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The field is officially set for the 2025 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship. This year’s tournament brings together 28 programs from across the nation, showcasing the best of Division III field hockey and highlighting the balance of skill, speed, and determination that defines this level of play. The championship field features 18 automatic qualifiers, awarded to conference champions, and 10 at-large selections, chosen based on overall season performance, strength of schedule, and results against regionally ranked opponents. At the top of the bracket, Christopher Newport, Bates, Johns Hopkins, and Babson have earned the top four overall seeds, each receiving a first-round bye. The 2025 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship bracket is now available.  FHCP
The NCAA Division II Field Hockey Committee has officially announced the eight programs selected to compete for the 2025 NCAA Division II Field Hockey National Championship — a field that brings together perennial powerhouses, undefeated contenders, and regional rivals ready to battle for the title this November. The conferences and their representatives receiving automatic qualification are Saint Anselm (16–5) from the Northeast-10 Conference, Shippensburg (17–3) representing the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, and Newberry (18–0) from the South Atlantic Conference. The five at-large selections, recognized for their consistent performance and competitive schedules are Assumption (13–6), Bentley (13–8), East Stroudsburg (16–3), Kutztown (19–1), and West Chester (13–6). The preliminary-round games are scheduled for Saturday, November 15, and will be played at campus sites across both regions. In the opening matchups, Bentley will travel to Newberry, West Chester visits East Stroudsburg, Saint Anselm faces Shippensburg, and Assumption takes on Kutztown. Winners of these matchups will advance to the national semifinals, scheduled for Friday, November 21, at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. (ET). The national championship game will be played on Sunday, November 23, at 12:30 p.m., with all games hosted at Steph Pettit Stadium on the campus of Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The official 2025 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship bracket is now available, outlining all matchups and paths to the national title.  FHCP
The NCAA Division I Field Hockey Committee has released the full lineup of teams that will compete for the 2025 national championship, marking the beginning of one of the most competitive postseason tournaments in recent years. Each fall, the selection process combines automatic qualifications from conference champions with at-large invitations determined by national performance metrics. Among these, the Ratings Percentage Index -known simply as RPI- plays a decisive role in shaping the championship field. The RPI is a mathematical system designed to evaluate teams beyond just wins and losses. It measures how successful a program has been while factoring in the strength of its competition. The index is built from three main components: a team’s own winning percentage (25%), the average winning percentage of its opponents (50%), and the average winning percentage of those opponents’ opponents (25%). This formula RPI = (Winning Percentage × 0.25) + (Opponents’ Winning Percentage × 0.50) + (Opponents’ Opponents’ Winning Percentage × 0.25) produces a single numerical value that allows the committee to compare teams across conferences with very different levels of competition. In practice, the RPI rewards programs that challenge themselves against high-level opponents rather than accumulating easy wins. A team that finishes with several close losses to nationally ranked competition can often rank higher than a team with a strong record against weaker opponents. The NCAA also applies adjustments to account for home and away results — with road victories carrying slightly more value than home wins — ensuring that teams demonstrating success under difficult circumstances receive proper recognition. In field hockey, the RPI has become one of the most influential tools guiding tournament selection and seeding. It offers a clear, data-based view of competitive strength across the country and helps the committee balance records with schedule difficulty. Because of this, teams from powerhouse leagues such as the Big Ten and ACC, where top-25 matchups occur nearly every weekend, often benefit from higher RPIs and stronger postseason resumes. In 2025, the index again proved decisive, with programs like Iowa, Wake Forest, and Duke earning at-large invitations largely on the strength of their RPI and quality-of-schedule scores. Check out the rankings at NCAA Stats. Ten conferences earned automatic qualification by capturing their league titles. Those champions include New Hampshire (America East), North Carolina (ACC), Saint Joseph’s (Atlantic 10), Liberty (Big East), Northwestern (Big Ten), Drexel (Coastal Athletic Association), Princeton (Ivy League), Miami of Ohio (Mid-American), Fairfield (Northeast), and Boston University (Patriot League). The four lowest-ranked automatic qualifiers will compete in opening-round contests, while the remaining six will advance directly into the first weekend of national play. The committee also selected eight additional programs to complete the 18-team championship field. Those at-large selections, chosen for their season-long consistency and competitive strength of schedule, include UConn (11-8), Duke (12-7), Harvard (17-1), Iowa (14-5), Syracuse (12-6), Virginia (16-2), Wake Forest (15-4), and Yale (12-5). Each earned its place through impressive performances across conference and non-conference play, bolstered by strong RPI rankings and significant wins over top-tier opponents. The official 2025 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship bracket has now been released, outlining all matchups, opening-round pairings, and potential tournament paths on the road to Durham.  FHCP
 It’s championship week across Division I conferences, and teams are battling for their spot in the NCAA Tournament. Here’s a complete overview of every conference playoff, including dates, matchups, and where to watch all the action live.
Big Ten Conference Thursday, Nov 6
Friday, November 7.
Sunday, November 9
ACC Tournament Thursday, November 6
Friday, November 7
Ivy League Friday, November 7
Sunday , November 9
Big East Friday, November 7
Sunday, November 9
Mid-American Conference (MAC) Thursday, November 6
Saturday, November 8
America East Conference Friday, November 7
Atlantic 10 Conference Thursday, November 6
Saturday, November 8
Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Friday, November 7
Sunday, November 9
Patriot League Thursday, November 6
Saturday, November 8
Northeast Conference Thursday, November 6
Saturday, November 8
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