2007_NCAA_Division_III_football_season Knowpia

2007 NCAA Division III football season
2007 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2007
Playoffs	November – December 2007
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Wisconsin–Whitewater (1)
Gagliardi Trophy	Justin Beaver (RB), Wisconsin–Whitewater

The 2007 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 2007, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2007 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won their first Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 31−21. This was the third of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins).

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Justin Beaver, running back from Wisconsin–Whitewater.^[1]

Conference standings edit

2007 American Southwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^	8	–	0	12	–	2
Mississippi College	6	–	2	8	–	2
Hardin–Simmons	6	–	2	6	–	4
East Texas Baptist	5	–	3	5	–	5
Louisiana College	4	–	4	5	–	5
Sul Ross	3	–	5	5	–	5
Texas Lutheran	2	–	6	2	–	8
McMurry	1	–	7	2	–	8
Howard Payne	1	–	7	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Wesley $^	4	–	0	11	–	2
No. 14 Salisbury ^	3	–	1	9	–	2
Brockport	2	–	2	5	–	5
Apprentice §	1	–	3	4	–	6
Frostburg State	0	–	4	2	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant § – Not an NCAA member Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Centennial Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Muhlenberg $^	8	–	0	11	–	1
Dickinson	6	–	2	9	–	2
Ursinus	5	–	3	7	–	3
Gettysburg	5	–	3	6	–	5
Moravian	4	–	4	6	–	4
Franklin & Marshall	4	–	4	4	–	6
Johns Hopkins	3	–	5	4	–	6
McDaniel	1	–	7	1	–	9
Juniata	0	–	8	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 North Central (IL) +^	6	–	1	9	–	3
Illinois Wesleyan +	6	–	1	7	–	3
Wheaton (IL)	5	–	2	8	–	2
Carthage	4	–	3	7	–	3
Elmhurst	3	–	4	6	–	4
Augustana (IL)	3	–	4	5	–	5
Millikin	1	–	6	2	–	8
North Park	0	–	7	1	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 7 St. John Fisher +^	5	–	1	11	–	2
Hartwick +^	5	–	1	8	–	3
Alfred	4	–	2	8	–	3
No. 21 Ithaca ^	4	–	2	8	–	3
Springfield	2	–	4	4	–	6
Utica	1	–	5	3	–	7
Norwich	0	–	6	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 18 Franklin (IN) $^	7	–	0	9	–	2
Mount St. Joseph ^	6	–	1	9	–	2
Rose-Hulman	4	–	3	7	–	3
Defiance	4	–	3	5	–	5
Anderson (IN)	3	–	4	4	–	6
Hanover	2	–	5	2	–	8
Manchester	1	–	6	3	–	7
Bluffton	1	–	6	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Concordia (WI) +^	6	–	1	7	–	4
Lakeland +	6	–	1	6	–	4
Aurora	4	–	3	5	–	5
Benedictine (IL)	4	–	3	5	–	5
Greenville	4	–	3	5	–	5
Concordia (IL)	2	–	5	3	–	7
Eureka	2	–	5	2	–	8
MacMurray	0	–	7	0	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2007 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Central (IA) $^	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 20 Wartburg	7	–	1	8	–	2
Coe	5	–	3	7	–	3
Dubuque	5	–	3	7	–	3
Luther	4	–	4	5	–	5
Buena Vista	3	–	5	5	–	5
Simpson	3	–	5	4	–	6
Loras	1	–	7	2	–	8
Cornell (IA)	0	–	8	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Liberty League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
RPI +^	6	–	1	8	–	2
Hobart +^	6	–	1	8	–	3
Rochester (NY)	5	–	2	6	–	5
Union (NY)	5	–	2	5	–	5
St. Lawrence	3	–	4	4	–	5
WPI	1	–	6	4	–	6
Susquehanna	1	–	6	2	–	8
Merchant Marine	1	–	6	1	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2007 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Hope +	6	–	1	6	–	4
Olivet +^	6	–	1	6	–	5
Alma	5	–	2	5	–	5
Adrian	4	–	3	7	–	3
Tri-State	4	–	3	6	–	4
Albion	2	–	5	2	–	8
Wisconsin Lutheran	1	–	6	1	–	9
Kalamazoo	0	–	7	1	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2007 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Widener $^	7	–	0	8	–	3
Albright	5	–	2	7	–	4
Delaware Valley	5	–	2	5	–	5
Wilkes	4	–	3	4	–	6
Lebanon Valley	3	–	4	4	–	6
Lycoming	3	–	4	3	–	7
King's	1	–	6	1	–	9
FDU Florham	0	–	7	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Midwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
St. Norbert $^	9	–	0	10	–	1
Monmouth (IL)	7	–	2	7	–	3
Ripon	7	–	2	7	–	3
Carroll (WI)	5	–	4	5	–	5
Lake Forest	5	–	4	5	–	5
Illinois College	4	–	5	4	–	6
Lawrence	4	–	5	4	–	6
Knox	2	–	7	3	–	7
Beloit	1	–	8	1	–	9
Grinnell	1	–	8	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2007 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Bethel (MN) $^	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 9 Saint John's (MN) ^	7	–	1	10	–	2
St. Olaf	6	–	2	8	–	2
Concordia–Moorhead	5	–	3	7	–	3
Augsburg	3	–	5	5	–	5
Gustavus Adolphus	3	–	5	5	–	5
St. Thomas (MN)	2	–	6	2	–	8
Carleton	1	–	7	3	–	7
Hamline	1	–	7	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 New England Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Bogan Division
Coast Guard xy	7	–	0	8	–	2
Bridgewater State	5	–	2	6	–	4
Maine Maritime	4	–	3	5	–	4
Westfield State	4	–	3	5	–	4
Worcester State	3	–	4	4	–	6
Fitchburg State	3	–	4	3	–	6
Massachusetts Maritime	1	–	6	3	–	7
Framingham State	1	–	6	2	–	7
Boyd Division
No. 23 Curry xy$^	7	–	0	12	–	1
Plymouth State	6	–	1	9	–	1
Nichols	4	–	3	5	–	4
UMass Dartmouth	4	–	3	5	–	5
Endicott	3	–	4	3	–	6
MIT	2	–	5	2	–	7
Western New England	1	–	6	3	–	7
Salve Regina	1	–	6	2	–	7
Championship: Curry 10, Coast Guard 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Middlebury $	7	–	1	7	–	1
Trinity (CT)	6	–	2	6	–	2
Williams	6	–	2	6	–	2
Tufts	5	–	3	5	–	3
Amherst	4	–	4	4	–	4
Wesleyan	4	–	4	4	–	4
Bowdoin	3	–	5	3	–	5
Colby	2	–	6	2	–	6
Hamilton	2	–	6	2	–	6
Bates	1	–	7	1	–	7

