Kutztown University, fresh off its second straight PSAC football championship, was one of our teams to receive a first-round bye in the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Golden Bears, 11-0 and ranked third in Division II by the coaches, will not play until Nov. 30 when they host a second-round game.

In the new, expanded 12-team playoff, the five highest-ranked conference champions will make the field along with the next seven highest-ranked teams. The four highest-ranked conference champions will be awarded first-round byes, with the other eight teams meeting at the campus sites of the Nos. 5-8 seeds.

Below is the in-state college football schedule for Week 13 of the 2024 season (all times Central): North Alabama at Eastern Kentucky, 1 p.m. Carson-Newman at Miles, 2 p.m.