One division presents us with a changing of the guard; another presents us with the same old championship game. And, after a week off, the NAIA returns to the fray to decide their champion as well. Recaps of the Division II and III semifinals and previews of the championship games for D-II, D-III, and the NAIA, after the jump.
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A few news items, semifinal recaps, and much deja vu after the jump.
After all the action, we’re left with chalk as the top four seeds all remain undefeated and comfortably esconced in the semifinals. Quarterfinal recaps and semifinal previews follow the jump. (The only non-playoff news: Pikeville coach Joe Johnson has resigned his post.)
The top half of the bracket goes chalk; the bottom is ravaged by upsets. First round recaps and quarterfinal previews follow the jump. (There will be no News and Stuff post for the NAIA this week, as the only real news is the playoff action.)
The at-large cutline falls at #13 as the NAIA playoff field is set. Details on the final week of regular season play, and all the playoff matchups, after the bounce.
Nothing untoward happened in Week 9, which means we’ve got another conference champion in the books and a big moving day coming Saturday. Stuff and things after the jump.
Late Saturday, the second conference title of 2010 got wrapped up, as Northwest Oklahoma State snagged the CSFL crown. The top 10 remains unchanged, but there was a lot of movement at the bottom of the rankings.
Two teams combine for 128 points, another team scores 90, and someone passes for over 600 yards — and loses. All this and more after the jump.
This morning, we’ll check in with our first NAIA league. It’s off to Texlahoma, and a look at the Central States Football League.
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NAIA: Week Seven.
Oct 14
I don’t have much to say by way of preamble regarding the NAIA, so let’s just get on down to it. The same method which I used for Division I FCS actually does work well for the NAIA despite a low voter total.