Editor's Note: This is the first of multiple installments of predictions during the Thanksgiving week. First up is the final week of regular-season action for the FBS Group Of Five Conferences, followed by the first round of the FCS playoffs.
Last Week: 46-26 (.639)
This Year: 621-302 (.673)
KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.
Featured games in BOLD type.
FBS Group Of Five
Friday, November 29
Cincinnati (10-1) at Memphis (10-1)
(Tigers play host to the newly-crowned American Athletic Conference East Division champion Bearcats in hopes of clinching the West Division championship with a win!!! Airtime is at 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST on ABC!!!)
Toledo (6-5) at Central Michigan (7-4)
Kent State (5-6) at Eastern Michigan (6-5)
Appalachian State (10-1) at Troy (5-6)
Saturday, November 30
Southern Mississippi (7-4) at Florida Atlantic (8-3)
(Owls play host to the Golden Eagles in a game with Conference USA championship implications!!! Airtime is at 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST on the NFL Network!!!)
Florida International (6-5) at Marshall (7-4)
Tulane (6-5) at SMU (9-2)
Georgia State (7-4) at Georgia Southern (6-5)
Wyoming (7-4) at Air Force (9-2)
Louisiana-Monroe (5-6) at Louisiana (9-2)
BYU (7-4) at San Diego State (8-2)
Interactive Bracket
Printable Bracket
Top Seeds (In Order Of National Seeding)
NOTE: All national seeds have first-round byes.
1. North Dakota State (12-0)
2. James Madison (11-1)
3. Weber State (9-3)
4. Sacramento State (9-3)
5. Montana State (9-3)
6. Montana (9-3)
7. South Dakota State (8-4)
8. Central Arkansas (9-3)
Saturday, November 30 (All games on ESPN3!!!)
North Dakota (7-4) at Nicholls State (8-4)
Illinois State (8-4) at Southeast Missouri State (9-3)
Central Connecticut State (11-1) at Albany (N.Y.)-(8-4)
Furman (8-4) at Austin Peay (9-3)
Kennesaw State (10-2) at Wofford (8-3)
Villanova (9-3) at Southeastern Louisiana (7-4)
San Diego (9-2) at Northern Iowa (8-4)
Holy Cross (7-5) at Monmouth (N.J.)-(10-2)
Quickie Analysis: The biggest question of this year's FCS playoffs is this: "Can North Dakota State three-peat? As in "Can the Bison not only win their third straight FCS national championship but also their eighth crown in the last nine years?" With 33 straight wins dating back to November 2017, as well as being dominant in almost every game during that span, another title is definitely not of the question for NDSU. However, don't be surprised if No. 2 seed James Madison makes a serious run for their second national championship in four years. Remember that JMU upset NDSU in the 2016 national semifinals en route to winning it all on January 7, 2017. So the real question (s) should not be "Can NDSU make it "back-to-back-to-back" national championships"? It's "will the Bison three-peat"? Those questions will soon be answered throughout this postseason.
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