Division III men's soccer tournament history
The first Division III men's soccer championship was held in 1974. UNC Greensboro was a dominant force in the 1980's before moving up to Division II and then Division I. In the new millennium, Messiah has set a new standard, winning a record eleven championships, ten coming in a dominating 14-year run from 2000 to 2013. More recently, Tufts reigned supreme, claiming four of the last six titles from 2014 through 2019 to become the ninth program with multiple titles and just the third program with four or more championships. With Connecticut College's 2021 title, five different NESCAC programs have been champions, suprpassing the NJAC which has four. No other conferences have had more than two different men's national champions in the 48-year history of the tournament.
| Year | Champion | Record | Score | Runner-up |
| 1974 | Brockport State | 12-2-2 | 3-1 | Swarthmore |
| 1975 | Babson | 17-0-1 | 1-0 | Brockport State |
| 1976 | Brandeis | 15-2-0 | 2-1 (2 OT) | Brockport State |
| 1977 | Lock Haven * | 14-4-0 | 1-0 | Cortland State |
| 1978 | Lock Haven * | 18-2-0 | 3-0 | Washington U. |
| 1979 | Babson | 13-2-4 | 2-1 | Glassboro State # |
| 1980 | Babson | 16-3-1 | 1-0 (OT) | Scranton |
| 1981 | Glassboro State # | 19-1-2 | 2-1 (4 OT) | Scranton |
| 1982 | UNC Greensboro * | 19-3-0 | 2-1 | Bethany |
| 1983 | UNC Greensboro * | 23-1-1 | 3-2 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| 1984 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 21-1-2 | 2-1 (3 OT) | Brandeis |
| 1985 | UNC Greensboro * | 20-5-0 | 5-0 | Washington U. |
| 1986 | UNC Greensboro * | 18-5-0 | 2-0 | UC San Diego * |
| 1987 | UNC Greensboro * | 17-7-1 | 6-1 | Washington U. |
| 1988 | UC San Diego * | 23-0-2 | 3-0 | Rochester Tech |
| 1989 | Elizabethtown | 23-2-0 | 2-0 | Greensboro |
| 1990 | Rowan | 20-3-2 | 2-1 (4 OT, PK) | Ohio Wesleyan |
| 1991 | UC San Diego * | 18-4-1 | 1-0 | Trenton State # |
| 1992 | Kean | 18-6-1 | 3-1 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| 1993 | UC San Diego * | 20-2-2 | 1-0 | Williams |
| 1994 | Bethany | 15-5-4 | 1-0 (2 OT) | Johns Hopkins |
| 1995 | Williams | 17-0-2 | 2-1 | Methodist |
| 1996 | TCNJ | 17-5-1 | 2-1 (4 OT) | Kenyon |
| 1997 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 24-0-1 | 3-0 | TCNJ |
| 1998 | Ohio Wesleyan | 18-6-0 | 2-1 (2 OT) | Greensboro |
| 1999 | St. Lawrence | 22-0-0 | 2-0 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 2000 | Messiah | 22-2-1 | 2-0 | Rowan |
| 2001 | Richard Stockton | 25-1-1 | 3-2 | Redlands |
| 2002 | Messiah | 23-2-1 | 1-0 | Otterbein |
| 2003 | Trinity (Texas) | 24-0-0 | 2-1 | Drew |
| 2004 | Messiah | 23-2-0 | 4-0 | UC Santa Cruz |
| 2005 | Messiah | 24-0-0 | 1-0 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 2006 | Messiah | 21-1-2 | 3-0 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 2007 | Middlebury | 18-2-2 | 0-0 (2 OT, PK) | Trinity (Texas) |
| 2008 | Messiah | 21-2-3 | 1-1 (2 OT, PK) | Stevens |
| 2009 | Messiah | 24-1-0 | 2-0 | Calvin |
| 2010 | Messiah | 23-1-0 | 2-1 (OT) | Lynchburg |
| 2011 | Ohio Wesleyan | 23-2-0 | 2-1 | Calvin |
| 2012 | Messiah | 23-0-2 | 5-1 | Ohio Northern |
| 2013 | Messiah | 24-1-1 | 2-1 (2 OT) | Rutgers-Camden |
| 2014 | Tufts | 16-2-4 | 4-2 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 2015 | Amherst | 18-1-2 | 2-1 | Loras |
| 2016 | Tufts | 15-5-2 | 1-0 (OT) | Calvin |
| 2017 | Messiah | 24-2-0 | 2-1 | North Park |
| 2018 | Tufts | 18-0-3 | 2-1 | Calvin |
| 2019 | Tufts | 22-2-0 | 2-0 | Amherst |
| 2020 | - - - - - - - - - - - no tournament due to Covid-19 pandemic - - - - - - - - - - - | |||
| 2021 | Connecticut College | 19-4-1 | 1-1 (2 OT, PK) | Amherst |
| 2022 | Chicago | 22-0-1 | 2-0 | Williams |
* - No longer in Division III
# - Glassboro State is now known as Rowan; Trenton State is now TCNJ
