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  • Ranking the "Elite 8" by the Latest D2football.com Rankings

    1. Grand Valley State
    2. Angelo State
    3. Ferris State
    4 West Florida
    5. Colorado Mines
    6. Shephard
    7. IUP
    8. Wingate

    Will be interested to see who the two hosts are after next weekend's games.
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  • #2
    I think regardless of teams it will be...

    SR3
    SR4
    SR2
    SR1

    SR1 @ SR3
    SR2 @ SR4
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    • #3
      I think SR3 is locked into hosting SR1. The question would be if Mines and West Florida both win, who the host would be. Does anyone know what the criteria is for the reseeding?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by FortLewis4Lyfe View Post
        I think SR3 is locked into hosting SR1. The question would be if Mines and West Florida both win, who the host would be. Does anyone know what the criteria is for the reseeding?
        Whoever the NCAA thinks is best versus whoever the NCAA thinks is worst. They don't take anything like quality of opponents in to account. They go purely by numbers.

        Considering that the NCAA already thought that West Florida was a #3 seed and Wingate was an unseeded team, and those are the two lowest "ranked" teams still in the bracket since the other three regions are all 1v2, I'm going to assume that winner is going to be the "lowest" ranked champion going to the "highest" ranked champion. But we'll see what happens. They're not going to just say the SR1 winner is the "weakest" even though anyone who follows D2 football is going to know that. They don't care about that. Maybe they will realize that, but I'm not sure. I just find it hard to believe we'll see a team with a #3 or no seed next to it not go to the perceived "best" team remaining.
        Last edited by KleShreen; 11-26-2022, 09:39 PM.
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        • #5
          Scenarios:
          I’m assuming WF wins and no matter who wins SR1 they have the same profile:

          FS and Mines win
          SR 1 at WF
          Mines at FS

          Gv and Mines
          SR 1 at WF
          Mines at GV

          GV and Angelo
          SR1 at GV
          WF at Angelo

          FS and Angelo
          SR 1 at Ferris
          WF at Angelo

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          • #6
            Allendale to Indiana, PA is under 500 miles, and just a little bit further for IUP to go to Big Rapids, but still under 600 miles. Shepherdstown is just a little bit over 600 miles, but they could probably find a route that would put them under 600, but its going to be pretty tough to get it there.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by bigmrg74 View Post
              Shepherdstown is just a little bit over 600 miles, but they could probably find a route that would put them under 600, but its going to be pretty tough to get it there.
              I’m pretty sure Grand Valley flew in 2015 when they travelled to Shepherdstown the year Shepherd beat ‘em in the semi-finals.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by ShepAlum View Post

                I’m pretty sure Grand Valley flew in 2015 when they travelled to Shepherdstown the year Shepherd beat ‘em in the semi-finals.
                If I remember correctly, the NCAA used to use 400 miles as the distance to fly teams, so that is probably why GVSU flew to Sheppard in 2015. They have since upped that distance to 600 miles, which is probably why it will be a bus trip this time..

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by KleShreen View Post

                  Whoever the NCAA thinks is best versus whoever the NCAA thinks is worst. They don't take anything like quality of opponents in to account. They go purely by numbers.

                  Considering that the NCAA already thought that West Florida was a #3 seed and Wingate was an unseeded team, and those are the two lowest "ranked" teams still in the bracket since the other three regions are all 1v2, I'm going to assume that winner is going to be the "lowest" ranked champion going to the "highest" ranked champion. But we'll see what happens. They're not going to just say the SR1 winner is the "weakest" even though anyone who follows D2 football is going to know that. They don't care about that. Maybe they will realize that, but I'm not sure. I just find it hard to believe we'll see a team with a #3 or no seed next to it not go to the perceived "best" team remaining.
                  I could see IUP at GV/FSU and UWF at CSM/ASU if the games played out like that. I think UWF would have hosting issues considering the broadcast facilities.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by texcap View Post

                    If I remember correctly, the NCAA used to use 400 miles as the distance to fly teams, so that is probably why GVSU flew to Sheppard in 2015. They have since upped that distance to 600 miles, which is probably why it will be a bus trip this time..
                    It was 500.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by ShepAlum View Post

                      I’m pretty sure Grand Valley flew in 2015 when they travelled to Shepherdstown the year Shepherd beat ‘em in the semi-finals.
                      Shepherd to Grand Valley is 611.

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                      • #12
                        I think the pecking order for seeding looks something like this:
                        1. Grand Valley State
                        2. Angelo State
                        3. Ferris State
                        4. West Florida
                        5/6. IUP/Shepherd
                        7. Colorado Mines
                        8. Wingate

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Inkblot View Post
                          I think the pecking order for seeding looks something like this:
                          1. Grand Valley State
                          2. Angelo State
                          3. Ferris State
                          4. West Florida
                          5/6. IUP/Shepherd
                          7. Colorado Mines
                          8. Wingate
                          Say the winners end up being West Florida and Colorado Mines. Does Colorado Mines jump to #2? Or move ahead of the IUP/Shepherd winner at all? Or do you think you just take out the losing teams here and everything else stays?

                          (I assume no matter what, the GV/Ferris winner will be #1, and the IUP/Shepherd winner stays in the area you already have them)
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by KleShreen View Post

                            Say the winners end up being West Florida and Colorado Mines. Does Colorado Mines jump to #2? Or move ahead of the IUP/Shepherd winner at all? Or do you think you just take out the losing teams here and everything else stays?

                            (I assume no matter what, the GV/Ferris winner will be #1, and the IUP/Shepherd winner stays in the area you already have them)
                            This isn't an "as of today" list. This is where I think each team would stand with a win.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Inkblot View Post

                              This isn't an "as of today" list. This is where I think each team would stand with a win.
                              Interesting. Thanks!
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