NCAA.com | November 11, 2018 DIII football championship bracket released for 2018 tournament DIII Football: 2018 Selection Show Share INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Football Committee announced today the field of 32 teams for the 2018 NCAA Division III Football Championship. The committee selected teams based on conference results and competition within an institution's respective evaluation region. RELATED: View the 2018 interactive bracket | Champ history | Buy NCAA championship tickets Twenty-six conferences received automatic-qualifying berths. One berth was reserved for true independents or teams that are members of a conference that do not receive automatic qualification. The remaining five berths were awarded to teams from either automatic qualifying conferences that did not win an automatic berth, the remaining true independent teams or teams in non-automatic qualifying conferences. The first round of the championship will be played November 17 at the host institution's campus or at an alternate site approved by the football committee. The Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the national championship game, will be played Friday, December 14, at Woodforest Bank Stadium in Shenandoah, Texas. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (26): American Southwest Conference University of Mary Hardin-Baylor American Rivers Conference Wartburg College Centennial Conference Johns Hopkins University College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin North Central College Commonwealth Coast Football Western New England University Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Husson University Empire 8 College at Brockport, State University of New York Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Hanover College Liberty League Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Framingham State University Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Trine University Middle Atlantic Conference Delaware Valley University Midwest Conference St. Norbert College Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Saint John’s University (Minnesota) New Jersey Athletic Conference Frostburg State University North Coast Athletic Conference Denison University Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Eureka College Northwest Conference Whitworth University Ohio Athletic Conference University of Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference Randolph-Macon College Presidents' Athletic Conference Washington and Jefferson College Southern Athletic Association Berry College Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Martin Luther College USA South Athletic Conference Maryville College (Tennessee) Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Pool B Berth (1): Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pool C Berths (5): Bethel University (Minnesota) Centre College Hardin-Simmons University John Carroll University Muhlenberg College The Division III Football Committee also announced the following 16 regional sites: Belton, Texas – Hardin-Simmons vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor Mount Berry, Georgia – Maryville (Tennessee) vs. Berry Collegeville, Minnesota – Martin Luther vs. Saint John’s (Minnesota) Spokane, Washington – Claremont-McKenna-Scripps vs. Whitworth Whitewater, Wisconsin – Eureka vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater Angola, Indiana – St. Norbert vs. Trine Naperville, Illinois – Hanover vs. North Central St. Paul, Minnesota – Wartburg vs. Bethel (Minnesota) Alliance, Ohio – Denison vs. Mount Union Danville, Kentucky – Washington and Jefferson vs. Centre Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania – Muhlenberg vs. Delaware Valley University Heights, Ohio – Randolph-Macon vs. John Carroll Brockport, New York – Framingham State vs. College at Brockport Troy, New York – Husson vs. Rensselaer Frostburg, Maryland – Western New England vs. Frostburg State Baltimore, Maryland – MIT vs. Johns Hopkins All games start at noon local time. In the 2017 championship, Mount Union defeated Mary Hardin-Baylor 12-0. Way-too-early 2022 FCS playoff bracket predictions It's May and the FCS playoffs aren't until November, but that doesn't matter because we predicted the 24-team 2022 FCS playoff field anyway. READ MORE 9 potential breakout FCS football teams in the 2022 season Here's a look at the potential breakout FCS teams for the 2022 season. READ MORE Colleges and conferences with the most players drafted in the 2022 NFL draft Georgia had 15 players selected in the NFL draft, eclipsing the previous modern-era record of 14 picks, which was set by Ohio State in the 2004 NFL draft and later tied by LSU in 2020. The Bulldogs have five defensive players selected in the first round from a unit that allowed a national-best 10.2 points per game last season. READ MORE