SoCon First Round FCS Playoff Previews and Predictions
No. 18 Chattanooga (7-4) at No. 13 Austin Peay (9-2), 3 p.m. EST Game Preview: An all-Volunteer State will take place in the opening weekend of the FCS playoffs, as Austin Peay and Chattanooga will be meeting for just the seventh time in series history, with the Mocs holding the commanding 6-1 series edge. However, the last time the two met in 2021, the Governors were able to pick up what was a 30-20 win in the Scenic City. The Mocs are making their first playoff appearance since 2016 and first under the direction of Rusty Wright, who took over as the head coach of the Mocs football program in 2019. Despite losses in their final two games against No. 2 Furman (L, 14-17) and No. 8 Alabama (L,10-66), the Mocs find themselves in the FCS playoffs. For the Governors, who are under the direction of Scotty Walden, who is now in his fourth year leading the Governors’ football program, and has the Governors back in the FCS postseason for the first time since their debut in the postseason ...