Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)-(NCAA Division III)
Overview: Change is the name of the game for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) for 2021, as this longtime mainstay at the NCAA Division III level said goodbye to the University of St. Thomas Tommies, as just two years ago (2019), the MIAC voted to kick the Tommies out of the league for being "too competitive". Meanwhile, Macalester rejoined the conference for football after an absence of almost two decades, and the College of St. Scholastica joined the MIAC after spending 12 seasons (2008-2019) in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). Those moves give the MIAC 10 teams that will play football this fall.
A quick look back at the spring of 2021 had only one team playing only one game in Augsburg. The Auggies outlasted Martin Luther 24-21 in the only contest of the season on April 18 to go to 1-0 overall. As for 2019, St. John's downed St. Thomas 38-20 on October 19, in what proved to be the last-ever meeting between those two teams. The Johnnies went to win the MIAC title, as well as advance to the national semifinal round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. That's where their season ended, as eventual national runner-up Wisconsin-Whitewater outlasted SJU, 35-32, on December 14, to finish the Johnnies season at 12-2 overall, as well as 7-1 in MIAC action. SJU also ended its season tied with UST (8-2 overall in 2019) for first place in the MIAC.
Looking forward to the fall of 2021, the MIAC will split into two five-team divisions with the addition of Macalester and St. Scholastica, with Carleton, Gustavus Adolphus, St. John's, St. Olaf, and St. Scholastica making up the new Northwoods Division, while the new Skyline Division will consist of Augsburg, Bethel, Concordia-Moorhead, Hamline, and Macalester.
2019 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Football Final Standings
2021 Schedules (Teams listed in alphabetical order, click the links below to access to find the schedules)
NOTE: If the link to the team's schedule is not highlighted, it means that the team has not submitted its schedule for the 2021 season. When the team's schedule is submitted, the link (s) will appear in each blog post. Also, please visit the RFC blog at realfootballcentral.blogspot.com for schedules, schedule updates, preseason previews, and much more.
Augsburg
Bethel (Minn.)
Carleton
Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)
Gustavus Adolphus
Hamline
2019 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Football Final Standings
2021 Schedules (Teams listed in alphabetical order, click the links below to access to find the schedules)
NOTE: If the link to the team's schedule is not highlighted, it means that the team has not submitted its schedule for the 2021 season. When the team's schedule is submitted, the link (s) will appear in each blog post. Also, please visit the RFC blog at realfootballcentral.blogspot.com for schedules, schedule updates, preseason previews, and much more.
Augsburg
Bethel (Minn.)
Carleton
Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)
Gustavus Adolphus
Hamline
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