2024 NCAA Division III football rankings

2024 NCAA Division III football rankings

Season	2024
Postseason	Single-elimination
Preseason No.1	North Central (IL)

Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings for the 2024 season. Unlike in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the NCAA, Division III's college football's governing body, bestows a national championship on the winner of the Stagg Bowl – the championship round of a 32-team postseason tournament. The main weekly poll that begins in the preseason is the D3football.com Poll which ranks the top 25 colleges in Division III football. For the first time in AFCA history they released a preseason poll for DIII in 2024.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week or no change
		Selected for Division III Football Championship Playoffs
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

D3football.com poll

	Preseason July 24	Week 1 September 8	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12 (Final)
1.	North Central (IL) (14)	North Central (IL) (17)												1.
2.	Cortland (11)	Cortland (8)												2.
3.	Wisconsin–Whitewater	Wisconsin–Whitewater												3.
4.	Wartburg	Mount Union												4.
5.	Mount Union	Wartburg												5.
6.	Wisconsin–La Crosse	Wisconsin–La Crosse												6.
7.	Alma	Johns Hopkins												7.
8.	Johns Hopkins	Wisconsin–River Falls												8.
9.	Wheaton (IL)	Randolph–Macon												9.
10.	Randolph–Macon	Grove City												10.
11.	Grove City	Susquehanna												11.
12.	Susquehanna	Saint John's (MN)												12.
13.	Trinity (TX)	Hardin–Simmons												13.
14.	Saint John's (MN)	Aurora												14.
15.	Aurora	Alma												15.
16.	Hardin–Simmons	Endicott												16.
17.	Wisconsin–River Falls	Wisconsin–Oshkosh												17.
18.	Endicott	Muhlenberg												18.
19.	John Carroll	Wheaton (IL)												19.
20.	Ithaca	Carnegie Mellon												20.
21.	Muhlenberg	Linfield												21.
22.	Carnegie Mellon	Berry												22.
23.	Linfield	Whitworth												23.
24.	Whitworth	Ithaca												24.
25.	Berry	John Carroll												25.
	Preseason July 24	Week 1 September 8	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12 (Final)
		Dropped: Trinity (TX)	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None

AFCA Coaches' poll

	Preseason August 26	Week 1 August 26	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12 (Final)
1.	North Central (IL) (26)	North Central (IL) (28)												1.
2.	Cortland (24)	Cortland (21)												2.
3.	Wisconsin–Whitewater	Wisconsin–Whitewater												3.
4.	Wartburg	Mount Union (1)												4.
5.	Mount Union	Wisconsin–La Crosse												5.
6.	Wisconsin–La Crosse	Wartburg												6.
7.	Alma	Johns Hopkins												7.
8.	Johns Hopkins	Randolph–Macon												8.
9.	Wheaton (IL)	Grove City												9.
10.	Randolph–Macon	Wisconsin–River Falls												10.
11.	Grove City	Susquehanna												11.
12.	Susquehanna	Saint John's (MN)												12.
13.	Trinity (TX)	Aurora												13.
14.	Saint John's (MN)	Hardin–Simmons												14.
15.	Aurora	Endicott												15.
16.	Hardin–Simmons	Alma												16.
17.	Wisconsin–River Falls	Linfield												17.
18.	Endicott	Wisconsin–Oshkosh												18.
19.	Ithaca	Muhlenberg												19.
20.	John Carroll	Carnegie Mellon												20.
21.	Muhlenberg	Berry												21.
22.	Linfield	Wheaton (IL)												22.
23.	Carnegie Mellon	Whitworth												23.
24.	Berry	Ithaca												24.
25.	Whitworth	DePauw												25.
	Preseason August 26	Week 1 August 26	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12 (Final)
		Dropped: Trinity (TX) John Carroll	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None