In the current era of college football, the final game of the season doesn’t just mean that the offseason begins.

At a combined mark of 24-2, Lenoir-Rhyne and Valdosta State arrive in their NCAA Div. II Playoffs quarterfinal showdown with two of the strongest resumes in all of college football.

A strong showing from the Gulf South Conference led to a trio of teams receiving a spot in the Division II playoffs, and while two of those teams will square off this weekend, it potentially sets the stage for another all-GSC rematch next weekend.

Potential playoff teams at the NCAA Division II Football level will learn their fate on Nov. 12 when the NCAA reveals the 2023 Division II Football Playoff Bracket.

The final week of the NCAA Division II Football regular season is here and there’s still a lot of figure out before 6 p.m. EST on Nov. 12 when the 28 playoff teams are selected.

All eyes in Division II college football will be on Davenport, Michigan this week as No. 9 Davenport Football hosts defending national champion and No. 7-ranked Ferris State in a game that could help decide the GLIAC championship.

One week of conference championship elimination games in the book, and another on the schedule this week.

Grand Valley State Football moved into the top-3 of the latest NCAA Division II football rankings after its 73-14 win over Northern Michigan in Week 7.

The Shorter University football team finished the 2022 season in the cellar of the Gulf South Conference, so there’s nowhere to go but up for the Hawks.

According to the preseason poll by the coaches of the Gulf South Conference, Delta State was selected as the favorite to win the GSC title in 2023. The Statesmen received 61 points and six first-place votes, finishing five points ahead of the University of West Florida.

There are some weeks during the three-plus months of college football where the schedule feels like a letdown, with a lack of big games on paper.

The University of West Alabama football team is coming off a down year by recent standards, but head coach Brett Gilliland has set the bar high and proven himself since taking the helm after the 2013 season.

The Gulf South Conference kicked off league play last week with Delta State rolling past newcomer Chowan, while the rest of the league fared well in nonconference showdowns, going 5-2 in its other games. Both losses came on the road and were close games.

This fall, teams across five different Division I, Division II, and Division III conferences are set to battle it out live on FloFootball.

The wait is over and Gulf South Conference Football returns in a big way this weekend, including a matchup of playoff hopefuls kicking the season off on Thursday night, on what is a packed Thursday night schedule across the league, with seven of the league’s nine teams opting for the weeknight start.