April 17 (Saturday)	Series	TV/Digital	Time
*Mercer at Samford	Samford leads 13-12-1	ESPN+	1 p.m.
*The Citadel at VMI	The Citadel leads 42-31-2	Nexstar/ESPN+	1:30 p.m.
*Chattanooga at ETSU	Chattanooga leads 23-19-1		canceled
*Wofford at Furman	Furman leads 54-33-7		canceled
April 18 (Sunday)		TV/Digital	Time
FCS Selection Show		ESPNU/WatchESPN	11:30 a.m.

Nexstar affiliates for April 17 Ingles SoCon Game of the Week
ECBD/The Lowcountry’s CW (Charleston)
WJHL/News Channel 11 (Johnson City)
WMYT/My 12 (Charlotte)
WWCW/The CW Virginia (Lynchburg/Roanoke)
WYCW/The CW62 (Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville)

Play-by-play: Pete Yanity
Analyst: Jared Singleton

Notes
• The Southern Conference title and automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship will be determined Saturday, as either VMI or Mercer will be crowned league champion and clinch its first-ever FCS playoffs appearance.

• VMI hosts archrival The Citadel for the Ingles SoCon Game of the Week on select Nexstar affiliates. The Keydets, seeking their first SoCon title since 1977 and eighth overall, will claim the SoCon crown with a win or a Mercer loss.

• Mercer, looking for its first-ever SoCon title, must beat Samford and have VMI lose. The hottest team in the league entering the final week of the regular season, the Bears have won four straight games, the last three of which were over ranked opponents.

• The Bears debuted in the national polls for the first time ever this week, entering the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 at No. 23 and the AFCA FCS Coaches’ Top 25 at No. 25 (tied). VMI is ranked No. 15 in the Stats Perform poll and No. 12 in the coaches’ poll, while ETSU is ranked No. 24 in both polls.

• The Keydets topped The Citadel 34-21 in last season’s Military Classic of the South to claim the Silver Shako and stop the Bulldogs’ 12-game win streak in the series. Mercer has won two straight over Samford, including last season’s 36-33 affair in three overtimes.

• The Citadel, which opened this season 0-9, has won two straight, downing in-state rivals and traditional SoCon powers Wofford and Furman in its last two contests.

• The Citadel quarterback Jaylan Adams is the reigning SoCon Offensive Player of the Week presented by GEICO after rushing for 98 yards and two touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 26-7 win over Furman last week. He ranks eighth in the FCS in rushing yards (674) and sixth in rushing TDs (seven).

• VMI redshirt freshman quarterback Seth Morgan has thrown for 690 yards and four touchdowns and run for 118 yards and a TD in two starts since Preseason SoCon Offensive Player of the Year Reece Udinski went down with a season-ending injury. Between Udinski and Morgan, the Keydets lead the FCS is completion percentage at .734 this season, while Morgan holds the individual lead at .770.

• VMI wide receiver Jakob Herres is in the top 10 in the FCS in receiving TDs (sixth, six), receiving yards (fourth, 684), receiving yards per game (second, 114) and receptions per game (second, 9.3).

• Mercer cornerback Yahsyn McKee, a converted wide receiver, was named both the SoCon Defensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week after recording five tackles and a 63-yard fumble return for a touchdown and averaging 36.7 yards on three kickoff returns in the Bears’ win over then-No. 20/21 ETSU last week. He is the first SoCon player to win two awards in the same week since Chattanooga quarterback Jacob Huesman was named the offensive and freshman player of the week on Nov. 19, 2012.

• Samford (3-3) lost its season opener at ETSU, which is now ranked No. 24/24, and dropped overtime games to No. 17 Furman and No. 18/19 VMI. The Bulldogs held fourth-quarter leads in all three games.

• Samford quarterback Liam Welch, who threw for a SoCon-record 570 yards and four TDs in the OT loss to No. 18/19 VMI, ranks fifth in the FCS with 359.8 passing yards per game and in pass efficiency at 160.1.

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