In the FCS Huddle: It's changed quickly

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (SportsNetwork.com)  -- The witching hour has come early for too many of the teams in last year's FCS playoff field.

And Halloween is still two and a half weeks away.

At the midway point of the season for many teams, one-third of last year's first-ever 24-team playoff field already lacks strong-enough resumes for at- large bids, and the early conference results suggest a lot must change - too much probably - for the teams to secure an automatic bid.

In mid-October, the chances of last year's teams returning to the 2014 field appear to be:

Likely qualifiers: Bethune-Cookman, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Washington, Fordham, Jacksonville State, McNeese State, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota State and Southeastern Louisiana

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