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HARRISONBURG, Va. – CAA Football announced Friday that James Madison will host Richmond on Saturday, April 17 in the regular-season finale for both teams. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field.
The teams were originally scheduled to have a home-and-home series, but the March 20 game in Harrisonburg and the April 3 game in Richmond were both ultimately postponed by Covid.
The Dukes were No. 1 and the Spiders No. 12 in the April 5 Stats Perform FCS voter poll. JMU is No. 1 and Richmond No. 11 in the Congrove Computer Rankings released after the conclusion of Sunday's last game.
This week's game will be televised on NBC Sports Washington Plus (NBCSW+) and streamed on FloFootball.
JMU (4-0, 2-0 CAA) and Richmond (3-0, 3-0 CAA) are currently tied atop the CAA South Division entering next week's matchup.
Delaware is 4-0, 3-0 CAA in the North and visits Villanova (2-1, 2-1 CAA) on Saturday). The Blue Hens were 8th in the voter poll and 9th in the computer rankings, while the Wildcats were 11th in the voter poll and 20th in the computer rankings.
There is no conference championship game to determine the conference's automatic NCAA playoff bid. Instead, the autobid will be determined by the following tie-breaker procedures:
Scenario 1 ‐ Divisional Championship
1. The team with the best conference record based on win‐loss percentage shall be the Divisional Champion.
2. In the event of a tie, the below noted tiebreaker format will be utilized to determine the Divisional Championship.
Scenario 2 – Conference Championship & NCAA Automatic Qualification Determination
1. The team with the best conference record based on win‐loss percentage shall determine the Conference’s automatic qualifier and be the Conference Champion.
2. If there are teams tied, the below noted tiebreaker format will be utilized to determine the Conference’s automatic qualifier.
Tie‐Breaking Format
1. Head‐to‐head competition. If three‐or‐more teams are involved in a tie and all have played each other, the win‐loss percentage is computed using each team’s record against the tied teams as a group rather than individually.
2. Win‐loss percentage versus the highest‐placed common opponents and proceeding down. When arriving at another set of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record against the tied teams as a group rather than individually.
3A. Scenario 1 ‐ Best combined ranking among Divisional teams in points scored and points allowed.
3B. Scenario 2 ‐ Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.
4A. Scenario 1 ‐ The point differential of the tied teams in all Divisional games. The point differential in individual games are capped at 21 points.
4B. Scenario 2 ‐ The point differential of the tied teams in all Conference games. The point differential in individual games are capped at 21 points.
5. Coin flip by the Commissioner.
Tie‐Breaking Operating Principles
1. All ties are broken in descending order.
2. Once a team has been eliminated at any point, the process reverts back to the beginning with the remaining tied teams