The 2016 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began on September 5, 2016 and ended with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, on December 16, 2016 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia.
A full list of Division III teams can be viewed on the D3football website.
[5] This was also the final season of competition for two Division III conferences.
Twenty-five conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs.
The remaining six playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.