Region 3 pre-season picks for the Post-season

[Bisonfan from FLA]

I posted this topic yesterday on the GAC Forum. Thought our friends to the north of us might have fun giving your thoughts as well.

With just under two weeks before the start of the 2023 season, why not go out on the limb and pick who you think will be in the final Region 3 Rankings and make the playoffs. Not a listing of the order of finish but which teams from the four conferences will make the final cut?

I will start by saying that the GAC, GLIAC and MIAA will have two teams with the remaining team coming form the GLVC.

GAC: Harding, Ouachita (sorry Henderson State. I really hoped you might make it too)
GLIAC: Ferris State, Grand Valley
MIAA: Nebraska-Kearney, Pittsburgh State
GLVC: Indianapolis

[GorillaTeacher]

I’ll play,
Gliac gets 3- Davenport, Ferris, GVSU
MIAA gets 2-PSU, NWMSU
GAC- Harding
GLVC- Truman

[RollChos]

UNK was a bold pick.

[northwest missouri state]

gac - hs.
gliac - gv, fs.
glvc - lol.
miaa - co, es, ps, wburn.

[reloadmvp]

MIAA: ESU & NW

who cares about the rest.

[Gliac_fan10]

I think 4 of the 7 are about as much as a lock that can be: FS, GV, NW and Pitt. The GAC winner will be in, I’ll go with Harding. I don’t see UIndy loosing more than 2 total games and 1 conf game at the most. So there’s six. The 7th team is a toss up, if there is a GAC team with 1 or 2 losses they will be in. Davenport will be 8-2 but will probably have a weak SoS, their non-conference schedule is super weak. I say OBU goes 9-2 or 10-1 and gets in over DU.

Ill say:
1- Pitt - 11-0
2 - GV - 9-1
3 - NW - 10-1
4 - FS - 8-1
5 - Harding - 10-1
6 - UIndy - 10-1
7 - OBU - 9-2

[Try II]

MIAA - Pitt, Northwest
GLIAC - GV, FSU
GLVC - UIndy
GAC - OBU, HU

Steady seven

[Wallst]

MIAA Winner of week 2 ESU vs NW game and Pitt
GLIAC GV and Ferris
GLVC Indy
GAC Harding, Henderson (Hendy just to be different than everyone putting OBU in there)

[Predatory Primates]

Congrats to NW, ESU, GV, Ferris, Harding, Indy , and Henderson on their upcoming playoff berths.

[D2Rover]

GVSU, Ferris, Pitt, NW, Harding, Indy, Emporia.

[reloadmvp]

MIAA Winner of week 2 ESU vs NW game and Pitt
GLIAC GV and Ferris
GLVC Indy
GAC Harding, Henderson (Hendy just to be different than everyone putting OBU in there)

week 2 will come down to coaching….. the way I see it.

[GreenwoodBearcat]

Congrats to NW, ESU, GV, Ferris, Harding, Indy , and Henderson on their upcoming playoff berths.

Congrats to Pitt for moving back down to NAIA where the games don't matter and neither do the Championships.