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FCS Move to Spring Poll

Would you support a FCS move to the spring

  • Yes

    Votes: 24 51.1%

  • No

    Votes: 15 31.9%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • Yes but have one fall game vs a FBS school.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Go home Ferrum, you're drunk!

    Votes: 6 12.8%
  • Total voters
    47
STATS PERFORM FCS TOP 25 (MARCH 8)

1. James Madison (3-0, 1-0 CAA), 981 points (29 first-place votes)

Previous Ranking: 1; Week 4 Result: 20-17 win at Elon

2. Weber State (1-0 Big Sky), 928 (2)

Previous Ranking: 2; Week 4 Result: Postponed at Cal Poly

3. North Dakota (3-0 Missouri Valley), 919 (9)

Previous Ranking: 4; Week 4 Result: 21-10 win over then-No. 20 South Dakota

4. Northern Iowa (2-1 Missouri Valley), 863

Previous Ranking: 3; Week 4 Result: 20-10 win over then-No. 15 Illinois State

5. North Dakota State (3-1, 2-1 Missouri Valley), 778

Previous Ranking: 6; Week 4 Result: 25-0 win at Missouri State

6. Villanova (1-0 CAA), 777

Previous Ranking: 5; Week 4 Result: 16-13 win at Stony Brook

7. Nicholls (3-0, 2-0 Southland), 754

Previous Ranking: 7; Week 4 Result: 31-24 win at Northwestern State

8. South Dakota State (2-1 Missouri Valley), 752

Previous Ranking: 8; Week 4 Result: 45-10 win over Western Illinois

9. Kennesaw State (1-0, 0-0 Big South), 653

Previous Ranking: 9; Week 4 Result: No game

T10. Jacksonville State (5-1, 2-0 Ohio Valley), 652

Previous Ranking: 10; Week 4 Result: 38-16 win at Tennessee State

T10. Southern Illinois (3-1, 2-1 Missouri Valley), 652

Previous Ranking: 11; Week 4 Result: 30-22 win at Youngstown State

12. Sam Houston (1-0 Southland), 557

Previous Ranking: 12; Week 4 Result: No game

13. Albany (1-0 CAA), 538

Previous Ranking: 13; Week 4 Result: 24-20 win at then-No. 14 New Hampshire

14. Chattanooga (2-1, 2-0 Southern), 402

Previous Ranking: 18; Week 4 Result: 25-24 OT win at The Citadel

15. Furman (2-1 Southern), 351

Previous Ranking: 17; Week 4 Result: 44-37 OT win over Samford

16. Eastern Washington (1-1 Big Sky), 317

Previous Ranking: 22; Week 4 Result: 45-13 win over Northern Arizona

17. New Hampshire (0-1 CAA), 272

Previous Ranking: 14; Week 4 Result: 24-20 loss to then-No. 13 Albany

18. Southeastern Louisiana (1-1 Southland), 239

Previous Ranking: 24; Week 4 Result: 25-20 win over McNeese

19. Delaware (1-0 CAA), 233

Previous Ranking: 25; Week 4 Result: 37-0 win over Maine

20. Wofford (1-1 Southern), 222

Previous Ranking: 21; Week 4 Result: Postponed vs. ETSU

21. South Dakota (1-1 Missouri Valley), 185

Previous Ranking: 20; Week 4 Result: 21-10 loss at then-No. 4 North Dakota

22. Illinois State (0-2 Missouri Valley), 148

Previous Ranking: 15; Week 4 Result: 20-10 loss at then-No. 3 Northern Iowa

23. UC Davis (1-0 Big Sky), 140

Previous Ranking: Unranked; Week 4 Result: 27-17 win at Idaho

24. Monmouth (0-0 Big South), 119

Previous Ranking: 23; Week 4 Result: No game

25. UIW (2-0 Southland), 115

Previous Ranking: Unranked; West 4 Result: 42-20 win at Lamar

Dropped Out: Southeast Missouri (16) and Idaho (19)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): VMI 89, Idaho 81, Southeast Missouri 77, Jackson State 55, Richmond 36, Gardner-Webb 32, San Diego 15, ETSU 12, Austin Peay 10, Dixie State 10, Murray State 9, Tarleton 9, Elon 3
 
So if a player plays FCS in the spring then transfers to an FBS team. Does that only count as one year of eligibility? Doesn’t that pretty much make FCS a minor league training/developmental for FBS?
 


First, a quick summary of what we know for this season, as of now:

  • The fall championship, usually culminating in an early January title game, is still planned to be played — albeit in the spring this year.
  • The championship is currently scheduled for April 18-May 15, with 16 teams making the playoff field as opposed to the usual 24.
  • In this 16-team bracket, 10 teams will automatically qualify via conference championships. The remaining six will be at-large selections.Here are the conferences who will receive automatic qualification into the 2020-21 field: Big Sky, Big South, Colonial Athletic Association, Missouri Valley Football Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Pioneer Football League, Southern Conference and Southland Conference.
  • Schools that opted to play games in the fall will have their results considered in the selection process for the spring championship field.
 
