Gulf South Conference 2018 Football Weekly Release // Ncaa First Round
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Gulf South Conference 2018 football weekly release // ncaa first round Contact: Nick Moeller, Assistant Commissioner for Sports Information // [email protected] Twitter: @GulfSouth // Facebook: The Gulf South Conference // Instagram: gscsports 2018 GSC STANDINGS Conference Overall A/D2 Team W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct PF PA Home Away Neutral Streak 3/5 Valdosta State 8 0 1.000 422 188 10 0 1.000 522 208 5-0 4-0 1-0 W-11 10/9 West Georgia 7 1 .875 269 172 10 1 .909 390 210 6-0 4-1 0-0 L-1 RV/-- Florida Tech 5 3 .625 247 188 8 3 .727 323 235 4-1 4-2 0-0 W-2 RV/-- West Alabama 5 3 .625 228 168 8 3 .727 317 234 5-1 3-2 0-0 W-3 West Florida 4 4 .500 204 209 6 5 .545 264 275 2-3 4-2 0-0 L-2 North Greenville 3 4 .429 139 181 4 6 .400 204 266 2-2 2-4 0-0 L-4 Delta State 2 6 .250 286 239 2 8 .200 209 304 2-3 0-5 0-0 W-1 Mississippi College 1 6 .143 169 240 3 7 .300 251 313 2-4 1-3 0-0 L-3 Shorter 0 8 .000 109 388 0 11 .000 146 556 0-5 0-6 0-0 L-39 A-AFCA Division II Coaches’ Poll | D2-D2Football.com Poll SUPER REGION TWO BRACKET #4 bowie state #5 WEST ALABAMA #1 VALDOSTA STATE bsu/UWA #2 WEST GEORGIA #7 WINGATE UWG/WU #3 LENOIR-RHYNE LR/FIT #6 FLORIDA TECH THIS WEEK’S GAMES NEXT WEEK’S GAMES Saturday, November 17 Saturday, November 24 #7 Wingate at #2 West Georgia 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT Next Saturday, the NCAA Division II Championship will be down to 16 #5 West Alabama at #4 Bowie State 1:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. CT teams. The top seed in SR2, Valdosta State, is already to the Sweet 16 #6 Florida Tech at #3 Lenoir-Rhyne 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT after receiving a bye. The Blazers will face and host the winner of the Bowie State/West Alabama contest. The highest seed remaining out of West Georgia, Lenoir-Rhyne, and Florida Tech will host the other contest. 2018 GSC FOOTBALL - ncaa first round PREVIEW #7 WINGATE BULLDOGS #5 WEST ALABAMA TIGERS (8-3, 5-2 South Atlantic) (8-3, 5-3 Gulf South) VS. VS. #2 WEST GEORGIA WOLVES #4 BOWIE STATE BULLDOGS (10-1, 7-1 Gulf South) (9-2, 5-1 Central Intercollegiate) Series Record: ...................................................................................................................Wingate leads 2-0 Series Record: ............................................................................................................................ First Meeting Last Meeting: ............................................................................... Wingate 10 at West Georgia 7 (2010) Last Meeting: ................................................................................................................................................N/A WU’s Last Game: ..................................................................................................vs. Tusculum // W, 16-12 UWA’s Last Game: ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������vs. West Florida // W, 45-7 UWG’s Last Game: ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� at Valdosta State // L, 31-47 BSU’s Last Game: ..................................................................................vs. Fayetteville State // W, 30-10 WINGATE TEAM STATS WEST GEORGIA WEST ALABAMA TEAM STATS BOWIE STATE 33.1 Points 35.5 28.8 Points 31.3 per game per game 200.5 Passing Offense 235.0 237.0 Passing Offense 322.3 yards per game yards per game 172.5 Rushing Offense 199.2 142.5 Rushing Offense 109.4 yards per game yards per game 19.0 Points Allowed 19.1 21.3 Points Allowed 22.9 per game per game 188.4 Passing Defense 154.5 241.8 Passing Defense 164.1 yards allowed per game yards allowed per game 112.1 Rushing Defense 149.1 112.8 Rushing Defense 144.6 yards allowed per game yards allowed per game WINGATE STATISTICAL LEADERS WEST GEORGIA WEST ALABAMA STATISTICAL LEADERS BOWIE STATE Shaw Crocker Passing Willie Candler Harry Satterwhite Passing Amir Hall 132-for-234, 2099 yds, 22 TDs 198-for-292, 2489 yds, 24 TDs 208-for-345, 2374 yds, 22 TDs 303-for-461, 3505 yds, 28 TDs Nijere Peoples Rushing Devontae Jackson Tyler Rogers Rushing Brandon Abrams 176 att, 994 yds, 13 TDs 199 att, 1199 yds, 11 TDs 137 att, 723 yds, 7 TDs 127 att, 515 yds, 7 TDs JT Stokes Receiving Malik Henry Bayley Blanchard Receiving Montez Clay 39 rec, 811 yds, 9 TDs 30 rec, 407 yds, 7 TDs 53 rec, 628 yds, 6 TDs 67 rec, 807 yds, 8 TDs Cardell Rawlings Tackles Montrell Pardue Terry Samuel Tackles Joshua Pryor 73 tackles, 19.5 TFL, 15.0 sacks 75 tackles, 6.0 TFL 83 tackles, 1.0 TFL 51 tackles, 19.0 TFL, 9.5 sacks Cardell Rawlings Sacks Chad Price Jordan Jones Sacks Joshua Pryor 15.0 sacks, 91 yds 4.0 sacks, 24 yds 5.0 sacks, 28 yds 9.5 sacks, 59 yds Cameron Mattison Interceptions Ashton Jackson Nicarius Peterson Interceptions Tevin Singleton 4 INTs 