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 4.
NOTE: Below are national streaming options. Streams or broadcasts only available to the region are not included.
Week 4
Thursday, March 4
All times CT
5 – No. 20 South Dakota at No. 4 North Dakota (ESPN+)
Friday, March 5
All times CT
6 – No. 13 Albany at No. 14 New Hampshire (FloSports)
Saturday, March 6
All times CT
11 – Maine at No. 25 Delaware (FloSports)
11 – No. 11 Southern Illinois at Youngstown State (ESPN+)
11 – No. 5 Villanova at Stony Brook (FloSports)
12 – No. 18 Chattanooga at The Citadel (ESPN+)
12 – Jackson State at Grambling State (ESPN3)
12 – Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb (ESPN+)
12 – Samford at No. 17 Furman (ESPN+)
12 – VMI at Western Carolina (ESPN+)
12 – William & Mary at Richmond (FloSports)
12:30 – No. 1 James Madison at Elon (FloSports)
12:30 – Alabama A&M at SC State (ESPN3)
1 – Idaho State at Southern Utah (Pluto TV Ch. 1055)
1:30 – Arkansas Pine Bluff at Southern (ESPN3)
2 – Mississippi College at Tarleton State (Tarleton All-Access)
2 – No. 6 North Dakota State at Missouri State (ESPN+)
2 – UC Davis at No. 19 Idaho (Pluto TV)
2 – Western Illinois at No. 8 South Dakota State (ESPN+)
3 – Northern Arizona at No. 21 Eastern Washington (Pluto TV Ch. 1053)
3 – UIW at Lamar (ESPN+)
4 – No. 15 Illinois State at No. 3 Northern Iowa (ESPN+)
6 – McNeese at No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN+)
6 – No. 7 Nicholls at Northwestern State (ESPN+)
7 – Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M (ESPN3)
Sunday, March 7
All times CT
11 – Sacred Heart at Duquesne (NEC Front Row )
12 – Bryant at LIU (NEC Front Row)
1 – Eastern Illinois at UT Martin (ESPN+)
2 – No. 10 Jacksonville State at Tennessee State (ESPN+)
2 – Murray State at No. 16 SEMO (ESPN+)
4 – Dixie State at New Mexico State (FloSports)
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FCS Spring Bracketology 3.0
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. JMU
2. Weber St.
3. UND
4. Jacksonville St.
