North Central College players celebrate after winning the Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III national championship game, against Mount Union in Houston on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (Steve Woltmann / NCC) ...

North Central, appearing in the Stagg Bowl for the fifth straight time (not including the canceled 2020 COVID season) pulled away to a 41-25 over Mount Union. The Cardinals also won national ...

The state of Illinois has a college football national champion. Naperville-based North Central College won the NCAA Division III championship on Sunday night, defeating Mount Union 41-25 at the ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Omarion Hampton rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns to lift North Carolina past stubborn North Carolina Central in a 45-10 victory Saturday night. The last of Hampton's ...

(First of two parts) There are 240 schools playing Division III college football and North Central head coach Brad Spencer has heard the same question from many of them.

In total, 635 students graduated from North Central State College in 2025. This included: • 20 bachelor's degrees • 318 associate degrees • 297 certificates ...

Naperville's North Central College is becoming a college football dynasty. The team is leaving Thursday evening for another appearance in the NCAA Division III football championship this weekend.

North Central girls basketball's new coach was 4-year starter at Purdue, coached in college. ... level and the talent level we're going to have and we're going to have to face each night." ...

On Friday night they were all on the field at North Central College before a standing room-only crowd, and making the plays No. 15 Naperville Central needed to pull out a stirring 24-21 ...

Championship Sunday for NCAA Division III college football arrived Sunday night. Mount Union and North Central clashed in an entertaining Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl at Houston's Shell Energy Stadium ...