INDIANA, USA — Four Indiana small college football teams will have a chance to play for a championship in NCAA Division II, III and the NAIA postseason tournaments.
Those teams are UIndy, DePauw, Indiana Wesleyan and Saint Francis.
Following their 42-21 win over Wabash in the 130th Monon Bell game, DePauw won the North Coast Athletic Conference title with a 10-0 record and earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III football playoffs. The Tigers will have a first round bye in the tournament and will play the winner between Maryville (TN) and Berry College on Nov. 30 at noon.
A 10-1 season for the UIndy Greyhounds included an 8-0 conference record and the Great Lakes Valley championship. While the Greyhounds extend their season in Division II football, they won't have a first round bye. They'll play second-seeded Grand Valley State on Nov. 23 at 1 p.m.
In the NAIA, two Indiana teams will see the postseason. Despite a heartbreaking loss to Olivet Nazarene to end the regular season, the Saint Francis Cougars made the NAIA playoffs and will play at Southwestern College in Kansas in the first round on Nov. 23 at 1 p.m.
Indiana Wesleyan gets a first round bye in the NAIA playoffs following a 10-1 record (with the only loss coming to NCAA Division I Valparaiso) and the MSFA Mideast League conference championship.
Marian is on the outside looking in. Despite finishing ahead of Saint Francis in the conference, the Knights did not make the NAIA postseason bracket. An Oct. 26 loss to USF likely sealed the Knights' fate.
