Is 2024 the end of the double round-robin format for ASC and SCAC?

The frustration is evident and understandable. It always felt that we would inevitably reach this point during the 2024 season when the American Southwest Conference and Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference chose to play a double round-robin conference format this year. To be fair, the SCAC chose a double round-robin format, and the ASC was forced into that format.

With one week remaining in the regular season and playoff selections occurring on Sunday, Mary Hardin-Baylor is on the verge of missing the NCAA Division III playoffs for the second consecutive year. The Cru will likely end up with the minimum number of countable wins (5) for the new NCAA Power Index, which determines at-large bids and seeding for the NCAA Division III playoffs. That’s assuming UMHB defeats Howard Payne on Saturday.