FCS Football

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
Southland

Stephen F. Austin has had some ups and downs this season, but the Lumberjacks have played a pretty tough Southland schedule. Home losses were a problem for this team, as all three conference losses were at home. But this team can score points and control the clock and that is a great way ...

Eastern Kentucky Colonels
Ohio Valley

Eastern Kentucky started the 2014 campaign with six straight wins. And that included trips to Miami (OH) and Tennessee-Martin. The defense let them down after that with a 39-31 loss at Tennessee Tech. In their first five games, EKU allowed just 11.4 points per game. In their next six ...

Southeastern Louisiana Lions
Southland

It was a pretty strong year for the Southland Conference, but it was Southeastern Louisiana that emerged as the best team. The Lions finished the year with 9-3 record and a 7-1 mark in conference play. The Lions did avoid playing Sam Houston State this year though, something they wish ...

James Madison Dukes
CAA

A seven-game winning streak to finish the season gave James Madison its first playoff bid since 2011 and put first-year coach Everett Withers in line to be a possible favorite for CAA coach of the year. JMU was picked to finish eighth in the CAA preseason poll, and the Dukes were slow out of the ...

Sam Houston State Bearkats
Southland

In the middle of September, reaching the playoffs did not look promising for Sam Houston State. It was not just the fact that the Bearkats were 1-3; it was because of who they lost to. Falling to Eastern Washington and LSU is perfectly acceptable, but the Bearkats lost 47-21 to Colorado ...

New Hampshire Wildcats
CAA

After losing the opener to FBS Toledo, the Wildcats ran off ten consecutive victories this season – the longest single-season streak in school history. The Wildcats are making their 11th straight playoff appearance, the longest active streak in the nation. Their success this fall comes as no surprise ...

Sacred Heart Pioneers
Northeast Conference

Sacred Heart is playing their best football down the stretch. On November 1st the Pioneers went to Wagner and came away with a 23-7 win. That kept them alive in the NEC race. And after getting past Central Connecticut State, Sacred Heart beat Bryant 14-7 in a game that was ...

Illinois State Redbirds
Missouri Valley

Illinois State got off to a nice 7-0 start during the 2014 campaign. As it turned out, the schedule was pretty easy during that stretch, but the Redbirds did knock off quality teams like South Dakota State and Indiana State. It was not until November when Illinois State traveled to ...

North Dakota State Bison
Missouri Valley

North Dakota State’s long winning streak was snapped by Northern Iowa, but this is still the team to beat in the FCS Playoffs. Back in 2011 and 2012 the Bison suffered a loss during the regular season before winning the championship, so there is no reason for NDSU to be worried. Coach ...

Fordham Rams
Patriot

Fordham dominated the Patriot League and most conference foes didn’t even give them much of a fight. That has left the Rams relatively untested during the season. Besides the Army contest to end the season, Fordham has not played a top team since they lost to Villanova 50-6 during the second week of ...