2021-22 NCAA Championships

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Here are the D1 National Champions for this athletic/academic year. Will keep this updated.

Fall:

Men's Cross Country: Northern Arizona (5th: 2016-18; 2020-21)
Women's Cross Country: North Carolina State (1st: 2021)
Field Hockey: Northwestern (1st: 2021)
FBS Football: Georgia (2nd: 1980; 2021)
FCS Football: North Dakota State (9th: 2011-15; 2017-19; 2021)
Men's Soccer: Clemson (3rd: 1984; 1987; 2021)
Women's Soccer: Florida State (3rd: 2014; 2018; 2021)
Women's Volleyball: Wisconsin (1st: 2021)
Men's Water Polo: California (15th: 1973-75; 1977; 1983-84; 1987-88; 1990-92; 2006-07; 2016; 2021)

Winter:

Men's Basketball: Kansas (4th: 1952; 1988; 2008; 2022)
Women's Basketball: South Carolina (2nd: 2017; 2022)
Bowling: McKendree (2nd: 2017; 2022)
Fencing: Notre Dame (8th: 1994; 2003; 2005; 2011; 2017-18; 2021-22)
Men's Gymnastics: Stanford (8th: 1992-93; 1995; 2009; 2011; 2019; 2021-22)
Women's Gymnastics: Oklahoma (5th: 2014; 2016-17; 2019; 2022)
Men's Ice Hockey: Denver (9th: 1958; 1960-61; 1968-69; 2004-05; 2017; 2022)
Women's Ice Hockey: Ohio State (1st: 2022)
Rifle: Kentucky (4th: 2011; 2018; 2021-22)
Skiing: Utah (14th: 1981; 1983-84; 1986-88; 1993; 1996-97; 2003; 2017; 2019; 2021-22)
Men's Swimming & Diving: California (7th: 1979-80; 2011-12; 2014; 2019; 2022)
Women's Swimming & Diving: Virginia (2nd: 2021-22)
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Texas (1st: 2022)
Women's Indoor Track & Field: Florida (2nd: 1992; 2022)
Wrestling: Penn State (10th: 1953; 2011-14; 2016-19)

Spring:

Baseball:
Beach Volleyball: USC (4th: 2016-17; 2021-22)
Men's Golf:
Women's Golf: Stanford (2nd: 2015; 2022)
Men's Lacrosse:
Women's Lacrosse:
Rowing:
Softball:
Men's Tennis: Virginia (5th: 2013; 2015-17; 2022)
Women's Tennis: Texas (4th: 1993; 1995; 2021-22)
Men's Outdoor Track & Field:
Women's Outdoor Track & Field:
Men's Volleyball: Hawaii (2nd: 2021-22)
Women's Water Polo: Stanford (8th: 2002; 2011-12; 2014-15; 2017; 2019; 2022)

[Chieftain2009]

I wasn't going to continue to do this for this year, but then I decided I wanted to again. I'll be tracking the NCAA Championships for this school year, all sports in D1 will be covered here. And I'll also post national champions in the other two divisions here in the comments in the thread.

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In D1 Men's Cross Country, Northern Arizona has claimed the national championship for the 5th time in school history, and impressively, all of those have come in the last six years. The Lumberjacks cruised to the title, scoring 92 team points, followed by Iowa State with 137 points, and Oklahoma State in third with 186 points. Conner Mantz of BYU won the individual national title by over 5 seconds, after pulling away from the field in the final meters of the race.

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North Carolina State cruised to the national title in D1 Women's Cross Country, securing the trophy with 84 team points. This was the first title in program history for the Wolfpack. BYU finished as runner-up with 122 points, followed by New Mexico with 130 points. Just like the men's race, an individual from BYU also won the individual national title, that was Whittni Orton, who claimed the title by four seconds.

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After the D2 cross country championships were canceled last year, Adams State resumed their winning ways, claiming the title in D2 Women's Cross Country, after winning in 2019. This is incredibly, their 19th national title in program history, all coming under head coach Damon Martin since 1992. They won the national title with 59 team points, and were followed in second place by Grand Valley State who scored 79 points.

In D3, Johns Hopkins resumed successfully defended their title in women's cross country, after winning the last championship race in 2019. This was Johns Hopkins 7th title in program history. They won the title with 130 points, just barely edging out Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, who tallied 132 points.

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On the men's side in other cross country action, Grand Valley State captured the D2 men's national title, tallying an impressive 43 points. Finishing runner-up was Adams State with 84 points. This was the Lakers second title in program history, with the other coming in 2018.

