With spring ball well underway, we're getting our first looks at 2020 FCS teams. Between now and September, there will be a lot of predictions and projections based on what's coming back on paper. While putting together the database for "The Best Player In The FCS Who Wears Each Number, 99-1" countdown series that begins in May, I thought it'd be interesting to tally which teams in each conference have the most returning All-Conference players.
And I put it in article form to assist you all in your preseason debates and predictions.
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Any returning player that had a 2019 on-field honor from their conference counts toward their team total, including honorable mentions and All-Newcomer Teams.
NOTE: Comparing teams across the FCS doesn't work because some conferences recognize a First, Second and Third Team, some only do two teams. Some conferences do honorable mentions, others don't. And All-Newcomers Teams aren't a thing in every conference. So comparing returning All-Conference players for a Big South team versus a Southland team isn't a fair argument.
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Big Sky
Weber State – 10
Sacramento State – 9
UC Davis – 7
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Big South
Monmouth – 8
Charleston Southern – 5
Kennesaw State – 5
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CAA
Villanova – 9
James Madison – 7
Richmond – 5
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Ivy League
Princeton – 9
Harvard – 8
Columbia – 4
Dartmouth – 4
Yale – 4
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MEAC
North Carolina A&T – 12
Norfolk State – 9
South Carolina State – 5
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MVFC
North Dakota State – 12
South Dakota – 10
Northern Iowa – 9
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NEC
Central Connecticut State – 6
Robert Morris – 5
Saint Francis – 5
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OVC
Austin Peay – 6
Jacksonville State – 6
UT Martin – 5
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Patriot
Fordham – 9
Lafayette – 9
Holy Cross – 6
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Pioneer
San Diego – 9
Dayton – 4
Morehead State – 4
Stetson – 4
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SoCon
Furman – 11
The Citadel – 7
Chattanooga – 6
East Tennessee State – 6
Mercer – 6
Samford – 6
VMI – 6
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Southland
Central Arkansas – 11
Sam Houston State – 8
McNeese – 5
Nicholls – 5
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SWAC
Alabama A&M – 7
Prairie View A&M – 5
Arkansas-Pine Bluff – 5
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