D2 football news that doesn't concern HSU
The Division II Football Committee wants to adjust the “earned access policy” used to select teams for the championship bracket. Wouldn't it be nice if Humboldt State fans were actually concerned with this?
The change concerns the highest-ranked team from a particular conference in the final regional rankings. Committee members at their February meeting in San Diego agreed that six teams from each region would continue to earn access into the championship. In past years, though, if a conference had a team represented in the top 10 in the final regional rankings (but not among the six highest-rated teams), that conference and institution could “earn access” to the playoffs by bumping one of the other more highly rated teams within the top six.
Under the committee’s proposal, teams would now have to be ranked among the top eight in the final regional rankings to be considered for earned access.
In concert with the change, the committee agreed to produce a top 10 weekly ranking instead of the current top 12.