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Southern Conference 2017 Football 702 North Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303 • 864-591-5100• Fax: 864-591-3448 #SoConFB Phil Perry, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations (FB contact) facebook.com/SouthernConference • twitter.com/SoConSports • instagram.com/SouthernConference 2017 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL STANDINGS NOTES • The 2017 season marks the SoCon’s 96th year CONFERENCE OVERALL of football. C/SI STANDINGS W-L PF PA W-L PF PA H A N ST • Chattanooga played on the national stage to get 12/16 The Citadel 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - the season underway, as the Mocs fell 27-13 to No. --/RV ETSU 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 5 Jacksonville State in the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday Furman 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - on ESPN. UTC quarterback Nick Tiano, making his RV/RV Mercer 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - fi rst start for his hometown team after transferring 19/19 Samford 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - this spring from Mississippi State, accumulated 286 yards of total off ense. VMI 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Western Carolina 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - • Two Thursday games kick off this week’s slate, with Mercer and Samford hosting home contests. 11/11 Woff ord 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Rivals Furman and Woff ord meet Saturday to begin 13/12 Chattanooga 0-0 0 0 0-1 13 27 0-0 0-0 0-1 L1 league play, while ETSU hosts Limestone to open C - FCS Coaches Poll; SI - STATS FCS Top 25 newly named William B. Greene Jr. Stadium. • For the fi rst time in its history, Woff ord was the preseason choice to win the Southern Conference UPCOMING SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES EASTERN) title, by both the league’s coaches and media. The Terriers’ previous best predicted fi nish was second, Aug. 31 (Thursday) Series TV/Digital Time where they were picked by both organizations in Jacksonville at Mercer Mercer leads 1-0 ESPN3 7 p.m. 2004, by just the coaches in 2009 and by just the media in 2012 and 2013. Kennesaw State at Samford First meeting CFDS/ESPN3 7 p.m. • Full polls and the coaches’ preseason all-confer- Sept. 2 (Saturday) Series TV/Digital Time ence teams can be found on page 2 of these notes. VMI at Air Force First meeting ESPN3 12 p.m. Chattanooga led the league with 10 preseason Newberry at The Citadel The Citadel leads 32-4-4 CFDS/ESPN3 6 p.m. all-conference picks. *Furman at Woff ord Furman leads 53-30-7 ESPN3 6 p.m. Limestone at ETSU First meeting ESPN3 7 p.m. • The Citadel enters the season seeking its third straight SoCon crown. The 2015 and 2016 titles marked the fi rst time the Bulldogs had won the Sept. 3 (Sunday) Series TV/Digital Time SoCon in consecutive years. Western Carolina at Hawai’i First meeting Charter Spectrum PPV/ 12 a.m. Mountain West Conference mobile app • The SoCon is the only conference in college foot- ball that will take on both the reigning FCS and FBS Sept. 7 (Thursday) Series TV/Digital Time national champions this season. ETSU will square off West Alabama at Samford Samford leads 10-6-1 ESPN3 7 p.m. against defending FCS champion James Madison on Sept. 9, while The Citadel will face Clemson on Nov. 18. CFDS - 7 Communications’ College Football Down South (see page 5 of these notes for affi liates) • Four league teams are nationally ranked in the 2016 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST preseason, with Woff ord leading the way at No. 11 in both the FCS Coaches Poll and the STATS FCS Team Off ense Defense Specialists Total Pct. Top 25. The Citadel is 12th in the coaches’ poll and ETSU, entering its third season The Citadel 3/8 6/5 0/2 9/15 .375 16th in the STATS rankings, while Chattanooga ETSU 10/1 9/2 4/0 23/3 .885 is 13th/12th and Samford is 19th in both polls. since restarting its program, re- Mercer received votes in both polls, while ETSU turns a league-best 23 starters Furman 4/7 4/7 3/1 11/15 .423 earned votes in the STATS rankings. from 2016, including 10 on the of- Mercer 7/4 6/5 2/1 15/10 .600 fensive side of the ball. Two-time Samford 5/6 7/4 2/2 14/12 .538 • Samford redshirt junior quarterback Devlin defending SoCon champion The Chattanooga 5/6 6/5 2/1 13/12 .520 Hodges and Western Carolina senior all-purpose Citadel brings back nine starters, VMI 4/7 7/4 1/1 12/12 .500 running back Detrez Newsome were among the the fewest in the league, with just Western Carolina 9/2 7/4 1/2 17/8 .680 22 players listed on the preseason watch list for three on off ense. Woff ord 6/5 8/3 1/2 15/10 .600 the 2017 STATS FCS Walter Payton Award for the outstanding off ensive player of the year, while Total 53/46 60/39 16/12 129/97 .571 The Citadel’s senior safety Kalik Williams has been named to the preseason watch list for the STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award, which honors the SOCON STATS NCAA STATS SOCON MEDIA GUIDE FCS POLL SITE outstanding defensive player of the year. • Two league coaches are making their team de- buts this season. Tom Arth came to Chattanooga after an outstanding four-year run at his alma mater, John Carroll, in which he went 40-8 and was named the 2016 NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year. Furman’s Clay Hendrix returns to his alma mater and assumes his fi rst head coaching job after a 10-year tenure at Air Force following a 19-year stay as an assistant for the Paladins. SoCon Football Weekly Release Aug. 28, 2017 Page 1 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STATS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA Off ensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year First team Devlin Hodges, R-Jr., QB, Samford Kailik Williams, Sr., DB, The Citadel P Ian Berryman, Western Carolina First Team Off ense Second Team Off ense Second team QB Devlin Hodges, R-Jr., Samford QB Alejandro Bennifi eld, Sr., Chattanooga RB Detrez Newsome, Western Carolina RB Cam Jackson, Sr., The Citadel RB Antonio Wilcox, Sr., Furman DL Miles Brown, Woff ord RB Detrez Newsome, Sr., Western Carolina RB Richardre Bagley, Sr., Chattanooga LB Shaheed Salmon, Samford OL Tyler Davis, Jr., The Citadel OL Alex Rios, Sr., ETSU DB Kailik Williams, The Citadel OL Matthew Schmidt, Sr., Furman OL Caleb Yates, Sr., Mercer OL Thomas Marchman, Sr., Mercer OL Malcolm White, So., Chattanooga Third team OL Josh Cardiello, Sr., Chattanooga OL Nathan Dalton, R-Jr., Western Carolina QB Devlin Hodges, Samford OL Roo Daniels, Sr., Woff ord OL Ross Demmel, Jr., Woff ord DB Omari Williams, Samford TE Sam Walker, R-Jr., Mercer TE Chandler Gouger, Sr., Woff ord LB Dale Warren, Chattanooga WR Kelvin McKnight, Jr., Samford WR Marquise Irvin, Jr., Mercer WR Terryon Robinson, R-Sr., Western Carolina WR James Stovall, Sr., Chattanooga SOCON PLAYERS OF THE WEEK First Team Defense Second Team Defense DL Ahmad Gooden, R-Jr., Samford DL Ken Allen, Jr., The Citadel Off ensive DL Isaiah Mack, Jr., Chattanooga DL Jonathan King, Sr., The Citadel Sept. 4 ............................................................................ DL Miles Brown, Jr., Woff ord DL Jaylan Reid, R-Jr., Furman Sept. 11 ......................................................................... DL Tyler Vaughn, Sr., Woff ord DL Isaiah Buehler, R-Jr., Mercer Sept. 18 ......................................................................... LB Shaheed Salmon, Sr., Samford DL Taylor Reynolds, Sr., Chattanooga Sept. 25 ......................................................................... LB Dale Warren, Sr., Chattanooga LB Myles Pierce, Sr., The Citadel Oct. 2 .............................................................................. LB Allan Cratsenberg, Sr., VMI LB Dylan Weigel, R-Jr., ETSU Oct. 9 .............................................................................. LB Datavious Wilson, So., Woff ord LB Ryan Francis, R-Sr., VMI Oct. 16 ........................................................................... DB Kailik Williams, Sr., The Citadel DB Aaquil Annoor, Jr., Furman Oct. 23 ........................................................................... DB Omari Williams, Sr., Samford DB Trevor Wright, Sr., Chattanooga Oct. 30 ........................................................................... DB Lucas Webb, Sr., Chattanooga DB Greg Sanders, Sr., VMI Nov. 6 ............................................................................. DB Devin Watson, Jr., Woff ord DB Keion Crossen, Sr., Western Carolina Nov. 13 ........................................................................... DB George Gbesee, So., Woff ord Nov. 20 ........................................................................... First Team Specialists PK Cole Fisher, Jr., Mercer Second Team Specialists Defensive P Ian Berryman, R-Jr., Western Carolina PK JJ Jerman, Jr., ETSU Sept. 4 ............................................................................ RS Detrez Newsome, Sr., Western Carolina P Austin Barnard, R-Sr., Samford Sept. 11 ......................................................................... RS Chandler Curtis, Sr., Mercer Sept. 18 ......................................................................... Sept. 25 ......................................................................... Oct. 2 .............................................................................. PRESEASON SOUTHERN CONFERENCE POLLS Oct. 9 .............................................................................. Oct. 16 ........................................................................... Coaches Media Oct. 23 ........................................................................... Team (1st-place votes) Total Team (1st-place votes) Total Oct. 30 ........................................................................... 1. Woff ord (7) 63 1. Woff ord (11)