Last Eight In: North Carolina, Penn State, Missouri, USC, Arkansas, LSU, West Virginia, Nebraska

First Eight Out: Oregon, Purdue, Miami, St. John’s, Iowa State, Seton Hall, Virginia, Middle Tennessee

We learned a couple things during the opening weekend. For one, Ohio State is really good, but South Carolina is better. A’ja Wilson scored 20 points and added 14 rebounds in a thrilling 88-80 win for ...

Last Eight In: Marquette, Illinois State, Richmond, Colorado, Tulsa, BYU, Florida, Davidson

First Eight Out: Iowa, Pittsburgh, Rhode Island, Temple, George Washington, Oregon State, Syracuse, Seton Hall

The story of the first weekend of the college basketball season was upsets by small school teams over some quality major conference teams. Squads like Wisconsin, UCLA, North Carolina State and ...

Week 11 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

Last week we talked about how Oklahoma State got to finish the season at home against Baylor and Oklahoma. Like the Cowboys, we overlooked their trip to Iowa State. The Cyclones were ready though. It took a massive fourth quarter comeback for Oklahoma State to remain undefeated. Was that just a letdown game with the team looking ahead or are the Cowboys vulnerable? We will find out next week when Baylor ...

Last Four In: Eastern Illinois, Fordham, New Hampshire, The Citadel

First Four Out: Eastern Washington, Towson, Southern Utah, Western Carolina

With Bryant losing to Sacred Heart, next Saturday’s St. Francis, Pa. at Duquesne winner-take-all contest will decide the NEC regular-season title as well as the conference’s automatic berth in the FCS playoffs. In the Patriot League, Colgate stopped Lehigh ...

Last Four In: Tennessee-Martin, Youngstown State, Fordham, New Hampshire

First Four Out: Montana, Towson, Citadel, Eastern Kentucky

Don’t look now, but guess who’s back in the playoff picture? By virtue of its 30-25 victory over Richmond, the Wildcats of New Hampshire (5-4) could still get a bid if they win their last two contests. They face Albany on the road and then come home to face rival Maine ...

Week 10 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

Not surprisingly, things are starting to get shaken up at the top. Losses by TCU, Michigan State and LSU have made things very interesting. Certainly any one-loss Big Ten or SEC champion can still make the field of four. For the Spartans, if they can beat Ohio State, they should finish conference play at 7-1 and own the tie-breaker over the Buckeyes. Then they’d have to beat, presumably, Iowa in the Big ...

Week 9 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

With so many top teams taking Halloween off, there was not much movement in the major bowls this week. In fact, Florida International was the only team who left any of the projected bowls. Their loss to rival FAU puts the Golden Panthers in a tough spot. They are 4-5 and still have Marshall and Western Kentucky on the schedule. They have to win one of those games, and beat Charlotte, to be bowl eligible. ...

Last Four In: Montana State, Youngstown State, Fordham, Towson

First Four Out: Central Arkansas, Liberty, Montana, Citadel

Perhaps the biggest bracket news on Saturday was overlooked by most fans. Colgate slipped past Fordham 31-29 to move to 3-0 in conference play. The automatic bid is theirs to lose. And with a trip to Lafayette, followed by home games against Lehigh and Bucknell, they probably ...

Last Four In: Northern Arizona, Towson, Southeastern Louisiana, Western Illinois

First Four Out: Portland State, Western Carolina, Liberty, Indiana State

Richmond is the story this week as the Spiders went into Harrisonburg, Virginia, and upset James Madison, 59-49, to spoil the Dukes’ GameDay experience with ESPN. We also learned in the CAA that New Hampshire and Villanova are in big trouble. The ...

Week 8 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

Utah’s loss to USC puts them out of the playoff picture for now. A one-loss Pac-12 team should be in the playoffs, but it will be tough for Utah or Stanford to run the gauntlet in the Pac-12. Although the possibility of those two both having one loss heading into the Pac-12 title game would basically make the Pac-12 title game a play-in game for the playoffs. But no Pac-12 team with one loss would ...