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The North Dakota State Bison beat the James Madison Dukes in the FCS Football Championship on January 11, 2020, a year ago to the day that Alabama beat Ohio State this year. Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images.
It has been three weeks since the final whistle blew in Miami and the Crimson Tide once again hoisted the National Championship Trophy. Hopefully, FBS spring camps will begin in March or April leading up to the spring games that give us a preview on the next season. Until that time, there is a fix for your college football needs. Although a few FCS teams had fall games, it appears that most FCS Conferences will follow through on their spring football promise with a large chunk of teams participating.
The first games are expected to start on Saturday, February 13.
HOW TO WATCH.
The only mystery is what networks will be airing the games. ESPN will surely pick up some games on one or more of their networks. However, the airwaves will be jammed with coverage of NBA, NHL, MLS, NASCAR, PGA, the beginning of MLB, and of course March Madness. ESPNU seems like a likely source. ESPN3 will likely carry some games. Your local Fox networks (i.e. Fox Sports South, Fox Sports Southeast, The CW) may be the best bets, though no announcements have been made as of yet.
WHO IS PLAYING?
Big Sky Eastern Washington, Portland State, Northern Colorado, Idaho, Weber State, Idaho State, Montana, Northern Arizona, Montana State, UC Davis, Southern Utah, Cal Poly.
The Big Sky will play six conference games over an eight-week period beginning Feb. 27 and ending April 10. Twelve of the 13 teams will participate with Sacramento State opting out. Teams will not be permitted to play non-conference games in the spring. The schedule maintains key rivalry matchups and bus trips to help reduce travel while each team faces at least three opponents from its original Fall 2020 schedule.
Big South Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, Kennesaw State, Monmouth and Robert Morris.
The Big South spring schedule will feature five teams playing a four-game conference slate. Teams can play up to four non-conference games in the spring. Teams opting out are Campbell, North Alabama and Hampton.
CAA Elon, James Madison, Richmond, William & Mary, UAlbany, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Stony Brook and Villanova.
The CAA will play a six-game conference schedule with the option for schools to add up to two non-conference games. Conference play begins March 6 and ends April 17. The North Division will include seven teams. There will be four teams in the South Division. Teams in the North will face each other once (three home, three away), while teams in the South will meet twice, with each team getting a home and an away game. Towson announced on October 19 that it would not compete during the 2021 Spring season.
Ivy League.
The Ivy League will not have a spring football season.
MEAC Delaware State, Howard, Morgan State, Norfolk State, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, South Carolina State.
Teams will play six regional conference games starting Feb. 27, with teams split into divisions. The first-ever MEAC championship game will be held the weekend of April 16-18.
MVFC North Dakota State, Southern Illinois, Illinois State, Missouri State, North Dakota, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Western Illinois, Youngstown State.
The Valley will play an eight-game conference-only schedule over a nine-week period beginning Feb. 19. The scheduling model follows a ???Southern Start??? with early-season games played either at domes or at institutions in the southern-most part of the league footprint. The first few weeks has games on a Thursday, a Sunday and on Fridays and Saturdays to accommodate domes. The final six weeks has every game on Saturdays.
NEC Bryant, Duquesne, LIU, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, Saint Francis (PA)
The NEC plans to play a four-game conference schedule starting on March 5-7. Central Connecticut State University has bowed out.
OVC Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech, Eastern Illinois, UT Martin, Jacksonville State, Tennessee State, Murray State, Southeast Missouri.
The OVC will begin conference play on Sunday, Feb. 21. The spring schedule will feature eight teams playing seven league games over an eight-week period. Games will be played on Sundays with the exception of Easter weekend when the games will be played that Saturday. Teams can play one non-conference game which would take place on the weekend of February 13-14.
Patriot Bucknell, Colgate, Fordham, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh.
Games set to begin on Saturday, March 13. Georgetown will not play this spring.
Pioneer Morehead State, Butler, Stetson, Davidson, Valparaiso, Dayton, Marist, Drake, San Diego, Presbyterian.
The Pioneer Football will play a six-game conference season starting March 13. Individual members may schedule non-conference games prior to the league??™s March 13-April 17 window. The PFL??™s six-week schedule will see each of its 10 members ??“ including Presbyterian, who joins the PFL for the spring 2021 schedule ??“ play three home and three away contests.
SoCon The Citadel, East Tennessee State, Furman, Samford, VMI, Wofford, Chattanooga, Mercer, Western Carolina. The Citadel played four games this past fall, Western Carolina three, Mercer three, and Chattanooga one ??“ all resulting in defeats.
