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Here are the rules of regionalization, per the NCAA (I've bolded the key notes to remember that are relevant to Central Region teams):
-Regions will be determined by state boundaries.
-A state may reside in more than one region.
-All opponents within your geographic region are in-region contests.
-Conferences will be assigned to specific regions for automatic qualification and post-season competition.
-Conference opponents will count as in-region contest regardless of geographic location.
-Opponents residing within your state regardless of conference affiliation are in-region contests.
-All opponents (regardless of conference affiliation) in states contiguous to your state are in-region contests.
The committee has approved the following principles and any changes or additions to these principles must beapproved by the committee.
-The west region may consider the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico ascontiguous states (and vice versa).
-Institutions located in MINNESOTA and MICHIGAN may compete against each other and be considered ascontiguous states (those contests count as in-region).
-Institutions located in Colorado and Texas are considered contiguous and may count competitions between theseinstitutions as in-region contests.
-Institutions located in Texas and Mississippi are considered contiguous and may count competitions between theseinstitutions as in-region contests.
-Institutions and conferences with a common mission (i.e. Historically Black Colleges and Universities) mayconsider inter-conference contests or independent contests against schools with similar missions as in-region,regardless of their geographic location and/or regional assignment.
-Institutions in the Atlantic and East Regions will be able to consider the District of Columbia as in-region contests.
-Regions will be determined by state boundaries.
-A state may reside in more than one region.
-All opponents within your geographic region are in-region contests.
-Conferences will be assigned to specific regions for automatic qualification and post-season competition.
-Conference opponents will count as in-region contest regardless of geographic location.
-Opponents residing within your state regardless of conference affiliation are in-region contests.
-All opponents (regardless of conference affiliation) in states contiguous to your state are in-region contests.
The committee has approved the following principles and any changes or additions to these principles must beapproved by the committee.
-The west region may consider the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico ascontiguous states (and vice versa).
-Institutions located in MINNESOTA and MICHIGAN may compete against each other and be considered ascontiguous states (those contests count as in-region).
-Institutions located in Colorado and Texas are considered contiguous and may count competitions between theseinstitutions as in-region contests.
-Institutions located in Texas and Mississippi are considered contiguous and may count competitions between theseinstitutions as in-region contests.
-Institutions and conferences with a common mission (i.e. Historically Black Colleges and Universities) mayconsider inter-conference contests or independent contests against schools with similar missions as in-region,regardless of their geographic location and/or regional assignment.
-Institutions in the Atlantic and East Regions will be able to consider the District of Columbia as in-region contests.