2017 Southern Conference football season explained

2017 Southern Conference football season
League:NCAA Division I Football Championship
Sport:Football
Duration:August 26, 2017 – November 18, 2017
No Of Teams:9
Tv:SoCon Digital Network
American Sports Network
ESPN3
Conf1:Conference
Seasonslist:List of Southern Conference football champions
Seasonslistnames:Southern Conference football
Prevseason Year:2016
Prevseason Link:2016 Southern Conference football season
Nextseason Year:2018

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

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
QBDevlin HodgesR–Jr.Samford
RBCam JacksonSr.The Citadel
RBDetrez NewsomeSr.Western Carolina
WRKelvin McKnightJr.Samford
WRTerryon RobinsonR-Sr.Western Carolina
TESam WalkerR-Jr.Mercer
OLTyler DavisJr.The Citadel
OLMatthew SchmidtSr.Furman
OLThomas MarchmanSr.Mercer
OLJosh CardielloSr.Chattanooga
OLRoo DanielsSr.Wofford
First Team Defense
DLAhmad GoodenR-Jr.Samford
DLIsaiah MackJr.Chattanooga
DLMiles BrownJr.Wofford
DLTyler VaughnSr.Wofford
LBShaheed SalmonSr.Samford
LBDale WarrenSr.Chattanooga
LBAllan CratsenbergSr.VMI
LBDatavious WilsonSo.Wofford
DBKailik WilliamsSr.The Citadel
DBOmari WilliamsSr.Samford
DBLucas WebbSr.Chattanooga
DBDevin WatsonJr.Wofford
First Team Special Teams
PKCole FisherJr.Mercer
PIan BerrymanR-Jr.Western Carolina
RSDetrez NewsomeSr.Western Carolina
Reference:

Rankings

Legend
 Increase in ranking
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 Not ranked previous week

See main article: 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings.

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Final
ChattanoogaStats 121315RVRVRV
C131415RVRV
FCSNot releasedNot released
The CitadelStats 1614131081723RVRVRV
C12131310111722RVRVRV
FCSNot releasedNot released
East Tennessee StateStats
C
FCSNot releasedNot released
FurmanStats 2321202219
CRV242520
FCSNot releasedNot released
MercerStats
C
FCSNot releasedNot released
SamfordStats 191717182520191691616171418
C191717172320181881514131417
FCSNot releasedNot released
VMIStats
C
FCSNot releasedNot released
Western CarolinaStatsRVRVRVRV222119182422RVRVRV
CRVRV252120RV25RVRVRV
FCSNot releasedNot released
WoffordStats 11101197555888786
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

Players of the week:

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

Records against other conferences

FCS conferences

ConferenceRecord
Big South5–1
CAA1–2
MVFC0–1
NEC1–1
OVC0–2
Patriot1–0
Pioneer2–0
Total10–7

FBS conferences

ConferenceRecord
ACC0–3
MWC0–2
SEC0–5
Total0–10

Attendance

TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Total Average% of Capacity
ChattanoogaFinley Stadium20,66810,14110,1019,6517,5218,43445,8489,17044.4%
The CitadelJohnson Hagood Stadium21,0007,4679,9698,54311,6097,38444,9728,99442.8%
East Tennessee StateWilliam B. Greene Jr. Stadium10,0009,5307,5448,0228,5407,0877,32748,0508,00880.1%
FurmanPaladin Stadium16,0006,3427,1047,2168,10810,10538,8757,77548.6%
MercerMoye Complex10,2009,72711,72710,2079,86410,20051,72510,345101.4%
SamfordSeibert Stadium6,7004,9084,5099,2333,5235,1784,67332,0245,33779.7%
VMIAlumni Memorial Field10,0004,6545,3113,3104,1194,22921,6234,32543.2%
Western CarolinaE. J. Whitmire Stadium13,74211,76312,0188,3009,97310,68152,73510,54776.8%
WoffordGibbs Stadium13,0007,2377,2116,9827,2365,0125,15338,8316,47249.8%

Notes and References

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