FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[USee]

Congrats on a great Career to Reed Breckheimer from Carroll. Love watching him play and he has had a hell of a career vs Elmhurst. Just shy of 400 all purpose yards and 6 TD's from a listed TE.

Wheaton SR TE Ben Juska is having an awesome year. As the Thunder's #2 Receiver (Wheaton has 4 WR in the top 25 in the CCIW stats) and one of their main short yardage threats as an RB he currently has 474 all purpose yds and 7 TD's.

[CarollFan]

One thing about Elmhurst vs. Millikin, somebody has to win.

Millikin after starting out 2-0 is on a 7 game losing streak.
Elmhurst on a 8 game losing streak has only scored 5 TD's in conference play.

I know NFL scouts have shown interest in Reed Breckheimer at Carroll. I'd be interested to see if he plays anywhere post college. The first TD against IWU he got hit twice in the backfield, players just bouncing off of him and then at 250 pounds he makes a cut and just blows by everyone for a 21 yd TD. He has been fun to watch and Carroll coaches smart enough to just get the ball in his hands...

[CarollFan]

Congrats on a great Career to Reed Breckheimer from Carroll. Love watching him play and he has had a hell of a career vs Elmhurst. Just shy of 400 all purpose yards and 6 TD's from a listed TE.

Wheaton SR TE Ben Juska is having an awesome year. As the Thunder's #2 Receiver (Wheaton has 4 WR in the top 25 in the CCIW stats) and one of their main short yardage threats as an RB he currently has 474 all purpose yds and 7 TD's.

Juska had a big day against Carroll. I remember him.

Reed this season has 462 receiving yards, 303 rushing yards, 10 TD's. 1 pass completion for 28 yds.

[USee]

Reed has been a stud no doubt. And he is the #1 Offensive threat at Carroll. No other WR's in the top 25. Juska has excelled among a group of very good WR's and a few actual RB's.

[USee]

In terms of the Thunder in the playoffs, the good news is that it looks like they are in (barring some bizarre happenings on Saturday). The bad news is that most projected brackets (and likely the actual bracket) will put them is some version of a bracket of death which will include at least a couple WIAC teams, Wartburg/NCC, and/or 1-2 of the MIAC teams. Hopefully the seedings fall right and Wheaton can host a winnable 1st round game (at home would be a plus) before going on the road to one of the aforementioned places. Some of these matchups are better than others.

For NCC, though seeding them 5th is an atrocity, it likely would give them the best path to the Stagg. If Mt Union, UWRF, and Wartburg are all on the other side of the bracket and NCC can play CNU and JHopkins, that's much better for them IMO.

[CarollFan]

Selection show Sunday at 4:00 p.m. central time.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2025-11-07/2025-diii-football-championship-selection-show-info-bracket-schedule

[Cardinal773]

Michigan @ Northwestern (@ Wrigley) this weekend.  With NU's stadium under construction it's a nice option.  Michigan will probably set a modern day 'lowest attendance' record at our tiny little MLB stadium.

[CarollFan]

Michigan @ Northwestern (@ Wrigley) this weekend.  With NU's stadium under construction it's a nice option.  Michigan will probably set a modern day 'lowest attendance' record at our tiny little MLB stadium.

The capacity is probably going to be smaller at the new Ryan Field when that opens, targeted 35k. Old Ryan field was 47k.

https://nusports.com/news/2024/11/18/a-bold-new-vision-for-college-football-unveiled-at-northwestern

[Jbothe]

In terms of the Thunder in the playoffs, the good news is that it looks like they are in (barring some bizarre happenings on Saturday). The bad news is that most projected brackets (and likely the actual bracket) will put them is some version of a bracket of death which will include at least a couple WIAC teams, Wartburg/NCC, and/or 1-2 of the MIAC teams. Hopefully the seedings fall right and Wheaton can host a winnable 1st round game (at home would be a plus) before going on the road to one of the aforementioned places. Some of these matchups are better than others.

