FCS Playoff Thread and announcement

If the playoffs started this weekend, using just the polls and no bids here is the Bracket.

Automatic Qualifiers:
Southern Utah
Kennesaw St
James Madison
North Dakota St
Central Connecticut St
Jacksonville St
Colgate
San Diego
Wofford
Central Arkansas



McNeese @ Eastern Washington, winner plays 1. James Madison
Central Connecticut St @ Stony Brook, winner plays 8. Western Illinois
Kennesaw St @ South Dakota, winner plays 4. North Dakota St
Northern Arizona @ Southern Utah, winner Plays 5. Sam Houston St

Furman @ Samford, winner plays 2. Jacksonville St
San Diego @ Elon, winner plays 7. Wofford
Illinois St @ New Hampshire, winner plays 3. Central Arkansas
Colgate @ Weber St, winner plays 6. South Dakota St

Big Sky - SUU, Weber, and NAU are tied for first place. SUU has beaten Weber and plays NAU

Big South - Winner of Monmouth and Kennesaw is in playoffs

CAA Football - JMU clinched a share wins outright with a win.

Missouri Valley Football Conference - NDSU has clinched a share of its 7th straight title and has a 1 game lead over SDSU and UNI

Northeast Conference - CCSU is in no matter what

Ohio Valley Conference - Jax St clinched a share, Austin Peay can get a share with Jax St loss and win

Patriot League - Lehigh (4-6, 4-1) and Colgate (6-4, 4-1) are tied for first place, Lehigh wins they are in Colgate wins and Lehigh loses they are in

Pioneer Football League -USD has clinched the playoffs

Southern Conference - Wofford clinched a share, Furman win this weekend they get a share

Southland Conference - UCA clinched a share The Bears are one game up on Sam St and Nicholls

National Players of the Week


NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dominick Bragalone, Lehigh, RB, Jr., 5-11, 230, South Williamsport, Pennsylvania

NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Darius Jackson, Jacksonville State, DE, Sr., 6-3, 242, Bessemer, Alabama

NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jordan Dascalo, Eastern Washington, Sr., 6-1, 225, Los Angeles


NATIONAL FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tahj Smith, Nicholls, RB, R-Fr., 5-8, 175, LaPlace, Louisiana

Had 23 carries for 177 yards off the bench after 2 other RB were injured. Before this game only had 1 carry all year.

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Ohio Valley Conference - Jax St clinched a share, Austin Peay can get a share with Jax St loss and win

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This might be the surprise of the year, IMO.

The Experts Playoff Predictions..

Will underline anything I have correct with them and bold all the MVC SLC Teams

Teams we differ on:
Nicholls/McNeese (I do not really disagree)
Colgte/Lehigh
UNI/Illinois St
Delaware/New Hampshire
Monmouth/Eastern Washington


Central Connecticut State-Stony Brook winner at No. 1 seed James Madison

Lehigh-Northern Iowa winner at No. 8 seed Southern Utah

San Diego-South Dakota winner at No. 5 seed South Dakota State

Kennesaw State-Furman winner at No. 4 seed Central Arkansas

Northern Arizona-Weber State winner at No. 3 seed North Dakota State

Monmouth-Delaware winner at No. 6 seed Sam Houston State

Western Illinois-Elon winner at No. 7 seed Wofford

Samford-Nicholls winner at No. 2 seed Jacksonville State

Thursday, Nov. 16

Tennessee State (6-4, 2-4 Ohio Valley) at X-No. 2 Jacksonville State (9-1, 7-0), 7 p.m.
X-No. 25 Nicholls (8-2, 7-1 Southland) at Southeastern Louisiana (5-5, 5-3), 7 p.m. Has to win to have any chance at a playoff

Saturday, Nov. 18

X-No. 1 James Madison (10-0, 7-0 CAA) at No. 11 Elon (8-2, 6-1), noon
No. 10 Stony Brook (8-2, 6-1 CAA) at X-Maine (4-5, 3-4), noon, I think Stony wins
X-No. 16 New Hampshire (7-3, 5-2 CAA) at Albany (3-7, 1-6), 1 p.m.
X-No. 4 North Dakota State (9-1, 6-1 Missouri Valley) at No. 21 Illinois State (6-4, 4-3), 1 p.m. Illinois St is playing for a playoff berth, just probably not happening
North Carolina Central (7-3, 5-2 MEAC) at X-No. 8 North Carolina A&T (10-0, 7-0), 1 p.m. Nicholls better hopes A&T wins.
Monmouth (9-1, 4-0 Big South) at X-No. 22 Kennesaw State (9-1, 4-0), 2 p.m. The fairy tale ends Monmouth
Houston Baptist (1-9, 0-8 Southland) at X-No. 5 Sam Houston State (9-1, 7-1), 2 p.m. Sam will be resting its starters in the 2nd half
Southern Illinois (4-6, 2-5 Missouri Valley) at X-No. 9 Western Illinois (7-3, 4-3), 2 p.m. Leathernecks win could earn a possible bye
No. 6 South Dakota State (8-2, 5-2 Missouri Valley) at X-No. 15 South Dakota (7-3, 4-3), 3 p.m. Huge game for both winner probably gets a bye
No. 20 Furman (7-3, 6-1 Southern) at X-No. 17 Samford (7-3, 5-2), 3:30 p.m. Potential Play in game, wouldn't be surprised if loser misses
Abilene Christian (2-8, 2-6 Southland) at X-No. 3 Central Arkansas (9-1, 8-0), 4 p.m. Bears by a whole lot
No. 7 Wofford (9-1) at X-South Carolina (7-3), 4 p.m. Interesting to see what the committee will do with a FCS loss this late
Idaho State (4-6, 2-5 Big Sky) at X-No. 12 Weber State (8-2, 6-1), 4 p.m.
No. 23 Northern Arizona (7-3, 6-1 Big Sky) at X-No. 14 Southern Utah (8-2, 6-1), 4:30 p.m. Winner gets auto bid
Indiana State (0-10, 0-7 Missouri Valley) at X-No. 24 Northern Iowa (6-4, 5-2), 5 p.m. UNI easily and earns a playoff ticket
Portland State (0-10, 0-7 Big Sky) at X-No. 18 Eastern Washington (6-4, 5-2), 6:05 p.m. I still do not see how they say EWU misses the playoffs
X-No. 19 McNeese (8-2, 6-2 Southland) at Lamar (2-8, 1-7), 8 p.m. Just win baby and you are in. Need to root for Kennesaw and A&T


MVC Gsmes
Missouri State (3-7) @ X-Youngstown St (5-5) I have PTSD from playing in Youngstown, the "SMS Family" is turning on Steck also

SLC Games
X-Prairie View AM (4-5) @ Incarnate Word (1-9), My momma taught me not to say anything if you can not say anything nice
X-Steph F Austin (4-6) @ Northwestern St (3-7) I do not know why but the two princes game may end up being a good one. Is the trophy still offensive to people?

Here is the Playoff Committee. Each conference that has an auto berth is represented


Richard Johnson, Chairman, Wofford
Chuck Burch Gardner-Webb
Kyle Moats SMS, and is a flipping moron
Tim Murray Marist
Nathan Pine Holy Cross
Marty Scarano UNH Has done a good job building UNH
Greg Seitz Jax St Not sure but has made good department decisions
Bill Smith Bryant
Brad Teague UCA, counters Moats idiocy and great choice
Jeff Tingey Idaho St

GEAUX COLONELS. I am beyond fired up for this game