Last Four In: Tennessee State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Southern Utah
First Four Out: Chattanooga, Liberty, South Carolina State, Montana State
Questions the FCS playoff committee must answer: Does it take five schools from the Missouri Valley Football Conference? What does it do with a possible 10-2 Charleston Southern team? Does the CAA only receive three bids? What about the Southern Conference? It looks like it might be a one-team entry. And how does the committee, which usually pairs opponents based on geographical proximity to one another in the first round, handle a 24-team bracket that’s top heavy with teams from the Midwest and West regions. And finally, with Maine almost certainly getting a first-round bye, who are the lucky teams that get paired in the Black Bears’ bracket with the winner receiving a trip to Orono, Maine, on Dec. 7?
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Big Sky: Eastern Washington, Montana, Northern Arizona, Southern Utah
Big South: Coastal Carolina
CAA: Maine, Towson, William & Mary
MEAC: Bethune-Cookman
MVFC: North Dakota State, Youngstown State, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, Northern Iowa
NEC: Sacred Heart
OVC: Eastern Illinois, Tennessee State
Patriot: Lehigh, Fordham
Pioneer: Butler
Southern: Samford
Southland: Sam Houston State, SE Louisiana, McNeese State
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