Gulf South Conference 2018 football weekly release // ncaa quarterfinals 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 11 0 1.000 588 224 6-0 4-0 1-0 W-12 10/9 West Georgia 7 1 .875 269 172 10 2 .833 421 251 6-0 4-1 0-0 L-2 RV/-- Florida Tech 5 3 .625 247 188 8 4 .667 344 278 4-1 4-2 0-0 L-1 RV/-- West Alabama 5 3 .625 228 168 8 4 .667 352 275 5-1 3-2 0-0 L-1 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 bowie state #2 WEST GEORGIA Valdosta State #7 WINGATE lenoir-rhyne wingate #3 LENOIR-RHYNE lenoir-rhyne #6 FLORIDA TECH THIS WEEK’S GAMES NEXT WEEK’S GAMES Saturday, December 1 Saturday, December 8 Super Region 1 Championship Game The NCAA DII Semifinals will take place next week. The four Super #7 Slippery Rock at #1 Notre Dame (Ohio) 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT Regional winners will be reseeded before the matchups are announced. Super Region 2 Championship Game #3 Lenoir-Rhyne at #1 Valdosta State 1:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. CT Super Region 3 Championship Game #2 Ferris State at #1 Ouachita Baptist 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT Super Region 4 Championship Game #2 Tarleton State at #1 MSU Mankato 1:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. CT 2018 GSC FOOTBALL - ncaa quarterfinals PREVIEW #3 LENOIR-RHYNE BEARS GAME NOTES (12-1, 7-0 South Atlantic) - Rogan Wells has 40 touchdowns this season (30 passing, 10 rush- VS. ing). He is one of only four players in GSC history to be responsible #1 VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS for at least 40 touchdowns in a season. Valdosta State quarterbacks (11-0, 8-0 Gulf South) Dusty Bonner (2000 & 2001) and Chris Hatcher (1994) are the only players to ever account for more TDs in a single season. Series Record: ....................................................................................................... Valdosta State leads 1-0 Last Meeting: ................................................ Valdosta State 23 at Lenoir-Rhyne 21 (2014 Playoffs) - Bonner and Hatcher won the Harlon Hill Trophy is all of the above LR’s Last Game: ........................................................................................................vs. Wingate // W, 21-17 VSU’s Last Game: .............................................................................................vs. Bowie State // W, 66-16 seasons, and Wells is one of nine national finalists for the Harlon Hill this year. The GSC has won the nation’s top individual award five times in league history. LENOIR-RHYNE TEAM STATS VALDOSTA STATE 42.5 Points 53.5 -Valdosta State’s 588 points this season are third all-time in the GSC. per game With 30 points on Saturday, this year’s Blazers will be the highest 181.7 Passing Offense 266.8 yards per game scoring team in league history. 280.1 Rushing Offense 270.6 yards per game - This game will feature the 2012 National Champion (Valdosta State) and the 2013 National Runner-up (Lenoir-Rhyne). 20.3 Points Allowed 20.4 per game 235.5 Passing Defense 213.6 - The only meeting between these two teams came back in the 2014 yards allowed per game Playoffs, with Valdosta State claiming a 23-21 victory. 108.2 Rushing Defense 120.3 yards allowed per game - With a VSU win, the GSC will have claimed 15 regional champion- ships in the last 17 years. LENOIR-RHYNE STATISTICAL LEADERS VALDOSTA STATE Grayson Willingham Passing Rogan Wells - At least one GSC school has advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals 118-for-238, 2134 yds, 24 TDs 160-for-292, 2383 yds, 30 TDs every year since 2000. Ameen Stevens Rushing Jamar Thompkins 155 att, 693 yds, 11 TDs 97 att, 1021 yds, 7 TDs - The Blazers and the Bears had four mutual opponents in the 2018 T.J. Smith Receiving Lio’undre Gallimore season. 