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NCAA Division III men’s soccer committee selects 2025 championship field

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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Committee announced the field of 64 teams for the 2025 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship. 

Forty-three conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the championship. The other 21 berths were reserved for an at-large berth, which includes institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that did not win their conference championship.

All tournament games leading up to the national semifinals will be played on the campuses of the competing institutions.  Sixteen sites will host four teams for first-and second-round competition Nov. 14 and 15 or 15 and 16.  

Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites Nov. 21 and 22 or 22 and 23. Winners of the four sectionals will advance to the national semifinals, which take place Dec. 5 at Kerr Stadium in Salem, Virginia, with the Old Dominion Conference and the City of Salem as hosts. The national championship game will be played Dec. 7.  The Division III women’s soccer national semifinals and championship games will also be held at Kerr Stadium with games on Dec. 4 and Dec. 6.  

Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (43):

Conference
SCHOOL

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
La Roche

American Rivers Conference
Luther

American Southwest Conference
Hardin-Simmons

Atlantic East
Neumann

Centennial Conference
Dickinson

City University of New York Athletic Conference
Lehman

Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference
Christopher Newport

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Illinois Wesleyan

Collegiate Conference of the South
Maryville (TN)

Conference of New England
Roger Williams

Empire 8
SUNY-Geneseo

Great Northeast Athletic Conference
St. Joseph (CT)

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Transylvania

Landmark Conference
Catholic

Liberty League
Hobart

Little East Conference
UMass Boston

Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Bridgewater St.

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Calvin

Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth
Messiah

Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom
Stevens Institute of Technology

Midwest Conference
Lake Forest

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Macalester

New England Small College Athletic Conference
Tufts

New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
Babson

New Jersey Athletic Conference
Rowan

North Atlantic Conference
SUNY Delhi

North Coast Athletic Conference
DePauw

Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
MSOE

Northwest Conference
Whitman

Ohio Athletic Conference
Otterbein

Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Lynchburg

Presidents’ Athletic Conference
Grove City

Skyline Conference
St. Joseph (L.I.)

Southern Athletic Association
Berry

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Occidental

Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Texas Lutheran

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Lyon

At-Large Berths (21):

  • Amherst
  • Augsburg
  • Bowdoin
  • Brandeis
  • Connecticut Col.
  • Cortland
  • Denison
  • Edgewood
  • Emory
  • Gustavus Adolphus
  • Hampden-Sydney
  • Middlebury
  • Scranton
  • St. Olaf
  • Trinity (TX)
  • UChicago
  • Wash. & Lee
  • Wesleyan (CT)
  • Wheaton (MA)
  • Williams
  • Wis.-Whitewater

Log on to ncaa.com for more information regarding the 2025 championship, including the complete bracket with dates and sites.  Amherst is the defending national champion, having defeated Connecticut College in the 2024 championship game. 

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