Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Final FCS Playoff Bracket Projections
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To close out the FCS Playoff projection brackets, Kent Schmidt and Chuck Burton will post their final sample brackets. Tune in tomorrow to ESPNU at 11:00AM Eastern to see how close they got!
NOTE: Home team in CAPS in the brackets.
Conference Champions Autobid Winners:
- Big Sky: North Dakota
- Big South: Charleston Southern
- CAA: James Madison
- Northeast: St Francis (PA)
- Missouri Valley: South Dakota State
- Ohio Valley: Jacksonville State
- Patriot League: Lehigh
- Pioneer: San Diego
- Southern: The Citadel
- Southland: Sam Houston State
Seeds (Kent)
- North Dakota State
- Eastern Washington
- Sam Houston State
- James Madison
- Jacksonville State
- The Citadel
- South Dakota State
- North Dakota
Kent’s Bracket:
Seeds (Chuck)
- North Dakota State
- Eastern Washington
- Jacksonville State
- James Madison
- Sam Houston State
- The Citadel
- South Dakota State
- Villanova
Chuck’s Bracket: