2012 NCAA Division I FCS season | |
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Regular season | |
Number of teams | 122 |
Duration | August – November |
Payton Award | Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion [1] |
Buchanan Award | Caleb Schreibeis, Montana State [1] |
Playoff | |
Duration | November 24 – December 15 |
Championship date | January 5, 2013 |
Championship site | FC Dallas Stadium, Frisco, TX |
Champion | North Dakota State |
NCAA Division I FCS football seasons | |
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The 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The season began on August 30, 2012, and concluded with the 2013 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game on January 5, 2013, at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas. North Dakota State beat Sam Houston State for the second year in a row, 39-13, to repeat as champions.
August 30: Eastern Washington 20, Idaho 3
August 30: McNeese State 27, Middle Tennessee 21
September 1: Tennessee–Martin 20, Memphis 17
September 1: Youngstown State 31, Pittsburgh 17
September 8: Illinois State 31, Eastern Michigan 14
September 8: North Dakota State 22, Colorado State 7
September 8: Northern Arizona 17, UNLV 14
September 8: Sacramento State 30, Colorado 28
September 15: Cal Poly 24, Wyoming 22
September 29: Stony Brook 23, Army 3
The Great West Conference dropped football after the 2011 season.
No teams played as independents in 2012, for the first time in the history of Division I-AA/FCS.
School | 2011 Conference | 2012 Conference |
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Cal Poly | Great West | Big Sky |
Georgia State | FCS Independent | CAA |
Massachusetts | CAA (FCS) | MAC (FBS) |
North Dakota | Great West | Big Sky |
South Alabama | FCS Independent | Sun Belt (FBS) |
South Dakota | Great West | MVFC |
Southern Utah | Great West | Big Sky |
Texas State | FCS Independent | WAC (FBS) |
UC Davis | Great West | Big Sky |
UTSA | FCS Independent | WAC (FBS) |
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Conference | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year |
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SWAC | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Jackson State | 24–21 [2] | Rico Richardson (WR, Jackson State) [3] | Brandon Thurmond (DT, Arkansas–Pine Bluff) [3] |
Note: Records are regular-season only, and do not include playoff games.
Conference | Champion | Record | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year |
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Big Sky | Eastern Washington Montana State Cal Poly | 9–2 (7–1) 10–1 (7–1) 9–2 (7–1) | DeNarius McGhee (Montana State) | Jody Owens (Montana State) | Beau Baldwin (Eastern Washington) Tim Walsh (Cal Poly) |
Big South | Coastal Carolina Liberty Stony Brook | 8–3 (5–1) 6–5 (5–1) 9–2 (5–1) | Miguel Maysonet (Stony Brook) | Quinn Backus (Coastal Carolina) | Joe Moglia (Coastal Carolina) |
CAA | New Hampshire Richmond Villanova Towson [a 1] | 8–3 (6–2) 8–3 (6–2) 8–3 (6–2) 7–4 (6–2) | Taylor Heinicke (Old Dominion) | Stephon Robertson (James Madison) | Andy Talley (Villanova) |
Ivy | Penn | 6–4 (6–1) | |||
MEAC | Bethune-Cookman | 9–2 (8–0) | |||
MVFC | North Dakota State | 10–1 (7–1) | Matt Brown (Illinois State) | Marcus Williams (North Dakota State) | Craig Bohl (North Dakota State) |
NEC | Wagner Albany | 9–2 (7–1) | |||
OVC | Eastern Illinois | 7–4 (6–1) | |||
Patriot | Colgate | 8–3 (6–0) | |||
Pioneer | Butler Drake | 8–3 (7–1) | |||
Southern | Georgia Southern Appalachian State Wofford | 8–3 (6–2) | Eric Breitenstein (Wofford) | Jeremy Kimbrough (Appalachian State) Davis Tull (Chattanooga) | |
Southland | Central Arkansas Sam Houston State | 9–2 (6–1) 8–3 (6–1) | Wynrick Smothers (Central Arkansas) | Darnell Taylor (Sam Houston State) | Clint Conque (Central Arkansas) |
First Round November 24 Campus sites | Second Round December 1 Campus sites | Quarterfinals December 7 and December 8 Campus sites | Semifinals December 14 and December 15 Campus sites | National Championship Game January 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 10 | 1 | North Dakota State* | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota State* | 58 | 1 | North Dakota State* | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford* | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota State* | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Southern | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 24 | 4 | Old Dominion* | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune-Cookman* | 14 | 4 | Old Dominion* | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Southern | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Southern* | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota State* | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 20 | 2 | Eastern Washington* | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner* | 31 | 2 | Eastern Washington* | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Appalachian State* | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Eastern Washington* | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 10 | 3 | Montana State* | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook* | 20 | 3 | Montana State* | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State* | 18 |
* Home team † Overtime
This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2012. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2012, see 2011 NCAA Division I FCS end-of-season coaching changes.
School | Outgoing coach | Date | Reason | Replacement |
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Southern | Stump Mitchell | September 17 | Fired [5] | Dawson Odums (interim) |
Davidson | Tripp Merritt | November 5 | Fired [6] | Brett Hayford (interim) |
Florida A&M | Joe Taylor | November 7 | Retired [7] | Earl Holmes (interim) |
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