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The second NCAA regional release is here -- the only one that both has teams ranked and that appears before the bracket. As of this date, 14 automatic bids have been clinched. There will be a total of 27 teams selected automatically, plus five at-large teams, to the 32-team playoff field.
Regional rankings primarily take Division III games into account.
Teams are listed with their Division III record only. For more information about the playoff format and how participants are determined, check out our FAQ.
Teams in bold have clinched automatic bids. The numbers listed are a team's Division III record and their D-III strength of schedule. (The committee will dive even further into that and consider the specifics of a team's results against regionally ranked opponents, or RROs.)
| Region 1 | |||||
| Rk | Team | vs. D3 | Overall | SOS | |
| 1 | Delaware Valley | 9-0 | 9-0 | .594 | |
| 2 | King's | 8-1 | 8-1 | .514 | |
| 3 | Endicott | 9-0 | 9-0 | .494 | |
| 4 | Stevenson | 8-2 | 8-2 | .587 | |
| 5 | Springfield | 7-2 | 7-2 | .509 | |
| 6 | Mass-Dartmouth | 8-1 | 8-1 | .441 | |
| 7 | Plymouth State | 8-1 | 8-1 | .444 | |
| Region 2 | |||||
| 1 | Cortland | 9-0 | 9-0 | .522 | |
| 2 | Susquehanna | 9-0 | 9-0 | .533 | |
| 3 | Carnegie Mellon | 9-0 | 9-0 | .569 | |
| 4 | Ithaca | 9-0 | 9-0 | .533 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins | 8-1 | 8-1 | .521 | |
| 6 | Utica | 8-1 | 8-1 | .547 | |
| 7 | Salisbury | 7-1 | 8-1 | .482 | |
| Region 3 | |||||
| 1 | Trinty (Texas) | 9-0 | 9-0 | .564 | |
| 2 | Randolph-Macon | 9-0 | 9-0 | .501 | |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-1 | 8-1 | .540 | |
| 4 | Huntingdon | 8-1 | 8-1 | .542 | |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-1 | 8-1 | .489 | |
| 6 | Bridgewater | 8-1 | 8-1 | .482 | |
| 7 | Belhaven | 8-1 | 8-1 | .424 | |
| 7 | Birmingham-Southern | 6-2 | 7-2 | .537 | |
| Region 4 | |||||
| 1 | Mount Union | 9-0 | 9-0 | .472 | |
| 2 | Albion | 9-0 | 9-0 | .535 | |
| 3 | Alma | 9-0 | 9-0 | .471 | |
| 4 | Mount St. Joseph | 9-0 | 9-0 | .436 | |
| 5 | DePauw | 8-1 | 8-1 | .447 | |
| 6 | John Carroll | 7-2 | 7-2 | .564 | |
| 7 | Baldwin Wallace | 7-2 | 7-2 | .515 | |
| Region 5 | |||||
| 1 | North Central | 9-0 | 9-0 | .538 | |
| 2 | Wartburg | 9-0 | 9-0 | .503 | |
| 3 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-2 | 7-2 | .593 | |
| 4 | Aurora | 8-1 | 8-1 | .469 | |
| 5 | Monmouth | 7-2 | 7-2 | .546 | |
| 6 | Ripon | 8-1 | 8-1 | .563 | |
| 7 | WashU | 7-2 | 7-2 | .493 | |
| Region 6 | |||||
| 1 | Linfield | 8-0 | 8-0 | .576 | |
| 2 | Bethel | 8-1 | 8-1 | .601 | |
| 3 | St. John's | 8-1 | 8-1 | .625 | |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater | 7-2 | 7-2 | .663 | |
| 5 | UW-La Crosse | 6-1 | 8-1 | .560 | |
| 6 | UW-Platteville | 5-3 | 5-4 | .595 | |
| 7 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 7-1 | 7-1 | .430 | |
How to use regional rankings: If you are an at-large candidate, you want to be sure you are the top at-large candidate in your region. That will ensure you get discussed by the national committee and have a chance to be put in the field.
There are 27 automatic bids, zero Pool B bids (teams not in the 27 automatic bid conferences) and five Pool C (true national at-large) bids. Selection Sunday is Nov. 13.