First Possible FCS Playoff Brackets for 2012

Which 20 teams will be in the 2012 FCS playoffs?

Here are the automatic qualifiers

Big Sky...Montana State
Big South...Stony Brook
CAA...James Madison

MEAC...Bethune-Cookman
MVFC...Northern Iowa
NEC...Robert Morris
OVC...Eastern Kentucky
Patriot...Lehigh

Southern...Appalachian State
Southland...Sam Houston State

Here are the seeds (Based on the CSN consolidated rankings.)

1.  SAM HOUSTON STATE (Southland)
2.  North Dakota State (MVFC)
3.  MONTANA STATE (BSC)
4.  Georgia Southern (SoCon)
5.  Towson (CAA)
6.  APPALACHIAN STATE (SoCon)
7.  JAMES MADISON (CAA)
8.  Old Dominion (CAA)
9.  Montana (BSC)
10. NORTHERN IOWA (MVFC)
11. New Hampshire (CAA)
12. Delaware (CAA)
13. Wofford (SoCon)
14. Youngstown State (MVFC)
15. EASTERN KENTUCKY (OVC)
16. Eastern Washington (BSC)
17. LEHIGH (Patriot)
18. STONY BROOK (Big South)
19. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (MEAC)
20. ROBERT MORRIS (NEC)

Brackets

1st Round
Game 1: 20. Robert Morris        at 13. Wofford
Game 2: 19. Bethune-Cookman at 14. Youngstown State
Game 3: 18. Stony Brook          at 15. Eastern Kentucky
Game 4: 17. Lehigh                    at 16. Eastern Washington

2nd round
Game 4 winner at 1. Sam Houston State
9. Montana       at 8. Old Dominion

Game 1 winner at 4. Georgia Southern
12. Delaware    at 5. Towson

Game 2 winner         at  3. Montana State
11. New Hampshire at 6. Appalachian State

Game 3 winner       at 2. North Dakota State
10. Northern Iowa at 7. James Madison

Last 4 in
Eastern Washington
Youngstown State
Delaware
New Hampshire

First 4 out

Illinois State
Indiana State
Murray State
Stephen F. Austin

Next 4 out
Jacksonville State
Maine
Central Arkansas
Liberty

Also Lurking
Chattanooga
Jacksonville

Will update as more pre-season rankings are available.