The SoCon??™s nine teams will complete a full conference schedule over nine weeks, beginning Feb. 20 and ending April 17.
Southland Lamar, McNeese, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Sam Houston, Southeastern La., UIW only. Stephen F. Austin (10 games played in fall), Central Arkansas (9 games played), Houston Baptist (4 games played), Abilene Christian (6 games played) are not participating.
Southland play begins Feb. 20 and ends April 10 with six league games for its participating seven members ??“ UIW, Lamar, McNeese, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State and Southeastern Louisiana. Southland programs have the opportunity to schedule two non-conference games. Abilene Christian, Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist and Stephen F. Austin chose to play last fall ( ED.NOTE: as God intended ) and not in the spring.
SWAC Alcorn State, Alabama A&M, Southern, Alabama State, Mississippi Valley State, Jackson State, Texas Southern, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Prairie View A&M, Grambling State.
The SWAC begins conference play the weekend of Feb. 27. Each team will play six conference games, four against division opponents and two against non-division opponents. The schedule includes one non-conference open date for each team.
Way-Too-Early 2021 Spring FCS Playoff Predictions.
What could the reduced bracket look like this spring?
Jim Oxley/HERO Sports.
The 2021 spring FCS playoff format has been approved. The one-time format will be a unique one. Sixteen teams are in the bracket instead of 24. The typical 10 automatic conference bids have increased to 11 with the MEAC participating. Which means there will be only five at-large bids compared to the usual 14.
There??™s a good chance multiple Top 10 ranked teams won??™t be in the playoffs. It should be a thrilling race to see who makes the field out of a jam-packed bubble.
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But why not take a stab at it right now?
Here are the way-too-early predictions on what the bracket will look like:
11 Conference Auto-Bids.
Big Sky ??“ Weber State Big South ??“ Kennesaw State CAA ??“ James Madison MEAC ??“ North Carolina A&T MVFC ??“ North Dakota State NEC ??“ Robert Morris OVC ??“ Austin Peay Patriot ??“ Holy Cross Pioneer ??“ San Diego SoCon ??“ Furman Southland ??“ Nicholls.
5 At-Large Bids.
Alphabetical Order Montana (Big Sky) Montana State (Big Sky) Northern Iowa (MVFC) South Dakota State (MVFC) Villanova (CAA)
Seeds, First-Round Matchups.
1. North Dakota State vs. Holy Cross 2. Weber State vs. Nicholls 3. James Madison vs. Robert Morris 4. South Dakota State vs. Villanova 5. Montana vs. San Diego 6. Kennesaw State vs. Furman 7. North Carolina A&T vs. Austin Peay 8. Montana State vs. Northern Iowa.
These are the 6 FCS players picked in the 2020 NFL draft.
There were six FCS football players taken in the 2020 NFL draft. Here is what you need to know about them:
Jeremy Chinn, Safety (Southern Illinois) ??” Round 2, No. 64 overall.
Jeremy Chinn was the first FCS player off of the board when the Carolina Panthers selected the Southern Illinois safety in the second round with the 64th overall pick.
The 6-foot-3 defensive back was a consensus All-American and finished his career with Southern Illinois with 243 tackles, 13 interceptions, 31 passes deflected and six forced fumbles.
Adam Trautman, Tight End (Dayton) ??” Round 3, No. 105 overall.
Adam Trautman's career at Dayton earned him a date with Bourbon Street as the New Orleans Saints nabbed the FCS tight end in the third round with the 105th overall pick.
During his senior season, the 6-6 tight end broke the all-time Dayton receptions record with 70 catches and recorded 916 yards. His 14 receiving touchdowns led the Flyers, with a school-record four coming against Jacksonville. Trautman finished his Dayton career as the program's career leader in receptions (178) and receiving yards (2,295).
Isaiah Coulter, Wide Receiver (Rhode Island) ??” Round 5, No. 171 overall.
Rhode Island wide receiver Isiah Coulter was taken 171st overall in the fifth round by the Houston Texans. Entering the draft as a junior out of college, the 6-3 receiver from Brandywine, Md. ended his final collegiate season with 1,039 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on 72 catches. After only three seasons, Coulter ranks ninth in program history with 1,855 career receiving yards.
Coulter is the first Rams player drafted since 1986, when Bob White went in the fifth round to the New York Jets.
