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FCS playoff schedule 2018: Quarterfinals start times, TV schedule, and live stream info

Wherein Colgate will try to shock the world and upset North Dakota State.

Dec 7, 2018, 1:00 PM UTC

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The FCS playoffs are down to their elite eight, and there isn’t a single surprise in this year’s field. All eight national seeds — the teams pegged for a first-round bye in this year’s bracket — advanced to the national quarterfinals.

That includes No. 1 seed North Dakota State. The Bison are looking for their seventh national championship in eight seasons and haven’t tasted defeat in more than 13 months. Hoping to be more than a speed bump on their road to the semifinals will be No. 8 Colgate, who hasn’t lost a game against an FCS opponent in even longer; the Raiders last defeat against a non-FBS team came last October.

While NDSU is the headliner, there are several other great teams vying for your attention on Friday and Saturday. No. 2 Weber State, No. 3 Eastern Washington, and No. 6 UC Davis all split titlist honors in the FCS’s toughest conference — the Big Sky. On Friday, Weber State will meet No. 7 Maine, an unexpected Colonial Athletic Association champion who dispatched FCS powerhouse Jacksonville State to begin its road to a potential national title. On Saturday, EWU and UCD will meet in a rematch of a regular season game the Eagles won in a 59-20 rout back in early November.

The final game on the docket will pit No. 5 South Dakota State — the team that gave NDSU its toughest challenge of the season — against No. 4 Kennesaw State. The Owls rolled through FCS competition this fall, but recent tests — a five-overtime won over Jacksonville State and last week’s three-point win over Wofford — may have made KSU vulnerable against a Great Plains powerhouse.

There’s plenty of action in store for a Saturday with only Army-Navy to tide over your FBS cravings. You can find the quarterfinal bracket in full below.