2017 Southern Conference football 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.

2017 Southern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Championship
SportFootball
DurationAugust 26, 2017 – November 18, 2017
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)SoCon Digital Network
American Sports Network
ESPN3
2017 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Wofford $^  7 –1   10 –3  
No. 18 Samford ^  6 –2   8 –4  
No. 19 Furman ^  6 –2   8 –5  
Western Carolina  5 –3   7 –5  
Mercer  4 –4   5 –6  
The Citadel  3 –5   5 –6  
Chattanooga  3 –5   3 –8  
East Tennessee State  2 –6   4 –7  
VMI  0 –8   0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Head coaches

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
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
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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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Records against other conferences

FCS conferences
Conference Record
Big South 5–1
CAA 1–2
MVFC 0–1
NEC 1–1
OVC 0–2
Patriot 1–0
Pioneer 2–0
Total 10–7

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