The Hutchinson Community College football team earned its fifth berth in the NJCAA Division I National Football playoffs on Monday earning the No. 1 overall seed.
The 2025 KJCCC Champion and defending NJCAA national champion Blue Dragons (10-0) will play host to fourth-seed and Mississippi Conference champion Northwest Mississippi (10-1) at 6 p.m. on Saturday, December 6 at Gowans Stadium.
The other semifinal features No. 2 seed Iowa Western (10-1) playing host to Southwest Conference champion Tyler (11-0) at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 5 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The semifinal winners will play on December 17 at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas in the NJCAA Championship game.
The semifinal will be streamed in ESPN+.
NJCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
Saturday, December 6, 2025
6 p.m. – No. 1 Hutchinson (10-0) vs. No. 4 Northwest Mississippi (10-1)
Friday, December 5, 2025
6 p.m. – No. 2 Iowa Western (10-1) vs. No. 3 Tyler (11-0)
The Blue Dragons have won 14-straight games going back to last season. Hutchinson has five wins over nationally ranked opponents this season, including four Top 10 victories.
Hutchinson closed out the regular season with a 27-14 win over No. 14 Garden City on Saturday at Gowans Stadium.
The Blue Dragons have the second-highest scoring offense in the NJCAA at 44.0 points per game and the No. 1 scoring defense in the nation after allowing 10.0 points per game this season.
Northwest Mississippi reeled off 10-straight wins after a 34-28 loss to East Mississippi on September 11. The Rangers had two battles in the NACCC playoffs, defeating Copiah-Lincoln 28-27 in the semifinals and Mississippi Gulf Coast 16-13 in the championship game.
This will be the first-ever meeting in football between Hutchinson and Northwest Mississippi.
The Blue Dragons will be bidding for their fourth appearance in the NJCAA Championship game.
Hutchinson win the 2020-21 national title with a 29-27 win over Snow College on June 5, 2021. Two years later, the Blue Dragons defeated Coffeyville in the 2022 national semifinals before falling to Iowa Western in the championship game. Two years ago, the Dragons fell 27-24 in the 2023 NJCAA semifinals to East Mississippi.
Last season, the Blue Dragons went on the road for the semifinals and defeated Georgia Military in the semifinals before defeating Iowa Western in the championship for the program’s second national title under Drew Dallas.
