Congratulations to the Champions!

[BamaDude]

The West Florida Argonauts won their first Division II football national championship with a 48-40 win over Minnesota St. This is just UWF's fourth season of fielding a football team. They finished the season 13-2, with an early season 20-13 road loss to Carson-Newman (which made it to the second round of the playoffs before falling to Lenoir-Rhyne. The other loss was 26-21 at defending national champion, Valdosta St.

Except for the neutral-site championship game at McKinney, TX, all of the Argonauts playoff wins were on the road, including a 38-35 payback win against Valdosta St. in the second round. The Argos last 4 games were against undefeated teams, and their playoff opponents had an overall record of 59-1 prior to facing the Pensacola team.

UWF's Austin Reed was 33 of 54, with one interception, 523 yards & 6 TDs in the championship game. Quentin Randolph grabbed 10 of those passes for 254 yards & 3 scores, and Tate Lehtio had 13 catches for 139 yards & one TD.

MSU's R. Schlichte was 24-39-0 for 309 yards & 2 TDs. The Vikings lost 3 of 5 fumbles during the game. UWF lost their only fumble. The Argos also made the championship game in 2017. This is the second straight championship by a Gulf South Conference team, and a 4th straight finals appearance for a GSC school.

 

[MarkOU]

523 yards & 6 TDs in the championship game. Quentin Randolph grabbed 10 of those passes for 254 yards & 3 scores, and Tate Lehtio had 13 catches for 139 yards & one TD.

Those are EA Sports NCAA Football video game stats baby yeah.

 

[rtfgbfan]

 

[Boglodyte]

So, how badly would they beat central Fla?

 

[BamaDude]

Congratulations also go out to Division III champions North Central (Illinois) and NAIA champs Morningside (Iowa).

North Central defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater 41-14 for the D-3 title and finished the season 14-0. At least one member of the trio of UW-Whitewater, Mount Union, and Mary Hardin-Baylor has been in every D-3 championship game since the 2000 season. This was the first appearance & first title for North Central.

Morningside captured its second straight NAIA title with a 40-38 win over Marian (IN). The Mustangs have won 29 straight games, and 42 of their last 43.

 

[BamaDude]

The FCS title game will be January 11 in Frisco, TX, between 15-0 North Dakota St. & 14-1 James Madison. NDSU beat Montana St. 42-14 in one semi-final, while the Dukes topped Weber St. 30-14 in the other one. Both teams were ranked #'s 1 & 2 by all three major FCS polls going into the playoffs.

Other accomplishments of note:

In their first year of FBS bowl eligibility, Liberty beat Georgia Southern in the Cure Bowl 23-16 to cap an 8-5 season.

Savannah St. had a successful first season in in the D-2 SIAC, going 7-3 overall & 5-0 in the league. The Tigers dropped down from the FCS MEAC when they found the going too tough on that level. Two of their three losses were against FCS opponents this season.