D3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF MATCHUPS

The NCAA Division Three playoffs begin this Saturday with their usual field of 32 teams making the cut. Here are the First Round matchups:

ALFRED UNIVERSITY SAXONS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Empire 8 Conference)   will host the BRIDGEWATER STATE BEARS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Massachusetts Small College Athletic Conference)

UNIVERSITY OF SAINT THOMAS TOMMIES   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)   will host the   UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN (MN) EAGLES   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference)

COE COLLEGE KOHAWKS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)   ###   will host the   MONMOUTH (IL) COLLEGE FIGHTING SCOTS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Midwest Conference)

SAINT JOHN’S (MN) UNIVERSITY JOHNNIES   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)   will host the   UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT PLATTEVILLE PIONEERS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) 

WHEATON (IL) THUNDER   ###   (Conference Affiliation: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin)   will host the   HUNTINGDON COLLEGE HAWKS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: USA South Athletic Conference) 

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT OSHKOSH TITANS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)   ###   will host the   WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS BEARS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Southern Athletic Association)

UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR CRUSADERS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: American Southwest Conference)   will host the   UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS BULLDOGS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)

NORTH CENTRAL (IL) CARDINALS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin)   will host the   ROSE-HULMAN UNIVERSITY ENGINEERS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference)  

HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY COWBOYS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: American Southwest Conference)   will host the   LINFIELD COLLEGE WILDCATS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Northwest Conference)  

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLUE JAYS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference)   will host the   RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE YELLOW JACKETS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Old Dominion Athletic Conference)

HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGE STATESMEN   ###   (Conference Affiliation: The Liberty League)   will host the   UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION PURPLE RAIDERS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Ohio Athletic Conference)

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE GOLDEN BEARS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: New England Football Conference)   will host the   HUSSON UNIVERSITY EAGLES   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Eastern Collegiate Football Conference)  

JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY BLUE STREAKS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Ohio Athletic Conference)   will host the   OLIVET COLLEGE COMETS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association)

WESLEY COLLEGE WOLVERINES   ###   (Conference Affiliation: New Jersey Athletic Conference)   will host the   STEVENSON UNIVERSITY MUSTANGS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Middle Atlantic Conference)

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT WHITEWATER WARHAWKS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)   will host the   LAKELAND COLLEGE MUSKIES   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference)

THOMAS MORE COLLEGE SAINTS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Presidents’ Athletic Conference)   will host the   WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY TIGERS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: North Coast Athletic Conference)