For D3 Men's Cross Country, Pomona-Pitzer took home their second consecutive title after winning the title in 2019. The trophy was captured with 80 team points, cruising past runner-up MIT with 112 points.

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Northwestern has captured their first-ever national championship in D1 Field Hockey, breaking North Carolina's streak of winning the last three national titles. The Wildcats' path to the title included the following:

vs. North Carolina - W 2-0
vs. #2 Iowa - W 1-0
vs. Harvard - W 2-1
vs. Liberty - W 2-0

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In D2 Field Hockey, Shippensburg was able to return to their winning ways, after defeating West Chester 3-0 in the championship game. This is their first title since 2018, and 5th title in program history.

Middlebury captured another national championship in D3 Field Hockey, their 4th consecutive, after winning 2017-2019, and with 2020 being canceled. This was their 6th title in program history.

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The brackets in football in all divisions are heating up. Here are the links to brackets in each one:

FCS Football:https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/football/fcs/2021

D2 Football:https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/football/d2/2021

D3 Football:https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/football/d3/2021

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Men's soccer is getting interesting, as we're finding out who the real contenders are. Here are the live brackets:

D1: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/soccer-men/d1/2021

D2: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/soccer-men/d2/2021

D3: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/soccer-men/d3/2021

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It's championship time in women's soccer, so here are the live brackets in each division:

D1: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/soccer-women/d1/2021

D2: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/soccer-women/d2/2021

D3: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/soccer-women/d3/2021

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First and second round action in D1 Women's Volleyball is underway, and you can follow live brackets and scores at this link:

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d1/2021

In D2 volleyball, third round action is being played today, and you can see the bracket and scores here: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d2/2021

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D3 Women's Volleyball has wrapped up, and Wisconsin-Eau Claire has claimed the national championship over Calvin, their first time in program history. Their path to the title included the following:

vs. Greenville - W 3-0
vs. Gustavus Adolphus - W 3-1
vs. Hope - W 3-1
vs. Tufts - W 3-0
vs. Juniata - W 3-2
vs. Calvin - W 3-0

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The men's water polo semifinals are set for today. Here is how the bracket has played out so far:

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/waterpolo-men/nc/2021

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Connecticut College has claimed their first-ever national championship in D3 Men's Soccer. It took them double overtime and penalty kicks to do so, but they defeated Amherst in the championship game. Their path to the title included the following:

vs. Salem State - W 0-0 (PKs)
vs. NYU - W 3-0
vs. Redlands - W 1-0
vs. Tufts - W 5-4
vs. Washington & Lee - W 2-1
vs. Amherst - W 1-1 (PKs)

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The title match has been decided in D3 Women's Soccer, and Christopher Newport have been crowned the champions. This is their first title in program history. Their path to the title included the following.

vs. Cabrini - W 2-0
vs. Franklin & Marshall - W 1-0
vs. Trinity (TX) - W 1-0
vs. U Chicago - W 2-1
vs. Loras - W 1-0
vs. TCNJ - W 2-0

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For the 15th time in program history, and the first time since 2016, Cal has claimed the national championship in men's water polo. As the top seed in the tournament, the Bears received bye rounds in both the first round and quarterfinals. Their path to the title included the following:

vs. UCLA - W 15-13
vs. USC - W 13-12

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Florida State has claimed the national title in D1 Women's Soccer, defeating BYU in an instant classic, winning in penalty kicks, making it the third straight season that the championship game has gone into penalty kicks. The Seminoles last won the title in 2018 (defeating North Carolina 1-0), and this is their 3rd title in program history. The FSU run to the championship went like this:

vs. South Alabama - W 3-0
vs. SMU - W 5-1
vs. Pepperdine - W 1-0
vs. Michigan - W 1-0
vs. Rutgers - W 1-0
vs. BYU - W 0-0 (PKs)

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Clemson has won the national championship in D1 Men's Soccer, after entering the tournament as the #8 overall seed. This was their third title in program history, and first since 1987. Their path to the title included the following:

vs. Denver - W 1-0
vs. Kentucky - W 2-1
vs. Oregon State - W 1-1 (PK's)
vs. Notre Dame - W 1-1 (PK's)
vs. Washington - W 2-0

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The national championship in D2 men's soccer has been claimed the Cal State-Los Angeles, which is their first in program history. Their path to the title included the following:

vs. CSU Pueblo - W 2-1
vs. Colorado Mesa - W 2-1
vs. Cal Poly Pomona - W 1-0
vs. Nova Southeastern - W 0-0 (PK's)
vs. Charleston (WV) - W 1-0