Wheaton will host a NCAA-III Football First Round Playoff game - advance ticket sales will begin on Wednesday (Click here for bracket)

Wheaton, Ill. The Wheaton College football team, co-champions of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), has earned one of three at-large berths to the 28-team NCAA Division III Playoffs. Wheaton will host College of Mount St. Joseph at noon on Saturday, Nov. 20 at Wheaton 's McCully Field.

As an NCAA Championship event no free passes are accepted to Saturday's game. The NCAA mandated admission for the game is $8 for adults, $4 for students, children under three-years-old will be admitted for free. An advanced ticket pre-sale will be held at the service desk of Wheaton College's Sports and Recreation Center. Tickets go on sale at the service desk at noon on Wednesday Nov. 16. and the advance sales will close at 11 PM on Friday Nov. 19. After 11 PM on Friday tickets will only be available at the game and the gates to McCully Field will open at 11 AM on Saturday morning.

Wheaton is making its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III playoffs and its fourth appearance overall, with a 4-3 all-time record in the postseason. The winner of Saturday's Wheaton-Mt St. Joseph game will advance to face top-seeded Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio on November 27.

Wheaton finished the regular season with a 9-1 overall record and a 6-1 record in CCIW play to tie Carthage for the CCIW Championship. The Thunder was ranked 11 th in last week's American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Coaches Poll.

The Lions of Mount St. Joseph enter the playoffs with a record of 10-0 this season and earned its first-ever trip to the NCAA Division III Playoffs by winning the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and the conference's automatic qualifier to the postseason.