FCS Football

North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Big Sky

North Dakota started the season strong with a nice win over Wyoming. And they finished strong by beating Montana State, Northern Colorado and Cal Poly in their final three games of the seasons. But in the middle of the year, UND lost ...

Sam Houston State Bearkats
Southland

After losing their first two games to Texas Tech and Lamar, and giving up 108 points in the process, Sam Houston State settled down and won six games in a row. However, those wins were against the easier opponents in the Southland Conference ...

McNeese State Cowboys
Southland

McNeese State lost out on their chance to play LSU due to rain, but that didn’t damper their season. The Cowboys cruised through the Southland and looked pretty impressive in the process. There were some close calls, most notably a 15-13 win at ...

Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Big South

The Bucs were 8-0 against FCS opponents this season, one of three playoff-eligible teams to be unbeaten against FCS teams. Their signature victory came against perennial Big South power Coastal Carolina when Charleston Southern scored ...

William and Mary Tribe
CAA

Picked to finish fourth in the CAA this season, William & Mary did a little better than that for coach Jimmye Laycock, now in his 36th season. The Tribe won a share of the CAA title for the first time since 2000. This will mark William & ...

Montana Grizzlies
Big Sky

Montana made a big splash to open the season when they knocked off North Dakota State 38-35. But after that things got bad in a hurry. The following week the Grizzlies lost to Cal Poly at home and, after a week off, lost at Liberty. At the time, ...

Northern Iowa Panthers
Missouri Valley

Northern Iowa had to navigate a brutal schedule in order to reach the FCS playoffs. They lost their opener at Iowa State, but managed to slip past Eastern Washington and Cal Poly the following two weeks. Those were both huge wins for the ...

Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Ohio Valley

Back in week one, Jacksonville State picked up a great victory over a very good Chattanooga team. That win set the tone for the rest of the season and the Gamecocks have not looked back since. They did lose their next contest against ...

Duquesne Dukes
Northeast Conference

The Dukes won four straight games to end the regular season, including a NEC-winning title game against St. Francis, in a winner-take-all scenario in Pittsburgh. This is Duquesne’s first outright NEC title since joining the conference in 2008. It shared the crown in 2011 and 2013, but lost out on ...

North Dakota State Bison
Missouri Valley

North Dakota State is seeking their fifth straight FCS championship, but this team heads into the playoffs with perhaps more questions than any of the title teams. An opening season loss at Montana set the tone for a season where the ...