$ – Conference champion

2007 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 TCNJ +^	6	–	1	9	–	3
Cortland +	6	–	1	8	–	3
Montclair State	5	–	2	9	–	2
Kean	3	–	4	5	–	5
William Paterson	3	–	4	5	–	5
Rowan	2	–	5	4	–	6
Western Connecticut	2	–	5	4	–	6
Buffalo State	1	–	6	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Wabash $^	7	–	0	11	–	2
Wittenberg	6	–	1	8	–	2
Oberlin	5	–	2	5	–	5
Ohio Wesleyan	4	–	3	4	–	6
Wooster	4	–	3	4	–	6
Allegheny	3	–	4	5	–	5
Denison	3	–	4	4	–	6
Earlham	2	–	5	3	–	7
Kenyon	1	–	6	2	–	8
Hiram	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Northwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 24 Whitworth $	6	–	0	8	–	2
Pacific Lutheran	4	–	2	7	–	2
Linfield	4	–	2	6	–	3
Willamette	3	–	3	4	–	6
Puget Sound	2	–	4	4	–	5
Menlo	2	–	4	2	–	8
Lewis & Clark	0	–	6	0	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Mount Union $^	9	–	0	14	–	1
No. 13 Capital ^	7	–	2	8	–	3
Ohio Northern	6	–	3	7	–	3
Baldwin–Wallace	5	–	4	6	–	4
John Carroll	5	–	4	6	–	4
Otterbein	5	–	4	5	–	5
Heidelberg	3	–	6	4	–	6
Marietta	3	–	6	3	–	7
Wilmington (OH)	2	–	7	2	–	8
Muskingum	0	–	9	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Randolph–Macon +	5	–	1	8	–	2
Hampden–Sydney +^	5	–	1	8	–	3
Washington and Lee	4	–	2	6	–	3
Bridgewater	3	–	3	7	–	3
Guilford	2	–	4	6	–	4
Catholic University	1	–	5	5	–	5
Emory & Henry	1	–	5	4	–	6

$ – Conference champion + – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2007 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Washington & Jefferson $^	6	–	0	10	–	1
Waynesburg	5	–	1	8	–	3
Grove City	3	–	3	4	–	6
Westminster (PA)	2	–	4	5	–	5
Bethany (WV)	2	–	4	4	–	6
Thomas More	2	–	4	4	–	6
Thiel	1	–	5	3	–	7
Geneva #		–		8	–	3
St. Vincent #		–		0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant # – Provisional NCAA Divisional III member; games not counted in standings Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 25 Redlands +^	5	–	1	8	–	2
Cal Lutheran +	5	–	1	5	–	4
Occidental	4	–	2	7	–	2
Whittier	3	–	3	4	–	5
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	2	–	4	3	–	6
Pomona–Pitzer	1	–	5	2	–	7
La Verne	1	–	5	1	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 16 Trinity (TX) +^	6	–	1	9	–	2
Millsaps +	6	–	1	8	–	2
DePauw	5	–	2	8	–	2
Centre	4	–	3	6	–	4
Rhodes	4	–	3	6	–	4
Austin	2	–	5	4	–	6
Colorado College	1	–	6	4	–	6
Sewanee	0	–	7	1	–	8
Birmingham–Southern #		–		1	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant # – Provisional Division III member; games not counted in standings Rankings from D3football.com

