Last Four In: Minnesota, Santa Clara, Boston College, Illinois

First Four Out: Duke, Marquette, Maryland, Texas

North Carolina continues its surge into the conversation for a top four national seed as they had little trouble in beating Duke 3-0 on Sunday. The Blue Devils are sitting at 7-7-1 and if they can’t stay at least at .500, they could potentially be a casualty of the ACC reducing the ...

Last Four In: William & Mary, Southern Illinois, Western Carolina, Liberty

First Four Out: James Madison, Northern Iowa, Sacred Heart, Sam Houston State

Here are two schools that don’t readily come to mind when talking about the FCS playoffs: Western Carolina and Presbyterian. Don’t laugh. The way this season is shaking out, these two schools have a shot...and the Catamounts right now are ...

Week 8 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

Despite the disheartening loss to Florida State, Notre Dame is not out of the playoff picture yet. As it turns out, the schedule has not been too tough, but the Irish still play at Arizona State and at USC. If they can win those, and the rest of their games, Notre Dame will be right in the middle of the playoff picture. The way things are going there will not be too many one loss teams. But, of course, ...

Last Four In: Maryland, Mississippi, Santa Clara, Duke

First Four Out: Boston College, Marquette, Minnesota, Texas

UCLA finally got on track offensively and scored two goals against a quality Stanford side to get a 2-1 victory to take control of the Pac-12. Virginia took care of Boston College in a wild 6-3 shootout that puts the Eagles in a position of having work to do to make the NCAA Tournament ...

Last Four In: Sam Houston State, Liberty, Southern Illinois, William & Mary

First Four Out: James Madison, Youngstown State, Sacred Heart, Charleston Southern

It wasn’t long ago that the Big South Conference was an afterthought. It didn’t get much respect and certainly not many teams in the FCS playoffs. But that might be changing. Unbeaten Coastal Carolina has moved up to No. 6 in the CSM ...

Week 7 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

It was Prove It Saturday for many teams who pulled off big wins last Saturday and needed to show that they were for real by beating other quality teams. Up 58-37 with under 11 minutes left in the game, TCU looked like they were going to follow up their big win over Oklahoma with another win over Baylor. However, Baylor mounted a massive comeback and took that game from TCU. Whether one thought the Horned ...

Last Four In: Maryland, Mississippi, Marquette, Missouri

First Four Out: Utah, Nebraska, Santa Clara, Colorado

There were plenty of dramatic results this week. Virginia scored with 20 seconds left to get a big win on the road at Notre Dame, while Washington and Washington State both got wins at California to shake things up in the Pac-12. Colorado got a big signature win at USC and gave UCLA a fierce ...

Last Four In: Sam Houston State, Youngstown State, South Carolina State, William & Mary

First Four Out: Southeast Missouri State, Tennessee State, Indiana State, South Dakota State

How deep is the Missouri Valley Football Conference this year? Seven teams are ranked in College Sports Madness’ Top 25 and the three other teams that aren’t ranked are ...

Week 6 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

We expected some upsets with so many quality match-ups this week, but our projected playoffs have been scrambled after losses by Oregon, Alabama and Oklahoma. Florida State was the only team to survive and they have still looked extremely vulnerable. Joining the Seminoles in the playoffs are Notre Dame, Auburn and Michigan State. The Irish still have to hit the road and face ...

Last Four In: Tennessee State, Youngstown State, South Carolina State, William & Mary

First Four Out: Sam Houston State, Illinois State, James Madison, Liberty

There were very few upsets at the top of the FCS this week. The big contest was between Liberty and Indiana State. The Sycamores came away with a 38-19 win. It was not enough for Indiana State to make it into the bracket, but it was a ...