Playoffs! FCS First Round match-ups

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Here are the 1st round match-ups:

SAM HOUSTON STATE 8-4 (469-358), lost to Eastern Washington 35-56, Louisiana State 0-56, Colorado State-Pueblo 21-47 and Northwestern Louisiana 27-31, ranked #19 post season record: 14-9-1 (1 title)
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SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 9-3 (506-209), lost to Tulane 20-35, Southeastern Missouri 23-24, Stephen . Austin 17-27, ranked #9, post season record:1-1 (0 titles)

STEPHEN AUSTIN 8-4 (415-357), lost to Kansas State 16-55, Central Arkansas 39-49, Sam Houston State 28-42 and Abilene Christian 35-37, unranked post season record: 5-5 (0 titles)
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NORTHERN IOWA 8-4, (387-228), lost to Iowa 23-31, Hawaii 24-27, Indiana State 19-20 and South Dakota State 28-31, ranked #10 post season record: 20-13 (0 titles)

SAN DIEGO 9-2 (299-273) lost to Jacksonville 18-31 and Cal Poly 3-34, unranked post season record: 0-1 (0 titles)
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MONTANA 8-4 (343-243), lost to Wyoming 12-17, North Dakota State 10-22, Cal poly 21-41 and Eastern Washington 26-36, ranked #11 post season record: 32-20 (2 titles)

SACRED HEART9-2 (313-182), lost to Bucknell 20-36 and St. Francis (Pa) 27-30 ranked #22 post season record: 0-1 (0 titles)
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FORDHAM 10-2 (506-259), lost to Villanova 6-50 and Army 31-42, ranked #12 post season record: 4-5 (0 titles)

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 8-4 (376-288, lost to Missouri 18-38, Illinois State 10-45, Youngstown State 27-30 and North Dakota State 17-37, ranked #13 post season record:2-4 (0 titles)
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MONTANA STATE 8-4 (457-386), lost to Arkansas State 10-37, Eastern Washington 51-52, Cal Poly 27-35 and Montana 7-34, ranked #17 post season record: 9-6-2 (3 titles)

LIBERTY 8-4, (426-344), lost to North Carolina 29-56, Indiana State 19-38, Richmond 39-46 and Charleston Southern 36-38, ranked #23 post season record: 0-0 (0 titles)
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JAMES MADISON 9-3 (443-351), lost to Maryland 7-52, Villanova 31-49 and Delaware 23-30, ranked #15 post season record: 9-9 (1 title)

MORGAN STATE 7-5, (338-298), lost to Eastern Michigan 28-31, Holy Cross 26-29, Norfolk State 14-15, Villanova 28-48 and North Caorlina A&T 0-45, unranked post season record: 2-3 (6 titles)
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RICHMOND 8-4 (374-295), lost to Virginia 13-45, New Hampshire 26-29, Maine 20-33 and James Madison 20-55, ranked #16 post season record: 11-8-1 (1 title)

INDIANA STATE 7-5 (304-288), lost to Indiana 10-28, Illinois State 18-20, North Dakota State 17-34, South Dakota State 17-24, Western Illinois 20-34,ranked #21 post season record: 1-2 (0 titles)
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EASTERN KENTUCKY 9-3 (389-300), lost to Tennessee Tech 31-39, Jacksonville State 6-20 and Florida 3-52, ranked #18 post season record: 16-19 (2 titles)

Byes went to: #1 New Hampshire, #2 Jacksonville State,#3 North Dakota State, #4 Eastern Washington, #5 Villanova, #6 Costal Carolina, #7 Illinois State and #8 Chattanooga,

Comments: Look out for Northern Iowa, who lost 4 of their first seven by a total of 14 points and then won 5 in a row, including a resounding 23-3 win over three time defending champion North Dakota State, breaking the Bison’s 33 game winning streak. UNi also beat Illinois State when they were undefeated. The Bison will continue to be a factor, as will Villanova, who lost two games by two points and won the 2009 title. Fordham had a disastrous game against Nova but has been taking no prisoners since. The records of a lot of these seems mediocre but if you look at who they lost to you’ll see that they played a lot of FCS teams, (mostly competitively) and played some games against other tournament teams as well.


(Again), I didn’t finish this before today’s first round games. Here are the scores. I’ll be reporting on the details of these games in the next week:
Sam Houston State 21 SE Louisiana 17
Northern Iowa 44 Stephen . Austin 10
Montana 52 San Diego 14
Fordham 44 Sacred Heart 22
South Dakota State 47 Montana State 40
Liberty 26 James Madison 21
Richmond 46 Morgan State 24
Indiana State 36 Eastern Kentucky 16