MILWAUKEE, Wis. --- The 2025-26 Academic All-District® Football teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes football honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
The Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) landed 43 student-athletes on the CSC Academic All-District® Team. Aurora University, Rockford University, and St. Norbert College led all NACC programs with eight honorees apiece, while Benedictine University had seven, Wisconsin Lutheran College had six, and Concordia University Chicago had four. Concordia University Wisconsin and Lakeland University had one each.
Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot.
Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced January 27, 2026.
The Division III CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2025-26 Division III Academic All-America® program.
Aurora University (8): JP Chaney*, Connor Walters*, Lucious Dones, Logan Lawson, Kristian Schafer, Kevin Carden-Landa, Dominick Coronado, Liam Mickle
Benedictine University (7): Brian Pritt*, Jack Hayden, Jose Barragan, Walker Szweistis, Tristan Weglarz, John Fennell, Humberto Velazquez
Concordia University Chicago (4): Colton Bosch, Adam Lambaz, Ezekiel Pearson, Dennis Vanderplow
Concordia University Wisconsin (1): Roman Funk
Lakeland University (1): Robby Michael*
Rockford University (8): Napoleon Williams, Connor Willard, Jason Stanfield, Giovanni Merriweather, Joey Alvarez*, Nathaniel Hoyt, Matheus Salomoni, Kaden Finnestad
St. Norbert College (8): Dylan Elsing, Connor Hardy, Nate Lee, Michael Meneguzzo, Lane Nehring, Payton Ponteras, John Seitz, Brian Treacy
Wisconsin Lutheran College (6): Colin Amack, Sam Ehlke, Liam Heiges, Jesse Kelley, Nate Nash, Nathan Nevad