RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of December 2, 2023 (FBS Group Of Five Conference Championships/FCS Playoffs Second Round/SWAC Championship)-(REVISED)

Last Week: 37-13 (..740)

This Year: 908-373 (.699)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five

Friday, December 1

New Mexico State (10-3) at Liberty (12-0)

("Conference Championship Weekend kicks off with the Flames hosting the Aggies for the Conference USA crown!!! Airtime is at 7 pm EST/6 pm CST/5 pm MST on the CBS Sports Network!!!)

Saturday, December 2

Toledo (11-1) vs. Miami (Ohio)-(10-2)

("Conference Championship Saturday" gets underway at noon EST on ESPN!!! That's when the Bobcats will do battle with the Rockets in the Mid-American Conference Championship Game at Ford Field in Detroit!!!)

Appalachian State (8-4) at Troy (10-2)

(The scene then shifts south into Alabama!!! That's where the Trojans will take on the Chanticleers for the Sun Belt Conference crown!!! Airtime is at 4 pm EST/3 pm CST, also on ESPN!!!)

SMU (10-2) at Tulane (11-1)

(The defending American Athletic Conference champion Green Wave hopes to repeat its conference championship run from 2022 in hosting the Mustangs!!! Airtime is at 4 pm EST/3 pm CST on ABC!!!) 

Boise State (7-5) at UNLV (9-3)

(Finally, it's the Rebels doing battle with the Broncos for the Mountain West Conference championship!!! Airtime is at 3 pm EST/2 pm CST/1 pm MST/noon PST on FOX!!!)

FCS

Saturday, December 3

FCS Playoffs-Second Round

Bracket

First-Round Byes (In Order Of Seeding, With The Overall Record In Parentheses)

1. South Dakota State (11-0)

2. Montana (10-1)

3. South Dakota (9-2)

4. Idaho (8-3)

5. Albany (N.Y.)-(9-3)

6. Montana State (8-3)

7. Furman (9-2)

8. Villanova (9-2)

Mercer (8-4) at South Dakota State (11-0)

Youngstown State (8-4) at Villanova (9-2)

Richmond (9-3) at Albany (N.Y.)-(9-3)

Southern Illinois (8-4) at Idaho (8-3)

Sacramento State (8-4) at South Dakota (9-2)

North Dakota State (9-3) at Montana State (8-3)

Chattanooga (8-4) at Furman (9-2)

Delaware (9-3) at Montana (10-1)

BONUS PREDICTION

SWAC Championship Game (Airtime is at 4 pm EST/3 pm CST on ESPN2!!!)

Prairie View A&M (6-5) at Florida A&M (10-1)

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