2017 Valdosta State Blazers football team

The 2017 Valdosta State Blazers football team represented Valdosta State University during the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach Kerwin Bell. The Blazers played their home games at Bazemore–Hyder Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.

2017 Valdosta State Blazers football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
2017 record5–4 (5–3 GSC)
Head coachKerwin Bell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDanny Verpaele (1st season)
Home stadiumBazemore–Hyder Stadium
(Capacity: 11,249)
2017 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 12 West Alabama $^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 2 West Florida ^  5 –3     11 –4  
No. 21 Delta State ^  5 –3     9 –4  
No. 19 West Georgia ^  5 –3     9 –4  
Valdosta State  5 –3     5 –4  
North Alabama  5 –3     5 –5  
Florida Tech  3 –5     5 –6  
Mississippi College  1 –7     1 –9  
Shorter  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AFCA Poll

Schedule

Valdosta State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 17, 2017. The schedule consists of 4 home, 5 away, and 1 neutral site games in the regular season. The Blazers will host GSC foes Florida Tech, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and West Alabama, and will travel to Delta State, Shorter, West Florida, and West Georgia.[1]

The Blazers will travel to both non-conference games which are against Albany State of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and travel to a neutral site game against Fort Valley State from the same conference as Albany State.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.mat Albany State*No. 11
L 12–294,011
September 97:00 p.mvs. Fort Valley State*
 Canceled[a]
September 167:00 p.m No. 10 North Alabama
ESPN3L 24-304,191
September 237:00 p.mat West Florida
W 30-195,416
October 72:00 p.mat No. 25 West Georgia
ESPN3L 13-424,927
October 147:00 p.mMississippi College
ESPN3W 55-34,455
October 213:00 p.m No. 19 Delta State
W 34-133,451
October 287:00 p.mFlorida Tech
W 42-143,018
November 43:00 p.m No. 23 West Alabama
L 14-385,921
November 111:30 p.mShorter
W 52-01,100
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
^[a] The game between Fort Valley State and Valdosta State was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.[2]

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final 
AFCA 11 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
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References
  1. "Football Announces 2017 Schedule; Prepares for Spring Practice" (Press release). Valdosta State University Department of Athletics. March 17, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  2. "Fort Valley State Game Cancelled Due to Hurricane Irma" (Press release). Valdosta State University Department of Athletics. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
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