The Men's DII playoffs loom and with as many as 12 conferences involved it's going to be a big chance to see who gets in.
Expect the conference champions, of course, to have a place, and we'll see some #2 teams from the strongest conferences—Great Midwest, NEWCRC, Southern—fight for a spot, too.
What will likely also happen is that there will be play-in games. NCR wants the best teams to be in the Round of 16 (which will run November 19-21 in Cherry Hill, NJ, Charleston, SC, Knoxville, Tenn., and St. Louis Mo.). That weekend will see the Round of 16 on the Friday and Quarterfinals on Sunday, and then Dec. 10-12 in Houston will be the semis and the final.
Who could be in those playoffs? Marquette, North Iowa, Wisconsin-Whitewater, Norwich, Coast Guard, UMass Lowell, Vermont, Memphis, Auburn, Furman, Principia, Pttsburg State, Adrian, Central Michigan, Thomas More, Virginia, Marist, US Merchant Marina Academy, and Bucknell.
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Several others have a shot. We didn't mention a lot of Southern or MARC teams because there are so many who could also percolate up. Tri-State has their playoffs in a week and finish up a week after that, which will tell us plenty. Likely the Tri-State #1 will be asked to be in a play-in game the weekend of November 13. In the Gateway, Principia is by no means secure and UMS&T or Pitt State could cause them trouble.
Meanwhile, this week, here's what's at stake:
Marquette needs a good result tonight to consolidate in the GMW.
Norwich and Coast Guard battle for tops in NEWCRC Pool A, while UVM and UMass-Lowell do the same in Pool B in a clash of #10 vs #11.
Belmont Abbey needs Furman to beat or tie Charlotte in order to confirm a spot in the Southern semis. UNC-Wilmington vs Coastal Carolina and Citadel vs East Carolina will decide who joins UNC Chapel Hill in the semis from the Southern eastern division. ECU and UNC-W will be looking for wins there.
Loyola needs a bonus-point win to ensure a semifinal spot in the GMW, although a non-bonus win can work too. Winning is important, and holding UNI's 80-point-per-game offense in check is too.In the MARC, Bucknell seems to be in the driver's seat but if Villanova beats Drexel, watch out.
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| 10/22 | UW-Milwaukee | 12-59 | Marquette (4) | GMW |
| 10/23 | Wyoming | at | Northern Colorado | Non-Conference |
| 10/23 | Norwich (2) | 46-0 | Coast Guard (21) | NEWCRC |
| 10/23 | Boston University (22) | 12-26 | Providence | NEWCRC |
| 10/23 | UNH | 19-35 | Sacred Heart | NEWCRC |
| 10/23 | Bentley | 28-0 | Quinnipiac | NEWCRC |
| 10/23 | UMass Lowell (10) | 31-26 | U. Vermont (11) | NEWCRC |
| 10/23 | Georgia Tech | 37-0 | MTSU (15) | SCRC |
| 10/23 | Mississippi State | 5-53 | Auburn (20) | SCRC |
| 10/23 | Ole Miss | 3-47 | Memphis (12) | SCRC |
| 10/23 | Wake Forest | 8-17 | College of Charleston | Southern Challenge |
| 10/23 | Elon | 28-0 | UNC Greensboro | Southern Challenge |
| 10/23 | Campbell | at | Wingate | Southern Challenge |
| 10/23 | Belmont Abbey (16) | 28-7 | Appalachian State | Southern Prem. |
| 10/23 | UNC Charlotte (19) | 30-18 | Furman (1) | Southern Prem. |
| 10/23 | East Carolina | 19-24 | Citadel (31) | Southern Prem. |
| 10/23 | UNC Wilmington | 40-17 | Coastal Carolina | Southern Prem. |
| 10/23 | Central Missouri (36) | at | John Brown | Gateway |
| 10/23 | UMS&T (14) | 0-14 | Pitt State (33) | Gateway |
| 10/23 | Central Michigan (8) | 119-0 | Calvin College | Great Lakes |
| 10/23 | Saginaw Valley State | Ccld | Adrian College (3) | Great Lakes |
| 10/23 | Grand Valley State (35) | 38-35 | Ferris State | Great Lakes |
| 10/23 | IUP (9) | 24-12 | Kent State | Allegheny |
| 10/23 | Wheeling | 40-0 / 31-7 | Alderson Broaddus | (10s Games) |
| 10/23 | Old Dominion | 24-33 | Virginia (34) | Cardinals |
| 10/23 | Thomas More (32) | 28-0 | Ball State | MCRC |
| 10/23 | Southern Indiana | 0-63 | Miami (OH) | MCRC |
| 10/23 | Marshall | at | Eastern Kentucky | MCRC |
| 10/23 | Western Kentucky | 0-88 | Xavier | MCRC |
| 10/23 | Northern Iowa (7) | 55-15 | Loyola (26) | GMW |
| 10/23 | Northwestern | 43-0 | UIC | GMW |
| 10/23 | UW-Whitewater (5) | 43-10 | Northern Michigan | GMW |
| 10/24 | Chicago | 28-0 | MSOE | GMW Small |
| 10/24 | UW-Stevens Point | 20--26 | UW-Eau Claire | GMW Small |
| 10/23 | Shippensburg | at | York | MARC |
| 10/23 | Susquehanna | 45-10 | Scranton | MARC |
| 10/23 | Bucknell (24) | 43-26 | Bloomsburg | MARC |
| 10/23 | Georgetown (40) | 31-5 | Towson | MARC |
| 10/23 | Villanova (25) | 45-14 | Drexel (38) | MARC |
| 10/23 | Lehigh | 22-12 | TCNJ | MARC |
