New Regional Rankings and the games to watch in Super Region 3

[Aaron Heintzelman]

The new Regional Rankings have been released, and there's been a bit of a shake-up in Super Region 3.

Emporia State is the only team to leave the field of 6, with Duluth as their replacement, but there's plenty of other moves.

Minnesota State jumped idle Henderson State into No. 1. Northwest Missouri, with 2-straight wins over 1-loss teams, jumped 8-1 Harding into No. 3.

Missouri Western held steady at No. 5 and Minnesota-Duluth rounds out the "if the playoffs started today" field.

At No. 7 in SR3, Winona State is your first team out, at 8-2, with Emporia (8-2), Sioux Falls (8-2) and 7-2 Southern Arkansas rounding out your Top 10.

Here's the full SR3 rankings.

1 Minnesota State-Mankato 10-0
2 Henderson Sate 9-0
3 Northwest Missouri State 9-1
4 Harding 8-1
5 Missouri Western State 9-1
6 Minnesota Duluth 9-1
7 Winona State 8-2
8 Emporia State 8-2
9 Sioux Falls 8-2
10 Southern Arkansas 7-2, (6-2 D2)


So here's a look at this week's big games in SR3.

Missouri Western at Northwest MissouriHenderson State vs Ouachita Baptist
MSU-Mankato vs Upper IowaHarding vs SW OklahomaMinnesota Duluth vs Northern StateWinona State vs Concordia St. PaulEmporia State at Washburnhttp://www.ncaa.com/rankings/footbal...ional_rankings

Catbacker07- You can use the same logic if MoWest loses and more than likely say that Winona's amassed their two losses against 21-1 teams while MoWest did against 17-5 teams.

If Western loses, getting bumped from the playoffs by a Northern Sun team wouldn't bother me as much as getting bumped for a GAC team despite their record.

Sure @GoWarriors, but put them on the field. Who wins? Your Winona team or MoWest? You'd be one of the few to pick your team, one of the very few.