2026 national championship

NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship

December 3 & 5, 2026 · Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Championship finals

Championship archive

Seasons & results

2025 champion

Tufts Jumbos

Runner-up

Trinity Tigers

Recorded final2-1 (OT) ↗COMPLETED

First Round

Team	Result	Team	Match details
Tufts Jumbos	5 – 0	Penn State Harrisburg Lions	Date not recorded
Brandeis Judges	2 – 1	Stevens Ducks	Date not recorded
Messiah Falcons	1 – 0	Hobart Statesmen	Date not recorded
Calvin Knights	1 – 0	Grove City Wolverines	Date not recorded
Connecticut Camels	6 – 0	Saint Joseph Blue Jays	Date not recorded
Babson Beavers	1 – 0	SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons	Date not recorded
Bowdoin Polar Bears	7 – 2	Lyon Scots	Date not recorded
UMass Boston Beacons	4 – 1	Roger Williams Hawks	Date not recorded
St. Olaf Oles	3 – 0	UW-Superior Yellowjackets	Date not recorded
Luther Norse	4 – 1	Lake Forest Foresters	Date not recorded
Williams Ephs	4 – 0	La Roche Redhawks	Date not recorded
Scranton Royals	4 – 0	St. Joseph's Golden Eagles	Date not recorded
Macalester Scots	2 – 1	Ill. WesleyanTeam link pending	Date not recorded
Wis.-Eau ClaireTeam link pending	3 – 1	MSOE Raiders	Date not recorded
Middlebury Panthers	2 – 1	SUNY Geneseo Knights	Date not recorded
Wheaton Lyons	3 – 0	Neumann Knights	Date not recorded
Augsburg Auggies	3 – 1	Occidental Tigers	Date not recorded
Edgewood Eagles	3 – 0	Gust. AdolphusTeam link pending	Date not recorded
Cortland Red Dragons	1 – 0	SUNY Delhi Broncos	Date not recorded
Catholic Cardinals	1 – 0	Amherst Mammoths	Date not recorded
UChicago Maroons	2 – 0	DePauw Tigers	Date not recorded
WashU Bears	0 – 0	Wis.-WhitewaterTeam link pending	Date not recordedAdvanced on PKs; shootout score not in bracket text
Trinity Tigers	5 – 0	Hardin-Simmons Cowboys	Date not recorded
Texas Lutheran Bulldogs	3 – 2	Whitman Blues	Date not recorded
Lynchburg Hornets	4 – 0	Transylvania Pioneers	Date not recorded
Chris Newport Captains	2 – 1	Berry Vikings	Date not recorded
Dickinson Red Devils	5 – 0	NC Wesleyan Battling Bishops	Date not recorded
Denison Big Red	1 – 0	W&L Generals	Date not recorded
Emory Eagles	3 – 1	Maryville Scots	Date not recorded
Hampden-Sydney Tigers	3 – 0	Otterbein Cardinals	Date not recorded
Wesleyan Cardinals	8 – 1	Lehman Lightning	Date not recorded
Rowan Profs	1 – 0	Bridgewater State Bears	Date not recorded

Second Round

Team	Result	Team	Match details
Tufts Jumbos	1 – 0	Brandeis Judges	Date not recorded
Messiah Falcons	3 – 0	Calvin Knights	Date not recorded
Connecticut Camels	2 – 1	Babson Beavers	Date not recorded
Bowdoin Polar Bears	3 – 2	UMass Boston Beacons	Date not recorded
St. Olaf Oles	1 – 0	Luther Norse	Date not recorded
Williams Ephs	2 – 1	Scranton Royals	Date not recorded
Macalester Scots	2 – 1	Wis.-Eau ClaireTeam link pending	Date not recorded
Wheaton Lyons	1 – 0	Middlebury Panthers	Date not recorded
Augsburg Auggies	1 – 0	Edgewood Eagles	Date not recorded
Cortland Red Dragons	2 – 1	Catholic Cardinals	Date not recorded
WashU Bears	1 – 0	UChicago Maroons	Date not recorded
Trinity Tigers	2 – 0	Texas Lutheran Bulldogs	Date not recorded
Lynchburg Hornets	2 – 1	Chris Newport Captains	Date not recorded
Dickinson Red Devils	2 – 0	Denison Big Red	Date not recorded
Emory Eagles	3 – 0	Hampden-Sydney Tigers	Date not recorded
Rowan Profs	2 – 0	Wesleyan Cardinals	Date not recorded

Sectional Semifinals

Team	Result	Team	Match details
Tufts Jumbos	4 – 1	Messiah Falcons	Date not recorded
Bowdoin Polar Bears	0 – 0	Connecticut Camels	Date not recordedAdvanced on PKs
St. Olaf Oles	2 – 1	Williams Ephs	Date not recorded
Wheaton Lyons	1 – 0	Macalester Scots	Date not recorded
Augsburg Auggies	2 – 2	Cortland Red Dragons	Date not recordedAdvanced on PKs
Trinity Tigers	3 – 0	WashU Bears	Date not recorded
Dickinson Red Devils	1 – 0	Lynchburg Hornets	Date not recorded
Emory Eagles	0 – 0	Rowan Profs	Date not recordedAdvanced on PKs

Sectional Finals

Team	Result	Team	Match details
Tufts Jumbos	2 – 1	Bowdoin Polar Bears	Date not recorded
St. Olaf Oles	2 – 0	Wheaton Lyons	Date not recorded
Trinity Tigers	5 – 0	Augsburg Auggies	Date not recorded
Emory Eagles	2 – 0	Dickinson Red Devils	Date not recorded

Semifinals

Team	Result	Team	Match details
Tufts Jumbos	2 – 1	St. Olaf Oles	Date not recorded
Trinity Tigers	5 – 0	Emory Eagles	Date not recorded

Championship

Team	Result	Team	Match details
Tufts Jumbos	2 – 1	Trinity Tigers	2025-12-07 · Donald J. Kerr StadiumOT

Coverage and sources

Imported from the supplied history workbook; its cited sources and coverage labels are retained. This import is not a new independent verification. Team links identify present-day profiles, not present-day division or conference membership in historical seasons.

