Sac Championship/Playoff Implications.

[canadarican]

When do the regional rankings come out this year? If LR only has the one loss at that time. I believe they would be a two or three seed.

Not that it's 100% biblical, but Ink's initial mock regional rankings have the Bears at #5 right now.

Again, not stone cold fact but just for talking points.

[Inkblot]

When do the regional rankings come out this year? If LR only has the one loss at that time. I believe they would be a two or three seed.

After Week 8, though the first set will be an alphabetical list rather than an actual ranking.

[Bearhof]

When do the regional rankings come out this year? If LR only has the one loss at that time. I believe they would be a two or three seed.

[canadarican]

They changed it from 10th to 8th in 2009, then made it 9th when they expanded to 7 playoff teams per region.

They changed it from 12th to 10th I think before 2008 season if I'm not mistaken.

[Inkblot]

When did the NCAA move it to 9th instead of 10th? I like it rregardles. Despite the fact I still think earned access is the dumbest rule. Thanks Ink!

They changed it from 10th to 8th in 2009, then made it 9th when they expanded to 7 playoff teams per region.

[canadarican]

I say this. I hate earned access, but I don't like auto bids to conference Champs either. I don't want to see Southwest Baptist or UIndy taking a bid away from a GLIAC or MIAA or GAC team

[canadarican]

Thank you all soo much. I really appreciate you all for making things clear for me and easy to understand. By the end of this deal, the Sac will have two teams representing them come playoffs.

You are most welcome!

[canadarican]

To clarify a few things:

1. A team has to be 9th or above to qualify for earned access. 10th is no longer good enough.
2. Whether a team is a conference champion or not has zero bearing on earned access. A team can get in by earned access without being a conference champion.
3. Based on what I've seen in the PSAC, losses in conference title games tend to matter less than other losses.

When did the NCAA move it to 9th instead of 10th? I like it rregardles. Despite the fact I still think earned access is the dumbest rule. Thanks Ink!

[Inkblot]

To clarify a few things:

1. A team has to be 9th or above to qualify for earned access. 10th is no longer good enough.
2. Whether a team is a conference champion or not has zero bearing on earned access. A team can get in by earned access without being a conference champion.
3. Based on what I've seen in the PSAC, losses in conference title games tend to matter less than other losses.

[canadarican]

Thank you all soo much. I really appreciate you all for making things clear for me and easy to understand. By the end of this deal, the Sac will have two teams representing them come playoffs.

Thus far...I'd be surprised w 2.

[MarsHillU2022]

Thank you all soo much. I really appreciate you all for making things clear for me and easy to understand. By the end of this deal, the Sac will have two teams representing them come playoffs.

[canadarican]

There are no automatic playoff births at the DII football level.

Earned access could be considered automatic if you want to look at it that way. Earned access is basically for a conference that does not have a representative in a playoff spot but is in the region top 10. For example, if the SAC had no team in a playoff spot in the region rankings but had one in the top ten then that team would bump the last qualifying team out and take their place.

Perfect explanation. I'll make a visual example

lets say here are the regional rankings.

1 West Georgia
2 Valdosta
3 Albany
4 VA Union
5 West Florida
6 Delta State
7 Bowie
8 Tuskegee
9 Miles
10 Limestone

Top 7 make the playoffs. Since Limestone is in the top 10 and there are no other SAC teams in front of them, they bump the last team in the field (#7 Bowie in this example). That is how Limestone would make it in. If they won the SAC it wouldn't really matter. Division titles mean nothing for the most part too

[canadarican]

Chuck Bitner Could you give us some insight about this? Would the division winners from the Mountain and piedmont earn an automatic birth?

No. Nobody earned an automatic bid to the playoffs. Earned access isn't REALLY an auto bid in the definition most give it.

[ironcheftvdinner]

There are no automatic playoff births at the DII football level.

Earned access could be considered automatic if you want to look at it that way. Earned access is basically for a conference that does not have a representative in a playoff spot but is in the region top 10. For example, if the SAC had no team in a playoff spot in the region rankings but had one in the top ten then that team would bump the last qualifying team out and take their place.

[MarsHillU2022]

Earned access is an automatic birth I believe.

Chuck Bitner Could you give us some insight about this? Would the division winners from the Mountain and piedmont earn an automatic birth?