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.<\/p>\n
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Mid-States<\/strong>: St. Xavier and McKendree captured their respective league titles, and received automatic bids to the NAIA Playoffs. St. Francis (IN) and Marian received at-large bids; William Penn’s bid came up short as they were deprived of an at-large essentially due to a total of 21 votes in the NAIA Coaches’ poll.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Final Standings:<\/span><\/p>\n Heart of America<\/strong>: MidAmerica Nazarene had already clinched the conference title and, essentially, the automatic bid. Lindenwood received an at-large, but Missouri Valley came up just short.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Final Standings:<\/span><\/p>\n Great Plains<\/strong>: Sioux Falls had already captured the conference title and the automatic bid. Morningside received an at-large invitation.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Final Standings:<\/span><\/p>\n Kansas<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> Final Standings:<\/span><\/p>\n Dakota<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> Frontier<\/strong>: Carroll had already clinched the conference title and the automatic bid. No conference teams earned at-large bids.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Final Standings:<\/span><\/p>\n Mid-South<\/strong>: Cumberlands (KY) upset Cumberland (TN) to steal the West Division title, and climbed high enough in the rankings to seal an automatic bid. Georgetown, meanwhile, held off Belhaven to claim the East, and remained in the top 20 to also grab an automatic berth. No conference teams received at-large invitations.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Final Standings:<\/span><\/p>\n Central States<\/strong>: Northwestern Oklahoma had claimed the conference title weeks ago, and hung onto their ranking to grab an automatic bid. No CSFL team warranted an at-large bid.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Final Standings:<\/span><\/p>\n Independents<\/strong>: Azusa Pacific managed to work their way up to #18 in the final poll, thus securing the Independent autobid. No other independent received an invitation.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Final Standings:<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-division-news-and-notes","category-naia","tag-naia-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p185sV-37","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nat #10 St. Francis (IN) 33, Taylor 21
\nat #11 Marian 38, #20 Walsh 14
\nat #12 McKendree 20, Grand View 17
\nat #13 William Penn 24, #21t St. Francis (IL) 7
\nat Malone 56, Olivet Nazarene 21
\nSt. Ambrose 49, at Iowa Wesleyan 10
\nWaldorf 21, at Quincy 10
\n#3 St. Xavier and Trinity International idle<\/p>\n
\n#20 Cumberlands (KY) at #3 St. Xavier
\n#10 St. Francis (IN) at #5 Lindenwood
\n#11 Marian at #8 Ottawa
\n#12 McKendree at #6 McPherson<\/p>\nMideast League\r\n#3 St. Xavier 11-0 7-0\r\n#10 St. Francis (IN) 9-1 6-1\r\n#11 Marian 9-2 5-2\r\nTaylor 6-5 4-3\r\nWalsh 7-4 3-4\r\nMalone 3-7 2-5\r\nTrinity International 3-8 1-6\r\nOlivet Nazarene 0-11 0-7\r\n\r\nMidwest League:\r\n#12 McKendree 8-2 6-1\r\n#13 William Penn 10-1 6-1\r\nSt. Francis (IL) 7-4 5-2\r\nGrand View 6-4 4-3\r\nSt. Ambrose 5-5 3-4\r\nIowa Wesleyan 3-8 3-4\r\nWaldorf 3-8 1-6\r\nQuincy 0-11 0-7<\/pre>\n
\n#5 Lindenwood 29, at William Jewell 18
\nat #14 Missouri Valley 42, Avila 7
\nBaker 34, at Central Methodist 0
\nBenedictine (KS) 24, at Graceland 6
\nat Evangel 45, Culver-Stockton 31
\n#4 MidAmerica Nazarene idle<\/p>\n
\n#17 Georgetown (KY) at #4 MidAmerica Nazarene
