. Mt. St. Joseph
All games start at noon local time.


This year's Stagg Bowl will be at Texas Southern's stadium on January 5, 2025.