Lachavious Simmons, Offensive Guard (Tennessee State) ??” Round 7, No. 227 overall.
Out of Tennessee State, Lachavious Simmons was picked up by the Chicago Bears as the 227th overall pick in the seventh round of the draft. Simmons played all over the line at TSU, seeing time at left guard, right tackle and left tackle.
Ben DiNucci, Quarterback (James Madison) ??” Round 7, No. 231 overall.
Ben DiNucci was the only non-FBS quarterback to be selected in the 2020 NFL draft as the Dallas Cowboys picked up the JMU star with the 231st pick in the seventh round.
DiNucci did it all for the Dukes as he averaged 4.7 yards per carry and also led the nation with a 70.9% completion rate. This past season, DiNucci had 3,441 passing yards with 29 touchdowns and only six interceptions while adding 569 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground. JMU went 14-2 and reached the FCS title game.
Derrek Tuszka, Defensive End (North Dakota State) ??” Round 7, No. 254 overall.
Derreck Tuszka was the only player selected from FCS powerhouse North Dakota State in the 2020 NFL draft. Tuszka will try to use his defensive abilities that garnered him a first-team All-American slot and the Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year award to help out Denver's defense. The Broncos selected him 254th overall in the seventh round.
A three-year starter, Tuszka ended his Bison career with 29.5 career sacks. In 14 playoff games, Tuszka posted 35 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks.
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Thats a pretty fair article. I know it was just one game in a weird fall, and it was the first game of that weird season for NDSU. But they looked pretty bad against a decent Central Arkansas team. I know better by now to think that means that they will have a down year, but between their performance and the departures of three big guys, I could see them dropping a couple of games in conference. And given that the field is going to be tight this year, going 6-2 in the Valley might not cut it. There are only going to be 5 at large berths this year since the fricken MEAC conveniently decided they want to participate, so its going to be hard to spread those 5 bids around between the Big Sky, Valley, and CAA. Each will get an at large for sure, but im not sure how many, if any will get two. And the Big Sky, with their unbalanced schedule, is going to have a few teams with good records.
Im not sure how I feel about the Jacks heading in to this season. They showed flashes last year and the defense was leaps and bounds better than previous years. But the turnover problem was uncharacteristic, and obviously injuries played a part of that. Last years team felt like a team that couldn't turn the corner, in large part due to injuries. We need a couple of pass catchers to step up in a big way and to quit putting the ball on the turf, and we might then be in good shape. Trips to Fargo, Cedar Falls, Carbondale, and Grand Forks will be the toughest games. Going undefeated at home should pend on the YSU game. No ISUr this season. I think the championship will be decided the last game of the season at UNI. That game is guaranteed to either have a head to head bearing in the final first place standing, or the tie breaker with NDSU/ISUr. Need to go at least 7-1 to feel comfortable making the field. After that, maybe we can hope for one of those May blizzards during home field in the playoffs on the road to Frisco.
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Thats a pretty fair article. I know it was just one game in a weird fall, and it was the first game of that weird season for NDSU. But they looked pretty bad against a decent Central Arkansas team. I know better by now to think that means that they will have a down year, but between their performance and the departures of three big guys, I could see them dropping a couple of games in conference. And given that the field is going to be tight this year, going 6-2 in the Valley might not cut it. There are only going to be 5 at large berths this year since the fricken MEAC conveniently decided they want to participate, so its going to be hard to spread those 5 bids around between the Big Sky, Valley, and CAA. Each will get an at large for sure, but im not sure how many, if any will get two. And the Big Sky, with their unbalanced schedule, is going to have a few teams with good records.
Im not sure how I feel about the Jacks heading in to this season. They showed flashes last year and the defense was leaps and bounds better than previous years. But the turnover problem was uncharacteristic, and obviously injuries played a part of that. Last years team felt like a team that couldn't turn the corner, in large part due to injuries. We need a couple of pass catchers to step up in a big way and to quit putting the ball on the turf, and we might then be in good shape. Trips to Fargo, Cedar Falls, Carbondale, and Grand Forks will be the toughest games. Going undefeated at home should pend on the YSU game. No ISUr this season. I think the championship will be decided the last game of the season at UNI. That game is guaranteed to either have a head to head bearing in the final first place standing, or the tie breaker with NDSU/ISUr. Need to go at least 7-1 to feel comfortable making the field. After that, maybe we can hope for one of those May blizzards during home field in the playoffs on the road to Frisco.
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