2 INTs 4 INTs 3 INTs GAME NOTES GAME NOTES - This is the fourth playoff appearance in five years for UWG. - This is the second straight playoff appearance for UWA, who was the top seed in SR2 last season, advancing to the NCAA Quarterfinals. - West Georgia has won at least one game in each of those previous three appearances. - The last time that the Tigers earned back-to-back postseason berths was 2011-12. - UWG is 6-7 all-time in the NCAA Playoffs, advancing the NCAA Semifinals twice. - This is the second straight season that Bowie State will host a GSC team in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs. The Bulldogs fell to Delta - This is the second straight playoff appearance for Wingate, who fell State 45-35 in 2017. to a GSC opponent (West Florida) in the first round last season. - Bowie State is fresh off of the program’s first CIAA Championship, - This is the first time in program history that the Bulldogs have beating Fayetteville State 30-10 last weekend. earned back-to-back playoff bids. - Tyler Rogers became UWA’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns - UWG’s Devontae Jackson is one the most accomplished rushers in last week. He now has 30 career rushing TDs. GSC history. His 3,918 career rushing yards currently ranks fourth all- time. He currently sits 227 yards behind Valdosta State’s Cedric O’Neal - Harry Satterwhite has 63 career TD passes, which is third all-time at for third place. UWA, and just one behind Deon Williams’ 64 for second place. - Jackson earned his fourth career all-conference honor this season, and he is a three-time First Team All-GSC honoree. 2018 GSC FOOTBALL - ncaa first round PREVIEW #6 FLORIDA TECH PANTHERS (8-3, 5-3 Gulf South) VS. #3 LENOIR-RHYNE BEARS (10-1, 7-0 South Atlantic) Series Record: ............................................................................................................................ First Meeting Last Meeting: ................................................................................................................................................N/A FIT’s Last Game: ...........................................................................................................at Shorter // W, 55-7 LR’s Last Game: .......................................................................................................vs. Catawba // W, 63-21 FLORIDA TECH TEAM STATS LENOIR-RHYNE 29.4 Points 44.5 per game 232.4 Passing Offense 176.2 yards per game 133.9 Rushing Offense 293.4 yards per game 21.4 Points Allowed 20.6 per game 171.6 Passing Defense 242.9 yards allowed per game 138.9 Rushing Defense 108.5 yards allowed per game FLORIDA TECH STATISTICAL LEADERS LENOIR-RHYNE Trent Chmelik Passing Grayson Willingham 189-for-309, 2452 yds, 19 TDs 90-for-186, 1709 yds, 20 TDs Antwuan Haynes Rushing Ameen Stevens 178 att, 807 yds, 5 TDs 127 att, 600 yds, 9 TDs Romell Guerrier Receiving T.J. Smith 56 rec, 946 yds, 12 TDs 42 rec, 855 yds, 10 TDs J.T. Hassell Tackles Sherrod Williams 105 tackles, 9.0 TFL, 4.5 sacks 83 tackles, 8.0 TFL, 5.5 sacks Adonis Davis Sacks Jaquan Artis 7.0 sacks, 37 yds 10.5 sacks, 84 yds John McClure Interceptions Eric Jackson 4 INTs 4 INTs GAME NOTES - This is the second NCAA appearance in program history for Florida Tech (2016). The Panthers are still looking for their first win in the NCAA Playoffs. - FIT boasts the league’s top receiver in Romell Guerrier, and the GSC Defensive Player of the Year in J.T. Hassell. - This is the first postseason berth for Lenoir-Rhyne since 2013 when the Bears went all the way to the Division II National Championship Game. - LR Head Coach Drew Cronic was named SAC Coach of the Year in his first season. Prior to Cronic, the Bears had won just six total games in the previous two seasons. - The Panthers led the GSC in turnover margin this year (.82) and defensive touchdowns (6). - Hassell has 105 total tackles this season. He is 15 tackles away from a top 10 all-time season in the GSC. He recorded at least 19 tackles in two games this season. 2018 GSC FOOTBALL - pollS and records AFCA POLL D2FOOTBALL.COM POLL NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS November 12, 2018 November 13, 2018 Super Region 2 # School Record Points Prev # # School Record Prev # (complete rankings are not updated after the 1 Minnesota State (29) 11-0 818 1 1 Minnesota State 11-0 1 final week of play) 2 Ferris State (3) 11-0 789 2 2 Ferris State 11-0 2 # School In-Region Rec. DII Rec. 3 Valdosta State (1) 10-0 738 5 3 Ouachita Baptist 11-0 4 1 Valdosta State 9-0 9-0 4 Ouachita Baptist 11-0 728 4 4 Minnesota Duluth 11-0 5 2 West Georgia 10-0 10-0 5 Minnesota Duluth 11-0 682 6 5 Valdosta State 10-0 6 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 9-1 9-1 6 Tarleton State 10-0 664 7 6 Tarleton State 10-0 7 4 Bowie State 7-1 8-1 7 Grand Valley State 10-1 608 8 7 Grand Valley 10-1 8 5 West Alabama 7-3 7-3 8 West Chester