DII Report: Wayne Cavadi's fifth DII football championship (preliminary) bracket prediction
Here we go... what will selection Sunday look like for the DII football bracket?
This is it. The DII football selection show airs Sunday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. ET on NCAA.com. I have been making my projections for the past five weeks, so let’s see how close I get. Had last week’s regional rankings been the way the bracket plays out this Sunday, I would have missed only two teams, having 26 of 28 correct.
First and foremost this WILL BE updated on Sunday morning as soon as the KPI at Faktor Sports is updated. I wanted to get a preliminary projection out this evening (Saturday, Nov. 16); however, both Super Region Two and Four had some interesting games, and the KPI could affect how the top seven are right now. This is an early guestimation of what the bracket could look like for the loyal DII Report subscriber base. To be clear, I am confident in the 28 teams you are seeing right now as the teams that will fill the bracket tomorrow night, it is just the seeding that may change with the updated KPI.
Games that mattered and affected the Super Regions:
Ouachita Baptist 27, Henderson State 20
Kutztown 21, Cal (PA) 14
Wingate 28, Carson-Newman 13
Virginia Union 17, Virginia State 13
Western Colorado 37, Colorado Mesa 7
Valdosta State, West Florida (in progress at publish time, but Valdosta State is up 27-7 with six minutes left)
Central Oklahoma 55, Emporia State 38
Michigan Tech 32, Saginaw Valley 28
Bemidji State 17, Augustana (SD) 10
Tiffin 37, Findlay 14
Wayne Cavadi’s fourth DII football bracket projection
(Note: If you see a +1 or -1, it is tracking the movement of the team from the previous week. ALSO NOTE: I am sending these without the updated KPI and I will update as soon as the KPI are updated on Faktor Sports. I don’t think it will affect too much, but if it does, I will note in the updated version with a time stamp.)
Super Region One
Kutztown
Charleston (WV)
Cal (PA)
Slippery Rock
East Stroudsburg
New Haven +1
Ashland +1
In the hunt: Bentley, Findlay, Tiffin
Quick thoughts: Only one change here. As projected, Kutztown won the PSAC and takes the No. 1 spot. The big change was Ashland won and Findlay was upset by Tiffin, which I believe will be enough to get Ashland into the final spot and keep New Haven in with earned access.