2017 Southern Conference football season

Last updated
2017 Southern Conference football season
League NCAA Division I Football Championship
Sport Football
DurationAugust 26, 2017 – November 18, 2017
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)SoCon Digital Network
American Sports Network
ESPN3
Southern Conference football seasons
2018 
2017 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Wofford $^ 71    103 
No. 18 Samford ^ 62    84 
No. 19 Furman ^ 62    85 
Western Carolina  53    75 
Mercer  44    56 
The Citadel  35    56 
Chattanooga  35    38 
East Tennessee State  26    47 
VMI  08    011 
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Southern Conference football season was the 96th season of college football for the Southern Conference (SoCon) and formed a part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

Contents

Head coaches

Preseason poll results

First place votes in parentheses

Media [1] Coaches [2]
PlaceSchoolPointsPlaceSchoolPoints
1Wofford (11)1781Wofford (7)63
2The Citadel (6)1662The Citadel (2)54
3Samford (3)1563Samford52
4Chattanooga (2)1524Chattanooga41
5Mercer1015Mercer32
6Furman876Western Carolina27
7Western Carolina717Furman26
8ETSU498ETSU17
9VMI309VMI12

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Offensive Player of the Year: Devlin Hodges, R-Jr., QB, Samford
Defensive Player of the Year: Kailik Williams, Sr., DB, The Citadel

PositionPlayerClassTeam
First Team Offense
QB Devlin HodgesR–Jr.Samford
RB Cam JacksonSr.The Citadel
RBDetrez NewsomeSr.Western Carolina
WR Kelvin McKnightJr.Samford
WRTerryon RobinsonR-Sr.Western Carolina
TE Sam WalkerR-Jr.Mercer
OL Tyler DavisJr.The Citadel
OLMatthew SchmidtSr.Furman
OLThomas MarchmanSr.Mercer
OLJosh CardielloSr.Chattanooga
OLRoo DanielsSr.Wofford
First Team Defense
DL Ahmad GoodenR-Jr.Samford
DLIsaiah MackJr.Chattanooga
DLMiles BrownJr.Wofford
DLTyler VaughnSr.Wofford
LB Shaheed SalmonSr.Samford
LBDale WarrenSr.Chattanooga
LBAllan CratsenbergSr.VMI
LBDatavious WilsonSo.Wofford
DB Kailik WilliamsSr.The Citadel
DBOmari WilliamsSr.Samford
DBLucas WebbSr.Chattanooga
DBDevin WatsonJr.Wofford
First Team Special Teams
PK Cole FisherJr.Mercer
P Ian BerrymanR-Jr.Western Carolina
RS Detrez NewsomeSr.Western Carolina
Reference: [2]

Rankings

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Final
ChattanoogaStats121315RVRVRV
C131415RVRV
FCSNot releasedNot released
The CitadelStats1614131081723RVRVRV
C12131310111722RVRVRV
FCSNot releasedNot released
East Tennessee StateStats
C
FCSNot releasedNot released
FurmanStats2321202219
CRV242520
FCSNot releasedNot released
MercerStats
C
FCSNot releasedNot released
SamfordStats191717182520191691616171418
C191717172320181881514131417
FCSNot releasedNot released
VMIStats
C
FCSNot releasedNot released
Western CarolinaStatsRVRVRVRV222119182422RVRVRV
CRVRV252120RV25RVRVRV
FCSNot releasedNot released
WoffordStats11101197555888786
C11109975551098797
FCSNot releasedNot released

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
SoCon member won
SoCon member lost
SoCon teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Rankings reflect that of the Sports Network poll for that week.

Week One

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Week Two

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Records against other conferences

FCS conferences

ConferenceRecord
Big South 5–1
CAA 1–2
MVFC 0–1
NEC 1–1
OVC 0–2
Patriot 1–0
Pioneer 2–0
Total10–7

FBS conferences

ConferenceRecord
ACC 0–3
MWC 0–2
SEC 0–5
Total0–10

Attendance

TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6TotalAverage% of Capacity
Chattanooga Finley Stadium 20,66810,14110,1019,6517,5218,43445,8489,17044.4%
The Citadel Johnson Hagood Stadium 21,0007,4679,9698,54311,6097,38444,9728,99442.8%
East Tennessee State William B. Greene Jr. Stadium 10,0009,5307,5448,0228,5407,0877,32748,0508,00880.1%
Furman Paladin Stadium 16,0006,3427,1047,2168,10810,10538,8757,77548.6%
Mercer Moye Complex 10,2009,72711,72710,2079,86410,20051,72510,345101.4%
Samford Seibert Stadium 6,7004,9084,5099,2333,5235,1784,67332,0245,33779.7%
VMI Alumni Memorial Field 10,0004,6545,3113,3104,1194,22921,6234,32543.2%
Western Carolina E. J. Whitmire Stadium 13,74211,76312,0188,3009,97310,68152,73510,54776.8%
Wofford Gibbs Stadium 13,0007,2377,2116,9827,2365,0125,15338,8316,47249.8%

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    References

    1. "Wofford Picked by Media to Win Football Title". Southern Conference. July 18, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
    2. 1 2 "Southern Conference Announces 2017 Pre-Season Poll and Team". Southern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.