Onward to conference play

PHOTO COURTESY MORGAN STATE ATHLETICS

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania  --  It started on the red turf at Eastern Washington in August, and it's gotten hotter ever since. 

Upsets, last-second wins, dominating performances, great cross-sectional matchups. 

Yet the action will only get better as FCS teams jump into their conference schedule. 

That portion of the season has arrived for most teams. The majority of the remaining games are within conference play. 

Most of the preseason favorites are still in position to win conference titles, but most of the others have different beliefs. 

As we move into conference play, there has been plenty of foreshadowing for what to expect over the next two months. 

MEAC - It appears to be a three-team title race between defending co-champs Bethune-Cookman and South Carolina State and North Carolina A&T, which almost beat Coastal Carolina. Unfortunately, Bethune and A&T aren't scheduled to face each other, so it's not a level playing field for up-and-down South Carolina State. The early conference leader is Morgan State, and the Bears have been quite impressive under first-year coach Lee Hull. The other seven teams are a combined 3-23 to date. 

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