Saturday’s small-college football games

Jayhawk Conference

No. 6 Iowa Western (0-1) at No. 16 Hutchinson (1-0), noon

Hutchinson goes out of conference for its home opener after an opening-week squeeker at Coffeyville. Hutch led 27-7 at halftime but Coffeyville pulled with four points. Hutch’s secondary had four interceptions and another takeway to seal the game. Iowa Western lost last week at No. 14 College of Dupage 20-13.

Other games

Iowa Central (0-1) at No. 8 Dodge City (0-1), noon

No. 18 Coffeyville (0-1) at Ellsworth (Iowa, 0-1), 1 p.m.

Highland (1-0, 1-0) at Garden City (1-0, 0-0), 1 p.m.

Fort Scott (0-1, 0-1) at Independence (0-0), 7 p.m.

KCAC

Friends (0-0) at No. 9 Doane (0-0), 1 p.m.

It’s the second year for the KCAC vs. Great Plains Athletic Conference challenge, with the GPAC schools hosting games. Friends travels to Crete, Neb., to face a Doane team ranked ninth in NAIA and picked second in the GPAC. Doane has been in the final NAIA rankings four of the past five years. Friends was picked fourth by KCAC coaches after a 3-8 record in 2015.

Other games

Sterling (0-0) at Northwestern (Iowa, 0-0), 1 p.m.

No. 8 Tabor (0-0) at No. 16 Dakota Wesleyan (0-1), 1 p.m.

Saint Mary (1-0) at Concordia (Iowa, 0-0), 1 p.m.

Ottawa (0-0) at No. 3 Morningside (0-0), 1 p.m.

No. 14 Kansas Wesleyan (0-0) at Briar Cliff (1-0), 1 p.m.

Bethel (0-0) at Midland (Neb., 1-0), 3 p.m.

McPherson (0-0) at Nebraska Wesleyan (0-0), 3 p.m.

Bethany (0-0) at Hastings (0-0), 4 p.m.

HAAC

Baker (1-0, 0-0) at William Penn (0-1, 0-0), 11 a.m.

Graceland (1-0, 0-0) at MidAmerica Nazarene (1-0, 0-0), 1 p.m.

No. 20 Benedictine (1-0, 0-0) at Missouri Valley (1-0, 0-0), 6 p.m.

This story was originally published September 2, 2016 at 1:20 PM with the headline "Saturday’s small-college football games."