INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – West Chester University's football team is ranked sixth in the first edition of the NCAA Super Region 1 rankings released late Monday afternoon.
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The NCAA regional rankings are annually used to determine the teams that qualify for the NCAA Division II Football Championships. Rankings will be released every Monday afternoon until the announcement of the tournament field, which is set for Sunday, November 12.
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The top seven teams in each region will be selected for the NCAA Division II Tournament.
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West Chester is in Super Region 1, which is comprised of all schools in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), Mountain East Conference (MEC), Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) and the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC). The Super Regions were re-worked this offseason, with the GMAC entering Super Region 1 and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) shifting to Super Region 2.
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The Golden Rams are one of five PSAC teams in the rankings along with IUP (first), Slippery Rock (fifth), Kutztown (seventh) and Shippensburg (ninth) all appearing in the Top 10.
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2017 NCAA Division II Football Championships Facts:
• Seven teams from each of the four Super Regions will advance to the 2017 NCAA Division II Football Championships following the completion of the regular season and respective conference championships.
• The announcement of the tournament field is set for Sunday, Nov. 12.
• Conference champions do not receive automatic berths into the NCAA Tournament. However, an Earned Access policy is in place that allows select conferences to gain a tournament representative if its highest-ranked team is in the Top 8 of the final Super Region Rankings on Selection Sunday. From Super Region 1, the PSAC, MEC and NE-10 has Earned Access while the G-MAC does not.
• The top seed from each of the four Super Regions earns a first-round bye, with the higher seeds (No. 2, No. 3, No. 4) hosting the appropriate lower seeds (No. 5, No. 6, No. 7) in the opening round on Saturday, Nov. 18.
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| REGION/RANK |
SCHOOL |
IN-REGION RECORD |
DIVISION II RECORD |
| SUPER REGION ONE |
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| 1 |
Indiana (PA) |
8-0 |
8-0 |
| 2 |
Assumption |
7-0 |
7-0 |
| 3 |
Shepherd |
7-0 |
7-0 |
| 4 |
Findlay |
7-1 |
7-1 |
| 5 |
Slippery Rock |
5-2 |
6-2 |
| 6 |
West Chester |
6-2 |
6-2 |
| 7 |
Kutztown |
6-2 |
6-2 |
| 8 |
Notre Dame (OH) |
6-2 |
6-2 |
| 9 |
Shippensburg |
7-1 |
7-1 |
| 10 |
LIU Post |
4-2 |
5-2 |
