NCAA Division III football championship

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NCAA football championship college football postseason tournament

The NCAA Division III football championship is the annual postseason tournament that determines the national champion among small-college football programs in the NCAA's non-scholarship Division III.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
NCAA Division III Football Championship	2
Division III football playoffs	1
NCAA DIII football playoffs	1
NCAA Division III football championship canonical	1
NCAA Division III football national champion	1
NCAA Division III national championship	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5387466 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NCAA Division III football championship
Context triple: [NCAA College Division football national championship, replacedBy, NCAA Division III football championship]

A. NCAA College Division football national championship
The NCAA College Division football national championship was the former postseason system used to determine small-college national champions in U.S. college football before the creation of the modern NCAA Division I Football Championship.
B. NAIA Football National Championship
The NAIA Football National Championship is the annual title game that determines the national champion among small-college football programs in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
C. NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs
The NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs are a postseason tournament that determines the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) through a multi-round, bracket-style competition.
D. NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Game is the annual title contest that determines the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
E. NCAA Division I FCS
NCAA Division I FCS is the second tier of top-level college football in the United States, featuring schools that offer fewer athletic scholarships than the higher-profile FBS and that compete in an NCAA-run playoff to determine a national champion.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NCAA Division III football championship
Target entity description: The NCAA Division III football championship is the annual postseason tournament that determines the national champion among small-college football programs in the NCAA's non-scholarship Division III.

A. NCAA College Division football national championship
The NCAA College Division football national championship was the former postseason system used to determine small-college national champions in U.S. college football before the creation of the modern NCAA Division I Football Championship.
B. NAIA Football National Championship
The NAIA Football National Championship is the annual title game that determines the national champion among small-college football programs in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
C. NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs
The NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs are a postseason tournament that determines the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) through a multi-round, bracket-style competition.
D. NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Game is the annual title contest that determines the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
E. NCAA Division I FCS
NCAA Division I FCS is the second tier of top-level college football in the United States, featuring schools that offer fewer athletic scholarships than the higher-profile FBS and that compete in an NCAA-run playoff to determine a national champion.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA football championship ⓘ college football postseason tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Division III football playoffs ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division III football championship NCAA DIII football playoffs ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division III football championship NCAA Division III Football Championship ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division III football championship
bracketStructure	regional brackets leading to national semifinals and final ⓘ
category	College football playoffs in the United States ⓘ NCAA football championships ⓘ linked to: NCAA football
competitionLevel	NCAA Division III ⓘ
competitionScope	national ⓘ
confersTitle	NCAA Division III national champion in football ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determines	NCAA Division III football national champion ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division III football championship
division	third tier of NCAA football ⓘ
eligibility	NCAA Division III football programs ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division III
finalGameName	Stagg Bowl ⓘ
finalGameTrophy	Division III national championship trophy ⓘ
finalGameType	national championship game ⓘ
firstSeason	1973 ⓘ
format	single-elimination tournament ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	men's ⓘ
governingBody	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
governingDivision	NCAA Division III Championships Committee ⓘ linked to: NCAA Championships Committee
governingRules	NCAA football rules ⓘ linked to: NCAA Football Rules and Interpretations
inceptionContext	created after NCAA football reorganization in early 1970s ⓘ
mediaCoverage	televised national championship game ⓘ
numberOfTeams	32 ⓘ
organizer	NCAA Division III ⓘ
participantType	small-college football programs ⓘ
playoffRound	championship game ⓘ first round ⓘ quarterfinals ⓘ semifinals ⓘ
purpose	to crown the NCAA Division III football national champion ⓘ
qualificationBasis	regular-season performance ⓘ
relatedCompetition	NCAA Division I FBS football championship ⓘ linked to: Football Bowl Subdivision NCAA Division I FCS football championship ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Football Championship Game NCAA Division II football championship ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division II Football Championship
scholarshipPolicy	non-scholarship ⓘ
scholarshipRestriction	no athletic scholarships ⓘ
seasonTiming	December ⓘ late fall ⓘ
selectionMethod	automatic conference bids and at-large bids ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
teamEligibilityRequirement	membership in NCAA Division III ⓘ
teamSport	yes ⓘ
tournamentType	postseason ⓘ

How these facts were elicited