Year: | 2016 |
Number Of Teams: | 125 |
Regular Season: | August 26 – December 3 |
Playoffs: | November 26 – December 17 |
Nc Date: | January 7, 2017 |
Championship: | Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas |
Champions: | James Madison |
Payton: | Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston State |
Buchanan: | Karter Schult, Northern Iowa |
The 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was played on January 7, 2017, in Frisco, Texas. The James Madison Dukes defeated the Youngstown State Penguins, 28–14, to capture their second national championship in team history.
(FCS rankings from the STATS poll)September 2: Albany 22, Buffalo 16
September 3: #14 Eastern Washington 45, Washington State 42
September 3: #5 Northern Iowa 25, Iowa State 20
September 3: #4 Richmond 37, Virginia 20
September 10: Eastern Illinois 21, Miami (OH) 17
September 10: #10 Illinois State 9, Northwestern 7
September 10: #23 North Carolina A&T 39, Kent State 36 4OT
September 17: #1 North Dakota State 23, No. 13 (FBS) Iowa 21 [NOTE: NDSU became just the 4th FCS team to beat an AP ranked FBS team, and afterward received 74 votes for the AP top-25 rankings (No. 27 overall), the most votes ever received by an FCS team].[6]
September 24: Central Arkansas 28, Arkansas State 23
September 24: #13 Western Illinois 28, Northern Illinois 23
School | 2015 conference | 2016 conference | |
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FCS independent | |||
SoCon |
Note: Records are regular-season only, and do not include playoff games.
Conference | Champion | Record | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year | |
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Big Sky | Eastern Washington North Dakota | 10–1 (8–0) 9–2 (8–0) | Gage Gubrud (Eastern Washington) Cooper Kupp (Eastern Washington) | Cole Reyes (North Dakota) | Bubba Schweigert (North Dakota) | |
Big South | Charleston Southern Liberty | 7–3 (4–1) 6–5 (4–1) | Tyrell Maxwell (Gardner–Webb) | Anthony Ellis (Charleston Southern) | Jamey Chadwell (Charleston Southern) | |
CAA | James Madison | 10–1 (8–0) | Bryan Schor (James Madison) | Tanoh Kpassagnon (Villanova) | Mike Houston (James Madison) | |
Ivy | Penn Princeton | 7–3 (6–1) 8–2 (6–1) | John Lovett (Princeton) | Folarin Orimolade (Dartmouth) | Bob Surace (Princeton) | |
MEAC | North Carolina Central | 9–2 (8–0) | Tarik Cohen (North Carolina A&T) | Shaquille Leonard (South Carolina State) | Jerry Mack (North Carolina Central) | |
MVFC | North Dakota State South Dakota State | 10–1 (7–1) 8–3 (7–1) | Taryn Christion (South Dakota State) | Karter Schult (Northern Iowa) | John Stiegelmeier (South Dakota State) | |
NEC | Duquesne Saint Francis (PA) | 8–3 (5–1) 7–4 (5–1) | Kamron Lewis (Saint Francis) | Christian Kuntz (Duquesne) | Chris Villarrial (Saint Francis) | |
OVC | Jacksonville State | 10–1 (7–0) | Eli Jenkins (Jacksonville State) | Darius Jackson (Jacksonville State) | John Grass (Jacksonville State) | |
Patriot | Lehigh | 9–2 (6–0) | Nick Shafnisky (Lehigh) | Pat Afriyie (Colgate) | Andy Coen (Lehigh) | |
Pioneer | San Diego | 9–1 (8–0) | Jonah Hodges (San Diego) | Donald Payne (Stetson) | Dale Lindsey (San Diego) | |
Southern | The Citadel | 10–1 (8–0) | Devlin Hodges (Samford) | Keionta Davis (Chattanooga) | Brent Thompson (The Citadel) | |
Southland | Sam Houston State | 11–0 (9–0) | Overall: Jeremiah Briscoe (Sam Houston State) Offensive: Yedidiah Louis (Sam Houston State) | P. J. Hall (Sam Houston State) | K. C. Keeler (Sam Houston State) |
Conference | Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Last bid | Result |
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12th | Quarterfinals (L – Illinois State) | ||||
2nd | Quarterfinals (L – Jacksonville State) | ||||
13th | National Champions (W – Youngstown State) | ||||
6th | 2015 | First Round (L – Montana) | |||
1st | – | – | |||
7th | 2015 | Championship Game (L – North Dakota State) | |||
10th | Quarterfinals (L – North Dakota State) | ||||
2nd | 2014 | First Round (L – Montana) | |||
5th | 2015 | Second Round (L – Charleston Southern) | |||
10th | 2015 | Semifinals (L – Jacksonville State) |
Conference | Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Last bid | Result |
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4th | Second Round (L – Sam Houston State) | ||||
1st | – | – | |||
5th | First Round (L – William & Mary) | ||||
None | |||||
15th | First Round (L – Colgate) | ||||
11th | Semifinals (L – North Dakota State) | ||||
11th | Quarterfinals (L – Sam Houston State) | ||||
5th | First Round (L – Wofford) | ||||
7th | Quarterfinals (L – Richmond) | ||||
7th | Semifinals (L - James Madison) | ||||
14th | Semifinals (L – Appalachian State) | ||||
None | |||||
None | |||||
None | |||||
None | |||||
4th | Second Round (L – Jacksonville State) | ||||
6th | First Round (L – Jacksonville State) | ||||
6th | Quarterfinals (L – North Dakota State) | ||||
3rd | Second Round (L – Georgia Southern) | ||||
None |
* Home team
Winner
All times in Eastern Standard Time
Mike Houston, James Madison
K. C. Keeler, Sam Houston State
This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2016. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2016, see 2015 NCAA Division I FCS end-of-season coaching changes.
School | Outgoing coach | Date | Reason | Replacement | |
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Abilene Christian | Ken Collums | November 20 | Fired | Mark Ribaudo (interim) | |
Howard | Gary Harrell | November 20 | Contract was not renewed | Mike London[10] | |
Presbyterian | Harold Nichols | November 20 | Resigned | Tommy Spangler | |
UC Davis | Ron Gould | November 20 | Fired | Dan Hawkins | |
Lamar | Ray Woodard | November 21 | Fired | Mike Schultz | |
Bryant | Marty Fine | November 30 | Resigned | James Perry | |
Lafayette | Frank Tavani | December 1 | Fired | ||
Furman | Bruce Fowler | December 2 | Resigned | Clay Hendrix | |
Villanova | Andy Talley | December 3 | Retired | Mark Ferrante[11] | |
Delaware | Dennis Dottin-Carter (interim) | December 13 | Permanent replacement | Danny Rocco[12] | |
Richmond | Danny Rocco | December 13 | Hired by Delaware | Russ Huesman[13] | |
Chattanooga | Russ Huesman | December 14 | Hired by Richmond | Tom Arth | |
Indiana State | Mike Sanford | December 16 | Resigned | Curt Mallory | |
Abilene Christian | Mark Ribaudo (interim) | December 18 | Permanent replacement | Adam Dorrel | |
Eastern Washington | Beau Baldwin | January 16 | Hired as OC at California | Aaron Best |
The following rule changes were recommended by the NCAA Football Rules Committee for the 2022 season:[14]