Gulf South Conference 2019 football weekly release // NCAA quarterfinals Contact: Nick Moeller, Assistant Commissioner for Communications // [email protected] Twitter: @GulfSouth // Facebook: The Gulf South Conference // Instagram: gscsports 2019 GSC STANDINGS Conference Overall A/D2 Team W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral Streak 1/1 Valdosta State 8 0 1.000 307 142 10 1 .909 428 204 5-1 5-0 0-0 L-1 20/19 West Florida 7 1 .875 271 131 10 2 .833 429 203 5-0 5-2 0-0 W-3 Delta State 5 3 .625 180 189 6 4 .600 228 227 4-1 2-3 0-0 L-1 West Georgia 4 4 .500 200 244 6 5 .545 275 293 2-3 4-2 0-0 L-2 Mississippi College 4 4 .500 231 213 5 5 .500 262 275 5-0 0-5 0-0 W-1 West Alabama 3 5 .375 205 199 6 5 .545 323 247 4-2 2-3 0-0 L-1 Florida Tech 3 5 .375 197 197 5 6 .455 279 280 2-3 3-3 0-0 W-2 North Greenville 2 6 .250 136 197 3 7 .300 170 224 1-4 2-3 0-0 L-3 Shorter 0 8 .000 84 299 1 10 .091 154 384 1-4 0-6 0-0 L-1 A-AFCA Division II Coaches’ Poll | D2-D2Football.com Poll LAST WEEK’S GAMES LEADING PASSER LEADING RUSHER LEADING RECEIVER LEADING TACKLER West Florida 38 Rogan Wells, VSU Jamar Thompkins, VSU Lio’undre Gallimore, VSU Henry Montgomery, UWF Valdosta State 35 23-for-32, 335 yds, 2 TDs 14 att, 78 yds, 1 TD 7 rec, 162 yds, 2 TDs 12 tackles THIS WEEK’S QUARTERFINAL GAMES NEXT WEEK’S GAMES Saturday, December 7 Saturday, December14 Super Region 1 The NCAA Semifinals will take place next week and will air live on #3 Notre Dame (OH) at #1 Slippery Rock 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT ESPN3. After the Quarterfinals are done, the four remaining teams will be reseeded to determine the matchups. Super Region 2 West Florida at #2 Lenoir-Rhyne 1:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. CT Super Region 3 #3 NW Missouri State at #1 Ferris State 1:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. CT Super Region 4 Texas A&M Commerce at #1 Minnesota St. 1:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. CT 2019 GSC FOOTBALL - ncaa quarterfinals PREVIEW #20 WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS GAME NOTES 10-2 (7-1 GSC) - At least one GSC team has advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals VS. every year since 2000. #6 LENOIR-RHYNE BEARS 13-0 (8-0 SAC) - With a UWF win, the GSC will have 16 regional championships in the last 18 years. Series Record: ............................................................................................................................ First Meeting Last Meeting: ................................................................................................................................................N/A - This is a matchup between the 2013 National Runner-Up (Le- UWF’s Last Game: ........................................................................................ @ Valdosta State // W, 38-35 LR’s Last Game: .............................................................................................Carson-Newman // W, 49-21 noir-Rhyne) and the 2017 National Runner-Up (West Florida). - West Florida is 6-1 all-time in the NCAA Playoffs and 6-0 on the road. WEST FLORIDA TEAM STATS LENOIR-RHYNE 35.6 Points 42.3 - Last week, UWF beat #1 Valdosta State, who had a 25-game winning per game streak and a 13-game home winning streak. LR currently has a 15- 252.9 Passing Offense 157.4 yards per game game home winning streak, which is the best mark in DII. 147.3 Rushing Offense 267.8 yards per game - The Argonauts and Bears had two mutual opponents in 2019. 16.9 Points Allowed 15.5 per game Carson-Newman 176.9 Passing Defense 200.5 UWF: L, 13-20 (9/5 @ CN) yards allowed per game LR: W, 36-23 (10/19 @ LR); W, 49-21 (11/30 @ LR) 152.4 Rushing Defense 80.9 yards allowed per game Wingate UWF: W, 38-17 (11/23 @ WU) WEST FLORIDA STATISTICAL LEADERS LENOIR-RHYNE LR: W, 20-13 (11/2 @ LR) Austin Reed Passing Grayson Willingham 207-for-356, 2902 yds, 28 TDs 122-for-206, 1960 yds, 25 TDs - Lenoir-Rhyne ranks in the top 10 nationally in both scoring offense Anthony Johnson Rushing Ameen Stevens (42.3 ppg, 9th) and scoring defense (15.5, 7th). 124 att, 541 yds, 7 TDs 151 att, 810 yds, 17 TDs Tate Lehtio Receiving Dareke Young - LR’s Jaquan Artis has 14.5 sacks this season, the most in the coun- 69 rec, 793 yds, 3 TDs 23 rec, 482 yds, 7 TDs try. He was the only defensive player to be named a finalist for the Trent Archie & Tackles Jaquan Artis Harlon Hill Trophy. Chanler Ferguson 79 tackles, 23.0 TFL, 14.5 sacks 71 tackles - West Florida’s Anthony Johnson ran for three touchdowns in last Gael Laurent Sacks Jaquan Artis 7.0 sacks, 37 yds 14.5 sacks, 82 yds week’s win at Valdosta State, including the game-winning score with Henry Montgomery & Interceptions Eric Jackson & six seconds left in the game. Sharod Oliver Javoris Smith 2 INTs 3 INTs - Tate Lehtio’s 14 catches last week against VSU was a program record. 