INDIANAPOLIS – After collecting 10 regular-season wins and back-to-back conference Great Lakes Valley Conference titles, the 11th-ranked UIndy football team accomplished another goal Sunday, officially earning a second straight trip to the postseason. The NCAA Division II Football Committee
announced the 2013 playoff pairings on NCAA.com Sunday evening, with the Greyhounds (10-1, 7-0 GLVC) taking the No. 3 seed in the Super Region Four field.
Just six teams from each of the nation's four regions advanced to the 2013 NCAA D-II Championships. UIndy's first-round contest is one of only eight playoff games taking place Saturday, as the top two teams from each region received byes.
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As they did a season ago, the Hounds will begin the postseason at home, hosting sixth-seeded West Texas A&M (9-2) Saturday, Nov. 23 at noon. The winner will travel to second-seeded and undefeated Ohio Dominican (11-0) for a second-round match-up Nov. 30.
Indianapolis, which has not lost to a D-II team all season, is making just its second postseason appearance since joining Division II back in 1979. Last year, UIndy earned the No. 4 seed and ousted fifth-seeded and visiting Midwestern State, 31-14, before falling at top-ranked Colorado State-Pueblo, 28-7, in the second round.
The Division II playoffs continue every Saturday until the national champion is crowned in Florence, Ala., Dec. 21.
FIRST ROUND
Saturday, Nov. 23
#5 Saginaw Valley at #4 Grand Valley State, 12 PM
#6 West Texas A&M at #3 Indianapolis, 12 PM
SECOND ROUND
Saturday, Nov. 30
GVSU/SVSU winner at #1 Colorado State-Pueblo, TBA
WTAMU/ UIndy winner at #2 Ohio Dominican, TBA
NATIONAL QUARTERFINALS
Saturday, Dec. 7
Second Round winners, TBA
NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
Saturday, Dec. 14
Super Region Four winner vs. Super Region Three winner, TBA
Super Region Two winner vs. Super Region One winner, TBA
D-II NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, Dec. 21
in Florence, Ala.