2019 Week 15 - Around the MVFC (and other games of interest)
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:45 am
The FCS playoffs kicks into high gear this weekend with all the seeded teams hosting the 8 teams that won their games last weekend.
In the MVFC realm (both games on ESPN3):
1 PM - Northern Iowa (9-4) at #7 South Dakota State (8-4) - a rematch of their conference game on November 16 where SDSU blew out UNI, 38-7.
2 PM - Illinois State (9-4) at #8 Central Arkansas (9-3) - also a rematch, but one you have to go back to 2016 for. In the first round of the 2016 playoffs, Illinois State lost at Central Arkansas 31-24
2:30 PM - Nicholls (9-4) at #1 North Dakota State (12-0) - Nicholls got the "reward" of going to NDSU after defeating the other North Dakota team 24-6 last weekend.
Other playoff games are: Albany at #5 Montana State (2 PM), Austin Peay at #4 Sacramento State (8 PM), Monmouth (NJ) at #2 James Madison (12 PM), Southeastern LA at #6 Montana (2 PM), and Kennesaw State at #3 Weber State (2 PM)
Full bracket is available here: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/football/fcs/2019
In the FBS, it's conference championship weekend, of which none of the "localish" teams are involved. Closest games of interest would probably be:
11 AM - MAC Championship Game - Miami OH (7-5) vs Central Michigan (8-4), ESPN2
7 PM - Big Ten Championship Game - #1 Ohio State (12-0) vs #12 Wisconsin (10-2), FOX
Illinois finished 6-6 and should end up playing in a bowl game this year; current projections are either the Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit) on December 26 or the New Era Pinstripe Bowl (NYC) on December 27
Iowa was 9-3 and will be in a bowl game; possibly either the Redbox Bowl (Santa Clara, CA) on December 30 or the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL) on January 2.
Missouri also finished 6-6, but due to NCAA sanctions, are ineligible for the postseason (football, softball, and baseball)
Northwestern finished 3-9 and are also done for the season.
Our FBS opponent this year, Colorado State, finished the season 4-8, and are also done for the year.
In lower-division news for teams in our region of the country:
DII #3 Northwest Missouri State takes on #1 Ferris State
DII Texas A&M-Commerce battles #1 Minnesota State
(In DII, each quadrant has 8 teams, with four of them ranked 1-4)
DIII Wisconsin-Whitewater vs Mary Hardin-Baylor
DIII Wheaton (IL) vs Saint John's (MN) - Saint John's is the longtime rival of future Summit league team St. Thomas.
DIII North Central (IL) vs Delaware Valley
NAIA Grand View (Des Moines, IA) will play at Morningside (Sioux City, IA)
NAIA Lindsey Wilson (Columbia, KY) travels to Marian (Indianapolis, IN)
In the MVFC realm (both games on ESPN3):
1 PM - Northern Iowa (9-4) at #7 South Dakota State (8-4) - a rematch of their conference game on November 16 where SDSU blew out UNI, 38-7.
2 PM - Illinois State (9-4) at #8 Central Arkansas (9-3) - also a rematch, but one you have to go back to 2016 for. In the first round of the 2016 playoffs, Illinois State lost at Central Arkansas 31-24
2:30 PM - Nicholls (9-4) at #1 North Dakota State (12-0) - Nicholls got the "reward" of going to NDSU after defeating the other North Dakota team 24-6 last weekend.
Other playoff games are: Albany at #5 Montana State (2 PM), Austin Peay at #4 Sacramento State (8 PM), Monmouth (NJ) at #2 James Madison (12 PM), Southeastern LA at #6 Montana (2 PM), and Kennesaw State at #3 Weber State (2 PM)
Full bracket is available here: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/football/fcs/2019
In the FBS, it's conference championship weekend, of which none of the "localish" teams are involved. Closest games of interest would probably be:
11 AM - MAC Championship Game - Miami OH (7-5) vs Central Michigan (8-4), ESPN2
7 PM - Big Ten Championship Game - #1 Ohio State (12-0) vs #12 Wisconsin (10-2), FOX
Illinois finished 6-6 and should end up playing in a bowl game this year; current projections are either the Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit) on December 26 or the New Era Pinstripe Bowl (NYC) on December 27
Iowa was 9-3 and will be in a bowl game; possibly either the Redbox Bowl (Santa Clara, CA) on December 30 or the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL) on January 2.
Missouri also finished 6-6, but due to NCAA sanctions, are ineligible for the postseason (football, softball, and baseball)
Northwestern finished 3-9 and are also done for the season.
Our FBS opponent this year, Colorado State, finished the season 4-8, and are also done for the year.
In lower-division news for teams in our region of the country:
DII #3 Northwest Missouri State takes on #1 Ferris State
DII Texas A&M-Commerce battles #1 Minnesota State
(In DII, each quadrant has 8 teams, with four of them ranked 1-4)
DIII Wisconsin-Whitewater vs Mary Hardin-Baylor
DIII Wheaton (IL) vs Saint John's (MN) - Saint John's is the longtime rival of future Summit league team St. Thomas.
DIII North Central (IL) vs Delaware Valley
NAIA Grand View (Des Moines, IA) will play at Morningside (Sioux City, IA)
NAIA Lindsey Wilson (Columbia, KY) travels to Marian (Indianapolis, IN)