NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

First round
Sacred Heart Pioneers* (NEC) (9-2) @ Fordham Rams* (Patriot) (10-2) (FOR 44-32)
Indiana St. Sycamores (MVC) (7-5) @ Eastern Kentucky Colonels (OVC) (9-3) (ISU 36-16)
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (Southland) (8-4) @ Northern Iowa Panthers (8-4) (SFA 44-10)
San Diego Torerros* (Pioneer) (9-2) @ Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky) (8-4) (MON 52-14)
SE Louisiana Lions (Southland) (9-3) @ Sam Houston St. BearKats* (Southland) (8-4) (SHSU 21-17)
Liberty Flames* (Big South) (8-4) @ James Madison Dukes (CAA) (9-3) (LIB 26-21)
Morgan St. Bears* (MEAC) (7-5) @ Richmond Spiders (CAA) (8-4) (RICH 46-24)
South Dakota St. Jackrabbits (MVC) (8-4) @ Montana St. Bobcats (Big Sky) (8-4) (SDST 47-40)

Second Round
Indiana St. Sycamores (MVC) (8-5) @ (8) Chattanooga Moccasins* (Southern) (9-2) (CHA 35-14)
Fordham Rams* (Patriot) (11-2) @ (1) New Hampshire Wildcats* (CAA) (10-1) (UNH 44-19)SFA/UNI @ (5) Illinois St. Redbirds (MVC) (10-1) (ISU 41-21)
Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky) (9-4) @ (4) Eastern Washington Eagles* (Big Sky) (10-2) (EWU 37-20)
Sam Houston St. BearKats* (SLD) (9-4) @ (3) Jacksonville St. Gamecocks* (OVC) (10-1) (SHSU 37-26)
Liberty Flames* (Big South) (9-4) @ (6) Villanova Wildcats (CAA) (10-2) (NOVA 29-22)
Richmond Spiders (CAA) (9-4) @ (7) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (Big South) (11-1) (CCU 36-15)
South Dakota St. Jackrabbits (MVC) (9-4) @ (2) North Dakota St. Bison* (MVC) (11-1) (NDSU 27-24)

Quarterfinals
(8) Chattanooga @ (1) New Hampshire (UNH 35-30)
(5) Illinois St. @ (4) Eastern Washington (ISU 59-46)
Sam Houston St. @ (6) Villanova (SHSU 34-31)
(7) Coastal Carolina @ (2) North Dakota St. (NDST 39-32)

Semifinals
(5) Illinois St. @ (1) New Hampshire
Sam Houston St. @ (2) North Dakota St.

*=automatic bid


Location of Teams
Chattanooga- Chattanooga, TN
Coastal Carolina- Conway, SC
Eastern Kentucky-Richmond, KY
Eastern Washington- Cheyney, WA
Fordham-New York, NY
Illinois St.- Normal, IL
Indiana St.-Terre Haute, IN
Jacksonville St.- Jacksonville, AL
James Madison- Harrisonburg, VA
Liberty- Lynchburg, VA
Montana- Missoula, MT
Montana St.-Bozeman, MT
Morgan St.-Baltimore, MD
New Hampshire- Manchester, NH
North Dakota St.- Fargo, ND
Northern Iowa- Cedar Falls, IA
Richmond- Richmond, VA
Sacred Heart-Fairfield, CT
Sam Houston St.- Huntsville, TX
San Diego-San Diego, CA
South Dakota St.-Brookings, SD
Southeastern Louisiana- Hammond, LA
Stephen F. Austin-Nacogdoches, TX
Villanova- Villanova, PA

PLAYERS FROM 209 IN DIVISION I-AA PLAYOFFS

School	Player	Class	Position	High School
Eastern Washington	Shaq Hill	JR	WR	Brookside Christian-Stockton
Eastern Washington	John Kreifels	FR	LB	Downey-Modesto
Montana St.	Rocky Hogue	RS FR	LS	Merced
New Hampshire	Cyrus Boone	FR	DL	Lincoln-Stockton
San Diego	Reggie Bell	RS SR	WR/RS	Manteca
San Diego	Nate Loya	FR	S	Central Catholic-Modesto
San Diego	Joe Nomellini	RS JR	DE	St. Mary's-Stockton

sources: ESPN, espn.com