50 rec, 978 yds, 10 TDs 28 rec, 749 yds, 7 TDs Sherrod Williams Tackles Ravarius Rivers Florida Tech 98 tackles, 10.5 TFL, 7.5 sacks 63 tackles, 2.5 TFL VSU: W, 51-21 (10/13 @ FIT) Jaquan Artis Sacks Iseoluwapo Jegede 11.0 sacks, 88 yds 5.5 sacks, 27 yds LR: W, 43-21 (11/17 @ LR) Eric Jackson Interceptions Alex Brown & 6 INTs Taurus Dotson Fort Valley State 3 INTs VSU: W, 55-6 (9/8 @ Neutral Site) LR: W, 30-22 (10/20 @ FVSU) North Greenville VSU: W, 44-21 (10/20 @ VSU) LR: W, 51-24 (9/8 @ NGU) West Alabama VSU: W, 58-24 (9/15 @ UWA) LR: L, 32-36 (8/30 @ UWA) 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 10-0 559 9 8 CSU-Pueblo 10-1 9 6 Florida Tech 7-3 7-3 9 Colorado State-Pueblo 10-1 539 10 9 West Georgia 10-1 3 7 Albany State 7-3 7-3 10 West Georgia 10-1 527 3 10 West Chester 10-0 10 8 Wingate 7-3 7-3 11 Notre Dame (OH) 11-0 491 11 11 Indianapolis 9-1 11 9 Virginia Union 7-2 7-2 12 Indianapolis 9-1 446 12 12 Notre Dame 11-0 12 10 Fayetteville State 6-2 6-2 13 LIU Post 10-0 410 13 13 LIU-Post 10-0 13 14 Colorado School of Mines 10-1 395 15 14 Northwest Missouri 9-2 14 15 Texas A&M-Commerce 9-2 366 14 15 Midwestern State 8-2 15 GSC COACHES CAREER RECORDS 16 MSU Texas 8-2 310 16 16 Colorado Mines 10-1 16 17 Lenoir-Rhyne 10-1 306 17 17 Fort Hays 9-2 17 Todd Cooley Delta State 28-23 18 Northwest Missouri State 9-2 297 19 18 Texas A&M-Commerce 9-2 19 Steve Englehart Florida Tech 65-43 19 Fort Hays State 9-2 232 22 19 Lenoir-Rhyne 10-1 20 John Bland Mississippi College 85-66 20 Kutztown 9-1 214 21 20 Harding 9-2 21 Jeff Farrington North Greenville 36-31 21 Harding 9-2 186 25 21 Kutztown 9-1 22 Zach Morrison Shorter 0-11 22 Ohio Dominican 9-2 91 NR 22 Bowie State 9-2 NR Kerwin Bell Valdosta State 85-38 23 Hillsdale 9-2 68 20 23 Ohio Dominican 9-2 NR Brett Gilliland West Alabama 37-21 24 Azusa Pacific 8-3 48 NR 24 New Haven 8-2 NR Pete Shinnick West Florida 125-61 25 Bowie State 9-2 46 NR 25 Hillsdale 9-2 23 David Dean West Georgia 98-33 Others Receiving Votes: Central Washington, 30; New Haven (Conn.), 19; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 18; West Alabama, 18; Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 17; Missouri S&T, 16; Tiffin (Ohio), 15; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 12; Virginia Union, 8; Indiana (Pa.), 6; Southern Arkansas, 6; Colorado Mesa, 1; Florida Tech, 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 2018. The AFCA poll is released each Monday afternoon and the D2Football.com poll is released each Tuesday. DSU FIT MC NGU SU VSU UWA UWF UWG Preseason RV/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- RV/-- 12/11 2/3 19/21 September 5 RV/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- RV/-- 11/10 2/3 13/15 September 12 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- RV/-- 8/8 13/11 10/13 September 19 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 16/17 23/22 10/11 8/8 September 26 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 13/15 21/22 11/10 6/6 October 3 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 10/11 RV/-- 11/8 5/5 October 10 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 8/9 --/-- 10/5 4/4 October 17 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 7/7 --/-- 19/17 3/3 October 24 -- RV -- -- -- 7 -- RV 3 October 31 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 7/7 --/-- RV/-- 3/3 November 7 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 5/5 --/-- --/-- 3/3 November 14 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 3/5 RV/-- --/-- 10/9 2018 GSC FOOTBALL - PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2015 2016 2017 2018 Offensive Offensive Offensive Offensive 09/07 QB-Tyler Sullivan, DSU 09/05 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 09/04 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 09/03 QB-Harry Satterwhite, UWA 09/14 QB-Tyler Sullivan, DSU 09/12 QB-Kaleb Nobles, UWF 09/11 WR-Donta Armstrong, UWA 09/10 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/21 QB-Dallas Dickey, UWG 09/19 WR-Anas Hasic, UWF 09/18 RB-Antwuan Haynes, FIT 09/17 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/28 QB-Luke Wingo, UNA 09/26 QB-Jacob Tucker, UNA 09/25 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 09/24 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 10/05 QB-Aaron Bryant, SU 10/03 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 10/02 QB-Harry Satterwhite, UWA 10/01 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 10/12 RB-LaMarcus Franks, UWG 10/10 QB-Austin Grammer, UWA 10/09 RB-Devontae Jackson, UWG 10/08 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 10/19 FB-B.J.