FCS Football

Week 4 OVC Game Breakdowns

It’s finally here, time to see who really wants the OVC Title. Some teams already look strong, others look like strong candidates to have surprise season, and a few still have some questions to be answered. The key game features Jacksonville State traveling to Eastern Kentucky for a top 25 matchup that could impact the outcome of the OVC in only the first full week of conference games. The Tigers of Tennessee ...

Week 4 Southern Conference Game Breakdowns

Is there anything left in the tank?

That’s what The Citadel’s head coach Kevin Higgins has to wonder after the Bulldogs’ memorable September continues. On Saturday, The Citadel stunned Appalachian State 52-28 in Boone, N.C.; just one week after the Bulldogs had stunned Georgia Southern. Opponents just don’t go into Boone and do what The Citadel did ...

Week 4 Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Breakdowns

This weekend starts conference play for many teams in the Missouri Valley; another crucial time in the FCS regular season. Specifically, Youngstown State, Northern Iowa, Indiana State, and South Dakota State will have a chance early on to make a statement and put themselves in position to contend for the Missouri Valley crown. South Dakota and North Dakota State will resume their non-conference ...

Week 4 Colonial Athletic Association Game Breakdowns

Now we get serious. While most of the first three weeks have seen a lot of nonconference scrums, this weekend we get our first taste of real CAA action. And there are two significant contests: New Hampshire at Old Dominion and Delaware at William & Mary. So we should start to be able to answer a few lingering questions: Is ODU as good as advertised? Is Delaware 3-0 because of whom it’s played? ...

Week 4 Big Sky Conference Game Breakdowns

This week will begin to separate the contenders from the pretenders. Northern Arizona has played well and has even knocked off an FBS opponent, they will have to travel to Missoula and try to beat perennial Big Sky power Montana. Another interesting matchup this week will be North Dakota at Sacramento State. Sacramento State has played well so far this season, but North Dakota has been putting up crazy numbers on ...