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While the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision have some regular season action remaining, playoffs for Division II, Division III and NAIA get underway this week.
With blowouts in consecutive title games over Shepherd (West Virginia) and North Alabama, Northwest Misssouri State is the two-time defending D-II national champion.
Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) broke Wisconsin-Whitewater and Mount Union (Ohio)'s combined 11-year hold on the D-III crown last season, with a 10-7 victory over Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.
St. Francis (Indiana) won its first NAIA championship in 2016 with a 38-17 triumph over Baker (Kansas). It was a long time coming for the Cougars, who lost in three straight title contests from 2004-06.
Here's a look at Saturday's schedule for each division:
NCAA Division II
Super Regional 1
West Chester (8-3) @ Shippensburg (10-1)
Findlay (9-2) @ Shepherd (10-0)
California (Pennsylvania) (9-2) @ Assumption (9-1)
Super Regional 2
Delta State (8-3) @ Bowie State (9-1)
West Georgia (8-3) @ Virginia State (9-0)
West Florida (7-3) @ Wingate (9-1)
Super Regional 3
Ouachita Baptist (9-2) @ Ferris State (9-1)
Harding (8-3) @ Indianapolis (11-0)
Northwest Missouri State (9-2) @ Ashland (10-1)
Super Regional 4
Texas A&M-Commerce (9-1) @ Winona State (10-1)
*U.S. National Team alumnus Cole Monckton is a sophomore DB with Winona State
Colorado State-Pueblo (9-2) @ Minnesota State (11-0)
Sioux Falls (9-2) @ Midwestern State (9-0)
NCAA Division III
Lakeland (8-2) @ Wisconsin-Oshkosh (9-0)
St. John's (Minnesota) (9-1) @ North Central (9-1)
Franklin (8-2) @ Wartburg (10-0)
Monmouth (9-1) @ Trine (10-0)
Chapman (6-2) @ Mary Hardin-Baylor (10-0)
*U.S. National Team alumnus Lucas Plate is a freshman OL at Mary Hardin-Baylor
Hardin-Simmons (9-1) @ Linfield (8-1)
*U.S. National Team alumnus Jayce Harris is a freshman DT at Hardin-Simmons
Eureka (8-2) @ St. Thomas (9-1)
Huntingdon (9-1) @ Berry (10-0)
Washington & Lee (8-2) @ Mount Union (10-0)
Case Western (10-0) @ Illinois Wesleyan (9-1)
Johns Hopkins (9-1) @ Washington & Jefferson (10-0)
Frostburg State (9-1) @ Wittenberg (10-0)
Western New England (8-2) @ Delaware Valley (10-0)
Husson (9-1) @ Springfield (Massachusetts) (10-0)
*U.S. National Team alumnus Devin Gantt is a freshman WR at Husson
Plymouth State (9-1) @ Brockport (10-0)
Rennselaer (8-2) @ Wesley (9-1)
*U.S. National Team alumnus Mujahid Manuel is a junior OL at Wesley
NAIA
Benedictine (9-2) at Saint Francis (Indiana) (10-0)
*U.S. National Team alumnus Zach Fuller is a senior OL at Benedictine
Concordia (9-1) at Reinhardt (9-0)
Sterling (9-2) at Morningside (11-0)
Southeastern (8-1) at Lindsey Wilson (10-0)
*U.S. National Team alumnus Will Tillo is a senior LB at Southeastern
Dickinson State (9-1) at Southern Oregon (10-0)
Georgetown (Kentucky) (8-1) at Baker (10-1)
Northwestern (Iowa) (9-1) at Langston (10-0)
Grand View (9-2) at St. Xavier (9-1)