GLIAC Football Preview Notes - Week 13

BAY CITY, Mich. - The second week of the 2009 NCAA Division II football playoffs finds just two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) teams remaining in postseason play. Hillsdale College and Grand Valle State University will meet in the Super Region #3 semifinals in Allenddale (Mich.) on Saturday.

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Hillsdale has posted a 10-2 overall record (8-2 GLIAC) this season and is the No. 6 seed in the region. The Chargers took to the road and downed Minnesota State University, Mankato (10-2, 9-1 NSIC) last Saturday in overtime by the score of 27-24.

GLIAC Champion Grand Valley State University (10-1, 9-1 GLIAC) garnered the No. 2 seed in the region and earned a bye last week.

The other Super Region #3 semifinal features top-seeded University of Minnesota-Duluth (10-1, 10-0 NSIC) hosting the fourth-seeded University of Nebraska-Kearney (11-1, 9-0 RMAC) at 1:00 p.m. UNK defeated GLIAC-foe and No. 5 seed Saginaw Valley State University (35-20) at home last weekend.

For more information on these games and the rest of this week's action, click on the preview notes links below.

GLIAC Football Weekly Preview Releases
Team	Release
Hillsdale	Week 13 Release
Grand Valley State	Week 13 Release
Nebraska-Kearney	Week 13 Release
Minnesota - Duluth	Week 13 Release
This Week's Schedule
Date Away Home Time Links Nov. 21 NCAA Division II Playoffs - Super Region #3   No. 6 Hillsdale No. 2 Grand Valley St. 1:00 PM Live stats - Video - Audio   No. 4 Nebraska-Kearney No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth 1:00 PM Live stats Nov. 21 NCAA Division II Playoffs - Super Region #2   #4 Arkansas Tech #1 North Alabama 1:00 PM     #6 West Alabama #2 Carson-Newman 1:00 PM   Nov. 21 NCAA Division II Playoffs - Super Region #1   #5 Edinboro #1 West Liberty 12:00 PM     #3 California, Pa. #2 Shippensburg 12:00 PM   Nov. 21 NCAA Division II Playoffs - Super Region #4   #4 Tarelton State #1 Central Washington 3:00 PM     #6 Abilene Christian #2 N.W. Missouri State 1:00 PM
Last Week's Results
Date Away Home Time Links Nov. 14 Saginaw Valley 20 Nebraska-Kearney 35 Final Boxscore Hillsdale 27 Minnesota State 24 Final-OT Boxscore Ohio Dominican 28 Wesley (Del.) 32 Final Boxscore
NCAA Division II Football Regional Rankings
Overall Record Division II Record Last Week 1. Minnesota Duluth (NSIC) 10-1 10-1 2 2. Grand Valley St.(GLIAC) 10-1 10-1 3 3. Minnesota State (NSIC) 10-1 10-1 1 4. Neb.-Kearney (RMAC) 10-1 10-1 4 5. Saginaw Valley (GLIAC) 9-2 9-2 5 6. Hillsdale (GLIAC) 9-2 9-2 6
Other GLIAC Football Links
AFCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll
Tony Nicolette's D2Football.com Weekly GLIAC Column
Brian Lester's GLIAC Football Blog
2009 GLIAC Football Composite Schedule
2009 GLIAC Football Statistics (All games)
2009 GLIAC Football Statistics (Conf. games only)
GLIAC Football Record Book (As of Aug. 24, 2009)