Championship/final history from 1974 through 2025, including the canceled 2020 championship.

Every 2025 tournament result is normalized into a stable match source key.

Bracket results are complete. Event/official/team-stat enrichment is currently deep for the championship final, where an official structured box score was verified.

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/print/soccer-men/d3/2025

NCAA_DIII_Mens_Tournament_1974_2025_enriched.xlsx

Only recorded games are displayed. Missing scores, dates and matches are not inferred.

All championship seasons · 52

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Final / status
2025	Tufts Jumbos	Trinity Tigers	2-1 (OT) ↗COMPLETED
2024	Amherst Mammoths	Connecticut Camels	0-0 (4-3 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2023	St. Olaf Oles	Amherst Mammoths	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2022	UChicago Maroons	Williams Ephs	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2021	Connecticut Camels	Amherst Mammoths	1-1 (4-1 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2020	—	—	Canceled ↗CANCELED
2019	Tufts Jumbos	Amherst Mammoths	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2018	Tufts Jumbos	Calvin Knights	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2017	Messiah Falcons	North Park Vikings	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2016	Tufts Jumbos	Calvin Knights	1-0 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
2015	Amherst Mammoths	Loras Duhawks	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2014	Tufts Jumbos	Wheaton Thunder	4-2 ↗COMPLETED
2013	Messiah Falcons	Rutgers-Camden Scarlet Raptors	2-1 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
2012	Messiah Falcons	Ohio Northern Polar Bears	5-1 ↗COMPLETED
2011	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	Calvin Knights	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2010	Messiah Falcons	Lynchburg Hornets	2-1 (OT) ↗COMPLETED
2009	Messiah Falcons	Calvin Knights	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2008	Messiah Falcons	Stevens Ducks	1-1 (PK) ↗COMPLETED
2007	Middlebury Panthers	Trinity Tigers	0-0 (PK) ↗COMPLETED
2006	Messiah Falcons	Wheaton Thunder	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
2005	Messiah Falcons	Gust. AdolphusTeam link pending	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2004	Messiah Falcons	UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs	4-0 ↗COMPLETED
2003	Trinity Tigers	Drew Rangers	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2002	Messiah Falcons	Otterbein Cardinals	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2001	Stockton Ospreys	Redlands Bulldogs	3-2 ↗COMPLETED
2000	Messiah Falcons	Rowan Profs	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1999	St. Lawrence Saints	Wheaton Thunder	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1998	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	Greensboro Pride	2-1 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1997	Wheaton Thunder	TCNJ Lions	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
1996	TCNJ Lions	Kenyon Owls	2-1 (4 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1995	Williams Ephs	Methodist Monarchs	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
1994	Bethany Bison	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	1-0 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1993	UC San Diego Tritons	Williams Ephs	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1992	Kean Cougars	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	3-1 ↗COMPLETED
1991	UC San Diego Tritons	TCNJ Lions	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1990	Rowan Profs	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	2-1 (4 OT, PK) ↗COMPLETED
1989	Elizabethtown Blue Jays	Greensboro Pride	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1988	UC San Diego Tritons	RIT Tigers	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
1987	UNC Greensboro Spartans	WashU Bears	6-1 ↗COMPLETED
1986	UNC Greensboro Spartans	UC San Diego Tritons	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1985	UNC Greensboro Spartans	WashU Bears	5-0 ↗COMPLETED
1984	Wheaton Thunder	Brandeis Judges	2-1 (3 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1983	UNC Greensboro Spartans	Claremont-M-STeam link pending	3-2 ↗COMPLETED
1982	UNC Greensboro Spartans	Bethany Bison	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
1981	Rowan Profs	Scranton Royals	2-1 (4 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1980	Babson Beavers	Scranton Royals	1-0 (OT) ↗COMPLETED
1979	Babson Beavers	Rowan Profs	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
1978	Lock Haven Bald Eagles	WashU Bears	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
1977	Lock Haven Bald Eagles	Cortland Red Dragons	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1976	Brandeis Judges	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	2-1 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1975	Babson Beavers	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1974	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	Swarthmore Garnet	3-1 ↗COMPLETED

Finals datesDecember 3 & 5, 20262026 championship

Finals venueHistoric Crew StadiumColumbus, Ohio

Local program coverage408Division III men's teams

Tournament path

From the opening round to the national title.

01First & second rounds

02Sectionals

03Quarterfinals

04Semifinals

05National championship

The Division I semifinal and final stage is styled as the College Cup. Division II and III retain the NCAA championship naming used by the official competition pages.

Competition field

Division III programs.

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Teams qualify through conference automatic bids and NCAA selection. This page links the complete local program directory now; the 2026 selected field and bracket will appear only after an official NCAA release is ingested.

Qualification context