NAIA Bracketology Report – 3rd Edition

In our 1st two Bracketology Reports, we had most of the auto-bids correct, but did have a couple wrong. Now that the NAIA officially posted the bids, we have updated the bid breakdown sheet accordingly. There are just 11 at-large spots available and you can make arguments for about 20 teams. It will be interesting to see how the selection committee values teams who have played 20+ games against those who will only get between 10-15 games in. Another interesting thing to watch for is how the selection committee works in teams who lost with players who were out to Covid or injuries. If teams who lost those games or even multiple games during a 10-14 day period affects bids and seeding or not. Lastly, it will be interesting to see what the committee does with some of the teams who have fallen apart late in the season. We have a few teams who seemed to be locks a couple weeks ago who have now lost 5 of 6 or 4 of their last 6 games. Do those teams need to now make a deep run in their Conference Tournaments? A lot of tough decisions coming up by the selection committee!