2023 Non-Conference Games

[Inkblot]

And that will just about do it for this thread, other than an expected Post vs. Southern Connecticut game in Week 9.

That game is now official, so the list is complete barring any late additions.

Schedule pages are now up on my site (featuring only D2 opponents): https://inkblotsports.com/d2stats/2324/mfb/index.html

Here's a network graph I made of how the teams and conferences are interconnected: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/14449312/

[zimmy21]

That game is now official, so the list is complete barring any late additions.

Schedule pages are now up on my site (featuring only D2 opponents): https://inkblotsports.com/d2stats/2324/mfb/index.html

Here's a network graph I made of how the teams and conferences are interconnected: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/14449312/

Nice work on the network graph, my only critique is damn that yellow is hard to read lol

[Predatory Primates]

That graph is fun to play around with. Thanks for sharing it.

[Inkblot]

Welp, time to dust off this thread... California (PA) and every MEC team but Concord now seem to have Alderson Broaddus-shaped holes in their schedules. Will any be filled at this late date? All of them still have 10 games and might be satisfied with that, but here are the other D2 openings each week:

WEEK 1 (California)
Mars Hill
Michigan Tech

WEEK 2 (Glenville State)
Indianapolis

WEEK 3 (West Virginia Wesleyan)
Davenport
William Jewell

WEEK 4 (Frostburg State)
Assumption
Ferris State
Grand Valley State
McKendree
Texas A&M Kingsville

WEEK 5 (Fairmont State)
Bentley
Franklin Pierce
Post
West Georgia
Midwestern State

WEEK 6 (Charleston)
Angelo State
Bemidji State
Mississippi College

WEEK 7 (West Virginia State)
Post

WEEK 8 (Wheeling)
New Haven
West Alabama
Western New Mexico

WEEK 9 (West Liberty)
Delta State

WEEK 10 (UNC Pembroke)
Central Washington
Chowan
Southern Connecticut

WEEK 11 (Notre Dame)
North Greenville
Pace
Post
St. Anselm
West Texas A&M
CIAA and SIAC teams that don't make their title game

Some of these are unlikely to sign up for last-minute games against MEC teams due to geography. Others, such as the NE10 teams, would make more sense.

[GSCfan1275]

How about the MEC office reworking the conference schedules so that the conference now has a true round robin schedule.

[Inkblot]

How about the MEC office reworking the conference schedules so that the conference now has a true round robin schedule.

That would basically mean canceling all the other Week 1 non-conference games.

[GSCfan1275]

It shouldn’t affect week one. You now have an opening to put in the conference team you are not playing. Example-Fairmont and Glenville are not playing this year. The schedules could now be adjusted to accommodate a game between them. All the other conference teams could also be adjusted.

[Inkblot]

It shouldn’t affect week one. You now have an opening to put in the conference team you are not playing. Example-Fairmont and Glenville are not playing this year. The schedules could now be adjusted to accommodate a game between them. All the other conference teams could also be adjusted.

A complete round robin for 11 teams takes 11 weeks.

[GSCfan1275]

A complete round robin for 11 teams takes 11 weeks.

No, it only takes 10 weeks. You don’t play yourself.

[EastStroud13]

It's only 10 games, but every team also needs a bye week since there's an odd number of teams. Thus, 11 weeks total.

[LegalRam]

With all the backstory between Chowan and UNCP this offseason it would be wild if those teams could agree to play in Week 10.

[Predatory Primates]

No, it only takes 10 weeks. You don’t play yourself.

11÷2=5.5
Those 1/2 games are hard to play.