All Things 2025 College Football D2 and D3 Thread

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Scores and standings from the weekend:

NSIC
  • No. 15 Minnesota Duluth defeated U of Mary, 54-32
  • Bemidji State took down Jamestown, 47-25
  • Sioux Falls won versus Minot State, 24-17
  • No. 5 Augustana ran past SW Minnesota State, 57-29
  • Wayne State upset No. 9 Minnesota State-Mankato, 33-20
  • Winona State knocked off Concordia-St. Paul, 24-14
  • Northern State edged Minnesota State-Moorhead, 49-48
MIAC
  • Concordia defeated Augsburg, 26-7
  • Gustavus crushed Hamline, 63-9
  • Bethel shutout Macalester, 53-0
  • Saint John’s routed Carleton, 49-10
  • St. Olaf edged St. Scholastica, 44-41
UMAC
  • Greenville (IL) outlasted Minnesota Morris, 27-20
  • Martin Luther defeated Westminster (MO), 38-28
  • Northwestern took down Crown, 24-16
NSIC
  • Augustana, 8-0 (7-0)
  • Minnesota Duluth, 7-1 (6-1)
  • Minnesota State-Mankato, 6-2 (5-2)
  • Northern State, 6-2 (5-2)
  • Minnesota State-Moorhead, 5-3 (4-3)
  • Sioux Falls, 5-3 (4-3)
  • Wayne State, 4-4 (4-3)
  • Winona State, 4-4 (4-3)
  • Bemidji State, 3-5 (3-4)
  • Mary, 3-5 (2-5)
  • Minot State, 2-6 (2-5)
  • Jamestown, 1-6 (1-6)
  • Concordia-St. Paul, 1-7 (1-6)
  • SW Minnesota State, 1-7 (1-6)
MIAC
  • Bethel, 7-0 (6-0)
  • Saint John’s, 6-1 (5-1)
  • Carleton, 5-2 (5-1)
  • Concordia, 5-2 (4-2)
  • Augsburg, 3-4 (3-3)
  • Gustavus, 3-4 (3-3)
  • St. Olaf, 3-4 (2-4)
  • Macalester, 2-5 (1-5)
  • St. Scholastica, 2-5 (1-5)
  • Hamline, 1-6 (0-6)
UMAC
  • Greenville, 4-2 (3-1)
  • Crown, 4-3 (3-1)
  • Martin Luther, 4-3 (2-2)
  • Minnesota Morris, 2-5 (2-2)
  • Northwestern, 2-5 (2-2)
  • Westminster, 2-5 (0-4)
 

Augustana having a nice season. They looking to follow in St Thomas footsteps (Summit + NCHC) in the future?
 


GopherGrit said:
Augustana having a nice season. They looking to follow in St Thomas footsteps (Summit + NCHC) in the future?
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The Augustana to D1/FCS thing seems like a stretch. It would be one of the smallest D1 schools in the country at 1,750 undergrads/2,000 total students. On the plus side, the school has avoided bleeding at least a third of its enrollment over the years unlike most ELCA affiliates.
 

Panthadad2 said:
The Augustana to D1/FCS thing seems like a stretch. It would be one of the smallest D1 schools in the country at 1,750 undergrads/2,000 total students. On the plus side, the school has avoided bleeding at least a third of its enrollment over the years unlike most ELCA affiliates.
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The Summit rejected them back in 2020. I haven't heard anything that they've tried to get in since.

Mankato obviously makes the most sense, but as a state school, I don't see the funding there now, if ever.
 


disco said:
The Summit rejected them back in 2020. I haven't heard anything that they've tried to get in since.

Mankato obviously makes the most sense, but as a state school, I don't see the funding there now, if ever.
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What funding is needed to jump from NSIC to Summit League (low-major)? I'm honestly asking. I don't feel like it should be a massive jump.

Also think Mankato recently announced an upgrade in athletic facilitiess?


Other than travel, Pioneer League football might actually be cheaper to run than Northern Sun, because no scholarships?
 

GopherGrit said:
What funding is needed to jump from NSIC to Summit League (low-major)? I'm honestly asking. I don't feel like it should be a massive jump.

Also think Mankato recently announced an upgrade in athletic facilitiess?


Other than travel, Pioneer League football might actually be cheaper to run than Northern Sun, because no scholarships?
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Obviously it was a bigger jump, but I'm friends with someone who was pretty close to the UST athletic department during the transition. Both his daughters were varsity athletes there and he was a booster. I can't recall the exact numbers, but he told me how much the volleyball budget alone had to increase when they moved to the Summit. It was a LOT.

I do wonder about saving that money via Pioneer League football as well.
 

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