2007 University Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 22 Case Western Reserve $^	3	–	0	11	–	1
Carnegie Mellon	2	–	1	7	–	4
Washington University	1	–	2	7	–	3
Chicago	0	–	3	4	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North
Northwestern (MN) xy$#	7	–	0	7	–	2
Martin Luther	5	–	2	6	–	3
Crown #	4	–	3	5	–	3
Minnesota–Morris #	4	–	3	4	–	4
Trinity Bible §	1	–	6	1	–	8
South
Rockford xy	5	–	2	6	–	3
Westminster (MO)	4	–	3	4	–	5
Blackburn	3	–	4	3	–	6
Maranatha Baptist	1	–	6	2	–	7
Principia	1	–	6	1	–	8
Championship: Northwestern (MN) 28, Rockford 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant # – Provisional NCAA Division III member § – Not an NCAA member

2007 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 North Carolina Wesleyan $^	7	–	0	9	–	3
Christopher Newport	6	–	1	7	–	3
Maryville (TN)	4	–	3	7	–	3
Ferrum	4	–	3	5	–	5
Methodist	4	–	3	4	–	6
Shenandoah	2	–	5	2	–	8
Greensboro	1	–	6	2	–	8
Averett	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Wisconsin–Whitewater $^	7	–	0	14	–	1
No. 12 Wisconsin–Eau Claire ^	5	–	2	9	–	3
Wisconsin–Oshkosh	4	–	3	7	–	3
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	3	–	4	6	–	4
Wisconsin–La Crosse	3	–	4	5	–	4
Wisconsin–Stout	3	–	4	4	–	6
Wisconsin–River Falls	2	–	5	3	–	7
Wisconsin–Platteville	1	–	6	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2007 NCAA Division III independents football records
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Chapman		–		6	–	3
Husson		–		6	–	3
Huntingdon		–		5	–	5
Macalester		–		4	–	5
Morrisville State #		–		3	–	7
Mount Ida		–		3	–	7
Gallaudet		–		2	–	6
Becker		–		2	–	7
SUNY Maritime		–		2	–	8
LaGrange		–		0	–	10

# – Provisional Division III member

Conference champions edit

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – Muhlenberg College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan and North Central (IL) Empire 8 Conference – Hartwick and St. John Fisher Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin Illini-Badger Football Conference‡ – Concordia (WI) and Lakeland Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Liberty League – Hobart and RPI Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope and Olivet Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener Midwest Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) New England Football Conference – Coast Guard (Bogan Division), Curry (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Curry 10, Coast Guard 7 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Middlebury New Jersey Athletic Conference – SUNY Cortland and TCNJ North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northwest Conference – Whitworth Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Cal Lutheran and Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Millsaps and Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Case Western Reserve Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul USA South Athletic Conference – North Carolina Wesleyan Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason edit

The 2007 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 35th 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 15th time.^[2]

Qualification edit

Twenty-two conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, four conferences had no Pool A bid. The NWC was in the second year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC, UAA, and UMAC failed to meet the seven-member requirement. The PAC received a Pool A bid for the first time, having attained seven members and passed through the waiting period.

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 22 Pool A conferences contained 190 schools, an average of 8.6 teams per conference. Thirty schools were in Pool B, enough for three bids.

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

Playoff bracket edit

First Round Campus Sites		Second Round Campus Sites		Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia

Mount Union	42
Ithaca	18	Mount Union	59
TCNJ	17	TCNJ	7
RPI	14			Mount Union	52
Curry	42			St. John Fisher	10
Hartwick	21	Curry	7
St. John Fisher	24	St. John Fisher	38
Hobart	7					Mount Union	62
Central (IA)	38					Bethel (MN)	14
Olivet	17	Central (IA)	37
Saint John's (MN)	41	Saint John's (MN)	7
Redlands	13			Central (IA)	13
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	24			Bethel (MN)	27
St. Norbert	20	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	12
Bethel (MN)	28	Bethel (MN)	21
Concordia Wisconsin	0							Mount Union	21
North Carolina Wesleyan	35*							Wisconsin–Whitewater	31
Washington & Jefferson	34	North Carolina Wesleyan	0
Mary Hardin–Baylor	52	Mary Hardin–Baylor	64
Trinity (TX)	23			Mary Hardin–Baylor	27
Muhlenberg	31			Wesley	10
Salisbury	21	Muhlenberg	21
Wesley	45	Wesley	38
Hampden–Sydney	17					Mary Hardin–Baylor	7
Wisconsin–Whitewater	34					Wisconsin–Whitewater	16
Capital	14	Wisconsin–Whitewater	59
North Central (IL)	44	North Central (IL)	28
Franklin	42			Wisconsin–Whitewater	47
Wabash	31			Wabash	7
Mount St. Joseph	21	Wabash	38
Case	21	Case	23
Widener	20

* Overtime

Bowl games edit

Date	Bowl	Location	Home team	Away team	Score
November 17	ECAC North Atlantic Bowl	Currier Field Plymouth, New Hampshire	Plymouth State	Bridgewater State	24–21
November 17	Victory Bowl	Reeves Field Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania	Malone (NAIA)	Geneva	45–17

References edit

^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ "2007 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[2] "2007 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

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