2001 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season

2001 NCAA Division III football season

Regular season| August – November 2001
Playoffs| November – December 2001

National
championship

| Salem Football Stadium
Salem, VA
Champion| Mount Union (6)
Gagliardi Trophy| Chuck Moore (RB), Mount Union
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The 2001 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 2001, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2001 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their sixth, and second consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Bridgewater (VA) Eagles, 30−27.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Chuck Moore, running back from Mount Union.[1]

## Conference and program changes

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### Conference changes

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School | 2000 Conference | 2001 Conference

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Christopher Newport | New program | Dixie

### Program changes

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* After Salisbury State University shortened its name to Salisbury University in 2001, the Salisbury State Sea Gulls became the Salisbury Sea Gulls at the start of the 2001 season.

## Conference standings

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2001 American Southwest Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Hardin–Simmons $^  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Mary Hardin–Baylor ^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Howard Payne |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Mississippi College |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
East Texas Baptist |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Austin |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  |
Louisiana College |  | 3  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Sul Ross |  | 3  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Texas Lutheran |  | 2  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
McMurry |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Wesley $  |  | 3  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
Frostburg State |  | 2  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |
Salisbury |  | 1  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Apprentice §  |  | 0  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |

* $ - Conference champion
* § – Not an NCAA member

2001 Centennial Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Western Maryland +^  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |
Muhlenberg \+  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Johns Hopkins |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  |
Ursinus |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Dickinson |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Gettysburg |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Franklin & Marshall |  | 0  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Augustana (IL) +^  |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 2  |
Illinois Wesleyan \+  |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  |
Millikin |  | 5  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Wheaton (IL) |  | 5  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Carthage |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
North Central (IL) |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Elmhurst |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
North Park |  | 0  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Dixie Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Ferrum \+  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Christopher Newport +^  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Greensboro |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Methodist |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Shenandoah |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Chowan |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |
Averett |  | 0  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Freedom Football Conference standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Western Connecticut +^  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Plymouth State \+  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
Merchant Marine |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |
Springfield (MA) |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |
WPI |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Norwich |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Coast Guard |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Anderson (IN) \+  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Defiance +^  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |
Bluffton |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Hanover |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Franklin (IN) |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Manchester |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Mount St. Joseph |  | 0  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 10  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
MacMurray $^  |  | 7  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  |
Aurora |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  |
Concordia (WI) |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Benedictine (IL) |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Lakeland |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Greenville |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Concordia (IL) |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  |
Eureka |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Iowa Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Central (IA) $^  |  | 8  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  |
Wartburg |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Cornell (IA) |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
Coe |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Buena Vista |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Loras |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Simpson (IA) |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Upper Iowa |  | 3  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Luther |  | 2  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Dubuque |  | 1  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Albion $  |  | 5  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Hope |  | 4  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  |
Alma |  | 3  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Adrian |  | 2  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Kalamazoo |  | 1  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  |
Olivet |  | 0  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion

2001 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Widener $^  |  | 10  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 1  |
Lycoming |  | 8  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  |
King's (PA) |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
Albright |  | 5  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Juniata |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Susquehanna |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Wilkes |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Moravian |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |
Delaware Valley |  | 2  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  |
Lebanon Valley |  | 1  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Midwest Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Ripon \+  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
St. Norbert +^  |  | 8  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  |
Monmouth (IL) |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Grinnell |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Illinois College |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Lake Forest |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Beloit |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Carroll (WI) |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |
Knox |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |
Lawrence |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Bethel (MN) +^  |  | 8  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  |
Saint John's (MN) +^  |  | 8  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 3  |
St. Thomas (MN) |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
Gustavus Adolphus |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
St. Olaf |  | 5  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Concordia–Moorhead |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Augsburg |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Hamline |  | 2  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Carleton |  | 1  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  |
Macalester |  | 0  | - | 9  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 10  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Williams $  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  |
Amherst |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  |
Tufts |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  |
Colby |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  |
Middlebury |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  |
Trinity (CT) |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  |
Wesleyan |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  |
Bates |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  |
Bowdoin |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  |
Hamilton |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  |

* $ - Conference champion

2001 New England Football Conference standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Bogan Division
Westfield State xy$^  |  | 6  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 1  |
Worcester State |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 1  |
Bridgewater State |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  |
Framingham State |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |
Maine Maritime |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |
Massachusetts Maritime |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |
Fitchburg State |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |
Boyd Division
Nichols xy  |  | 5  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Curry |  | 4  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  |
UMass Dartmouth |  | 3  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Salve Regina |  | 2  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  |
Western New England |  | 1  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  |
MIT |  | 0  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  |
Championship: Westfield State 12, Nichols 0

* $ - Conference champion
* x - Division champion/co-champions
* y - Championship game participant
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Rowan +^  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  |
Montclair State +^  |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  |
TCNJ |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Cortland |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
William Paterson |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Kean |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |
New Jersey City |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Wittenberg $^  |  | 7  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  |
Ohio Wesleyan |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  |
Wabash |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Allegheny |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Earlham |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Wooster |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Denison |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Oberlin |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Hiram |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Kenyon |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Northwest Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Linfield \+  |  | 4  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  |
Whitworth \+  |  | 4  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  |
Pacific Lutheran +^  |  | 4  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |
Willamette |  | 2  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |
Lewis & Clark |  | 1  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  |
Puget Sound |  | 0  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 9  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Mount Union $^  |  | 9  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 14  | - | 0  |
Ohio Northern |  | 8  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Capital |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
John Carroll |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
Baldwin–Wallace |  | 5  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Wilmington (OH) |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Otterbein |  | 3  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Muskingum |  | 2  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Marietta |  | 1  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Heidelberg |  | 1  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Bridgewater $^  |  | 6  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 1  |
Emory & Henry |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Hampden–Sydney |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Washington and Lee |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Guilford |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Randolph–Macon |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Catholic University |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Washington & Jefferson $^  |  | 4  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 1  |
Bethany (WV) |  | 2  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  |
Waynesburg |  | 2  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Grove City |  | 1  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Thiel |  | 1  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Westminster (PA) *  |  | 0  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant
* * Completing reclassification from NCAA Division II—games did not count in conference standings.

