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No. 18 Hope faces Wis.-LaCrosse for first time in NCAA Second Round

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The Hope College football team is not finished playing at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium this season.

The nationally ranked Flying Dutchmen will host the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in an NCAA Division III second-round playoff game on Saturday, Nov. 29, at noon.

Hope (9-1) and Wisconsin-La–La Crosse (7-2) of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference both received at-large berths and first-round byes in the 40-team field. This is their first meeting.

Ticket information will be announced later. The game will be streamed on ESPN+, the home for all NCAA playoff games through the national semifinals.

The first round of the championship will be played Saturday, Nov. 22, with eight games at the host institution's campus or at an alternate site approved by the football committee.

The 52nd Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the national championship game, will be played Sunday, Jan. 4, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN at 8 p.m. Eastern.

This is Hope's seventh NCAA playoff appearance and its first in back-to-back seasons.

In 2024, the Flying Dutchmen advanced to the third round for the first time after defeating Aurora University (Illinois) in the second round, 49-21, at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium. Hope then lost at eventual national champion North Central College (Illinois), 41-21.

 

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