Eagles Slotted Second In Second Super Region 1 Rankings
The second reveal of NCAA Division II super regional football rankings, and the first in rank order, shows Ashland University in the No. 2 spot in Super Region 1.
As announced by the NCAA on Monday (Oct. 31) afternoon, the Eagles (7-1 overall and 5-1 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference) trail only Shepherd in the super region with two regular-season games to go. Ashland will finish the regular season road schedule on Saturday (Nov. 5) at 4 p.m. at Lake Erie (3-6, 3-4). The Eagles are tied with Tiffin for first place in the league, but has the head-to-head tiebreaker for the conference championship.
Super regional rankings also will be released on Nov. 7, and also will be in rank order. The first release on Oct. 24 was in alphabetical order. The NCAA Division II football tournament selection show will be Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com. Ashland's football team has made seven previous appearances in the Division II postseason – 1986, 1997, 2007-08, 2012, 2015 and 2017. The Eagles' first playoff win at Jack Miller Stadium/Martinelli Field came on Nov. 18, 2017 – a 21-18 decision over Northwest Missouri State. A 28-team tournament (seven teams from four super regions), the D-II postseason will begin on Nov. 19, and the D-II national championship game will be Dec. 17 in McKinney, Texas. There are no automatic qualifiers for the D-II football postseason. Earned access to the playoffs can be gained by a conference if a conference's highest-ranked team is in the top nine of the final super region rankings on the selection Sunday, and all four Super Region 1 conferences – Great Midwest, Mountain East, Northeast-10 and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – are available for earned access. There are 48 teams in Super Region 1 – nine in the Great Midwest, 12 in the Mountain East, nine in Northeast-10, 16 in the PSAC, and two independents.
2022 NCAA DIVISION II SUPER REGION 1 FOOTBALL RANKINGS (FIRST RANKINGS WERE ALPHABETICAL – UC MEANS UNDER CONSIDERATION)
| TEAM | FIRST RANKING | SECOND RANKING |
| Shepherd | UC | 1 |
| ASHLAND | UC | 2 |
| IUP | UC | 3 |
| Assumption | UC | 4 |
| Slippery Rock | UC | 5 |
| Notre Dame College | UC | 6 |
| Gannon | N/A | 7 |
| New Haven | UC | 8 |
| Bentley | UC | 9 |
| Concord | UC | 10 |
| Kutztown | UC | N/A |
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