FCS Football

Georgia Southern Eagles
Southern

In the last two years, Georgia Southern’s season ended with a playoff loss to the national runner-up Delaware in 2010 and the national champion North Dakota State in 2011. So the Eagles always are a serious player in the 20-team field, and this year’s success is no surprise. Georgia ...

Montana State Bobcats
Big Sky

Montana State has had one of the most efficient offenses in the nation during the 2012 campaign. The offense is just fourth in the conference in total yards, but they score the most points. The offense may not be as explosive as some other teams out there, but they can punch it into the end ...

Eastern Illinois Panthers
Ohio Valley

Last year Eastern Illinois went 2-9. This year they won the Ohio Valley Conference. And it is not like the OVC had a down year either. The Panthers beat out Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee State, Jacksonville State and Murray State for the conference’s automatic bid to ...

Cal Poly Mustangs
Big Sky

After back-to-back losses to Sacramento State and Eastern Washington, Cal Poly started to worry. This was a team that won seven straight games to start the 2012 season, including a win against Wyoming. But those two losses put Coach Tim Walsh and company squarely on the bubble. But a win at ...

Central Arkansas Bears
Southland

The Bears of Central Arkansas opened the 2012 season taking a 20-14 lead into halftime in their opening game at SEC Ole Miss before the Rebels overtook them in the second half. The Bears then began what was a tougher non-conference schedule than most teams play within the FCS against two ...