For NCC, though seeding them 5th is an atrocity, it likely would give them the best path to the Stagg. If Mt Union, UWRF, and Wartburg are all on the other side of the bracket and NCC can play CNU and JHopkins, that's much better for them IMO.

The fact that Wheaton did not make the playoffs last year blows my mind. Looks like they are in sound footing right now.

Looking forward to North Central run. Somehow I see a River Falls/North Central battle eventually.

WashU football has grown on me the last few years.

I will miss hearing their outstanding play by play man Jay Murry call CCIW games. He's outstanding.

[Gregory Sager]

WashU football has grown on me the last few years.

I will miss hearing their outstanding play by play man Jay Murry call CCIW games. He's outstanding.

Yes, he is, no matter what sport he's calling. He calls a bunch of them for the Bears.

[FishHack76]

Just to see where North Central and Wheaton might fit into the bracket. I did the potential brackets for the four "Western" top seeds. Of course, with this, there are a great number of possibilities and any little change can start a domino effect.
I tried to make sure the teams in the Top 24 in the NPI got a first-round bye and looked at this geographically -- except for the island game of Chapman-Whitworth, whose winner also could get sent to NCC again (because of O'Hare Airport). However, there are three Indiana schools all near Indianapolis and two Michigan schools that are in the west or central parts of the state. Any or all five of those teams could go east but I sent them toward Wartburg or NCC. All those schools are too far of a drive from Bethel or UW-River Falls.


Hanover at Alma
winner goes to NCC

UW-Whitewater at Hope

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DePauw at Wheaton
winner goes to Wartburg

Wabash at Monmouth

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Chapman at Whitworth
winner goes to Bethel (Minneapolis-St. Paul airport)

Central at UW-Platteville (or UW-LaCrosse)

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Crown at Concordia (WI)
winner goes to UW-River Falls

St. John's at UW-LaCrosse (or UW-Platteville)

[ncc_fan]

In order to minimize air travel it's customary for the playoff bracketeers to pair 2 west coast teams and 2 Texas teams in opening games.  In 2024 both of these games among 'island' teams occurred in the 1st round.  The west coast winner was then sent to 5th seed NCC in round 2. I could see that happening again, as Whitworth & Chapman are likely destined for a 1st round matchup given their current NPI rankings of 32 & 37 among probable playoff teams.

(This year the teams on the Texas island, Hardin-Simmons & Trinity, have high NPI scores, so their contest may be delayed until round 2.)

[FishHack76]

I'd be willing to bet a large sum of money that the SCIAC winner will go to Whitworth in the first round.

I think you're correct that Hardin-Simmons and Trinity will play in the second round due to their NPI rankings, or at least they should.

Another two "island" schools, Berry and LaGrange, also could meet in the second round even with LaGrange at No. 29 in the NPI. That's if Berry falls out of the top eight.

I could see either set of teams, especially the Georgia island, connected with Johns Hopkins because of JHU's proximity to a major airport (BWI). Perhaps Christopher Newport or John Carroll, which are slightly smaller airports. I would think Mount Union (Akron) would be less likely?

[Patrick Coleman]

Canton-Akron has a direct flight from Atlanta -- not that it matters because these flights are almost all charter. It's hard to find 65 seats on a commercial flight on six days' notice.

[GusD]

Regarding the Isthmus.

Isthmus Bowl

We know WashU/Augie winner will represent CCIW.

In the WIAC these are the games this week.

UWL @ UWSP
UWW @ UWO
UWP @ UWEC
UWRF @ UWS

UWRF has clinched the AQ. If UWL, UWW and UWP win I'm assuming they get a at large bid.
That would leave UWO and UWS tied in conference. Not sure what their tie breaker is.  UWS beat UWO.

Rather embarrassing for the CCIW should WashU beat Augie and go to the Isthmus Bowl.
Congratulations WashU. Thanks for representing the CCIW so admirably. Your conference affiliation is hereby revoked. 🫠

If it's a two-way tie in football and not broken with head-to-head, then they are doing tiebreakers wrong.

The problem with breaking ties with head to head is that it makes too much sense. That's why they're probably not doing it that way.