July 8th, 2026 12:00pm
From themiaa.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The MIAA Football Game of the Week on the Spot, Kansas City 38 is returning for the 2026 season. With the Association’s continued partnership with Scripps News and its independent television station, KMCI, football fans within the Kansas City metro viewing area will have the opportunity to watch some of the best matchups in the 2026 NCAA Division II football season.
Serving the Kansas City metropolitan area, the Spot, Kansas City 38 will broadcast a total of 13 MIAA football games to local television audiences in the greater Kansas City area. The schedule was designed to provide one of the conference's top matchups each week in the 2026 season. All 10 MIAA teams will be featured throughout the 13-week schedule, with at least one live television broadcast from nine different MIAA football campuses. This is the first year that the MIAA Football Game of the Week schedule will feature 13 games.
All MIAA football contests will continue to be streamed live on The MIAA Network, the official digital streaming platform of the MIAA.
First broadcasting in 1988, KMCI/the Spot, Kansas City 38 only independent station under the Scripps News Group. Scripps News is a dynamic team of journalists, all working together to bring you on-the-ground reporting that puts facts and people first.
"We’re very excited to enter our third year featuring a MIAA Football TV Game of the Week on the Spot, Kansas City 38,” said MIAA Commissioner Mike Racy. " Kansas City continues to be a great platform for sports television, which helps the MIAA office reach new audiences to showcase some of the best collegiate football programs in the Midwest. We also know that this exposure could help drive new patrons to The MIAA Network."
"With at least one live television broadcast on nine different MIAA football campuses this fall, our athletic programs and universities will have the potential to reach new fans, supporters, donors, and prospective student-athletes in a 200-mile radius of the Kansas City metro,” Racy added.
The 2026 MIAA Game of the Week schedule opens with the Pittsburg State hosting the defending NCAA Division II National Champion, Ferris State, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 27. The official broadcast schedule for the 13 MIAA football contests to be aired live on the Spot, Kansas City 38 is listed below.
BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
WEEK 0: August 27 at 7 PM — Ferris State @ Pittsburg State (Thursday Night)
WEEK 1: September 3 at 7 PM — Missouri Western @ Central Missouri (Thursday Night)
WEEK 1: September 5 at 12 PM — Colorado School of Mines @ Washburn
WEEK 2: September 12 at 1:30 PM — Washburn @ Northwest Missouri
WEEK 3: September 19 at 12 PM — Central Oklahoma @ Washburn
WEEK 4: September 26 at 7 PM — Northwest Missouri @ Central Oklahoma
WEEK 5: October 3 at 1 PM — Missouri Western @ Emporia State
WEEK 6: October 10 at 6 PM — Nebraska Kearney @ Missouri Western
WEEK 7: October 17 at 1 PM — Washburn @ Central Missouri
WEEK 8: October 24 at 2 PM — Central Oklahoma @ Pittsburg State
WEEK 9: October 31 at 2 PM — Emporia State @ Northwest Missouri
WEEK 10: November 7 at 1 PM — Central Oklahoma @ Missouri Southern
WEEK 11: November 14 at 1 PM — Emporia State @ Fort Hays State