The 2014 Colonial Athletic Association football season was the eight season of football for the

Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Most of its members are public universi ...

(CAA) and part of the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the first season for Elon in the CAA after being a member of the

Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly ...

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

went undefeated conference play, winning the CAA with a record of 8–0.

Previous season

In 2013, the CAA played with 11 members, and were welcoming in Albany and Stony Brook to replace

Georgia State Georgia state or ''variation'', may refer to: Primarily * Georgia State University ("State", "Georgia State"), a state university * Georgia (U.S. state) ("Georgia state"), a state of the United States of America Sports * sports teams of Georgia St ...

and

Old Dominion Old Dominion most commonly refers to: *The Old Dominion, a nickname for the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia ** Colony of Virginia *Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia **Old Dominion Monarchs, the athletic teams represe ...

, who left for the FBS.

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

won the conference with a record of 7–1 in conference, and was joined in the FCS Playoffs by

and

Towson Towson () is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unincorp ...

. Maine would receive the #5 seed in the playoffs, but be eliminated in their first game by New Hampshire. New Hampshire would go on to the semifinals, and fall on the road to #1 seed

North Dakota State North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as t ...

. Towson would earn the #7 seed, and go all the way to the National Championship game, only to fall to North Dakota State.

Head coaches

Greg Gattuso Gregory Gattuso (born May 18, 1962) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University at Albany, taking over from long-time head coach Bob Ford. He was formerly the defensive line coach at the Uni ...

, Albany – 1st year *

Dave Brock David Anthony Brock (born 20 August 1941) is an English musician. He plays electric guitar, keyboards, bass and oscillators. He is a founder, sole constant member and musical focus of the space rock group Hawkwind.Allmusic– Dave Brock biogr ...

, Delaware – 2nd year *

Rich Skrosky Rich Skrosky (born October 26, 1964) is an American college football coach and former player who is currently a Senior Analyst at Duke University. He was hired as head football coach at Elon University for the 2014 season. Skrosky served as an a ...

, Elon – 1st year *

Everett Withers Everett Rowe Withers (born June 15, 1963) is an American football coach and former player. He currently serves as the assistant head coach and defensive passing game coordinator for the Florida Atlantic Owls. He formerly served as the defensive ...

, James Madison – 1st year * Jack Cosgrove, Maine – 22nd year *

Sean McDonnell Sean Patrick McDonnell (born October 15, 1956) is a retired college football coach and former player, best known for his tenure as head football coach at the University of New Hampshire. Biography McDonnell, nicknamed "Coach Mac", served as the ...

, New Hampshire – 16th year * Jim Fleming, Rhode Island – 1st year *

Danny Rocco Daniel Christopher Rocco (born July 16, 1960)''1995 University of Texas Football Media Guide'' p. 94 is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach of the VMI Keydets. Rocco has previously been the head coach of the Liberty Flames, ...

, Richmond – 3rd year *

Chuck Priore Chuck Priore (born February 17, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach at Stony Brook University, a position he has held since the 2006 season. Priore served the head football coach at Trinity C ...

, Stony Brook – 9th year *

Rob Ambrose Rob Ambrose (born July 30, 1970) is an American college football coach. From 2009 to 2022, he was head coach of the Towson Tigers football team of Towson University. Ambrose was formerly the offensive coordinator of the UConn Huskies before bein ...

, Towson – 6th year *

Andy Talley Andy may refer to: People *Andy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Horace Andy (born 1951), Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer born Horace Hinds *Katja Andy (1907–2013), German-American pianist and piano ...

, Villanova – 30th year *

Jimmye Laycock Jimmye McFarland Laycock (born February 6, 1948) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary from 1980 through 2018, retiring with the third-longest continuous head coaching tenure in ...

, William & Mary – 35th year

Preseason poll results

''First place votes in parentheses''

Rankings

Regular season

All times Eastern time. Rankings reflect that of the Sports Network poll for that week.

Week One

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Week Two

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Week Three

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Week Four

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Week Five

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Week Six

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Week Seven

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Week Eight

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Week Nine

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Week Ten

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Week Eleven

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Week Twelve

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Week Thirteen

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FCS playoffs

Records against other conferences

CAA vs. FCS conferences

CAA vs. FBS conferences

Attendance

References

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