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For the jabs that JOC sometimes takes on the board, he nailed this story from September 2020. Keydets are for real this season. Glad to see as they, like Moses, were in the desert for decades.
 
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Maybe they're legit, but it's hard to know based on their schedule so far. The teams they beat are a combined 11-15, and they beat two of them by just one point each. I find it difficult to believe they are the eighth-best team in the nation.
 
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Maybe they're legit, but it's hard to know based on their schedule so far. The teams they beat are a combined 11-15, and they beat two of them by just one point each. I find it difficult to believe they are the eighth-best team in the nation.
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Awesome story either way especially the QB and how he opted to come back. Hell I have my doubts we are 15th in the country but just happy to have something to talk about at this stage.
 
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Super tough with only five at-large slots and at least two CAA teams ahead of us in the pecking order. JMU gets the benefit of the doubt, while UD has a couple of dominating wins plus a solid one over a ranked URI team.

Villanova is an interesting case...lots of preseason hype, but squeaked out win over SB and lost to URI in OT before rolling Maine. Wonder what the UD-Villanova game on the 17th might do to things...a UD win gives them the marquee win they could use to really solidify themselves, but what happens if Villanova wins? Gives them a very nice win that could offset the URI loss.

We're just very much an unknown given our lack of quality opponents (and of course us being in contention is contingent upon beating W&M again...no sure thing.)
 
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Super tough with only five at-large slots and at least two CAA teams ahead of us in the pecking order. JMU gets the benefit of the doubt, while UD has a couple of dominating wins plus a solid one over a ranked URI team.

Villanova is an interesting case...lots of preseason hype, but squeaked out win over SB and lost to URI in OT before rolling Maine. Wonder what the UD-Villanova game on the 17th might do to things...a UD win gives them the marquee win they could use to really solidify themselves, but what happens if Villanova wins? Gives them a very nice win that could offset the URI loss.

We're just very much an unknown given our lack of quality opponents (and of course us being in contention is contingent upon beating W&M again...no sure thing.)
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Damn.I know now we should have scheduled Morehead State.
 
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If Spiders defeat Indians to go 4-0, or if game is not played and finish 3-0, do we win CAA autobid as conference champs if Nova beats the Blue Hens? Both Nova and UD would be 3-1.

Go Spiders!
 
Bids from schools to host NCAA FCS postseason games were due Monday afternoon 4/5/21 per Chad Tolliver, the NCAA's associate director of championships.

Over the next few days, the NCAA will sort through the bids and select up to 16 predetermined host sites.

The NCAA is selecting up to 16 predetermined host sites because it allows for options as FCS playoffs move forward.

Tolliver said: "We're trying to avoid as best as possible the opportunity of someone hosting without their team playing.

——————

Bids sought to host preliminary rounds of FCS playoff​

16 potential sites will be identified April 6​

March 26, 2021 11:58am Greg Johnson

The Division I Football Oversight Committee on Thursday approved a recommendation that up to 16 potential preliminary-round host sites for the 2020-21 Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff be identified by April 6.

Host sites for the eight first-round games would then be selected from those 16 preapproved sites. The Division I Football Championship Committee created this proposal and is following the guidelines set by the NCAA COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group.

The deadline for bid materials to be received by the NCAA is April 5.

The rationale for this proposal was to ensure all preliminary-round sites are properly certified for COVID-19 testing and have adequate time to coordinate the necessary logistical and operational requirements. By identifying 16 potential sites by April 6, the committee is providing those sites nearly three weeks to prepare for a potential first-round game April 24.

Also, selecting 16 potential sites before the selection meetings mitigates the risk that a school may be selected to host a game without its team participating in that game.
This approach provides the committee maximum flexibility when selecting host sites during the selection process.
During the bracketing process, the committee will pick eight of those 16 preapproved sites to serve as a first-round host based on the makeup of the bracket.

The quarterfinal and semifinal host sites also would be selected from the preapproved sites based on the makeup of the bracket.

In pre-pandemic times, the higher-seeded team had the option to host preliminary-round games, depending on the availability of its facility, in the FCS championship.
The final of the FCS championship will be at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

Media Contact​

Greg
Johnson
Associate Director of Communications
NCAA
gmjohnson@ncaa.org
 
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I thought I read that you had to play a minimum 4 games to qualify for the auto qualifier. I wonder if Russ regrets not playing a OCC game.
 
Four games are needed for an at-large. UR23 said you need three CAA games to be eligible for the auto bid, but I haven't seen that anywhere official.
 
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Bids from schools to host NCAA FCS postseason games were due Monday afternoon 4/5/21 per Chad Tolliver, the NCAA's associate director of championships.

Over the next few days, the NCAA will sort through the bids and select up to 16 predetermined host sites.

The NCAA is selecting up to 16 predetermined host sites because it allows for options as FCS playoffs move forward.

