# 2022 NCAA Division III football rankings

Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings. 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. One additional poll is released midway through the season, the AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| | 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 Jul 27 | Week 1 Sept 5 | Week 2 Sept 12 | Week 3 Sept 19 | Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 8 | Week 11 Nov 15 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 17 | |
| 1. | Mary Hardin–Baylor (23) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0) (25) | North Central (IL) (14) | North Central (IL) (2–0) (13) | North Central (IL) (3–0) (18) | North Central (IL) (4–0) (18) | North Central (IL) (5–0) (19) | North Central (IL) (6–0) (21) | North Central (IL) (7–0) (23) | North Central (IL) (8–0) (23) | North Central (IL) (9–0) (24) | North Central (IL) (10–0) (25) | North Central (IL) (15–0) (25) | 1. |
| 2. | North Central (IL) | North Central (IL) (0–0) | Saint John's (MN) (7) | Saint John's (MN) (2–0) (6) | Mount Union (3–0) (5) | Mount Union (4–0) (5) | Mount Union (5–0) (5) | Mount Union (6–0) (4) | Mount Union (7–0) (2) | Mount Union (8–0) (2) | Mount Union (9–0) (1) | Mount Union (10–0) | Mount Union (14–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Mount Union (2) | Mount Union (1–0) | Mount Union (4) | Mount Union (2–0) (4) | UW–Whitewater (2–1) (1) | UW–Whitewater (3–1) (1) | UW–Whitewater (4–1) (1) | UW–Whitewater (5–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (7–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (8–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (9–1) | Wartburg (13–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Wisconsin–Whitewater | Saint John's (MN) (1–0) | Wisconsin–Whitewater | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (3–1) (1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (4–1) (1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (5–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (6–1) | Saint John's (MN) (6–1) | Saint John's (MN) (7–1) | Linfield (8–0) | Saint John's (MN) (9–1) | Mary Hardin–Baylor (12–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Saint John's (MN) | Hardin–Simmons (1–0) | Mary Hardin–Baylor | Mary Hardin–Baylor (2–1) | Trinity (TX) (3–0) | Trinity (TX) (4–0) | Saint John's (MN) (4–1) | Saint John's (MN) (5–1) | Linfield (6–0) | Linfield (7–0) | Saint John's (MN) (8–1) | Linfield (9–0) | Bethel (10–3) | 5. |
| 6. | Hardin–Simmons | Wisconsin–Whitewater (0–1) | Hardin–Simmons | Hardin–Simmons (2–0) (1) | Saint John's (MN) (2–1) | Saint John's (MN) (3–1) | Trinity (TX) (5–0) | Linfield (5–0) | Trinity (TX) (7–0) | Trinity (TX) (8–0) | Trinity (TX) (9–0) | Trinity (TX) (10–0) | Trinity (TX) (11–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Linfield | Linfield (1–0) | Trinity (TX) | Trinity (TX) (3–0) (1) | Linfield (2–0) | Linfield (3–0) | Linfield (4–0) | Trinity (TX) (6–0) | Johns Hopkins(7–0) | UW–La Crosse (7–1) | UW–La Crosse (8–1) | UW–La Crosse (9–1) | Saint John's (MN) (10–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Wheaton (IL) | Wheaton (IL) (0–0) | Linfield | Linfield (2–0) | Johns Hopkins(4–0) | Johns Hopkins(5–0) | Johns Hopkins(5–0) | Johns Hopkins(6–0) | UW–La Crosse (6–1) | Hardin–Simmons (7–1) | Hardin–Simmons (8–1) | UW–Whitewater (8–2) | Linfield (10–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Trinity (TX) | Trinity (TX) (1–0) | Johns Hopkins | Johns Hopkins (3–0) | UW–La Crosse (3–0) | UW–La Crosse (3–1) | UW–La Crosse (4–1) | UW–La Crosse (5–1) | Hardin–Simmons (6–1) | Bethel (7–1) | Bethel (8–1) | Hardin–Simmons (9–1) | Delaware Valley (12–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Johns Hopkins | Johns Hopkins (1–0) | Wheaton (IL) | Wisconsin–La Crosse (3–0) | Hardin–Simmons (2–1) | Hardin–Simmons (3–1) | Hardin–Simmons (4–1) | Hardin–Simmons (5–1) | UW–Whitewater (5–2) | UW–Whitewater (6–2) | UW–Whitewater (7–2) | Ithaca (10–0) | Ithaca (12–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Muhlenberg | Bethel (1–0) | Wisconsin–La Crosse | Wheaton (IL) (1–1) | Wheaton (IL) (2–1) | Bethel (3–1) | Bethel (4–1) | Bethel (5–1) | Bethel (6–1) | Cortland (8–0) | Cortland (9–0) | Susquehanna (10–0) | Hardin–Simmons (9–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Wisconsin–La Crosse | Wisconsin–La Crosse (1–0) | Central (IA) | Ithaca (3–0) | Bethel (2–1) | Ithaca (4–0) | Ithaca (5–0) | Ithaca (6–0) | Ithaca (7–0) | Ithaca (8–0) | Ithaca (9–0) | Wartburg (10–0) | UW–La Crosse (9–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Bethel | Central (IA)(1–0) | Ithaca | Cortland (3–0) | Ithaca (3–0) | Cortland (4–0) | Cortland (5–0) | Cortland (6–0) | Cortland (7–0) | Susquehanna (8–0) | Susquehanna (9–0) | Bethel (8–2) | Aurora (11–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Central (IA) | Delaware Valley (1–0) | Cortland | Delaware Valley (3–0) | Cortland (3–0) | Wheaton (IL) (2–2) | UW–River Falls (4–1) | Delaware Valley (7–0) | Delaware Valley (8–0) | Delaware Valley (8–0) | Delaware Valley (9–0) | Delaware Valley (10–0) | Carnegie Mellon (11–1) | 14. |
| 15. | Delaware Valley | Cortland (1–0) | Delaware Valley | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2–1) | Delaware Valley (4–0) | Delaware Valley (5–0) | Wheaton (IL) (3–2) | Wheaton (IL) (4–2) | Wheaton (IL) (5–2) | Wheaton (IL) (6–2) | Wartburg (9–0) | Wheaton (IL) (8–2) | UW–Whitewater (8–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Cortland | Ithaca (1–0) | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | Wisconsin–River Falls (2–1) | UW–Oshkosh (2–1) | UW–Oshkosh (3–1) | Delaware Valley (6–0) | Wartburg (7–0) | Wartburg (7–0) | Wartburg (8–0) | Wheaton (IL) (7–2) | Randolph–Macon (10–0) | Randolph–Macon (11–1) | 16. |
| 17. | Ithaca | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0) | Wisconsin–River Falls | Carnegie Mellon (3–0) | UW–River Falls (2–1) | UW–River Falls (3–1) | Wartburg (6–0) | Randolph–Macon (6–0) | Randolph–Macon (7–0) | Johns Hopkins(7–1) | Johns Hopkins(8–1) | Cortland (9–1) | Wheaton (IL) (8–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Wisconsin–River Falls | Muhlenberg (0–1) | Muhlenberg | Randolph–Macon (3–0) | Carnegie Mellon (4–0) | Carnegie Mellon (5–0) | Randolph–Macon (5–0) | Carnegie Mellon (7–0) | Carnegie Mellon (8–0) | Randolph–Macon (8–0) | Randolph–Macon (9–0) | Johns Hopkins(10–1) | Cortland (9–2) | 18. |
| 19. | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | Wisconsin–River Falls (1–0) | Randolph–Macon | Heidelberg (3–0) | Randolph–Macon (3–0) | Randolph–Macon (4–0) | UW–Oshkosh (3–2) | Susquehanna (6–0) | Susquehanna (7–0) | Carnegie Mellon (9–0) | Carnegie Mellon (9–0) | Carnegie Mellon (10–0) | Susquehanna (10–1) | 19. |
| 20. | RPI | Randolph–Macon (1–0) | Carnegie Mellon | Bethel (1–1) | Susquehanna (4–0) | Wartburg (5–0) | Carnegie Mellon (6–0) | Albion (6–0) | Albion (7–0) | Albion (8–0) | Albion (9–0) | Huntingdon (8–1) | Utica (10–2) | 20. |
| 21. | Randolph–Macon | Salisbury (1–0) | Bethel | Susquehanna (3–0) | Wartburg (4–0) | Susquehanna (5–0) | Susquehanna (5–0) | Huntingdon (5–1) | UW–River Falls (5–2) | Huntingdon (7–1) | Huntingdon (8–1) | John Carroll (8–2) | Johns Hopkins(10–1) | 21. |
| 22. | Salisbury | RPI (1–0) | Heidelberg | Wartburg (3–0) | Albion (4–0) | Albion (5–0) | Albion (6–0) | UW–River Falls (4–2) | UW–Platteville (4–3) | John Carroll (7–1) | John Carroll (7–2) | Endicott (10–0) | Alma (11–1) | 22. |
| 23. | Hobart | Hobart (1–0) | Susquehanna | Albion (3–0) | Central (IA) (2–1) | Huntingdon (4–1) | Huntingdon (4–1) | Wash U. (6–0) | Huntingdon (6–1) | UW–River Falls (5–3) | Endicott (9–0) | Alma (10–0) | John Carroll (8–2) | 23. |
| 24. | Heidelberg | Heidelberg (1–0) | Wisconsin–Platteville | Central (IA) (2–1) | Huntingdon (3–1) | Central (IA) (3–1) | Wash U. (5–0) | UW–Oshkosh (3–3) | UW–Oshkosh (4–3) | Endicott (8–0) | UW–River Falls (5–4) | Albion (9–1) | Huntingdon (9–2) | 24. |
| 25. | Birmingham–Southern | Susquehanna (1–0) | Washington & Jefferson | Union (NY) (3–0) | DePauw (4–0) | DePauw (5–0) | John Carroll (4–1) | John Carroll (5–1) | John Carroll (6–1) | Wash U. (7–0) | Birmingham-Southern (7–2) | Mount St. Joseph (10–0) | Springfield (9–3) | 25. |
| | Preseason Jul 27 | Week 1 Sept 5 | Week 2 Sept 12 | Week 3 Sept 19 | Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 8 | Week 11 Nov 15 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 17 | |
| | | Dropped: Birmingham–Southern | Dropped: Salisbury RPI Hobart | Dropped: Muhlenberg Wisconsin-Platteville Washington and Jefferson | Dropped: Heidelberg Union | Dropped: none | Dropped: Central DePauw | Dropped: none | Dropped: Wash U. | Dropped: UW-Platteville UW-Oshkosh | Dropped: Wash U. | Dropped: UW-River Falls Birmingham-Southern | Dropped: Endicott Albion Mount St. Joseph | |