Selection Sunday comes to U The Division III football pairings will be unveiled on ESPN for the fifth consecutive season, with the selection show moving to ESPNU for 2007. The show will air at 11:30 a.m. ET on ESPNU, with the exclusive unveiling of the brackets. D3football.com publisher Pat Coleman will be in studio as the network's guest analyst and D3football.com will post the pairings immediately upon the conclusion of the show. ESPNU is available on DirecTV at Ch. 609 with a subscription to the service's Sports Pack and on Ch. 148 on the Dish Network. Check with your local cable provider to learn more about your area. On Saturday, Nov. 10, D3football.com will track all of the automatic bids as they come in, then project the 32-team playoff field. Last year, D3football.com accurately projected all 32 teams, including 11 at-large bids. This year there are 22 automatic bids, three Pool B bids set aside for teams not in those conferences and seven Pool C bids awarded at large. The 32-team bracket is played out over five weeks, culminating in Stagg Bowl XXXV on Dec. 15 in Salem, Va., with kickoff at 4 p.m. ET. | |
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