DII traditionally has great parity. There are only 8 schools that have made the NT for the past 5 seasons.
Based on the Dynasty ratings, the East Region appears to be the strongest.
In that region are Dynasty #1 Belmont-Abbey, #3 Seattle Pacific, #4 Delta St., #7 Mars Hill, #12 Edinboro, #16 W. Washington, and #23 Nyack
First round East matchups include Seattle Pacific-Delta St. and Mars Hill-W. Washington
The easiest region looks to be the West. The only Dynasty teams there are #11 Edinboro, #21 Emporia St. and #32 Bellarmine.
The Midwest is stacked at the top with #2 N. Florida, #5 So. Illinois-Edwardsville, and #10 Goldey-Beacom. #27 Metropolitan St. is also in that region.
The South has #8 NW Missouri and #14 S. Indiana along with #29 Le Moyne; #30 LIU Southhampton; #34 Stonehill, and #35 Saginaw Valley.
Stonehill and Saginaw Valley meet in the 1st round.