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All-time conference rankings

Sep 29, 2022

D3football.com has ranked all Division III football conferences since the 2002 season. The high-water mark for each conference is bolded. (Does not include preseason rankings.)

Conference 2023 '22 '21 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 '12 '10 '08 '07 '06 '04 '02
WIAC 1  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
OAC 4  5 5 4 3 4 8 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
MIAC 2  2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 7 6 9 6 4 6
CCIW 3  4 5  5 5 5 4 6 6 6 7 4 4 7 5 5 4
E8 7 7 8  8 8 8 3 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 9 8 15
ASC 5  3 3 3 4 2 5 7 5 7 6 3 3 3 4 6 8
NWC 13  10 13  15 9 7 7 8 7 3 5 6 7 4 3 3 3
NJAC 17  15 16  10 6 6 6 5 14 11 9 9 8 6 7 9 5
CC 8  6 6 6 7 9 9 9 10 12 12 12 11 17 19 15 13
MAC 15  14 14 17 12 12 10 14 12 10 11 10 9 8 8 7 7
ARC/IIAC 9  12 11  13 14 11 11 12 8 13 10 8 16 11 12 11 10
LL/UCAA 6  8 7  7 11 14 14 15 9 8 16 16 13 10 10 18 14
SAA 10  9 8 9 16 16 15 13 18 17 8            
ODAC 14  16 12 14 13 13 17 10 11 9 14 11 12 19 14 16 9
PAC 12  11 10  12 10 10 12 11 13 19 18 19 17 13 15 10 20
NCAC 19  19 18  16 15 15 13 18 15 20 17 17 20 18 17 17 12
SCAC             22 16 20 22   15 15 16 16 12 11
USAC  25 23 23  20 22 22 16 21 19 15 19 23 18 14 13 14 27
SCIAC 20  18 15 11 23 23 20 19 17 16 15 14 19 20 18 20 25
MIAA 11  13 17  21 17 17 18 17 16 18 22 21 21 22 20 19 18
MASCAC 26  24 25  25 20 20 23 20 22 21              
UAA                   14 13 18 14 15 23 23 26
NEWMAC 22  22 20  18 19 18                      
MWC 23  20 21  19 18 19 21 22 21 23 20 22 23 23 21 21 17
HCAC 24  25 24 23 24 24 19 23 23 26 25 20 22 21 22 22 19
CCC/NEFC 16  17 19  22 21 21 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 25 24 25 23
ECFC 27  26 26  27 25 25 27 26 25 27 23 25          
NACC 21  21 22  24 26 26 25 25 26 25 21 26 27        
UMAC 28  27 27  26 27 27 26 27 27 28 26 27 25        

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Greg Thomas

Greg Thomas graduated in 2000 from Wabash College. He has contributed to D3football.com since 2014 as a bracketologist, Kickoff writer, curator of Quick Hits, and Around The Nation Podcast guest host before taking co-host duties over in 2021. Greg lives in Claremont, California.

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