NCR's D1 enters conference playoff season for the Big Rivers and Big 10, but the other conferences are finishing up things, too.
We have separated out the list for the Big 10 semifinals and 5th-place semifinals because that conference mixes up NCR and CRAA teams. However, this year, the top teams are pursuing the NCR fall postseason, with Notre Dame and Indiana winning their pools and the other two cup semifinalists being Wisconsin and Michigan. All four are NCR teams.
This is a very good Notre Dame side and GRR saw them in person at the beginning of the year, when they were a little undercooked and still pushed Walsh in Canton. They are also fairly young, and will get better.
Indiana has always been dynamic but Head Coach Luke Gross won't let a team get away with lacking unity or being unwilling to do the dirty work. That's a good combination.
Big Rivers is also into its semifinals with Thomas More favored against a Iowa Central team that has, to be fair, pushed themselves through a steep improvement curve. This might be the best Marian side in recent years but Aquinas, despite their youth, can score in bunches. George Kilsby has been a big finisher for them, but Head Coach Lance Hohaia has been getting his freshmen up to speed quickly.
And in the ARC it's not playoff time yet, but we don't know the matchups. These last two games tell us all.
