2022 Gulf South Conference football season

2022 Gulf South Conference football season
2022 Gulf South Conference football season
Sport	Football
Teams	8
Co-champions	West Florida, Delta State
Football seasons
	2021 2023

The 2022 Gulf South Conference football season was the season of college football played by the eight member schools of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) as part of the 2022 NCAA Division II football season.

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Co-championsWest Florida, Delta State

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2022 Gulf South Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 West Florida +^	6	–	1	12	–	2
No. 9 Delta State +^	6	–	1	11	–	2
No. 19 West Georgia	5	–	2	8	–	2
West Alabama	3	–	4	5	–	6
Mississippi College	3	–	4	4	–	7
Valdosta State	2	–	5	5	–	6
North Greenville	2	–	5	3	–	8
Shorter	1	–	6	3	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA poll

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West Florida and Delta State were GSC co-champions for the 2022 season. They were ranked No. 4 and No. 9, respectively, in the final 2022 NCAA Division II football rankings issued by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). A third conference member, West Georgia, placed at No. 19 in the final AFCA rankings.

Quarterback Patrick Shegog of Delta State was selected as the GSC Offensive Player of the Year. Linebacker Michael Anderson of West Alabama was named Defensive Player of the Year. Todd Cooley of Delta State won the GSC Coach of the Year award.

Conf. rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	Points scored/game^[1]	Points against/game^[1]
1	West Florida	Pete Shinnick	12–2	6–1	40.1	28.9
1	Delta State	Todd Cooley	11–2	6–1	45.9	27.7
3	West Georgia	David Dean	8–2	5–2	39.8	29.0
4	West Alabama	Brett Gilliland	5–6	3–4	25.7	24.7
4	Mississippi College	John Bland	4–7	3–4	30.4	39.3
6	Valdosta State	Tremaine Jackson	5–6	2–5	34.6	43.7
6	North Greenville	Jeff Farrington	3–8	2–5	30.3	37.1
8	Shorter	Zach Morrison	3–8	1–6	20.9	37.7

2022 West Florida Argonauts football

GSC co-champion
NCAA Division II Semifinal, L 17–38 vs. Ferris State
Conference	Gulf South Conference
Ranking
AFCA	No. 4
Record	12–2 (6–1 GSC)
Head coach	Pete Shinnick (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rudy Carlton (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Darian Dulin (6th season)
Home stadium	Pen Air Field
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	Warner*	No. 11	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	W 52–3	4,451
September 10	6:00 p.m.	at Southwest Baptist*	No. 7	Plaster Stadium Bolivar, MO	GLVC Sports Network	W 49–10	2,040
September 24	6:00 p.m.	Delta State	No. 6	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	L 42–45 ^2OT	5,238
October 1	4:00 p.m.	North Greenville	No. 14	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	W 34–31	4,219
October 8	5:00 p.m.	at No. 15 West Georgia	No. 10	University Stadium Carrollton, GA	FloSports	W 42–28	1,644
October 15	11:00 a.m.	Shorter	No. 9	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	FloSports	W 50–26	1,426
October 22	4:00 p.m.	Mississippi College	No. 9	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	W 45–17	5,503
October 29	2:00 p.m.	West Alabama	No. 9	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	W 36–24	5,018
November 5	6:00 p.m.	at Valdosta State	No. 8	Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA	FloSports	W 32–31	3,003
November 12	2:00 p.m.	at Mississippi College*	No. 7	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS	FloSports	W 56–21	2,879
November 19	1:00 p.m.	Limestone*	No. 6	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL (NCAA Division II First Round)	UWF Sports Network	W 45–19	2,147
November 26	1:30 p.m.	at No. 9 Delta State*	No. 6	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS (NCAA Division II Second Round)	Statesmen Sports Network	W 38–27	1,059
December 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 22 Wingate*	No. 6	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL (NCAA Division II Quarterfinal)	UWF Sports Network	W 45–14	4,247
December 10	11:00 a.m.	at No. 5 Ferris State*	No. 6	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI (NCAA Division II Semifinal)	ESPN+	L 17–38	5,105
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
AFCA	11	7 (1)	6	6	14	10	9	9	9	8	7	6	4

2022 Delta State Statesmen football

GSC co-champion
NCAA Division II Second Round, L 27–38 vs. West Florida
Conference	Gulf South Conference
Ranking
AFCA	No. 9
Record	11–2 (6–1 GSC)
Head coach	Todd Cooley (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jonathan Fletcher (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Kelvin Green (4th season)
Home stadium	Parker Field at Horace McCool Stadium
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Gulf South Conference football season

