The FCS has the football spotlight this spring. While the subdivision won’t have games broadcasted on national networks every week due to a packed TV schedule, there are plenty of streaming options.
Here’s your guide for Week 5.
NOTE: Below are national streaming options. Streams or broadcasts only available to the region are not included.
Week 5
Saturday, March 13
All times CT
11 – No. 13 Albany at Maine (FloSports)
11 – Valparaiso at Butler (YouTube: Butler Athletics)
11 – Stony Brook at No. 19 Delaware (FloSports)
11 – Morehead State at Presbyterian (ESPN+)
11 – Holy Cross at Lehigh (ESPN+)
12 – No. 20 Wofford at Samford (ESPN+)
12 – Davidson at Stetson (ESPN+)
12 – Charleston Southern at No. 9 Kennesaw State (ESPN+)
12 – The Citadel at Western Carolina (ESPN+)
12 – Rhode Island at No. 6 Villanova (FloSports)
12 – No. 4 Northern Iowa at No. 10 Southern Illinois (ESPN+)
12 – No. 3 North Dakota at Western Illinois (ESPN+)
12 – No. 7 Nicholls at No. 12 Sam Houston (ESPN+)
12 – Lamar at McNeese (ESPN+)
12 – No. 15 Furman at ETSU (ESPN+)
12 – Richmond at Elon (FloSports)
12:30 – Delaware State at South Carolina State (ESPN3)
12:30 – Mercer at VMI (ESPN+)
1 – Missouri State at No. 21 South Dakota (ESPN+)
1 – San Diego at Drake (Bulldog Vision)
2 – Southern Utah at Cal Poly (Pluto TV Ch. 1012)
2 – No. 23 UC Davis at No. 2 Weber State (Pluto TV Ch. 1054)
2 – Youngstown State at No. 8 South Dakota State (ESPN+)
2:30 – Colgate at Lafayette (ESPN+)
2:30 – No. 22 Illinois State at No. 5 North Dakota State (ESPN+)
3 – Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling State (TBA)
5 – No. 16 Eastern Washington at Idaho State (Pluto TV Ch. 1061)
6 – Northwestern State at No. 18 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN+)
8 – Tarleton State at Dixie State (YouTube: Dixie State Athletics)
Sunday, March 14
All times CT
11 – Duquesne at Wagner (NEC Front Row)
12 – Long Island at Sacred Heart (ESPN3)
12 – Bryant at Merrimack (NEC Front Row)
1 – Eastern Illinois at Tennessee State (ESPN+)
1 – No. 10 Jacksonville State at UT Martin (ESPN+)
1 – Mississippi Valley State at Jackson State (ESPN2)
1:30 – Murray State at Tennessee Tech (ESPN+)
2 – Austin Peay at Southeast Missouri (ESPN+)
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FCS Spring Bracketology 4.0
Predicting the FCS playoff bracket is going to be as difficult as it’s ever been for the 2021 spring season.
The 24-team bracket has been reduced to 16 teams. The typical format is 10 auto-bids from 10 conferences and 14 at-large bids. This spring, there will be 10 auto-bids and only six at-large bids.
Only four teams will be seeded compared to the usual eight.
Fall games are included in playoff resumes. And while teams can play up to eight regular-season spring games in a 13-week period, the amount of games conferences are playing ranges from four to eight. A minimum of four games must be played to qualify as an at-large bid.
In short, there is going to be a huge imbalance when evaluating playoff resumes. Nonetheless, we will give it a shot and provide weekly playoff predictions.
Playoff Field Predictions
These predictions take current playoff resumes and all future scheduled games into consideration.
Seeds
1. Weber St.
2. UND
3. Jacksonville St.
4. JMU
