The Ohio Valley Conference champion and automatic qualifier #15 Southeast Missouri (9-2) football team will travel to #12 Montana (7-4) for a first round matchup in the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs on Saturday, November 26.
 
Kickoff is set for 9 p.m., CT at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana. The game will be televised live on ESPN2.
 
SEMO, which shared this year's OVC regular-season title with UT Martin, secured the league's automatic berth when it won a coin flip after Saturday's games. Both the Redhawks and Skyhawks finished atop the conference standings with identical 5-0 records.
 
The Redhawks make their fourth FCS Playoff appearance in program history and first since the 2019 campaign. SEMO made the playoffs in 2010, 2018 and 2019 prior to this season. The Redhawks are 1-3 all-time in their postseason history and meet Montana for the first time ever. Three of those playoff berths have come under Head Coach Tom Matukewicz.
 
The NCAA revealed this year's 24-team bracket as part of the FCS Selection Show earlier this morning on ESPNU. 
 
South Dakota State (11-0), Sacramento State (11-0), North Dakota State (9-2), Montana State (10-1), William & Mary (10-1), Samford (10-1), Incarnate Word (10-1) and Holy Cross (11-0) are the top eight seeds and earned the right to host second round games.
 
The winner of SEMO and Montana will travel to reigning FCS National Champion North Dakota State on Dec. 3. Montana makes its 26th playoff appearance and has the most postseason appearances in the NCAA Division I Football Championship of any program.
 
First-Round Pairings
 
November 26
Saint Francis (PA) (9-2) at Delaware (7-4)
Fordham (9-2) at New Hampshire (8-3)
Gardner-Webb (6-5) at Eastern Kentucky (7-4)
North Dakota (7-4) at Weber State (9-2)
Southeast Missouri (9-2) at Montana (7-4)
Idaho at Southeastern Louisiana (8-3)
Elon (8-3) at Furman (9-2)
Davidson (8-3) at Richmond (8-3)