We’re down to eight, as the regional finals are set to kickoff in less than 24 hours. Reviews of the second-round action, quarterfinal previews, unsettling police blotter news from Delaware, and more after the jump.
Archive for category Division III
Not much going on this week outside of playoff action. There’s a few coaching changes to note, and scores and schedules broken down by conference await after the jump.
Three of the four #3 seeds fell, and two #5 seeds knocked off #4 seeds, but the top half of all four brackets got through unscathed. The number of unbeatens has now been reduced from eleven to eight, and at least two of those eight will fall this coming Saturday. Quick recaps and previews of Saturday’s regional semifinals after the jump.
The field is set, and next week 32 teams will start whittling themselves down to just one. All the details, coming up next.
All but five of the Division III automatic bids have now been secured, as 14 schools earned their way into the playoffs this Saturday, and a 15th stumbled backward into the field. This week, the remainder of the field will be settled, and next week: playoffs! All the scoop after the jump.
Two teams have claimed berths in the D-III playoffs, and once again the top half of the poll remains entirely unchanged. A couple of potential conference realignment notes, and more follow the jump.
The top 14 spots in the poll remained the same, and that’s only because a team which won inexplicably dropped two spots. Only four teams in the top 25 lost, three to higher-ranked teams and the fourth to the team which replaced them in this week’s poll. The first conference title of the 2010 season has finally been decided, as DePauw has clinched the SCAC.
A top-10 team goes down, and another player goes down with a spinal injury. All the details after the jump.
Get to Know: Empire 8.
Oct 20
Our next entry takes us to New York (mostly) for a visit with a Division III conference, the Empire 8.
Yes, this article is technically late. Hopefully, the FCS recap/precap makes up for it, right? (That said, I now expect to fall a day behind either tomorrow or Wednesday. Please forgive.)
The next conference on our tour is a two-year old football-only Division III league consisting primarily of teams that have been only been playing for a few years, the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference.
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