NCR D1 Playoff Picture Clearing As Conference Winners Decided
NCR's Men's D1 playoff picture is clearing.
This article will be updated as results come in.
Here's what's going on right now:
Big Rivers: Marian defeated Aquinas 18-12 in the conference final Saturday in Chicago, winning their second-straight conference title.
Big Win for Iowa State Caps 4-0 Run in HOA
Iowa State has wrapped up a undefeated run in the Heart of American with an emphatic 55-17 defeat of Principia.
At 4-0 ISU is tops in the HOA and awaits the winner of a game rescheduled from an earlier postponement. Iowa and Wayne State are both 2-1 and will play next week to secure 2nd in the standings.
Then #1 and #2 will play for the conference championship.
Playoff Berth Decider Time in NCR D1
NCR D1 games are down to the wire now with conference champions and playoff spots being decided.
St. Bonaventure vs Walsh is the ARC decider and a rematch of a wild game where a cover defender bumping into the goalpost helped Walsh score the game-winner in a 20-14 nailbiter.
Bonnies failed to score as many as seven times when within five meters.
Big Games and Intriguing Matchups in D1A This Week
Some championship and major playoff seeding questions will be answered this week in D1A.
Big 10
Ohio State takes on Indiana in the Big 10 final at Kuntz Stadium. Both teams played cross-divisional matches last week, with Indiana falling to Kutztown 19-12, and Ohio State losing a close one 44-42 to Arkansas State.
D1A Rankings for 2026-27 Week 11
Navy has closed their fist around the #1 ranking for the time being, but there is movement in the rankings.
Ohio State, once more, moves up. This time thanks to a loss. The Buckeyes lost 44-42 to Arkansas State and that result pulled ASU down a bit and moved OSU up a bit. The big question is, what do we do about Ohio State's loss to Penn State?
