2025 playoff prognostications

[whampas]

Villanova next week at Lehigh will be an omen for Patriot preseason bragging rights for 2026

Wonder if they'll play a rematch first game of 2026?

 

[Wood Hall]

Ivies getting their asses handed to them by Villanova and YSU.

Two road games, one win, great comeback by Yale. Not a bad showing. I thought Harvard would play better.

 

[32counter]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994912217636942156

https://x.com/optaanalystfcs/status/1994912217636942156?s=12

 

[32counter]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994893919063261314

 

[Gallipoli]

11 — #12 Nova at #5 Lehigh (ESPN+), Nova wins by 2 TDs
11 — #11 USD at #6 Mercer (ESPN+), Mercer
12 — Illinois St at #1 NDSU (ESPN+), NDSU
12 — UND at #4 Tarleton St (ESPN+), Tarleton
12 — #10 ACU at #7 SFA (ESPN+), SFA
1 — #14 SDSU at #3 Montana (ESPN+), Montana
1 — Yale at #2 Montana St (ESPN+), Montana State. The Ivies run is over.
9 — #9 Rhody at #8 UC Davis (ESPN2), Davis wins and shows the CAA is a weak conference,

 

[32counter]

FCS Playoffs First-Round Scoreboard: Yale's Comeback Highlights Three Road Wins | Opta Analyst

The 2025 FCS playoffs kicked off with eight first-round games. Here's how the winners advanced and a look to who they face next.

theanalyst.com

 

[Gallipoli]

Any insights about the Lehigh vs. Nova game coming up? It will be a tough game for Lehigh, but they had a first round bye. Lehigh will be the fresher team.

 

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[32counter]

Any insights about the Lehigh vs. Nova game coming up? It will be a tough game for Lehigh, but they had a first round bye. Lehigh will be the fresher team.

Common opponents:

Sacred Heart

Colgate

Same results

Home field advantage to Lehigh-Lehigh run game v Nova defense.

 

[Gallipoli]

Ferrante is a class coach.

 

[32counter]

Lehigh Sports Central: Football - Lehigh University Athletics

On the latest edition of Lehigh Sports Central, hear from Lehigh Football head coach Kevin Cahill and senior LB Tyler Ochojski on defeating rival Lafayette a...

lehighsports.com

 

[SFspidur]

Man, Mercer runs the table in the SoCon to get a first-round bye as the sole conference rep in the playoffs, and then gets absolutely boat-raced by South Dakota, 47–0.

The CAA may not be what it once was, but the SoCon sure isn't either.

 

[whampas]

Man, Mercer runs the table in the SoCon to get a first-round bye as the sole conference rep in the playoffs, and then gets absolutely boat-raced by South Dakota, 47–0.

The CAA may not be what it once was, but the SoCon sure isn't either.

Maybe our admin made the right decision. All things are possible....

 

[SpiderPrime]

Nicky D will be in the CFP