Saturday’s small-college football games (Oct. 29)

MIAA

Fort Hays State (6-2, 6-2) at No. 10 Emporia State (7-1, 7-1), 2 p.m. — Opportunistic ESU is winning with a plus-14 takeaway ratio, second-best in Division II. Kole Schankie is a big part with five interceptions, which leads the MIAA. But Fort Hays has the second-best scoring defense in the conference (21.9 points).

Other MIAA games

Missouri Western (4-4, 4-4) at Washburn (5-3, 5-3), 1 p.m.

Pittsburg State (5-3, 5-3) at No. 1 Northwest Missouri (8-0, 8-0), 2:30 p.m.

Jayhawk Conference

Independence (2-4, 1-3) at Hutchinson (4-4, 1-3), noon

Coffeyville (5-3, 1-3) at Dodge City (6-3, 3-2), 1 p.m.

Ellsworth (4-4) at Butler (6-3), 7 p.m.

Highland (5-3, 2-3) at Fort Scott (4-4, 1-3), 7 p.m.

KCAC

No. 13 Kansas Wesleyan (7-1, 5-1) at Bethel (2-5, 2-4), 1:30 p.m.

Ottawa (3-5, 3-3) at Southwestern (1-6, 1-5), 1:30 p.m.

Saint Mary (6-2, 5-1) at No. 18 Sterling (5-2, 4-2), 1:30 p.m.

McPherson (1-7, 1-5) at No. 16 Tabor (5-2, 5-1), 1:30 p.m.

Bethany (1-7, 1-5) at Friends (3-4, 3-3), 1:30 p.m.

Heart of America

MidAmerica Nazarene (4-4, 1-1) at Avila (0-8, 0-2), noon

No. 2 Baker (8-0, 2-0) at Central Methodist (1-7, 0-2), 1 p.m.

William Penn (5-3, 2-0) at No. 22 Benedictine (5-3, 1-1), 1 p.m.

This story was originally published October 28, 2016 at 9:56 AM with the headline "Saturday’s small-college football games (Oct. 29)."