The playoffs will begin this coming weekend in the divisions of college football covered by Balladeer’s Blog. Here are the first round matchups.
The (1) MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE MUSTANGS (Great Plains 
Athletic Conference Champs and Defending National Champs) will host the (16) DICKINSON STATE BLUE HAWKS (North Star Athletic Association Champs)
The (2) MARIAN UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS (MSFA Mideast Division 
Champs) will host the (15) REINHARDT UNIVERSITY EAGLES (Mid-South Conference Appalachian Division Champs)
The (3) KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY COYOTES (Kansas 
Collegiate Athletic Conference Champs) will host the (14) BAKER UNIVERSITY WILDCATS (Heart of America Athletic Conference South Champs)
The (4) GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY VIKINGS (Heart of America 
Athletic Conference North Champs) will host the (13) CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY (MI) CARDINALS (At-Large Berth)
The (5) COLLEGE OF IDAHO COYOTES (Frontier Conference 
Champs) will host the (12) OTTAWA UNIVERSITY (AZ) SPIRIT (Sooner Athletic Conference Champs)
The (6) LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE BLUE 
RAIDERS (Mid-South Conference Bluegrass Division Champs) will host the (11) UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS (IN) COUGARS (At-Large Berth)
The (7) KEISER UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS (Mid-South 
Conference Sun Division Champs) will host the (10) UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS PATRIOTS (At-Large Berth)
The (8) NORTHWESTERN (IA) COLLEGE RED RAIDERS (At-
Large Berth) will host the (9) SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY COUGARS (MSFA Midwest Division Champs)
