THE RFC MYC: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC)-(NCAA Division III)

2017 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Final Standings (Courtesy of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference)

Overview: In their final season as a member of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC), the Eureka College Red Devils (8-3 overall in 2017) beat out nine other teams in finishing 8-1 in conference play, winning the league title, and landing an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Eureka ended the regular season with eight straight wins after starting the 2017 season at 0-2. The Red Devils season ended in the first round of the playoffs, with St. Thomas cruising to a convincing 47-8 win.

Fast-forwarding to 2018, though, the UMAC will have one less team to contend with within its own conference, as Eureka exits the league to join the more geographically friendly Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC). That move leaves the UMAC with nine teams to do battle for this year's crown, with MacMurray (8-2 in 2017) and St. Scholastica (7-3 in 2017) both expected to contend for the top spot in the league after both teams finished conference play in a tie for second place at 7-2 last year.

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Crown

Greenville

Iowa Wesleyan

MacMurray

Martin Luther

Minnesota-Morris

Northwestern (Minn.)

St. Scholastica

Westminster (Mo.)

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