Valley Football gets three teams in FCS playoffs; SEMO gets fifth seed Eastern Washington
Regular-season champion Northern Iowa joined two other Missouri Valley Football Conference teams in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, which were announced earlier today.
UNI (7-4) drew Lehigh (9-2) in one of four first-round games in the 20-team field. The game will be played at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa Nov. 27. North Dakota State (7-4), making its first postseason appearance as an FCS school, will host Robert Morris (8-2). Western Illinois (7-4) will play at Coastal Carolina (6-5) in the first round in Conway, S.C.
Southeast Missouri State (9-2), the champions of the Ohio Valley Conference, got a first-round bye but open the playoffs at No. 5 seed Eastern Washington (9-2) Dec. 4. Eastern Washington took over the No. 1 spot in the final regular-season Sports Network/Fathead.com poll released earlier today.
Only the Colonial Athletic Association (three) got more at-large teams in the field than Valley Football and the Southern Conference (two apiece).
Here is a quick look at the FCS playoff field:
First Round Games
November 27 at Conway, S.C.
Western Illinois (7-4) at Coastal Carolina (6-5)
November 27 at Fargo, N.D.
Robert Morris (8-2) at North Dakota State (7-4)
November 27 at Cedar Falls, Iowa
Lehigh (9-2) at Northern Iowa (7-4)
November 27 at Statesboro, Georgia
South Carolina State (9-2) at Georgia Southern (7-4)
Second Round Games
December 4 at Boone, North Carolina, Noon (ET)
Western Illinois/Coastal Carolina winner at #1 Appalachian State (9-2)
December 4 at Nacogdoches, Texas, 3:30 p.m. (ET)
Villanova (7-4) at Stephen F. Austin (9-2)
December 4 at Cheney, Washington
Southeast Missouri State (9-2) at #5 Eastern Washington (9-2)
December 4 at Bozeman, Montana, 2 p.m. (ET)
Robert Morris/North Dakota State winner at #4 Montana State (9-2)
December 4 at Newark, Delaware
Lehigh/Northern Iowa winner at #3 Delaware (9-2)
December 4 at Daytona Beach, Florida
New Hampshire (7-4) at Bethune-Cookman (10-1)
December 4 at Jacksonville, Alabama, Noon (ET)
Wofford (9-2) at Jacksonville State (9-2)
December 4 at Williamsburg, Virginia
South Carolina St./Georgia Southern winner at #2 William and Mary (8-3)
The 2010 championship field consists of eight automatic qualifiers and eight at-large qualifiers.
Big Sky Conference – #4 Montana St. (9-2)
Big South Conference - Coastal Caro. (6-5)
Colonial Athletic Association - #2 William & Mary (8-3)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference - Bethune-Cookman (10-1)
Missouri Valley Football Conference - UNI (7-4)
Northeast Conference - Robert Morris (8-2)
Ohio Valley Conference - Southeast Mo. St. (9-2)
Patriot League - Lehigh (9-2)
Southern Conference - #1 Appalachian St. (9-2)
Southland Conference- Stephen F. Austin (9-2)
At-Large:
Big Sky Conference - #5 Eastern Washington (9-2)
Colonial Athletic Association - #3 Delaware (9-2)
Colonial Athletic Association - New Hampshire (7-4)
Colonial Athletic Association - Villanova (7-4)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference - South Carolina St. (9-2)
Missouri Valley Football Conference - North Dakota St. (7-4)
Missouri Valley Football Conference - Western Illinois (7-4)
Ohio Valley Conference - Jacksonville St. (9-2)
Southern Conference - Ga. Southern (7-4)
Southern Conference - Wofford (9-2)
Source : thesouthern.com
Regular-season champion Northern Iowa joined two other Missouri Valley Football Conference teams in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, which were announced earlier today.
UNI (7-4) drew Lehigh (9-2) in one of four first-round games in the 20-team field. The game will be played at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa Nov. 27. North Dakota State (7-4), making its first postseason appearance as an FCS school, will host Robert Morris (8-2). Western Illinois (7-4) will play at Coastal Carolina (6-5) in the first round in Conway, S.C.
Southeast Missouri State (9-2), the champions of the Ohio Valley Conference, got a first-round bye but open the playoffs at No. 5 seed Eastern Washington (9-2) Dec. 4. Eastern Washington took over the No. 1 spot in the final regular-season Sports Network/Fathead.com poll released earlier today.
Only the Colonial Athletic Association (three) got more at-large teams in the field than Valley Football and the Southern Conference (two apiece).
Here is a quick look at the FCS playoff field:
First Round Games
November 27 at Conway, S.C.
Western Illinois (7-4) at Coastal Carolina (6-5)
November 27 at Fargo, N.D.
Robert Morris (8-2) at North Dakota State (7-4)
November 27 at Cedar Falls, Iowa
Lehigh (9-2) at Northern Iowa (7-4)
November 27 at Statesboro, Georgia
South Carolina State (9-2) at Georgia Southern (7-4)
Second Round Games
December 4 at Boone, North Carolina, Noon (ET)
Western Illinois/Coastal Carolina winner at #1 Appalachian State (9-2)
December 4 at Nacogdoches, Texas, 3:30 p.m. (ET)
Villanova (7-4) at Stephen F. Austin (9-2)
December 4 at Cheney, Washington
Southeast Missouri State (9-2) at #5 Eastern Washington (9-2)
December 4 at Bozeman, Montana, 2 p.m. (ET)
Robert Morris/North Dakota State winner at #4 Montana State (9-2)
December 4 at Newark, Delaware
Lehigh/Northern Iowa winner at #3 Delaware (9-2)
December 4 at Daytona Beach, Florida
New Hampshire (7-4) at Bethune-Cookman (10-1)
December 4 at Jacksonville, Alabama, Noon (ET)
Wofford (9-2) at Jacksonville State (9-2)
December 4 at Williamsburg, Virginia
South Carolina St./Georgia Southern winner at #2 William and Mary (8-3)
The 2010 championship field consists of eight automatic qualifiers and eight at-large qualifiers.
Big Sky Conference – #4 Montana St. (9-2)
Big South Conference - Coastal Caro. (6-5)
Colonial Athletic Association - #2 William & Mary (8-3)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference - Bethune-Cookman (10-1)
Missouri Valley Football Conference - UNI (7-4)
Northeast Conference - Robert Morris (8-2)
Ohio Valley Conference - Southeast Mo. St. (9-2)
Patriot League - Lehigh (9-2)
Southern Conference - #1 Appalachian St. (9-2)
Southland Conference- Stephen F. Austin (9-2)
At-Large:
Big Sky Conference - #5 Eastern Washington (9-2)
Colonial Athletic Association - #3 Delaware (9-2)
Colonial Athletic Association - New Hampshire (7-4)
Colonial Athletic Association - Villanova (7-4)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference - South Carolina St. (9-2)
Missouri Valley Football Conference - North Dakota St. (7-4)
Missouri Valley Football Conference - Western Illinois (7-4)
Ohio Valley Conference - Jacksonville St. (9-2)
Southern Conference - Ga. Southern (7-4)
Southern Conference - Wofford (9-2)
Source : thesouthern.com
