INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – After missing out on the playoffs a year ago behind a pair of agonizing defeats, the 4th-ranked Millsaps College Majors are in the NCAA Division III Playoffs for the third time in school history and second time in three years as announced Sunday afternoon by the NCAA Football Committee.

Millsaps (10-0, 7-0 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) earned one of 23 automatic bids given by the NCAA, while three berths were reserved for true independents (Pool B) and the remaining six (Pool C) awarded to teams from either automatic qualifying conferences that didn't get the AQ or remaining true independent teams and teams in non-automatic qualifying conferences.

The Majors will be the No. 1 seed out of the South Region and will host the No. 8 seed LaGrange College.

The Panthers finished the regular season with a 9-1 overall record and a perfect 7-0 record in the Saint Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC), a remarkable turnaround for a team that did not win a game in its first two seasons of play as a football program.

Winners of 12-straight, Millsaps wrapped up its automatic bid (Pool C) with a 56-27 trouncing over then 14th-ranked Trinity in San Antonio two weeks ago, while LaGrange (Pool B) earned its place after a 27-17 win over Huntingdon College for the conference championship yesterday – their eighth consecutive win.

Saturday's game, as well as all preliminary round games, is set for a Noon kickoff at Harper Davis Field. More details about the first round game, including ticket prices and rules, will be released Monday evening by the sports information department.