SoCon Football - Week 5

September 27
*Mercer at VMI (SDN) - 1:30 p.m.
*Western Carolina at Furman (ASN) - 3:30 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at The Citadel (SDN) - 6:00 p.m.
*Samford at Chattanooga (ASN) - 7:00 p.m.
Virginia-Wise at Wofford (SDN) - 7:00 p.m.

* Denotes Southern Conferece Game

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

• The American Sports Network features a SoCon double-header on Saturday with Western Carolina and Furman airing at 3:30 p.m., followed by Chattanooga and Samford.
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• Home teams are 1-1 in conference play this season after going 21-15 last year.

• One of the two league games this season was decided by one possession. Sixteen of the SoCon’s 36 league games were decided by one possession last year.

• The Chattanooga Mocs are ranked in both major FCS polls this week.
UTC is ranked 15th by the FCS coaches and 14th by the Sports Network.

• Furman, Samford, Western Carolina and Wofford are among the teams receiving votes.

• Southern Conference teams are 8-2 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 55-15 (.786) in nonconference home games since the start of the 2010 season.