FCS Football

Montana Grizzlies
Big Sky

It has been a dozen years since Montana won the national championship. Since then the Grizzlies have made a few great playoff runs, including three losses in the title game. Once again Montana has the tools to make a big run, but this is still not the dominate Montana squad of four or five years ago. ...

Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
MEAC

Bethune-Cookman got off to a strong start with a win over a good Tennessee State squad and the Wildcats never looked back. Despite five of their first six games coming on the road, Coach Brian Jenkins’ squad only lost one contest in that stretch and that was to Florida State. A win over FBS ...

Samford Bulldogs
SoCon

Samford clinched a share of the Southern Conference championship with a thrilling 33-32 comeback victory over Elon.  The Bulldogs find themselves ranked 18th in our latest FCS rankings, and feature a balanced, high-powered attack led by former Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan.  Samford enters ...

Southern Illinois Salukis
Missouri Valley

With a 7-5 record, Southern Illinois snuck into the playoffs. However, the schedule has been pretty tough. The Salukis got off to a 0-2 start with a 42-34 loss at Illinois and an overtime loss to Eastern Illinois. In the end, both of those losses were very understandable and SIU ...

Youngstown State Penguins
Missouri Valley

Youngstown State qualified for the playoffs with an at-large bid after a good season in the strong Missouri Valley Conference after being picked fifth in the Conference Preseason Poll.  The Penguins got off to a great start to the 2013 season, winning eight of their first nine, ...

Tennessee State Tigers
Ohio Valley

Tennessee State could not do enough to stay on the same page as Eastern Illinois in the Ohio Valley Conference title race, but a second place finish and a 9-3 overall record is a pleasant surprise for the Tigers. Back in the playoffs for the first time since 1999, Coach Rod Reed hopes to ...

Southern Utah Thunderbirds
Big Sky

After three-year starter Brad Sorenson graduated and the seventh round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers, success was not something many would have expected for the Southern Utah.  That has been far from the case.  The Thunderbirds came into the year and won eight games, ...

Maine Black Bears
CAA

In the preseason poll of CAA coaches and sports information directors, Maine was picked to finish eighth this year. The Black Bears did a little better than that. They earned their first CAA title and their first outright conference title since 1965. It’s also the first time they’ve had double-digit wins ...

Northern Iowa Panthers
Missouri Valley

It has been a very odd season for Northern Iowa, but in the end they got where they wanted to go. The year started off with a 28-20 win at Iowa State. After a couple other victories, the Panthers slaughtered a very good McNeese State squad 41-6. Then came a five game losing streak that ...

Butler Bulldogs
Pioneer

Butler will try and follow in the footsteps of the schools highly successful basketball program and make a run in this year’s FCS Playoffs.  The Bulldogs are the automatic qualifier out of the Pioneer Football League.  They finished the year tied for first in the conference with Marist.  ...