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Saw on Twitter, Butler will host WIU on Dec 2nd, says it is a buy game with a $100,000 guarantee.

WIU will also play Iowa on Nov 7 & Cal Baptist on Nov 14th.  These games will also pay WIU $100,000

According to bloggingthebracket.com, which tracks exempt multi-tean events (MTEs), WIU will host its own some time in November (dates tba). It will host Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt) and North Dakota (Summit). Each team will get two games.

For MTEs for all OVC, use https://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2025 ... ournaments

Scroll all the way to the bottom, where the teams are listed by conference that have not yet gotten invited. Just above that long list is the listing for the WIU event.

Here's what D1Docketblogspot.com has for WIU o-o-c to date:
11/7 @ Iowa
11/11 @ CSU Bakersfield
11/14 @ Cal Baptist
12/13 @ North Dakota State
tbd @ Butler
tbd COASTAL CAROLINA
tbd NORTH DAKOTA
 
 
 

They should be announcing the OVC schedule pretty soon. Probably in the next couple of days would be my guess.


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The conference scheduled just dropped 

That list  is a meager non-con. Like aren't there supposed to be five more games?

You telling me we can't  get home and homes with UMKC, Omaha, Oral Roberts, Milwaukee, Green Bay, IUIndy, Fort Wayne, Ball state, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Northern Illinois, Evansville, Austin Peay, Central Arkanas, Lipscomb? How bout Oakland, Detroit Mercy. South Dakota. Valparaiso, St. Thomas.
 

Looks like we have two more games to add.

I'm guessing something in the Culver-Stockton, William Penn, Waldorf type schools. Of note, it appears no OVC school has managed to schedule more than two D-1 home games. Looks like Tn St. has Zero. Conversely the MVC schools are averaging about four D-1 non-con home games. UNI appears to have six! (that's more inline with what a P-4 school would have lined up).

Here's a look at what we and other mid-west leagues have scheduled:
https://d1docket.blogspot.com/p/2024-25 ... e_vignette
 
 

Here's what D1docket.blogspot.com has for us for OOC games currently:

11/3 @ Radford (DI, Big South)
11/7 @ Iowa (DI, Big Ten)
11/11 @ CSU Bakersfield (DI, Big West)
11/14 @ Cal Baptist (DI, WAC)
11/21 vs Coastal Carolina (DI, Sun Belt) - MTE
11/23 vs North Dakota (DI, Summit League) - MTE
12/2 @ Drake (DI, MVC)
12/6 vs Hannibal-LaGrange (NAIA)
12/13 @ North Dakota (DI, Summit League)

Like others have said, probably a couple more home lower-division team games still to be finalized.

I see St. Ambrose has been added. I'll take that any day of the week over a Eureka or Greenville.  They are well respected and just up the road.
 

Western_101 wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 8:59 am I see St. Ambrose has been added. I'll take that any day of the week over a Eureka or Greenville.  They are well respected and just up the road.
 

Always good to play local teams when we're hosting lower division teams. Usually means we get a bit of a boost for attendance with local family/friends/fans making the trip down.