13 Key Games In a Packed DII College Schedule

10.03.2019College Men

Playoff ramifications are already on some teams’ minds as we enter the meat of the Men’s DII college season.

Leagues have about 50 games going on this week, about 100 teams in action, and a huge percentage of these teams are thinking they are in a position to make a conference playoff, or better.

But some matchups are more equal than others. Here's a look at some:

Great Midwest

If Northern Iowa is serious, then UNI has to beat a pretty strong Loyola-Chicago this weekend. Illinois State, like UNI 3-0 in the Great Midwest South, has an important date with 1-1 DePaul.

Great MW: UNI Winning, Platteville Surging

In the North, UW-Milwaukee has an important game if they want to stay in the top four. Marquette is 2-1 and in good shape for the playoffs. At 1-1, Milwaukee could overtake Marquette and leave Northern Michigan further behind.

Northern Lights

This is all about St. Thomas and North Dakota State. Both are playing well and both have competitive opponents in MSU Mankato and Winona State.

MARC

Plenty to play for here and while there's no head-turning matchup this weekend, every team is still in it.

Southern

Southern Conference Latest: All Tightening Up

We don't have a lot of games here, but in the Challenge League Lander (3-0) takes on 2-1 Wake Forest.

Cardinals

We're curious to see how Southern Virginia, the new varsity program, will show.

NEWCRC

Early Impressions From NEWCRC

Vermont vs Quinnipiac is a big one, because Quinnipiac can make a statement with a victory.

Rugby Northeast

This is a tight conference anyway, but Bentley and UMass-Lowell is the game to wonder about. Both teams are 2-0 and could take control of the league with a win.

Who Is In The Hunt In Rugby Northeast?

Rocky Mountain

We talked about the surprise from Colorado Mesa Colorado Mesa Shakes Up Rocky Mountain Conference but it's still Northern Colorado and Montana State at the top. UNC plays winless Idaho State.

Great Lakes

The top two teams, Grand Valley State, and Bethel, meet up, and that's likely to decide who's the top dog in the conference.

Gateway

UMS&T and Pitt State lead the Western Division with two wins each, and they face off this weekend, so watch that one. Southern Illinois leads the Eastern, with SLU right behind.

Tri-State

All six teams make the playoffs so whatever, except the top two get a bye to the semis, and that's important. Kings Point's win over RPI last week was very important in that regard. Now, 2-0 Kings Point plays William Paterson this weekend. The winner likely has a bye sewn up. The loser will still have to worry about the winner of RPI and Marist this weekend.

Men's DII College Game This Weekend

10/5/19	Loyola - Chicago	vs	Northern Iowa	Great Midwest
10/5/19	DePaul	vs	Illinois State	Great Midwest
10/5/19	Marquette	vs	UW Milwaukee	Great Midwest
10/5/19	Minnesota - Duluth	vs	UW Platteville	Great Midwest
10/5/19	UW Whitewater	vs	Northern Michigan	Great Midwest
10/5/19	Mankato	at	NDSU	Northern Lights
10/5/19	St. Johns	at	UND	Northern Lights
10/5/19	Winona	at	St. Thomas	Northern Lights
10/5/19	SCSU	at	SDSU	Northern Lights
10/5/19	Lehigh	at	Drexel	MARC
10/5/19	Villanova	at	TCNJ	MARC
10/5/19	York	at	Millersville	MARC
10/5/19	Scranton	at	Bloomsburg	MARC
10/5/19	UNCW	at	Appalachian State	Southern PL
10/5/19	Elon	at	College of Charleston	Southern CL
10/5/19	WCU	at	UNCG	Southern CL
10/5/19	Lander	at	Wake Forest	Southern CL
10/5/19	George Mason	vs	Radford	Cardinals
10/5/19	Christopher Newport	vs	Old Dominion	Cardinals
10/5/19	Emory and Henry	vs	Roanoke	Cardinals
10/5/19	Northern Va Griffins	vs	Queens	Cardinals
10/5/19	Washington and Lee	vs	Christendom	Cardinals
10/5/19	VCU	vs	VMI	Cardinals
10/5/19	Richmond	vs	Madison Dev	Cardinals
10/5/19	Southern Virginia	vs	William and Mary	Cardinals
10/5/19	Sacred Heart	vs	Boston	NEWCRC
10/5/19	Coast Guard	vs	Hartford	NEWCRC
10/5/19	Springfield	vs	WPI	NEWCRC
10/5/19	Western Connecticut	vs	Saint Michael's	NEWCRC
10/5/19	New Hampshire	vs	Westfield State	NEWCRC
10/5/19	Vermont	vs	Quinnipiac	NEWCRC
10/5/19	Norwich	vs	New England College	Rugby Northeast
10/5/19	Middlebury	vs	Providence	Rugby Northeast
10/5/19	Bentley	vs	UMass Lowell	Rugby Northeast
10/5/19	CSU Pueblo	vs	Colorado Mesa	Rocky Mountain
10/5/19	Northern Colorado	vs	Idaho State	Rocky Mountain
10/5/19	Montana State	vs	Weber State	Rocky Mountain
10/5/19	Bridgewater State	vs	Endicott	Colonial Coast
10/5/19	UMass Dartmouth	vs	Roger Williams	Colonial Coast
10/5/19	Stonehill	vs	Salve Regina	Colonial Coast
10/5/19	Wheaton	vs	Wentworth	Colonial Coast
10/5/19	Mass Maritime	vs	Johnson & Wales	Colonial Coast
10/5/19	Bethel College	at	GVSU	Great Lakes
10/5/19	Washington University	at	St. Louis U.	Gateway
10/5/19	Principia	at	Maryville	Gateway
10/5/19	UMKC	at	Central Missouri	Gateway
10/5/19	Pitt State	at	UMS&T	Gateway
10/6/19	Monroe	at	Seton Hall	Tri-State
10/6/19	WPU	at	USMMA	Tri-State
10/6/19	RPI	at	Marist	Tri-State