2001 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Occidental $  |  | 5  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  |
Cal Lutheran |  | 3  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  |
Redlands |  | 3  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |  | 2  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  |
Whittier |  | 2  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  |
La Verne |  | 0  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  |

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Trinity (TX) $^  |  | 6  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  |
Centre |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  |
DePauw |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Millsaps |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Sewanee |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Rhodes |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Rose–Hulman |  | 0  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |

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Union (NY) |  | 3  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  |
Hobart |  | 2  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  |
Rochester (NY) |  | 1  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
St. Lawrence |  | 0  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 10  |

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Wisconsin–Stevens Point +^  |  | 5  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |
Wisconsin–Stout |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  |
Wisconsin–River Falls |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |
Wisconsin–La Crosse |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Wisconsin–Platteville |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Wisconsin–Whitewater |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Wisconsin–Oshkosh |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  |

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Thomas More ^  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 1  |
Ithaca ^  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  |
Brockport ^  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  |
Menlo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Hartwick |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Rockford |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  |
Alfred |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |
Martin Luther |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |
Wisconsin Lutheran |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  |
Chapman |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  |
Colorado College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  |
Maranatha Baptist |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  |
Principia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  |
St. John Fisher |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Pomona-Pitzer |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  |
Maryville (TN) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Westminster (MO) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Buffalo State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  |
Mount Ida |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  |
Utica |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 8  |
Blackburn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 10  |

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## Conference champions

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Conference champions

* American Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons
* Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley
* Centennial Conference – Western Maryland and Muhlenberg
* College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) and Illinois Wesleyan
* Dixie Intercollegiate Football Conference – Christopher Newport and Ferrum
* Freedom Football Conference – Plymouth State and Western Connecticut State
* Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Anderson and Defiance
* Illini-Badger Football Conference – MacMurray
* Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
* Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion
* Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener
* Midwest Conference – Ripon and St. Norbert
* Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) and Saint John's (MN)
* New England Football Conference – Westfield State (Bogan Division), Nichols (Boyd Division)
* Championship Game: Westfield State 12, Nichols 0
* New England Small College Athletic Conference – Williams
* New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan
* North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg
* Northwest Conference – Linfield, Pacific Lutheran, and Whitworth
* Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union
* Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater
* Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson
* Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental
* Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX)
* University Athletic Association – Washington–Saint Louis
* Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul
* Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – RPI
* Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Eau Claire and Wisconsin–Stevens Point

## Postseason

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The 2001 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 29th 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 ninth time. This was the third bracket to feature 28 teams since last expanding in 1999.[2]

### Playoff bracket

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

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| | | | Mount Union | 32 | | | |
| Augustana (IL) | 54 | | | Augustana (IL) | 7 |
| Defiance | 14 | | | | | | Mount Union | 49 |
| Wittenberg | 38* | | | | | Wittenberg | 21 |
| Hardin–Simmons | 35 | | | Wittenberg | 41 | | | |
| Thomas More | 34 | | | Thomas More | 0 |
| MacMurray | 30 | | | | Mount Union | 35 |
| | | | | | | Saint John's (MN) | 14 |
| | | | Central (IA) | 21 | | | |
| Pacific Lutheran | 27* | | | Pacific Lutheran | 27* |
| Whitworth | 26 | | | | | | Pacific Lutheran | 6 |
| Saint John's (MN) | 27 | | | | | Saint John's (MN) | 31 |
| St. Norbert | 20 | | | Saint John's (MN) | 9 | |
| UW–Stevens Point | 37 | | | UW–Stevens Point | 7 |
| Bethel (MN) | 27 | | | | Mount Union | 30 |
| | | | | | | | Bridgewater (VA) | 27 |
| | | | RPI | 10 | | | |
| Ithaca | 35 | | | Ithaca | 27 |
| Montclair State | 23 | | | | | | Ithaca | 0 |
| Rowan | 40 | | | | | Rowan | 48 |
| Brockport | 17 | | | Rowan | 43 | | | |
| West. Conn. State | 8 | | | West. Conn. State | 14 |
| Westfield State | 7 | | | | Rowan | 24 |
| | | | | | | Bridgewater (VA) | 29 |
| | | | Bridgewater (VA) | 41 | |
| Trinity (TX) | 30 | | | Trinity (TX) | 37 |
| Mary Hardin–Baylor | 6 | | | | | | Bridgewater (VA) | 57 |
| Widener | 56 | | | | | Widener | 32 |
| Christopher Newport | 7 | | | Widener | 46 | |
| Wash. & Jefferson | 24 | | | Wash. & Jefferson | 30 |
| Western Maryland | 21 | |

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## See also

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* 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
* 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season
* 2001 NCAA Division II football season

## References

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1. ^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
2. ^ "2001 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

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