It's playoff time! Except it's not, and it is, and it's both, or neither.
The Great Midwest is in its last week before the conference playoffs and placement is everything. Tri-State is starting their playoffs, and the same with the MARC. The Tri-State has the top two teams, Kings Point and William Paterson, get a bye into the semis. The MARC does a straight semifinal.
The Northern Lights does a straight semifinal, too, and that's on this week.
Meanwhile it's business as usual in the NEWCRC, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountain, Cardinals, and Lonestar. Rugby Northeast has a week off before their playoffs start.
This week we've got five games that include two ranked teams. Included in this is 3-0 Virginia against 3-0 Queens University Charlotte, and 4-0 Boston University versus 4-0 Vermont.
We'll be posting scores in another article this weekend, but here's the Men's DII College games for October 26 and 27, with our picks.
| Date | Conference | Notes | Picks | |||
| 10/26/19 | Northern Michigan (27) | vs | Milwaukee | Great Midwest | This is a fight for a quarterfinal spot | NMU by 19 |
| 10/26/19 | Northern Illinois | vs | Loyola - Chicago (17) | Great Midwest | Loyola can secure a home quarterfinal. | Loyola by 20 |
| 10/26/19 | DePaul | vs | UIC | Great Midwest | Winner is in the playoffs, loser is not. | DePaul by 11 |
| 10/26/19 | Northern Iowa | vs | Illinois State (14) | Great Midwest | #3 at #1 in the GMW South. ISU wants 1st and a home QF. | ISU by 15 |
| 10/26/19 | Minnesota - Duluth (16) | vs | Marquette (18) | Great Midwest | Winner gets a home QF, loser has to travel. | Pick 'em |
| 10/26/19 | UW Stout | vs | UW Platteville (30) | Great Midwest | If NMU loses UWP could sneak into QFs. | Platteville by 25 |
| 10/26/19 | ECU | at | Furman (3) | Southern PL | Furman in control | Frman by 20 |
| 10/26/19 | UNC Charlotte (38) | at | Appalachian State | Southern PL | UNCC by 15 | |
| 10/26/19 | Ole Miss | at | Auburn | SCRC DII | Auburn by 10 | |
| 10/26/19 | Memphis | at | Mississippi State | SCRC DII | Memphis by 15 | |
| 10/26/19 | Old Dominion | vs | VCU | Cardinals | ODU by 5 | |
| 10/26/19 | Virginia (9) | vs | Queens (8) | Cardinals | Clash of undefeateds. | Pick 'em |
| 10/26/19 | Coast Guard | vs | Quinnipiac | NEWCRC | Who will be 3rd? | Coast Guard by 3 |
| 10/26/19 | Boston Univ. (28) | vs | Vermont (4) | NEWCRC | Two 4-0 teams. This is basically the conference championship game. | Vermont by 8 |
| 10/26/19 | Hartford | vs | So. Connecticut | NEWCRC | SCSU by 20 | |
| 10/26/19 | Saint Michael's | vs | Springfield | NEWCRC | St. Mike's by 10 | |
| 10/26/19 | WPI | vs | W. Connecticut | NEWCRC | Pick 'em | |
| 10/26/19 | Central Connecticut State | vs | New Hampshire | NEWCRC | UNH by 12 | |
| 10/26/19 | Northern Colorado (21) | vs | Western Colorado (37) | Rocky Mntn | UNC by 15 | |
| 10/26/19 | Montana State (24) | vs | CSU Pueblo | Rocky Mntn | MSU by 28 | |
| 10/26/19 | Ferris State | at | GVSU (10) | Great Lakes | GVSU by 15 | |
| 10/26/19 | Central Michigan | at | Calvin College | Great Lakes | CMU by 20 | |
| 10/26/19 | Bethel (11) | at | Saginaw Valley St. | Great Lakes | Bethel by 20 | |
| 10/26/19 | John Brown | at | Central Missouri | Gateway | CMU by 10 | |
| 10/26/19 | UT San Antonio | at | Dallas | Lonestar | UTSA by 11 | |
| 10/26/19 | Angelo State | at | UT Dallas | Lonestar | Still plenty to play for | Angelo State by 14 |
| 10/26/19 | St. Edward's | at | UTEP | Lonestar | UTEP by 9 | |
| 10/26/19 | Abilene Christian | at | SMU | Lonestar | Abilene by 30 | |
| 10/26/19 | Stephen F. Austin | at | LeTourneau | Lonestar | SFA by 30 | |
| 10/26/19 | Rice | at | Texas State | Lonestar | Texas State by 14 | |
| 10/26/19 | Prairie View A&M | at | Trinity (TX) | Lonestar | Prarie View by 12 | |
| 10/26/19 | York (36) | vs | Villanova (5) | MARC SFs | York has had to battle. Villanova has basically cruised. | Villanova by 15 |
| 10/26/19 | Lehigh | vs | Shippensburg (29) | MARC SFs | Ship has a blistering offense | Ship by 20 |
| 10/26/19 | St. John's | vs | North Dakota St. (13) | N. Lights SFs | NDSU untouched this season | NDSU by 19 |
| 10/26/19 | St. Thomas (26) | vs | MSU Moorhead | N. Lights SFs | Could be a tight one. | St. Thomas by 7 |
| 10/27/19 | Monroe | at | RPI (39) | Tri State QFs | Relatively equal teams. 16-10 last meeting. | RPI by 4 |
| 10/27/19 | Seton Hall | at | Marist (32) | Tri State QFs | Marist has momentum. | Marist by 14 |
