FCS Football

Southeastern Louisiana Lions
Southland

Southeastern Louisiana is headed to the playoffs for the first time in school history after winning the Southland Conference title this season.  They finished a perfect 7-0 in the conference, including a win over Sam Houston State, the national runner-up the last two seasons.  ...

South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Missouri Valley

South Dakota State made the playoffs for the second time in their history last season and won their first game against Eastern Illinois. After that, they ran into North Dakota State again. With a playoff win under their belt, the program is hoping for even more this time around. ...

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Big Sky

Northern Arizona is finally back in the playoffs after a ten year absence. That was the only year the Lumberjacks won a playoff game. Coach Jerome Souers hopes to add to NAU’s postseason history this year. Behind a strong defense and a tough running game, this team does have the tools to ...

Sacred Heart Pioneers
Northeast Conference

In 2012, Sacred Heart went 2-9 overall and finished in last place in the Northeast Conference. Heading into this season the expectations were not much higher. But then they played the games. After a nice start in non-conference play, the Pioneers and Coach Mark Nofri kept it going in ...

North Dakota State Bison
Missouri Valley

How good is the two-time defending FCS national champion and current No. 1 team? According to Jeff Sagarin’s computer rankings, North Dakota State would be listed No. 24 of all college football teams. The best finish in recent years in his ratings by a team that was Division I-AA was ...

Lafayette Leopards
Patriot

A 5-6 team making the playoffs is not a common occurrence. But here we are. Lafayette finished Patriot League play with a 4-1 record and that was enough to win the title and earn the conference’s automatic bid to the FCS playoffs. Their play out of ...

New Hampshire Wildcats
CAA

New Hampshire snuck into the playoffs with a nice win over Maine during the last week of the season. The schedule has been tough and their four losses are to Central Michigan, Lehigh, Towson and William & Mary. There really is not a horrible loss in there. When the Wildcats take care of the ball, ...

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Big South

Many people scratched their heads when Coastal Carolina dismissed long-time head coach David Bennett and brought in Joe Moglia before last season.  Fast forward two seasons, and the Chanticleers have won almost 20 games in Moglia’s tenure.  The team from Conway, South Carolina ...

 Week 13 “Other” Conferences Breakdowns

We’ve made it, we’re to the final regular season weekend in what has been a wildly entertaining FCS season. Now all we have is to play a few games that don’t really matter and wait for the big playoffs, right? Wrong! The playoffs might as well start now, because for almost half the teams playing the weekend, playoff implications are on their games so they might as well win or not worry ...

 Week 12 Southern Conference Breakdowns

It might have seemed like a good idea at the time to schedule the No. 1 team in the nation, but not now as Chattanooga – after losing to Samford – might have to upset Alabama to make the FCS playoffs. If the Mocs (8-3, 6-2), who have a share of the SoCon title, don’t, then they could be on the outside looking in when the playoff field is announced Sunday. Chattanooga is done with its league ...