New NPI Rankings came out today!!

[PSU Football]

Going to be interesting to see if PSAC gets 4 teams or 3.

SRU, ESU, Kutz are all locks.

NE10 will get either Assumption or Franklin Pierce in depending on who wins their head to head game this weekend.

West Lib will represent their conference.

But after yesterday decent chance the CIAA gets 3 teams.

[TheROCK]

Here are the top 15 in region 1. certainly a lot different than last week. currently PSAC & CIAA will have 3 teams in the playoff with MEC & NE10 getting their automatic qualifier. With two weeks left there still can be a lot of movement.

Slippery Rock	PSAC	SUPER REGION 1	W	2	69.179	1	9-0	5.5-0.0	1.00000	85.474	51.884	8.589	0-0	9-0
East Stroudsburg	PSAC	SUPER REGION 1	W	7	63.794	12	7-1	5.5-1.0	0.83969	78.743	47.846	5.897	0-1	7-0
Kutztown	PSAC	SUPER REGION 1	L	15	60.602	8	7-1	5.5-0.9	0.85271	74.753	45.452	4.301	0-1	7-0
Virginia Union	CIAA	SUPER REGION 1		21	58.704	25	8-1	5.5-0.9	0.85271	72.381	44.028	3.352	0-0	8-1
Johnson C. Smith	CIAA	SUPER REGION 1	W	26	56.949	44	7-2	5.5-1.9	0.74324	70.186	42.712	2.474	0-1	7-1
Virginia St.	CIAA	SUPER REGION 1	L	33	56.374	21	7-1	5.5-0.9	0.85271	69.468	42.281	2.187	0-1	7-0
California (PA)	PSAC	SUPER REGION 1	W	37	54.932	47	6-3	5.5-3.0	0.65089	67.666	41.199	1.466	0-1	6-2
Indiana (PA)	PSAC	SUPER REGION 1	W	41	54.491	42	6-3	6.2-3.0	0.67027	67.113	40.868	1.245	0-2	6-1
Bloomsburg	PSAC	SUPER REGION 1	W	43	54.466	57	6-2	5.5-2.1	0.72368	67.082	40.849	1.233	0-1	6-1
Fayetteville St.	CIAA	SUPER REGION 1	W	46	54.235	69	6-3	5.5-3.0	0.64327	66.794	40.677	1.118	1-3	5-0
Shepherd	PSAC	SUPER REGION 1	W	48	54.110	53	6-3	5.5-3.0	0.65089	66.637	40.582	1.055	1-3	5-0
West Liberty	MEC	SUPER REGION 1	L	49	53.829	29	7-2	5.5-2.0	0.73333	66.286	40.372	0.914	0-0	7-2
Assumption	NE10	SUPER REGION 1	W	51	53.443	43	6-2	5.5-2.0	0.73333	65.804	40.082	0.721	0-1	6-1
Bowie St.	CIAA	SUPER REGION 1	L	54	53.153	40	4-3	4.0-3.0	0.57554	65.441	39.865	0.577	1-3	3-0
Franklin Pierce	NE10	SUPER REGION 1	W	55	53.126	65	5-1	5.1-1.0

In the National NPI Ferris st is at # 1 where they should be.

[iupgroundhog]

Are there 7 or 8 playoff slots available now?

[TheROCK]

I believe 8.... but each conference gets an automatic qualifier. So MEC & NE10 champs are in. In the past the conference champs had to be in the top 10. I believe that has changed to automatic qualifier. Someone can correct if I'm wrong.

[ctrabs74]

Going to be interesting to see if PSAC gets 4 teams or 3.

SRU, ESU, Kutz are all locks.

NE10 will get either Assumption or Franklin Pierce in depending on who wins their head to head game this weekend.

West Lib will represent their conference.

But after yesterday decent chance the CIAA gets 3 teams.

I wouldn't be so sure about West Liberty just yet... The Hilltoppers still have to face Charleston and Wheeling, both of whom are tied in second place, one game behind West Liberty.

Virginia Union at Virginia State will probably see the loser drop out of the top six, which could open up a spot for a fourth PSAC team (one of Cal, Bloomsburg,

In reality, the top six teams will pretty much be assured of a playoff spot, with the 7th and 8th spot going to the MEC and NE-10 champions through automatic qualification.

Also, automatic qualification implies that the conference champion as opposed to the top ranked team in NPI will advance to the playoffs. That could turn the MEC and NE-10 title races into a mess, depending on how this week plays out.

[ctrabs74]

I believe 8.... but each conference gets an automatic qualifier. So MEC & NE10 champs are in. In the past the conference champs had to be in the top 10. I believe that has changed to automatic qualifier. Someone can correct if I'm wrong.

Beginning with the 2026 playoffs, the NCAA adopted the "automatic qualifier" scheme as part of the expansion to 32 teams in the playoff bracket. Even if the MEC or NE-10 champions finish, say, 16th in the rankings, they're still in. Which is why the seat gets a little hotter for whomever is ranked 7th or 8th (at least in SR1).