FCS Championship - First Round

6-5, 4-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nicholls NICH	0	0	0	0	0
S Illinois SIU	21	0	14	0	35

Southern Illinois SalukisS IllinoisSIU

8-4, 4-2 Home

Nicholls Colonels @ Southern Illinois Salukis

Game Information

Carbondale, IL

ESPN+

FCS

Southland Conference	CONF	OVR
Stephen F. Austin	6-0	9-0
Lamar	5-1	7-2
Incarnate Word	4-2	5-4
Houston Christian	3-3	4-5
McNeese	3-3	4-5
East Texas A&M	3-3	3-6
Nicholls	2-4	3-6
UT Rio Grande Valley	2-4	4-5
SE Louisiana	2-4	4-5
Northwestern State	0-6	0-9

Missouri Valley Football Conference	CONF	OVR
Youngstown State	5-1	7-2
South Dakota State	4-1	7-2
South Dakota	4-2	7-3
Northern Iowa	3-2	4-4
Illinois State	3-2	7-2
North Dakota	3-3	6-4
Southern Illinois	2-3	4-5
Indiana State	0-5	2-7
Murray State	0-5	1-8

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