KANSAS CITY, MO — Texas Wesleyan University will host Benedictine College (Kan.) in the Second Round of the NAIA Football Championship Series (FCS), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced Sunday.
The Rams, seeded No. 8, earned a First Round bye and will face the No. 9-seeded Ravens at Crowley Multi-Purpose Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, November 30.
The NAIA FCS Second Round features 12 top-seeded teams coming off First Round byes and four advancing teams from this past Saturday's games. Texas Wesleyan joins seven other higher-seeded programs that will play host to this tournament stage.
The 69th Annual NAIA Football National Championship will culminate on December 19 at Durham County Memorial Stadium in Durham, N.C. For more information about the 2024 NAIA Football National Championship, visit the NAIA's official website.
Second Round Matchups (Higher seeds are home):
- No. 1 Keiser (Fla.) vs. No. 20 Pikeville (Ky.)
- No. 2 Grand View (Iowa) vs. No. 16 Friends (Kan.)
- No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan vs. No. 15 Southwestern (Kan.)
- No. 4 Montana Western vs. No. 14 Dickinson State (N.D.)
- No. 5 St. Thomas (Fla.) vs. No. 10 Georgetown (Ky.)
- No. 6 Morningside (Iowa) vs. No. 12 MidAmerica Nazarene
- No. 7 Montana Tech vs. No. 11 Northwestern (Iowa)
- No. 8 Texas Wesleyan vs. No. 9 Benedictine (Kan.)
The Rams game will kick off at 2 p.m. on Nov.30 at Crowley Multi-Purpose Stadium. General admission tickets will go on sale Monday at $25 link. Champions Room tickets are already on sale for $65 by clicking on the Champions Room link.
