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CIAA and SIAC champs make D2 football playoffs

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One HBCU program already knew it was in the D2 football playoffs, another thought it had a good chance and still another was living on a wing and a prayer. In the end two teams, one from each of the HBCU conferences, will play for a chance at the national title.

CIAA Champion Bowie State was awarded third seed Carson-Newman. BSU is perfect at 11-0 after its 23-7 win over Fayetteville State on Saturday. Carson-Newman finished 8-2.

This will be BSU’s third-consecutive D2 playoff appearance and the fourth in five years. It won in the first round last season before falling to Valdosta State, the eventual national champion.

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Miles College won its second-consecutive SIAC title on Saturday, beating Albany State 20-7. It also earned a bid to take on Lenoir-Rhyne on the road in the first round. Miles finished the season 9-2. Lenoir-Rhyne, located in western North Carolina, is 11-0.

Virginia State will miss the playoffs despite being ranked seventh in previous rankings. VSU finished second in the CIAA North with an 8-2 record, with just one loss against Division II competition as it dropped a key game to Bowie State as well as its opener against FCS rival Norfolk State.

VSU’s top win was against a Virginia Union team whose other two losses were to 11-0 teams in Lenoir-Rhyne and Bowie State.

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