Missouri State football is a lock to appear in the FCS Playoffs for the second season in a row. The mystery is now who and when the Bears will play.
The 24-team field will be announced on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. on ESPNU.
At 8-3 and with a second-place finish in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, the Bears hope they have done enough to earn one of eight national seeds and a first-round bye.
A first-round bye would guarantee the Bears a home game on either Dec. 3 or 4.
"We finished in second place in supposedly the best conference in the FCS in America," Bears head coach Bobby Petrino said during his postgame radio interview.