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Southern Athletic Association (SAA)-(NCAA Division III)

Overview: The Trinity University Tigers from San Antonio, Texas cruised to an unbeaten regular season en route to winning the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) title in 2022. The Tigers finished the regular season at 7-0 in SAA play, as well as at 10-0 overall.

In the NCAA Division III playoffs, Trinity outlasted Hardin-Simmons in a low-scoring 14-7 defensive struggle in the first round, and then gave Mary Hardin-Baylor all it could handle in the second round before succumbing to the Crusaders 24-17. The Tigers finished their 2022 campaign at 11-1 overall after losing to UMHB in postseason play for the second straight season.

Looking ahead to 2023, expect Trinity to be the team to beat again in the SAA, as the Tigers will look to win their third straight outright title. However, expect Birmingham-Southern (7-3, 5-2), Berry (7-3, 5-2), Centre (6-4, 4-3) and Rhodes (5-5, 3-4) to be among the primary challengers for the conference championship this fall. Both B-SC and Berry took Trinity to the limit in separate contests against the Tigers before losing 23-20 and 21-14, respectively, last fall. 

Finally, looking forward to 2024 and beyond, the SAA hopes to flex its' football muscles even more by 2025. That's when Southwestern University of Georgetown, Texas, as well as Trinity, will join the league as full-time members at that time. Both teams will play full SAA schedules in football as associate members in 2023 and 2024.

2022 SAA Football Final Standings

2023 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, the team has not submitted its schedule for the 2023 season. The link (s) will appear in each blog post when the team's schedule is submitted. Also, please visit the RFC blog at realfootballcentral.blogspot.com for schedules, schedule updates, preseason previews, and much more.

Berry 

Birmingham-Southern

Centre

Hendrix

Millsaps

Rhodes

Sewanee

Southwestern (Tex.)

Trinity (Tex.)

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