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JMU AthleticsJames Madison running back Khalid Abdullah rushed for 101 yards and two of his team's TDs as the Dukes clinched the CAA title against Villanova. Brian McLaughlin @BrianMacWriter

It's hard to believe we're through Week 11 of the FCS regular season with Selection Sunday just one week away, but here we are. Let's break down all of the FCS action from Week 11.

Three More Teams Punch Playoff Tickets

James Madison, San Diego, St. Francis (Pa.)--The Ciitadel and Lehigh welcome you an exclusive party.

Don't worry, your fingernails won't be ground down to the nub a week from now, because you'll know the 'if'question is already answered. You'll just be tuning in to find out the who, where and when parts. Other schools may have to deal with that horrible 'why?' question, but you won't.

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The Dukes, Toreros and Red Flash all sealed up their conference titles this weekend, and the automatic playoff berth comes with it. James Madison is pretty used to being in the postseason, and San Diego made the FCS Playoffs two years ago and fell to Montana in the first round. St. Francis, on the other hand, is having its best season since winning eight games in 1992 and has qualified for the FCS postseason for the first time in school history.

It's a final: St. Francis 31, Central Connecticut State 21. This is an NEC title for the Red Flash. pic.twitter.com/eTdFbyLtFL — Shawn Curtis (@shawncurtis430) November 12, 2016

So five are in, folks--19 more schools are to be determined next Sunday. There are some solid scenarios for automatic berths, too. Sam Houston State and Central Arkansas will be playing a de facto Southland title game next weekend, as will Jacksonville State and Tennessee-Martin in the Ohio Valley Conference. South Dakota State can also clinch the Valley with a win at Northern Iowa this weekend--not that this is an easy task. Some of the other pictures are fuzzier and have a lot of 'this and that have to happen'.

Charleston Southern Was Apparently Ticked

Charleston Southern has had a unique year, that much is for certain. The Bucs nearly knocked off the five-time champs in Fargo in August, then had suspensions and a blowout loss at Florida State, then had an easily winnable game canceled because of a hurricane and then wedged a nice winning streak in the middle of all of this before having a head-scratching loss to Gardner-Webb last week.

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So going into this weekend's game against Liberty, the question was obvious: How will the Bucs respond to what happened last week and has happened all year?

Well, the answer is ... they were ready to respond. They pounded Liberty from the get-go on its own field and resembled the team that took North Dakota State to overtime on its own field.

Wofford Makes SoCon a 4-Teamer?

With all the usual talk about the Missouri Valley Football Conference, Big Sky and Colonial being the dominant conferences of the FCS, there's been one conference that may just beg to differ this year--the Southern Conference. And Wofford​'s win over a very talented Chattanooga team this weekend sums it up.

Congrats to @Wofford_FB for getting their 7th win of season on legs of RB @Z0_L0NG who had 29 carries 123 yards 1TD rushing. #CPOY16Finalist — SCFootballHOF (@SCFootballHOF) November 13, 2016

So the questioning becomes: Should the SoCon get that fourth playoff team? And the case is getting stronger every week that the answer is 'yes'. The Citadel is one of only two undefeated teams in the FCS and is already in, while Chattanooga, Samford and Wofford have all chopped each other up. All three are strong and could very well all finish 8-3.

This might be one of those years where four conferences can have valid arguments for four (or more) teams making the playoffs, leaving several of the others just holding their automatic berth.

HBCU Still Has Four Undefeated League Teams

As mentioned last week, there is a collision course forming as we check out the SWAC and MEAC going into the final stretch. The good thing is ... they'll be settling it on the gridiron directly over the next two weeks. The Bayou Classic between Grambling​ and Southern on Thanksgiving weekend and the younger Aggie-Eagle Classic (N.C. Central vs. N.C. A&T) this weekend will break up this block of undefeateds all ultimately vying for a chance to play in the Celebration Bowl in mid December.

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Not one of these four programs has lost to an FCS program this year, but that's about to change. All of their losses have been to FBS programs.

Resolution is coming though--soon.