Tolliver said: "We're trying to avoid as best as possible the opportunity of someone hosting without their team playing.

——————

Bids sought to host preliminary rounds of FCS playoff​

16 potential sites will be identified April 6​

March 26, 2021 11:58am Greg Johnson

The Division I Football Oversight Committee on Thursday approved a recommendation that up to 16 potential preliminary-round host sites for the 2020-21 Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff be identified by April 6.

Host sites for the eight first-round games would then be selected from those 16 preapproved sites. The Division I Football Championship Committee created this proposal and is following the guidelines set by the NCAA COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group.

The deadline for bid materials to be received by the NCAA is April 5.

The rationale for this proposal was to ensure all preliminary-round sites are properly certified for COVID-19 testing and have adequate time to coordinate the necessary logistical and operational requirements. By identifying 16 potential sites by April 6, the committee is providing those sites nearly three weeks to prepare for a potential first-round game April 24.

Also, selecting 16 potential sites before the selection meetings mitigates the risk that a school may be selected to host a game without its team participating in that game.
This approach provides the committee maximum flexibility when selecting host sites during the selection process.
During the bracketing process, the committee will pick eight of those 16 preapproved sites to serve as a first-round host based on the makeup of the bracket.

The quarterfinal and semifinal host sites also would be selected from the preapproved sites based on the makeup of the bracket.

In pre-pandemic times, the higher-seeded team had the option to host preliminary-round games, depending on the availability of its facility, in the FCS championship.
The final of the FCS championship will be at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

Media Contact​

Greg
Johnson
Associate Director of Communications
NCAA
gmjohnson@ncaa.org
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UR will NOT be playing any HOME games if it makes the Spring playoffs.

Division I Football Committee announces championship host sites​



INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Football Championship committee announced today 14 predetermined preliminary round sites for this year’s Division I Football Championship.

Due to the health and safety protocols surrounding the pandemic, it was deemed necessary to conduct NCAA championship competition at predetermined sites. Of the 14 selected sites, eight will be chosen to host first-round games. Twelve of the 14 sites will be in contention to host the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the championship.


The 14 sites, with host institutions are as follows:
  • Newark, Delaware – Delaware
  • Cheney, Washington – Eastern Washington
  • Jacksonville, Alabama – Jacksonville State
  • Harrisonburg, Virginia – James Madison
  • Kennesaw, Georgia – Kennesaw State
  • Orono, Maine – Maine
  • Springfield, Missouri – Missouri State
  • Murray, Kentucky – Murray State
  • Grand Forks, North Dakota – North Dakota
  • Fargo, North Dakota – North Dakota State
  • Huntsville, Texas – Sam Houston
  • Brookings, South Dakota – South Dakota State
  • Villanova, Pennsylvania – Villanova
  • Ogden, Utah – Weber State
“We are excited for the upcoming championship and thankful to the hosts of this year’s sites,” said Kyle Moats, chair of the committee and Director of Athletics at Missouri State University. “Given the unique circumstances of this football season, the committee believes the predetermined sites and hosts chosen will provide both a safe and enjoyable environment for all our participants. An exceptional student-athlete experience is one of our top priorities and we are confident that our hosts will make this year’s championship memorable for all involved.”

The designation of predetermined sites will have no bearing on the teams selected to participate in the 2020 Division I Football Championship. The championship field will consist of 10 automatic qualifiers and 6 at-large qualifiers. Fall competitions will be considered when determining the field for the spring championship.

Participating teams will be revealed during the selection show on Sunday, April 18, at 11:30 a.m. ET on ESPNU.
All rounds of the FCS playoffs will be broadcast on ESPN’s family of networks with first-round games taking place Saturday, April 24 and concluding with the national championship game at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, Sunday, May 16, at 2 p.m. ET on ABC.
 
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As we all know the AD of Missouri State is the Chairman of FCS selection committe.Let that sink in,

FCS selection committee chair weighs in on playoff system​

Kyle Moats, the Missouri State athletic director, is installed with guiding the playoff as chair of the FCS selection committee. Like everyone else in the sport, he's hoping schools can make it through the spring semester without major problems.

www.inforum.com

FCS selection committee chair weighs in on playoff system

Kyle Moats, the Missouri State athletic director, is installed with guiding the playoff as chair of the FCS selection committee. Like everyone else in the sport, he's hoping schools can make it through the spring semester without major problems.
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Seth Morgan subbed for star QB; Keydets remained in 'safe hands'​


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Seth Morgan subbed for star QB; Keydets remained in 'safe hands'

VMI had three spring-semester football games left, but with star quarterback Reece Udinski out for the remainder with a knee injury, the curtain appeared to be falling fast.
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VMI issued program for recent Citadel v VMI game

 
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JMU is probably a top-5 team at best but will beat VMI by three TDs.

The outage from JMU fans about not getting the 1 seed after playing the pathetic schedule they did (and barely beating ELON) is laughable..SD State would torch them right now.
 
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