FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[NCC2010]

I believe the #1 seed comes down to Stout beating Oshkosh. They just took a 42-35 lead with 3 minutes left. If Stout loses, Cortland gets the 1 and UWW and Wheaton will be 2 and 3 and on the same side of the bracket. If Stout wins, I believe UWW gets the 1 seed with Cortland 2 and Wheaton 3.

[USee]

Stout just closed out UWO.

[USee]

Wheaton held Carthage to 15 total yds (-7 rush, 22 pass on 6 completions). Wheaton sacked Carthage 6 times and forced 5 turnovers. The Thunder defense is close to the best unit ever (rivals 2019).

[NCC2010]

NCC going to end up #13 NPI seed overall. By straight seeding, that would put them in the #4 seed's quadrant, Baldwin Wallace. The committee likely moves teams around based on the travel though. I think they end up in either BW's or Wheaton's quad if I had to guess.

[robertgoulet]

Seems to be the most wide open field we've seen in some time (ever?). Due to a lack of "stars" it seems like there are +/- 10 teams with a legitimate shot. Should be fun!

Early pick to click: Wheaton

[CarollFan]

Projected bracket:

https://d3football.com/playoffs/2026/our-projected-bracket

Some comments I'm seeing repeated:

NESCAC doesn't play any non conference games and gets 3 teams in?
NPI needs to be tweaked to account more for SOS.
Scheduling top teams for non conference games is not worth it.
11 at-large bids isn't enough, let's expand again....

[CarollFan]

I saw IWU gave NCC a game. Score was 3-3 at halftime, ended 20-10.

What are the takeaways from that game?