Sports season
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.
Head coaches
- Tom Arth, Chattanooga – 1st year
- Brent Thompson, The Citadel – 2nd year
- Carl Torbush, East Tennessee State – 3rd year
- Clay Hendrix, Furman – 1st year
- Bobby Lamb, Mercer – 5th year
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Preseason poll results
First place votes in parentheses
Media[1] | Coaches[2] |
Place | School | Points | Place | School | Points |
1 | Wofford (11) | 178 | 1 | Wofford (7) | 63 |
2 | The Citadel (6) | 166 | 2 | The Citadel (2) | 54 |
3 | Samford (3) | 156 | 3 | Samford | 52 |
4 | Chattanooga (2) | 152 | 4 | Chattanooga | 41 |
5 | Mercer | 101 | 5 | Mercer | 32 |
6 | Furman | 87 | 6 | Western Carolina | 27 |
7 | Western Carolina | 71 | 7 | Furman | 26 |
8 | ETSU | 49 | 8 | ETSU | 17 |
9 | VMI | 30 | 9 | VMI | 12 |
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
Position | Player | Class | Team |
First Team Offense |
QB | Devlin Hodges | R–Jr. | Samford |
RB | Cam Jackson | Sr. | The Citadel |
RB | Detrez Newsome | Sr. | Western Carolina |
WR | Kelvin McKnight | Jr. | Samford |
WR | Terryon Robinson | R-Sr. | Western Carolina |
TE | Sam Walker | R-Jr. | Mercer |
OL | Tyler Davis | Jr. | The Citadel |
OL | Matthew Schmidt | Sr. | Furman |
OL | Thomas Marchman | Sr. | Mercer |
OL | Josh Cardiello | Sr. | Chattanooga |
OL | Roo Daniels | Sr. | Wofford |
First Team Defense |
DL | Ahmad Gooden | R-Jr. | Samford |
DL | Isaiah Mack | Jr. | Chattanooga |
DL | Miles Brown | Jr. | Wofford |
DL | Tyler Vaughn | Sr. | Wofford |
LB | Shaheed Salmon | Sr. | Samford |
LB | Dale Warren | Sr. | Chattanooga |
LB | Allan Cratsenberg | Sr. | VMI |
LB | Datavious Wilson | So. | Wofford |
DB | Kailik Williams | Sr. | The Citadel |
DB | Omari Williams | Sr. | Samford |
DB | Lucas Webb | Sr. | Chattanooga |
DB | Devin Watson | Jr. | Wofford |
First Team Special Teams |
PK | Cole Fisher | Jr. | Mercer |
P | Ian Berryman | R-Jr. | Western Carolina |
RS | Detrez Newsome | Sr. | Western Carolina |
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Rankings
Legend | | Increase in ranking |
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| Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final |
Chattanooga | Stats | 12 | 13 | 15 | RV | RV | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
C | 13 | 14 | 15 | RV | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
FCS | Not released | | | | Not released |
The Citadel | Stats | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | – | – | – | – |
C | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | – | – | – | – |
FCS | Not released | | | | Not released |
East Tennessee State | Stats | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released |
Furman | Stats | | | | | | | | | | 23 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 19 |
C | | | | | | | | | | | RV | 24 | 25 | 20 |
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released |
Mercer | Stats | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released |
Samford | Stats | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 18 |
C | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 |
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released |
VMI | Stats | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released |
Western Carolina | Stats | – | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 22 | RV | RV | RV |
C | – | – | – | – | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 20 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV |
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released |
Wofford | Stats | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
C | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not 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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Reference: Weekly Release |
Week Two
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Week Three
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Week Four
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Week Five
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Week Six
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Week Seven
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Week Eight
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Week Nine
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Week Ten
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Week Eleven
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Week Twelve
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Week Thirteen
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Records against other conferences
FCS conferences
FBS conferences
Conference | Record |
ACC | 0–3 |
MWC | 0–2 |
SEC | 0–5 |
Total | 0–10 |
Attendance
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
Chattanooga | Finley Stadium | 20,668 | 10,141 | 10,101 | 9,651 | 7,521 | 8,434 | | 45,848 | 9,170 | 44.4% |
The Citadel | Johnson Hagood Stadium | 21,000 | 7,467 | 9,969 | 8,543 | 11,609 | 7,384 | | 44,972 | 8,994 | 42.8% |
East Tennessee State | William B. Greene Jr. Stadium | 10,000 | 9,530 | 7,544 | 8,022 | 8,540 | 7,087 | 7,327 | 48,050 | 8,008 | 80.1% |
Furman | Paladin Stadium | 16,000 | 6,342 | 7,104 | 7,216 | 8,108 | 10,105 | | 38,875 | 7,775 | 48.6% |
Mercer | Moye Complex | 10,200 | 9,727 | 11,727 | 10,207 | 9,864 | 10,200 | | 51,725 | 10,345 | 101.4% |
Samford | Seibert Stadium | 6,700 | 4,908 | 4,509 | 9,233 | 3,523 | 5,178 | 4,673 | 32,024 | 5,337 | 79.7% |
VMI | Alumni Memorial Field | 10,000 | 4,654 | 5,311 | 3,310 | 4,119 | 4,229 | | 21,623 | 4,325 | 43.2% |
Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire Stadium | 13,742 | 11,763 | 12,018 | 8,300 | 9,973 | 10,681 | | 52,735 | 10,547 | 76.8% |
Wofford | Gibbs Stadium | 13,000 | 7,237 | 7,211 | 6,982 | 7,236 | 5,012 | 5,153 | 38,831 | 6,472 | 49.8% |
Notes
References
- ^ "Wofford Picked by Media to Win Football Title". Southern Conference. July 18, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ a b "Southern Conference Announces 2017 Pre-Season Poll and Team". Southern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
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