Our final set of D-III precaps, this for the four games in the Mary Hardin-Baylor bracket of this week’s playoff first round.
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Handy precaps for the four games in the Delaware Valley bracket of this week’s D-III playoff first round. Which was supposed to be the Saint Thomas bracket, until something apparently happened deep in the bowels of NCAA headquarters.
Either that, or I just got a screwed-up bracket somehow.
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Handy precaps for the four games in the Mount Union bracket of this week’s D-III playoff first round.
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Handy precaps for the four games in the Whitewater bracket of this week’s D-III playoff first round.
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Precaps for the first round games in Super Region Four, and information on the two teams that have byes, following this cleverly-placed jump device:
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Precaps for the first round games in Super Region Three, and information on the two teams that have byes, just after you click this thingy here:
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Precaps for the first round games in Super Region Two, and information on the two teams that have byes, right after this friendly “read more” activation device:
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Precaps for the first round games in Super Region One, and information on the two teams that have byes, right after this brief non-commercial linky:
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With the exception of one random and irrelevant game, the regular season is complete, and the playoff field is set; no conference champion failed to qualify, and the field includes the top 15 teams and one interloper. If you were paying attention last week you know who I’m talking about. Also, the craziest game in your entire life happened in Birmingham; more on that later, because I’m a tease.
Conference champions (bold indicates autobid recipient):
Central States Football League: Southern Nazarene, Langston
Dakota Athletic Conference: Valley City State
Frontier Conference: Carroll (MT)
Great Plains Athletic Conference: Morningside
Heart of America Athletic Conference: Missouri Valley, MidAmerica Nazarene
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference: Ottawa
Mid-South Conference (East): Georgetown (KY)
Mid-South Conference (West): Bethel (TN)
Mid-States Football Association (Mideast League): Marian (IN)
Mid-States Football Association (Midwest League): Grand View, Saint Francis (IL)
Independent autobid: Azusa Pacific
The at-large selections, in descending order:
MidAmerica Nazarene
Saint Xavier
Saint Francis (IN)
Saint Francis (IL)
Valley City State
Benedictine (KS)
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The regular season came to a close, sort of with a whimper. There were no surprises whatsoever in games affecting the playoff field. Every single team that had reasonable hopes of getting into the playoffs as an at-large won last week, and in all five games where a conference’s autobid was still contested, the favorites won, keeping locks out of the at-large pool. As a result, only nine of the 32 teams in the field have more than one loss — but surprisingly, two of those teams got in via Pool C. Of the teams in the field, only two lost last week, but they’d already secured autobids.
Conference champions (bold indicates Pool A (automatic) bid):
American Southwest Conference: Mary Hardin-Baylor
Centennial Conference: Johns Hopkins
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin: North Central
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference: Norwich
Empire Eight: Salisbury
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference: Franklin
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Dubuque
Liberty League: Hobart, Union (NY)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association: Albion
Middle Atlantic Conference: Delaware Valley
Midwest Conference: Monmouth (IL)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Saint Thomas (MN)
New England Football Conference: Western New England
New England Small College Athletic Conference: Amherst
New Jersey Athletic Conference: Kean
North Coast Athletic Conference: Wabash
Northern Athletic Conference: Benedictine (IL), Concordia (IL)
Northwest Conference: Linfield
Ohio Athletic Conference: Mount Union
Old Dominion Athletic Conference: Hampden-Sydney, Washington & Lee
Presidents’ Athletic Conference: Thomas More
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference: Trinity (TX)
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Cal Lutheran
University Athletic Association: Case Western
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Saint Scholastica
USA South Athletic Conference: Christopher Newport
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Wisconsin-Whitewater
Pool B bid:
Wesley (DE) (independent)
Pool C bids:
Centre (9-1)
Illinois College (9-1)
Illinois Wesleyan (9-1)
McMurry (8-2)
Redlands (9-1)
Saint John Fisher (8-2)