| NCAA Football - Division 3 | |||||
| Most improved teams in 2006 | |||||
| Improvement in: | |||||
| Rank | Team | Conference | Wins | Net rating | |
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon | University | 6 | 28.46 | |
| 2 | Springfield | Empire 8 | 6 | 27.35 | |
| 3 | Emory and Henry | Old Dominion | 5 | 23.42 | |
| 4 | Coast Guard | New England Bogan | 6 | 23.23 | |
| 5 | Millsaps | Southern Collegiate | 5 | 23.13 | |
| 6 | Dickinson | Centennial | 4 | 22.66 | |
| 7 | Baldwin - Wallace | Ohio Athletic | 3 | 21.83 | |
| 8 | UW - Platteville | Wisconsin | 4 | 21.69 | |
| 9 | Dubuque | Iowa | 4 | 20.88 | |
| 10 | Nichols | New England Boyd | 5 | 19.49 | |
| 11 | Colorado College | Independent | 3 | 19.30 | |
| 12 | St. Lawrence | Liberty League | 3 | 18.99 | |
| 13 | Husson | Independent | 3 | 18.97 | |
| 14 | Ursinus | Centennial | 4 | 18.24 | |
| 15 | Minnesota - Morris | Upper Midwest | 3 | 17.74 | |
| 16 | Franklin | Heartland | 4 | 17.65 | |
| 17 | St. John Fisher | Empire 8 | 4 | 17.36 | |
| 18 | Mount Ida | Independent | 4 | 16.89 | |
| 19 | Newport News Appr. | Atlantic Central Football | 3 | 16.73 | |
| 20 | Lebanon Valley | Middle Atlantic | 4 | 16.69 | |
| 21 | Wooster | North Coast | 2 | 16.53 | |
| 22 | Bethel (MN) | Minnesota | 4 | 15.47 | |
| 23 | North Carolina Wesleyan | USA South | 2 | 15.19 | |
| 24 | Illinois College | Midwest | 3 | 15.18 | |
| 25 | Bethany (WV) | Presidents' | 3 | 14.56 | |
| Explanation | |||||
| We compared the final 2006 regular season ratings to the | |||||
| final 2005 ratings. | |||||
| Improvement in net rating is the overall improvement in the team's rating | |||||
| (based on the Somis Sports rating system). The net rating improvement | |||||
| roughly equates to net points per game. | |||||