Group Of Five Conference Championship and FCS Second Round Playoff Predictions

Editor's Note: This is the second of multiple installments of predictions during the Thanksgiving week. Next up are the predictions for all five Group Of Five conference championship games, as well as all eight second-round games in the FCS playoffs.

Last Week: 28-12 (.700)

This Year: 649-314 (.674)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five

Saturday, December 7

American Athletic Conference-Airtime at 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST on ABC

Cincinnati (10-2) at Memphis (11-1)

Conference USA-Airtime at 1:30 p.m. EST/12:30 p.m. CST on the CBS Sports Network

UAB (9-3) at Florida Atlantic (9-3)

Mid-American Conference at Detroit-Airtime at noon EST on ESPN2

Miami (Ohio)-(7-5) vs. Central Michigan (8-4)

Mountain West Conference-Airtime at 4 p.m. EST/3 p.m. CST/2 p.m. MST on ESPN

Hawai'i (8-4) at Boise State (10-2)

Sun Belt Conference-Airtime at noon EST/11 a.m. CST on ESPN

Louisiana-Lafayette (10-2) at Appalachian State (11-1)

FCS Playoffs-Second Round

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, December 7 (All games on ESPN3!!!)

Nicholls State (9-4) at North Dakota State (12-0)

Illinois State (9-4) at Central Arkansas (9-3)

Albany (N.Y.)-(9-4) at Montana State (9-3)

Austin Peay (10-3) at Sacramento State (9-3)

Kennesaw State (11-2) at Weber State (9-3)

Southeastern Louisiana (8-4) at Montana (9-3)

Northern Iowa (9-4) at South Dakota State (8-4)

Monmouth (N.J.)-(11-2) at James Madison (11-1)

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