|
Scots learn playoff opponent Sunday
Release Date: Nov. 13, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
The Monmouth College
football team knows the drill.
Finish the season
undefeated, win the Midwest Conference title, wrap up an automatic
NCAA Division III playoff berth – and wait.
For the second year
in a row and the third time since 2005, the Fighting Scots have a
week off before resuming their season. The Scots have climbed to No.
8 in the D3football.com and American Football Coaches Association
and now must rely on the NCAA selection committee to determine their
fate. The pairings will be announced Sunday between 2 and 2:30 p.m.
on ESPNews, available on some cable systems and on DirecTV (channel
207) and Dish Network (channel 142).
Achieving its highest
ranking in the history of the program doesn’t guarantee Monmouth a
home game in the opening round. The Scots are in the loaded West
region, where six of the top 10 schools in the nation reside.
Monmouth is ranked fifth in the region, behind top-ranked
UW-Whitewater, St. John’s (Minn.), Linfield and Central (Iowa).
The Scots, or any of
the schools, could be moved out of region, increasing Monmouth’s
chances of a home game on Nov. 21.
Head coach Steve
Bell and his team aren’t worrying about their next opponent just
yet.
“We’re just happy to
be in this position,” said Bell. “We’ll play whoever and wherever
the committee tells us.”
The Scots have played
as a team all season, and that won’t change Sunday when the Scots
and their families gather en masse to learn their fate for the
second straight year.
Football
Homepage
|