Conference overview

Conference awards

Individual awards

All-conference team

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Delta State

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West Georgia

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West Alabama

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Mississippi College

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Valdosta State

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North Greenville

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Shorter

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 p.m.	at Kentucky State*		Alumni Field Frankfort, KY^[6]		W 33–10	1,476
September 10	1:00 p.m.	at McKendree*		Leemon Field Lebanon, IL		W 58–34	3,500
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at Mississippi Valley State*		Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS	YouTube	W 28–17	3,208
September 24	6:00 p.m.	at No. 6 West Florida		Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	W 45–42 ^2OT	5,238
October 1	6:00 p.m.	No. 13 Valdosta State	No. 25	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	FloSports	W 70–31
October 8	12:00 p.m.	at North Greenville	No. 13	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	W 47–14	3,152
October 15	6:00 p.m.	West Alabama	No. 10	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	FloSports	W 20–7	1,100
October 20	7:00 p.m.	at Shorter	No. 8	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	FloSports	W 45–10	785
October 29	6:00 p.m.	at Mississippi College	No. 8	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS (rivalry)	FloSports	W 52–38	4,341
November 5	2:00 p.m.	No. 19 West Georgia	No. 6	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	FloSports	L 42–52	3,000
November 12	2:00 p.m.	West Alabama*	No. 12	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	FloSports	W 17–7	2,000
November 19	1:00 p.m.	Fayetteville State*	No. 9	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS (NCAA Division II First Round)	Statesmen Sports Network	W 51–0	509
November 26	1:30 p.m.	No. 6 West Florida*	No. 9	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS (NCAA Division II Second Round)	Statesmen Sports Network	L 27–38	1,059
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Carson–Newman*	No. 12	University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 38–7	2,684
September 10	6:00 p.m.	at Morehouse*	No. 10	B. T. Harvey Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 42–0	2,227
September 24	3:00 p.m.	at West Alabama	No. 8	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL	FloSports	W 22–7	3,124
October 1	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi College	No. 5	University Stadium Carrollton, GA	FloSports	L 38–39	3,044
October 8	6:00 p.m.	No. 10 West Florida	No. 15	University Stadium Carrollton, GA	FloSports	L 28–42	1,644
October 15	1:00 p.m.	at North Greenville	No. 25	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	W 38–35	1,837
October 22	6:00 p.m.	Valdosta State	No. 25	University Stadium Carrollton, GA (rivalry)	FloSports	W 54–17	2,583
October 29	6:00 p.m.	Shorter	No. 24	University Stadium Carrollton, GA	FloSports	W 49–14	1,974
November 5	3:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Delta State	No. 19	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	FloSports	W 52–42	3,000
November 12	12:30 p.m.	at North Greenville*	No. 16	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	W 43-36	2,843
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Albany State*	Albany State University Coliseum Albany, GA		L 14–28	3,500
September 10	12:00 p.m.	Keiser*	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS	FloSports	W 26–8	4,347
September 17	2:00 p.m.	North Greenville	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS ^[16]	FloSports	L 19–41	3,972
September 24	7:00 p.m.	at McNeese State*	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	ESPN+	L 17–32	10,105
October 1	5:00 p.m.	at No. 5 West Georgia	University Stadium Carrollton, GA	FloSports	W 39–38	3,044
October 8	2:00 p.m.	Shorter	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS	FloSports	W 35–21	3,847
October 15	2:00 p.m.	at Valdosta State	Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA	FloSports	W 49–40	3,782
October 22	4:00 p.m.	at No. 9 West Florida	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	L 17-45	5,503
October 29	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Delta State	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS (rivalry)	FloSports	L 38-52	4,341
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at West Alabama	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL	FloSports	L 16-38	2,117
November 12	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 West Florida*	Robinson–Hale Stadium Clinton, MS	FloSports	L 21-56	2,879
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	at Furman*	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC^[19]^[20]	ESPN3	L 0–52	9,264
September 10	7:00 p.m.	No. 13 Newberry*	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	L 22–29	3,117
September 17	3:00 p.m.	at Mississippi College	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS	FloSports	W 41–19	3,972
September 24	1:00 p.m.	Findlay*	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	W 34–27	2,374
October 1	5:00 p.m.	at No. 14 West Florida	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	L 31–34	4,219
October 8	1:00 p.m.	No. 13 Delta State	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	L 14–47	3,152
October 15	1:00 p.m.	No. 25 West Georgia	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	L 35–38	1,837
October 22	5:00 p.m.	at West Alabama	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL	FloSports	W 34–33	5,141
October 29	3:00 p.m.	Valdosta State	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	L 37–58	2,875
November 5	12:00 p.m.	at Shorter	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	FloSports	L 14–31	1,187
November 12	12:30 p.m.	No. 16 West Georgia*	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	L 36–43	2,843
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 p.m.	at Brevard*	Ives-Lemel Family Field Brevard, NC		W 45–6	1,372
September 10	12:00 p.m.	Catawba*	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	FloSports	W 34–21	1,750
September 17	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 Albany State*	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	FloSports	L 20–42	1,325
September 24	12:00 p.m.	No. 15 Valdosta State	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	FloSports	L 30–34	1,107
October 1	3:00 p.m.	at West Alabama	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL	FloSports	L 14–37	3,127
October 8	3:00 p.m.	at Mississippi College	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS	FloSports	L 21–35	3,847
October 15	12:00 p.m.	No. 9 West Florida	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	FloSports	L 26–50	1,426
October 20	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Delta State	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	FloSports	L 10–45	785
October 29	6:00 p.m.	at No. 24 West Georgia	University Stadium Carrollton, GA	FloSports	L 14–49	1,974
November 5	12:00 p.m.	North Greenville	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	FloSports	W 31–14	1,187
November 12	3:00 p.m.	at Valdosta State*	Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA	FloSports	L 28-30	2,288
*Non-conference game Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
AFCA	3	3	15	15	13	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—