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ORLANDO, Florida -- Bethune-Cookman and its fellow MEAC co-champions were all shut out of the 2015 Football Championship Subdivision playoffs when the 24-team field was announced Sunday.
Following B-CU's 35-14 victory over rival Florida A&M in the Florida Classic on Saturday, the Wildcats figured they had a pretty good shot of making the field for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
After Saturday's game, first-year B-CU head coach Terry Sims said, "We're one of the top 24 teams. It's that simple. We score points on offense and we stop teams on defense. We have mistakes that happen in a game, but we have a determined team that won't quit."
The victory earned them a share of the MEAC championship with co-champs North Carolina A&T (9-2) and North Carolina Central (8-3), and the Wildcats ended the regular season with a 9-2 record.
In stark contrast to the MEAC's shutout from the postseason were the multiple entries from the Missouri Valley (five teams: North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Northern Iowa, Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois), Colonial (four teams: James Madison, Richmond, William & Mary and New Hampshire) and Big Sky (three teams: Southern Utah, Portland State, Montana) conferences.
Western Illinois, with five losses, was the final team selected to the field and it was a big head-scratcher given the records of some other teams left out.
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