KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Scripps Media and their independent television station KMCI, serving the Kansas City metropolitan area, to broadcast an MIAA Football Game of the Week during the 2024 NCAA Division II season.

KMCI, 38 The Spot will broadcast 11 MIAA football games of the week to local television audiences in the greater Kansas City area. The schedule has been designed to provide one of the conference's best match-ups each Saturday in the 2024 season. All MIAA football contests will continue to be streamed live on the MIAA Network.

"We are excited to offer this television opportunity in the great metropolitan area to connect with the 120,000 MIAA alumni in Kansas City, and to spread awareness of the quality and competitiveness of MIAA football to college sports fans throughout this region. We believe that this television platform and the exposure for MIAA schools will help drive many new subscribers to the MIAA Network," said MIAA Commissioner Mike Racy. "This is a one-year trial that might develop into a longer-term partnership with Scripps, and perhaps even include broadcasting other MIAA sports," Racy added.

“We are thrilled to have the MIAA game of the week join our great lineup on 38 The Spot for 2024,” said Kathleen Choal, Regional Vice-President and General Manager of KSHB and KMCI. “With so many great teams, combined with their passionate fan base, it’s exciting to bring the action from the gridiron to our Kansas City audience live on KMCI 38 The Spot.  We continue to look for ways to bolster our live sports offerings on KMCI and the MIAA is a perfect addition,” added Choal.

The broadcast schedule for the league's 11 NCAA Division II football contests to be aired on live television is listed below. Eight of the 11 games on the schedule will feature teams ranked in the NCAA Division II football top 25 preseason rankings while two games of the week will feature matchups against top ten nationally ranked teams.

To view the complete 2024 MIAA football schedule, visit TheMIAA.com/Football. 

MIAA GAME OF THE WEEK BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
August 31 at 7:00 p.m.— [3] Ferris St. (Michigan) @ [6] Pittsburg State
September 7 at 1:00 p.m. — [24] Angelo St. (Texas) @ Emporia State
September 14 at 1:00 p.m. — [5] Colorado Mines @ Washburn
September 21 at 2:00 p.m. — [22] Northwest Missouri @ Missouri Southern
September 28 at 1:30 p.m. — Emporia State @ [22] Northwest Missouri
October 12 at 1:00 p.m. — Missouri Western @ [2] Central Missouri
October 19 at 2:00 p.m. — Nebraska Kearney @ Missouri Western 
October 26 at 2:00 p.m. — [6] Pittsburg State @ Central Oklahoma
November 2 at 2:00 p.m. — [2] Central Missouri @ [6] Pittsburg State 
November 9 at 1:00 p.m. — Central Oklahoma @ Washburn 
November 16 at 12:00 p.m. — Fort Hays State @ Nebraska Kearney 
[2024 NCAA Division II Football Preseason Ranking]

MIAA GAME OF THE WEEK BROADCAST STATION GUIDE:



















ABOUT THE MIAA: 
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) is one of the nation’s oldest conferences and one of the most successful in NCAA Division II. The conference dates back to 1912 and currently has 14 full-time members. Over the past 112 years, the MIAA has gained the reputation of being the best NCAA Division II conference in the nation with MIAA teams and student-athletes have won 58 NCAA Division II team national championships and well over 400 individual national titles. In the classroom, thousands of MIAA student-athletes have earned Academic All-America, All-Region and All-District honors. The MIAA footprint reaches five states: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma with the conference office located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.