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September 24
*ETSU at Wofford (ESPN3) - 1:30 p.m.
*Samford at Chattanooga (SDN) - 2:00 p.m.
VMI at Bucknell - 3:00 p.m.
Furman at Coastal Carolina - 6:00 p.m.

• Samford visits Chattanooga while Wofford plays host to ETSU in league games Saturday.  Furman travels to Coastal Carolina and VMI visits Bucknell.  The Citadel, Mercer and Western Carolina are idle

• All four of the league’s conference games this season have been decided by one possession. Since the start of the 2013 season, 42 of 96 (.438) league games have been decided by one possession.

• Southern Conference teams are 8-0 against FCS nonconference opponents in 2016. League teams have three more nonconference games against FCS opponents.

• Southern Conference teams are 6-0 at home in nonconference games this season.
• SoCon teams are 82-21 (.799) at home in nonconference games since the start of the 2010 season.
• Home teams are 2-2 in conference play this year and are 51-42 since the start of 2013.

• The Citadel Bulldogs and Chattanooga Mocs are ranked in both weekly FCS polls. UTC is ranked third in the coaches poll and fifth in the STATS, Inc., poll. It is the highest ranking for UTC in school history.  The Citadel is ranked tenth in both polls.
• ETSU, Mercer, Samford, Western Carolina and Wofford are among the teams receiving votes.