October 25
*Mercer at Chattanooga (ASN) - 12:00 p.m.
*Samford at Furman (ESPN3) - 1:30 p.m.
*VMI at Wofford (SDN) - 1:30 p.m.
*The Citadel at Western Carolina (SDN) - 2:00 p.m.

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• All eight Southern Conference teams are in action this weekend.

• Home teams are 6-6 in conference play this season after going 21-15 last year.

• Five of the 12 league games this season have been decided by one possession. Sixteen of the SoCon’s 36 league games were decided by one possession last year.

• Chattanooga has the eigth-best total defense in the FCS. The Mocs are giving up just 290 yards per game.

• Southern Conference teams are 12-4 at home in nonconference games this season.

• League teams went 8-7 at home in 2013 and were 13-2 at home in 2012 after going 15-1 in 2011. SoCon teams own a record of 59-17 (.776) in nonconference home games since the start of the 2010 season.

• Mercer and VMI entered the Southern Conference for the 2014 season. Chattanooga (1977) and Georgia Southern (1991) are the only two programs to win the league championship in their first years of eligibility. Below are the records during the inaugural seasons of the last five teams to enter the SoCon:
• Samford (2008): 4-4
• Elon (2003): 1-7
• Wofford (1997): 2-6
• Georgia Southern (1993): 7-1
• ETSU (1979): 2-3