INDIANAPOLIS – For the second time this season, a Great Midwest Athletic Conference football game will be aired to a national audience as part of the NCAA Division II Showcase package in the hybrid model.
The Week 11 matchup between Findlay (7-3, 5-2 G-MAC) and 24th-ranked Tiffin (9-1, 6-1 G-MAC) will have a 1:05 p.m. ET kickoff scheduled at Frost-Kalnow Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 10.
The game can be viewed on the Great Midwest Digital Network through Stretch Internet, on the
Division II, G-MAC, Findlay and Tiffin Facebook pages, on the DII Twitter page at @
NCAADII and through the Periscope app at @NCAADII.
The NCAA also opted to showcase the Ohio Dominican/Findlay contest at Donnell Stadium in Week 4 of the regular season.
Saturday is the regular season finale for all eight Great Midwest schools as playoff hopes in the NCAA Championship bracket remain alive for several teams.
The conference champion has already been decided with No. 20 Hillsdale beating then-No. 15 Tiffin in Week 10, but the Dragons are still very much in contention with a No. 8 spot in the Super Region 1 rankings.
The NCAA media agreement features two distribution models for football and basketball. For football, 11 games will be streamed on ESPN3, available on the ESPN app. The remaining 11 football games, including the Tiffin-Findlay game, are part of the hybrid model, and they have the flexibility to be distributed on TV and online. The division will work with the TV partners of participating conferences and schools on the opportunity to air games on TV. These games also will be distributed online through NCAA social media accounts — specifically, Division II Facebook (facebook.com/ncaadivisionii) and Twitter (@NCAADII) — and could be distributed through conference or school digital networks.
"Division II student-athletes will continue to see their successes highlighted on a national stage in the new broadcast agreement," said Terri Steeb Gronau, vice president of Division II. "We are excited to continue to collaborate with ESPN to promote regular-season games. We are also excited to offer a hybrid model that could include linear and online distribution. Fans will have the chance to watch student-athletes who achieve success both on and off the field and participate in Division II's Life in the Balance collegiate experience."