NCAA 2017 Fall Championships

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Stanford is the national champion in D1 men's soccer, after defeating Indiana 1-0 in a slug fest that ended in double overtime. For the Cardinal, they are now back-to-back-to-back national champions. This was the first trip to the College Cup title game for Indiana since they won it all back in 2012. Stanford's tournament included:

vs. Pacific - W 0-0 (PK's)
vs. Coastal Carolina - W 2-0
vs. Wake Forest - W 2-0
vs. Akron - W 2-0
vs. Indiana - W 1-0

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Concordia-St. Paul has won their second consecutive national championship in D2 women's volleyball, and their 9th in the last 11 years, by defeating Florida Southern in a 3-0 sweep. They claimed the championship by absolutely cruising through the tournament:

vs. Central Oklahoma - W 3-0
vs. Mo. Western State - W 3-1
vs. Minnesota-Duluth - W 3-1
vs. New Haven - W 3-0
vs. Rockhurst - W 3-0
vs. Florida Southern - W 3-0

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In addition to listing the championship team, I am also listing the number of titles they have in that sport and what years they won them.

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What a game in the DIII football national championship. We saw Mount Union claim their 13th national title, over reigning national champion Mary Hardin-Baylor, 12-0. It was a defensive battle as the nation's #1 ranked offense (Mount Union), took on the nation's #1 defense (Mary Hardin-Baylor).

On top of all that, this was the last Stagg Bowl to be played in Salem, which has hosted the game for the last 25 consecutive years.

It was a nice path to the title for Mount Union, and the most dominant program in DIII history:

vs. Washington & Lee - W 21-0
vs. Case Western - W 45-16
vs. Frostburg State - W 70-37
vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh - W 43-40
vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor - W 12-0

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Texas A&M-Commerce claims the DII football national championship, by defeating West Florida 37-27 on Saturday. For Commerce, this was the first title for them in program history. There were several good games on their path to the title which included:

vs. Winona State - W 20-6
vs. Central Washington - W 34-31
vs. MSU Mankato - W 31-21
vs. Hardin - W 31-17
vs. West Florida - W 37-27

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Nebraska is the new DI national champion in women's volleyball, after defeating Florida 3-1 in the title match. For the Cornhuskers, this is their 2nd title in 3 years and their 5th in program history. Their path to the title included:

vs. Stony Brook - W 3-0
vs. Washington State - W 3-0
vs. Colorado - W 3-0
vs. Kentucky - W 3-1
vs. Penn State - W 3-2
vs. Florida - W 3-1

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In a game that seemed to have drawn little interest, turned out to be a fantastic national championship game, with two teams from the SEC, as Alabama came back from a 20-7 third quarter deficit to defeat Georgia 26-23 in OT. In a game where Saban was yet again coaching against one of his former assistant coaches, he came out on top yet again, as he has never lost to one of his former assistants.

This was the 5th national title for Saban since he has been at Alabama, and his 6th overall. This was also the 15th national title (CFP, BCS, Poll) in Alabama program history.