The 2016 Southern Conference football season was the 95th season of
college football
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for 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 ...
(SoCon) and formed a part of the
2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
Head coaches
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Russ Huesman
Russell Frederick Huesman (born January 28, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He was named head football coach at the University of Richmond on December 14, 2016 after spending eight years as head coach of the University of T ...
, Chattanooga – 8th year
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Brent Thompson, The Citadel – 1st year
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Carl Torbush
Carl William Torbush Jr. (born October 11, 1951) is former American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana Tech University in 1987, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1997 to 2000, and Ea ...
, East Tennessee State – 2nd year
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Bruce Fowler
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, Furman – 6th year
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Bobby Lamb, Mercer – 4th year
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Chris Hatcher, Samford – 2nd year
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Scott Wachenheim
Scott Allen Wachenheim (born August 13, 1962) is an American football coach and, most recently, the head coach of the VMI Keydets football team. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Wachenheim has been an assistant coach at various p ...
, VMI – 2nd year
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Mark Speir
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, Western Carolina – 5th year
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Mike Ayers
Mike Ayers (born May 26, 1948) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at East Tennessee State University from 1985 to 1987 and Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina from 1988 to 2017, compiling career ...
, Wofford – 29th year
Preseason poll results
''First place votes in parentheses''
Preseason All-Conference Teams
Offensive Player of the Year: Detrez Newsome, Jr., RB (Western Carolina)
Defensive Player of the Year: Keionta Davis, Sr., DL (Chattanooga)
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
Players of the week:
''Not released''
Week Thirteen
Records against other conferences
FCS conferences
FBS conferences
Attendance
References
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