FCS Football

Colgate Raiders
Patriot

With a comeback win at Lehigh, Colgate shocked the FCS world by winning the automatic bid from the Patriot League. Colgate was cruising along in conference play and putting up some huge offense numbers, but few expected the Raiders to win on the road against a team of Lehigh’s caliber. But they did ...

Wagner Seahawks
Northeast

Wagner won the Northeast Conference’s automatic bid thanks to a couple huge wins over Albany and Duquesne late in the season. After losing their first three games of the year, the Seahawks turned things around and reeled off eight victories in a row. The defense continued to play very well during ...

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Big South

Coach Joe Moglia stepped into a very good situation at Coastal Carolina. Many were not sure if he was the right hire for the program, but the results do not lie. The Chanticleers had a rough four game stretch after starting the year 2-0. They lost to Eastern Kentucky, Toledo, ...

Appalachian State Mountaineers
Southern

Nothing compares with Appalachian State’s historic 34-32 victory over Michigan in 2007. Of course, that same season, quarterback Armanti Edwards subsequently led the Mountaineers to their third consecutive FCS national title, but this season’s triumph at Georgia Southern (November 3) ...

OTHER CONFERENCES WEEK 12 PREVIEW

We have reached the end of the Football Championship Series regular season. Following the Saturday games, 20 teams will find out on Sunday if their seasons will last at least one more week. Conference champions already know the answer to this, but for other teams it will be win, bite your nails and ...

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE WEEK 12 PREVIEW

We have reached the end of the line. This is the final week of games before the Football Championship Series pairings are announced. The Southland Conference race has been decided, as Central Arkansas and Sam Houston State have identical 6-1 league records (8-2 overall) and Central Arkansas has ...

Week 12 Missouri Valley Football Conference Breakdowns

North Dakota State will win the outright MVFC title if they can beat Illinois State on the road. The Redbirds will likely join NDSU in the playoffs, but beating the number one team in the country would certainly erase any doubts heading into Sunday. Meanwhile South Dakota State and Indiana State are holding onto playoff hopes. In the end, it is possible that the conference only gets two bids to the ...

Week 12 Big Sky Conference Breakdowns

The Big Sky Conference is coming down to the last weekend and it is not all about the Montana State and Montana game. The game of the day is Cal Poly and Northern Arizona, who are both sitting at 8-2 overall. With the bubble size shrinking and the amount of teams fighting for a spot growing, this could turn into a pseudo play-in game.

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Week 11 Ohio Valley Conference Game Breakdowns

The final week in the OVC is a good one. Games feature a few teams wrapping up seasons that just didn’t go as planned, one team faces a powerhouse from the SEC, another matchup pits two playoff ...

Week 12 Southern Conference Game Breakdowns

It wasn’t easy for two of the three teams at the top of the Southern Conference standings, but in the end, both got what they needed — a victory. And because of that, No. 6 Georgia Southern (8-2, 6-2), No. 10 Wofford (8-2, 6-2) and No. 12 Appalachian State (8-3, 6-2) all earned a piece of the league title.

While the Eagles had ...