Full recaps of the first-round action in Super Regions One and Two, plus a look at how my pre-game predictions turned out and previews and predictions for the second round games, after the jump. For team capsules, see the first round precaps for Super Region Three and Super Region Four.
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Full recaps of the first-round action in Super Regions One and Two, plus a look at my picks from last week and previews and predictions for the second round games, after the jump. For team capsules, see the first round precaps for Super Region One and Super Region Two.
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Every region saw a mild upset in the first round, with three fives and a six advancing. Invitations have gone out for the three D-II bowl games, and the final D-II regular season game of the year awaits. Quickest of notes on last week’s action and upcoming games follows; detailed recaps will be in the Playoff Update later this week.
Done for the year:
Abilene Christian
Albany State
Concord
Elizabeth City State
Minot State
Missouri Western
Saginaw Valley State
Southern Nazarene
West Alabama
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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I Got Ahead of Myself.
Nov 16
I posted this week’s D-II Recap/Preview without putting the game times for this week’s games on the panels. Rather than going back and fixing them, which would be time-consuming and pointless, I’ll just note that prior to this weekend’s playoff games I expect to provide a more detailed preview of the upcoming games, and game times will be included there (as well as notes on where you might be able to — gasp — actually watch some of these games).
One other thing I forgot to mention was that there’s a slight change to the panels; as you probably figured out if you’re sentient, the top-25 ranking of each team has rested comfortably to the left of the team name in both the standings and in the upcoming games. It’s still there on the standings, but next to the upcoming games it’s been replaced by (region)-(seed), since, you know, playoffs and all. A note to this effect has been added to that page, but if you’ve already read it and figured that out on your own, cocktails to you, and no need for you to go check it again.
And so (with the exception of two dangling games), the regular season comes to a close, the playoffs tickets are handed out, and those that deserve them have new flags to fly, new trophies to display. Without further ado:
Conference Champions:
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association: Winston-Salem State
Great American Conference: Ouachita Baptist
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Hillsdale
Great Lakes Football Conference: Urbana
Great Northwest Athletic Conference: Humboldt State
Gulf South Conference: Delta State
Lone Star Conference: Midwestern State
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association: Pittsburg State
Northeast-10: New Haven
Northern Sun: Minnesota State-Mankato, Minnesota-Duluth, Saint Cloud State
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference: Kutztown
Rocky Mountain: Colorado State-Pueblo
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Miles
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conferece: Concord
Six of the teams in that list are already packing their equipment up for the winter, although three of their conferences did manage to get someone into the playoffs anyway. For the dirty details, continue on…
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Six more teams grabbed titles, or shares thereof, last week. This week, the regular season ends, and everything will be settled with three official conference championship games, three de facto title games, and a smattering of other contests to sort out the rest.
Conference titles already won:
Great American Conference: Ouachita Baptist
Great Lakes Football Conference: Urbana
Gulf South Conference: Delta State
Lone Star Conference: Midwestern State
Northeast-10: New Haven (share)
Northern Sun: Minnesota State-Mankato (share)
Rocky Mountain: Colorado State-Pueblo (share)
bold indicates team will win their conference title outright with a victory.
bold italics indicates team could win their conference title outright with a victory, depending on other results.
normal italics indicates team will win a share of their conference title with a victory.
5-5 Western New Mexico at #2 Colorado State-Pueblo
7-3 Elizabeth City State at #4 Winston-Salem State (CIAA)
7-3 Central Missouri at #6 Washburn (Mid-America)
#7 New Haven at 1-8 Saint Anselm
#24 Slippery Rock at #8 Kutztown (Pennsylvania)
3-6 Missouri Southern at #9 Pittsburg State (Mid-America)
8-2 Minnesota State-Mankato at #10 Minnesota-Duluth (Northern Sun)
6-3 Valdosta State at #13 North Alabama
6-4 Western Oregon at #14 Humboldt State (Great Northwest)
6-4 Miles at #16 Albany State (SIAC)
6-3 Concord at #19 West Virginia Wesleyan (West Virginia)
5-5 Findlay at #22 Wayne State (MI) (Great Lakes South)
5-5 Carson-Newman at #23 Mars Hill (South Atlantic)
#25 Saginaw Valley State at 7-3 Grand Valley State (Great Lakes North)
7-3 Hillsdale at 0-10 Tiffin (Great Lakes South)
6-3 Lenoir-Rhyne at 3-7 Catawba (South Atlantic)
I have composed a handy primer for playoff formats and guidelines, because we’re getting very very close to starting to hand out bids.