\n#10 St. Francis (IN) at #5 Lindenwood<\/p>\n#4 MidAmerica Nazarene 10-0 10-0\r\n#5 Lindenwood 9-1 9-1\r\n#14 Missouri Valley 8-2 8-2\r\nBaker 7-4 7-3\r\nBenedictine (KS) 7-4 6-4\r\nEvangel 4-6 4-6\r\nWilliam Jewell 4-7 4-6\r\nCentral Methodist 3-7 3-7\r\nAvila 2-8 2-8\r\nCulver-Stockton 1-10 1-9\r\nGraceland 1-10 1-9<\/pre>\n
\nat #1 Sioux Falls 44, Concordia (NE) 7
\n#7 Morningside 45, at Dakota Wesleyan 8
\n#15 Northwestern (IA) 24, at #19 Midland Lutheran 6
\nDoane 42, at Briar Cliff 14
\nat Hastings 17, Nebraska Wesleyan 14<\/p>\n
\n#16 Northwestern Oklahoma State at #1 Sioux Falls
\n#9 Dickinson State at #7 Morningside<\/p>\n#1 Sioux Falls 10-0 10-0\r\n#7 Morningside 9-1 9-1\r\n#15 Northwestern (IA) 8-2 8-2\r\n#22 Midland Lutheran 8-3 7-3\r\nDakota Wesleyan 5-5 5-5\r\nHastings 5-5 5-5\r\nNebraska Wesleyan 4-6 4-6\r\nConcordia (NE) 4-7 3-7\r\nDoane 3-7 3-7\r\nBriar Cliff 2-9 1-9\r\nDordt 0-10 0-10<\/pre>\n
\n#6 McPherson 52, at Bethany (KS) 35
\nat #8 Ottawa 54, Friends 21
\n#25 Kansas Wesleyan 72, at Southwestern (KS) 48
\nat Sterling 62, Bethel (KS) 14
\nat Tabor 17, St. Mary 0<\/p>\n
\n#11 Marian at #8 Ottawa
\n#12 McKendree at #6 McPherson<\/p>\n#6 McPherson 10-0 9-0\r\n#8 Ottawa 9-1 8-1\r\n#21 Kansas Wesleyan 7-3 6-3\r\nSterling 7-3 6-3\r\nFriends 6-4 5-4\r\nTabor 4-6 4-5\r\nBethany (KS) 4-6 3-6\r\nSouthwestern (KS) 2-8 2-7\r\nSt. Mary 2-8 2-7\r\nBethel (KS) 0-10 0-9<\/pre>\n
\nDickinson State had already clinched the conference title and the automatic bid, as the conference season ended last week. No conference teams earned at-large invites. South Dakota Mines finished ranked #19 in the final poll.<\/p>\n
\n#9 Dickinson State at #7 Morningside<\/p>\n
\nat #2 Carroll (MT) 35, Montana State-Northern 10
\nRocky Mountain 34, at Eastern Oregon 28
\nMontana Tech 27, at Montana Western 21<\/p>\n
\n#18 Azusa Pacific at #2 Carroll (MT)<\/p>\n#2 Carroll (MT) 10-0 10-0\r\nRocky Mountain 6-5 6-4\r\nEastern Oregon 5-6 5-5\r\nMontana Tech 5-6 5-5\r\nMontana State-Northern 3-7 3-7\r\nMontana Western 1-10 1-9<\/pre>\n
\nat Cumberlands (KY) 52, #17 Cumberland (TN) 27
\nat #18 Georgetown (KY) 24, Belhaven 13
\nCampbellsville 56, at West Virginia Tech 35
\nLindsey Wilson 51, at Virginia-Wise 22
\nat Bethel (TN) 36, Shorter 26
\nat Union (KY) 47, Faulkner 33
\nat Pikeville 44, Kentucky Christian 11<\/p>\n
\n#17 Georgetown (KY) at #4 MidAmerica Nazarene
\n#20 Cumberlands (KY) at #3 St. Xavier<\/p>\nEast Division:\r\n#17 Georgetown (KY) 8-2 6-0\r\nCampbellsville 7-4 5-1\r\nLindsey Wilson 5-6 4-2\r\nVirginia-Wise 3-8 3-3\r\nPikeville 2-8 1-4\r\nWest Virginia Tech 2-9 1-5\r\nKentucky Christian 0-11 0-5\r\n\r\nWest Division:\r\n#20 Cumberlands (KY) 7-3 5-1\r\n#23 Cumberland (TN) 8-3 4-2\r\nUnion (KY) 7-4 4-2\r\nBethel (TN) 5-5 3-3\r\nShorter 5-6 2-4\r\nFaulkner 3-7 2-4\r\nBelhaven 4-7 1-5<\/pre>\n
\nat #16 Northwestern Oklahoma State 31, Southern Oregon 26 (non-conference)
\nat Southern Nazarene 30, #23 Langston 27
\nat Oklahoma Panhandle State 21, Bacone 20 (not a conference game)
\nTexas College 27, at Southwestern Assemblies of God 13<\/p>\n
\n#16 Northwestern Oklahoma State at #1 Sioux Falls<\/p>\n#16 Northwestern Oklahoma State 8-2 5-0\r\n#24 Southern Nazarene 7-4 4-1\r\nLangston 6-4 3-2\r\nBacone 3-8 2-3\r\nTexas College 1-9 1-4\r\nSouthwestern Assemblies of God 2-8 0-5<\/pre>\n
\nWebber International 40, at Newport News Apprentice 7
\nDelta State 41, at Lambuth 17
\nat Menlo 44, Pacific (OR) 42
\nat Peru State 20, Haskell 3
\nat Northwestern Oklahoma State 31, Southern Oregon 26
\nUrbana 32, at Notre Dame (OH) 0
\nat Edward Waters 64, Columbus State 0
\n#21t Azusa Pacific idle
\nSouthern Virginia idle<\/p>\n
\n#18 Azusa Pacific at #2 Carroll (MT)<\/p>\n#18 Azusa Pacific 6-3\r\n#25 Webber International 7-4\r\nLambuth 4-6\r\nMenlo 4-7\r\nPeru State 4-7\r\nSouthern Virginia 3-6\r\nSouthern Oregon 3-7\r\nNotre Dame (OH) 2-9\r\nEdward Waters 1-8\r\nHaskell 1-9<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"