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 6.
NOTE: Below are national streaming options. Streams or broadcasts only available to the region are not included.
Week 6
Saturday, March 20
All times CT
11 – South Dakota at Youngstown State (ESPN+)
11 – No. 11 Chattanooga at No. 13 Furman (ESPN+)
11 – Stetson at Morehead State (ESPN+)
11 – Maine at Stony Brook (FloSports)
12 – No. 19 VMI at Samford (ESPN+)
12 – Western Illinois at Illinois State (ESPN+)
12 – Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Grambling State (TBA)
12 – No. 6 South Dakota State at No. 5 Southern Illinois (ESPN+)
12 – Rhode Island at No. 18 Albany (FloSports)
12 – Dixie State at No. 9 Kennesaw State (ESPN+)
12 – Presbyterian at Davidson (Davidson All-Access)
12 – ETSU at The Citadel (ESPN+)
1 – Drake at Valparaiso (ESPN+)
2 – No. 16 Southeastern Louisiana at No. 22 UIW (ESPN+)
2:30 – No. 2 North Dakota at No. 4 North Dakota State (ESPN+)
3 – Butler at San Diego (WCC Network)
3 – No. 24 Jackson State at Alabama State (ESPN2)
3 – Western Carolina at Mercer (ESPN+)
3 – Cal Poly at No. 21 UC Davis (Pluto TV)
3 – Elon at William & Mary (FloSports)
3 – Lafayette at Bucknell (ESPN+)
4 – Missouri State at No. 10 Northern Iowa (ESPN+)
4 – McNeese at Northwestern State (ESPN+)
6 – Midwestern State at Tarleton State (Tarleton All-Access)
6 – No. 7 Sam Houston at Lamar (ESPN+)
7:30 – Southern at Texas Southern (N/A)
Sunday, March 21
All times CT
11 – LIU at Duquesne (NEC Front Row)
12 – Wagner at Bryant (NEC Front Row)
12 – Merrimack at Sacred Heart (NEC Front Row)
1 – Tennessee Tech at Eastern Illinois (ESPN+)
2 – UT Martin at Austin Peay (ESPN+)
2 – SEMO at No. 8 Jacksonville State (ESPN+)
2 – Tennessee State at No. 25 Murray State (ESPN+)
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FCS Spring Bracketology 5.0
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. UND
2. Weber St.
3. Jacksonville St.
4. JMU
