GLIAC Schedules 2024

[Gliac_fan10]

Most opponents are now known:

	GVSU	FSU	DU	SVSU	MTU	Wayne	NMU	Roosevelt
Week 0		@ Pitt St (8/31)			@ Bemidji (8/29)		vs Minn Duluth
Week 1	Central State (9/5)	Lake Erie (9/7)	@ Thomas More (9/7)	@ Winnona (9/5)	SD Mines (9/5)	@ Tiffin (9/5)	@ Kent. Wes. (9/5)
Sept 14	@ CSU-P	Ashland	@ Bowie State	@ Northwood	Hillsdale	Findlay	@ Wisc LaCrosse	UW Whitewater
Sept 21	Wisc LaCrosse	Bye Week	Open?	Truman	@ UW Oshkosh	UIndy	Alma	@ Valpo
Sept 28	West Fl	@ American Int	@ William Jewell	@ UIndy	Bye Week	@ Truman	Bye Week	@ Campbellsville
Oct 5	@ DU	Roosevelt	GVSU	@ NMU	Wayne	@ MTU	SVSU	@ FSU
Oct 12	NMU	@ Wayne	@ Tech	@ Roosevelt	DU	FSU	@ GVSU	SVSU
Oct 19	@ SVSU	Tech	Wayne	GVSU	@ FSU	@ DU	Roosevelt	@ NMU
Oct 26	FSU	@ GVSU	@ Roosevelt	@ Wayne	NMU	SVSU	@ Tech	DU
Nov 2	Wayne	@ NMU	@ SVSU	DU	@ Roosevelt	@ GVSU	FSU	Tech
Nov 9	@ Tech	vs SVSU	NMU	@ FSU	GVSU	Roosevelt	@ DU	@ Wayne
Nov 16	@ Roosevelt	DU	@ FSU	Tech	@ SVSU	NMU	@ Wayne	GVSU

[Inkblot]

Wayne State's schedule is also out. https://wsuathletics.com/sports/football/schedule/2024

[Gliac_fan10]

- Thanks Inkblot, Wayne was the only team I forgot to check today before I posted.

- Of note/interesting that 10 of Wayne's 11 opponents are either current or former GLIAC members

[Gliac_fan10]

Tech's schedule is out, table is updated to reflect that, including known GLIAC matchups that we know based on Tech, GVSU and WSU schedules

[GLIAC Fan]

Kentucky Wesleyan just released their schedule, they open at home against Northern Michigan on a Thursday night.

[Predatory Primates]

I'm hoping for Pitt vs Davenport on week 4.

[Finchwidget]

I'm hoping for Pitt vs Davenport on week 4.

Davenports good, but their current path to the playoffs is playing third fiddle to FSU and GVSU in hopes of knocking at least one of them off. A 1 loss Davenport team that's only fallen to one of those two is likely in the playoffs, I'd guess. For that reason though I'm kinda skeptical they seek out a third potential top 10 team to play-- I feel like with how stacked Region 3 is, a 2 loss Davenport team would run serious risk of getting kept out of the playoffs, even if those two losses were two of Ferris, Grand Valley, and Pitt. It would definitely be a great matchup that I'd like to see too, but I wonder if Davenport would want to take that risk

[Inkblot]

SVSU's schedule is out. https://svsucardinals.com/sports/fball/2024-25/schedule

[Gliac_fan10]

A number of games have been updated over the past few weeks... only unknowns are 1/2 non-conference games for NMU and DU and Roosevelt’s entire non-con.

[cwfenn]

So Ferris has a return trip to AIC? Too bad the leaves in that part of New England wouldn’t have started to change over yet.

[Gliac_fan10]

I ran all of the matchups through Massey, per Massey standings would look like:

	Conf	Overall
GVSU	7-0	11-0 (10-0)
FSU	6-1	9-2
SVSU	5-2	8-3
MTU	4-3	7-4 (6-4)
DU	3-4	6-4**
WSU	2-5	2-9
NMU	1-6	2-9 (2-7)
Roosevelt	0-7	0-10 (0-7) **

** = full schedule not known yet

[Gliac_fan10]

Some of the big game or interesting spreads per Massey

- MTU (+11) @ Bemidji
- FSU (+7) @ Pitt St
- SVSU (-3) @ Winnona
- NMU (-1) @ Kent Wes
- GVSU (-11) vs CSU-P
- NMU (+20) @ Wisc LaCrosse
- MTU (-3) vs SD Mines
- NMU (+1) vs Alma
- SVSU (-2) vs Truman
- FSU (-28) vs Ashland
- GVSU (-14) vs UWF
- SVSU (+7) @ UIndy
- DU (+7) @ MTU
- FSU (+4) @ GVSU
- DU (+7) @ SVSU
- MTU (+6) @ SVSU

[Finchwidget]

I ran all of the matchups through Massey, per Massey standings would look like:

	Conf	Overall
GVSU	7-0	11-0 (10-0)
FSU	6-1	9-2
SVSU	5-2	8-3
MTU	4-3	7-4 (6-4)
DU	3-4	5-4**
WSU	2-5	2-9
NMU	1-6	2-9 (2-7)
Roosevelt	0-7	0-8 (0-7) **

** = full schedule not known yet

Roosevelt was a solid program in the NAIA. I wouldn't expect them to be immediate contenders in the GLIAC, but I feel like they're capable of winning at least a few games.

[Finchwidget]

Also, Roosevelt is at NAIA Campbellsville on 9/28, per Campbellsville's schedule release

[KleShreen]

Some of the big game or interesting spreads per Massey

- MTU (+11) @ Bemidji
- FSU (+7) @ Pitt St
- SVSU (-3) @ Winnona
- NMU (-1) @ Kent Wes
- GVSU (-11) vs CSU-P
- NMU (+20) @ Wisc LaCrosse
- MTU (-3) vs SD Mines
- NMU (+1) vs Alma
- SVSU (-2) vs Truman
- FSU (-28) vs Ashland
- GVSU (-14) vs UWF
- SVSU (+7) @ UIndy
- DU (+7) @ MTU
- FSU (+4) @ GVSU
- DU (+7) @ SVSU
- MTU (+6) @ SVSU

GV being 14 point "favorites" against UWF seems steep. Rumor has it, UWF is about to announce a D1 move within the next few months. If true, I assume they're going to be stocked up on a bunch of FBS and FCS transfers the next year or two, more so than they usually are.