In the knockout round, Texas would concede their first goal of the tournament in a 8–1 win over Xavier while Kansas State would remain tied 1–1 with Oregon after regulation and overtime, meaning a penalty shootout was required.
[2][3][4][5][6][7] In the finals, Colorado would face the reigning champions Miami (OH) in a rematch of their second group stage game.
In the second group stage match, the teams would remain tied 1-1 after regulation, but Miami (OH) would claim the victory with a goal in overtime.
In the finals, despite the first match being close enough to require overtime, Colorado would defeat Miami (OH) handidly 4-0 and claim their first national title.
In the group stage finale for both teams, Texas "B" would defeat Rice 4-0 giving Texas "B" the number 1 overall seed and an automatic bye to the semifinals while Rice had the sixth, and worst, seed and would have to face Sam Houston State again in the opening round.
In the finals, Rice's Mike Eggen would open the scoring but Texas "B" would tie the game up shortly after that.
However, shortly after this, tournament officials determined Rice used an ineligible player following the opening round match against Sam Houston State and vacated their title.
To date, this is the only time an open division team has been judged to have used ineligible players and the only time when a forfeited title was given to another team (the only other instance of this was in 2006 where Illinois men vacated their title but the championship was left without a champion rather than awarding it to the finalists, Utah Valley State).