2019 GSC FOOTBALL - pollS and records AFCA POLL D2FOOTBALL.COM POLL GSC COACHES CAREER RECORDS November 18, 2019 November 19, 2019 Todd Cooley Delta State 34-27 # School Record Points Prev # # School Record Prev # Steve Englehart Florida Tech 70-49 1 Valdosta State (30) 10-0 774 1 1 Valdosta State 10-0 1 John Bland Mississippi College 90-71 2 Ferris State 10-0 739 2 2 Ferris State 10-0 2 Jeff Farrington North Greenville 39-38 3 Tarleton State (1) 11-0 710 3 3 Minnesota State 11-0 3 Zach Morrison Shorter 1-21 4 Minnesota State 11-0 688 4 4 Ouachita Baptist 11-0 4 Gary Goff Valdosta State 48-50 5 Ouachita Baptist 11-0 624 5 5 Tarleton State 11-0 5 Brett Gilliland West Alabama 43-26 6 Lenoir-Rhyne 11-0 619 6 6 Lenoir-Rhyne 11-0 6 Pete Shinnick West Florida 134-63 7 Colorado School of Mines 11-0 590 7 7 Colo. School of Mines 11-0 7 David Dean West Georgia 104-38 8 Slippery Rock 11-0 564 8 8 Slippery Rock 11-0 8 9 CSU-Pueblo 10-1 500 10 9 CSU-Pueblo 10-1 9 10 Northwest Missouri State 10-1 490 12 10 Harding 10-1 11 11 Bowie State 11-0 464 11 11 Northwest Missouri St. 10-1 12 12 Harding 10-1 416 14 12 Bowie State 11-0 13 13 Notre Dame (OH) 10-1 358 15 13 Indianapolis 9-1 14 14 Indianapolis 9-1 344 16 14 Central Missouri 10-1 10 15 Central Missouri 10-1 339 9 15 Notre Dame 10-1 16 16 Wingate 10-1 321 17 16 IUP 10-1 17 17 Kutztown 10-1 303 13 17 Wingate 10-1 18 18 Indiana (Pa.) 10-1 272 18 18 Kutztown 10-1 15 19 Tiffin 9-1 203 21 19 West Florida 8-2 21 20 West Florida 8-2 186 22 20 Texas A&M-Commerce 9-2 22 21 Texas A&M-Commerce 8-2 165 23 21 Tiffin 9-1 24 22 West Chester 9-2 104 24 22 Augustana 9-2 25 23 Truman State 9-2 83 25 23 Henderson State 9-2 20 24 Henderson State 9-2 75 20 24 Carson-Newman 8-2 NR 25 Carson-Newman 8-2 51 NR 25 Shepherd 9-2 NR Others Receiving Votes: Shepherd, 27; Augustana (S.D.), 14; Wayne State (MI), 12; Lindenwood, 8; Virginia Union, 6; Fayetteville State, 5; Dixie State, 4; Grand Valley State, 4; Virginia St., 4; Angelo State, 3; Charleston (W.Va.), 2; Eastern New Mexico, 1; Fort Hays State, 1; Missouri Western State, 1; West Texas A&M, 1. WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Below is a weekly look at each Gulf South Conference team’s spot in the AFCA Coaches and D2Football.com polls in 2019. The AFCA poll is released each Monday afternoon and the D2Football.com poll is released each Tuesday. DSU FT MC NGU SU VSU UWA UWF UWG Preseason --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 24/25 RV/-- 15/14 September 11 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 20/24 --/-- 14/13 September 18 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 20/23 RV/-- 15/13 September 25 RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 24/-- RV/-- RV/22 October 2 RV/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 25/-- RV/-- --/-- October 9 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 25/25 --/-- October 16 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 24/24 --/-- October 23 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 20/20 --/-- October 30 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 20/20 --/-- November 6 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 20/19 --/-- November 13 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 22/21 --/-- November 20 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 20/19 --/-- 2019 GSC FOOTBALL - PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2016 2017 2018 2019 Offensive Offensive Offensive Offensive 09/05 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 09/04 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 09/03 QB-Harry Satterwhite, UWA 09/09 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/12 QB-Kaleb Nobles, UWF 09/11 WR-Donta Armstrong, UWA 09/10 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/16 RB-Chauncey Williams, UWG 09/19 WR-Anas Hasic, UWF 09/18 RB-Antwuan Haynes, FT 09/17 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/23 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/26 QB-Jacob Tucker, UNA 09/25 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 09/24 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 09/30 QB-Mike Diliello, FT 10/03 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 10/02 QB-Harry Satterwhite, UWA 10/01 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 10/07 QB-Bryce Fields, NGU 10/10 QB-Austin Grammer, UWA 10/09 RB-Devontae Jackson, UWG 10/08 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 10/14 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 10/17 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 10/16 QB-Mark Cato, FT 10/15 RB-Devontae Jackson, UWG 10/21 WR-Brian Saunds, VSU 10/24 QB-Jacob Tucker, UNA 10/23 QB-Mark Cato, FT 10/22 WR-Romell Guerrier, FT 10/28 RB-Jordan Wright, MC 10/31 QB-Austin Grammer, UWA 10/30 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 10/29 QB-Patrick Shegog, DSU 11/04 QB-Garrett Bass, UWG 11/07 QB-Adam Robles, VSU 11/06 QB-Tyler Pullum, SU 11/05 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 11/11 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU* 11/14 RB-Antwuan Haynes, FT 11/13 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 11/12 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 11/18 WR-Quentin Randolph, UWF Defensive Defensive Defensive Defensive 09/05 LB-Dante Robinson, VSU 09/04 LB-Martes Wheeler, UWF 09/03 DB-Elijah Rogers, MC 09/09 LB-Vada King, DSU 09/12 DL-Adonis Davis, FT 09/11 LB-Ovenson Cledanord, DSU 09/10 LB-J.T.