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Pleasant “Groundhogs’ Day” For App State In Camellia Bowl, Score 31 Points Again, This time In 31-28 Win Over Toledo

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Excuse Appalachian State’s football team for feeling like it was reliving Groundhogs’ Day all week in preparation for the Raycom-Camellia Bowl. But in the end, the Mountaineers took an eerily similar victory over Toledo to their 31-29 win against Ohio University here last year. Freshman Michael Rubino’s clutch, 39-yard field goal with.

Youngstown State Defeats Eastern Washington 40-38 in Unbelieveable Fashion to Advance to the National Championship Game

CHENEY, Wash.–Youngstown State dramatically beat #2 seeded Eastern Washington in a Division I FCS national semifinal on Saturday night, 40-38, to advance to the national championship game against James Madison on Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas. It happened on a momentous play on a frigid day at Roos Field with game temperatures hoovering around 0.

San Diego Stuns Cal Poly to Advance in FCS Playoffs

San Luis Obispo, CA–San Diego stunned Cal Poly 35-21 at a wet and muddy Alex G. Spanos Stadium in front of 3,356 fans in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The win was the Toreros’ first playoff victory ever and USD’s first win all-time over Cal Poly. It was also the Pioneer Football League’s.

College Sports Journal FCS Players of the Week Nov. 20

Five players including Sam Staub from Southern Illinois, Anthony Philyaw from Howard, Manusamoa Luuga from UC Davis, Dallas Brown from South Dakota State, and Lane Clark from Tennessee State have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending November 20th, 2016 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The honorees.

2016 NCAA Division I Football Championship Field Announced

INDIANAPOLIS—The field of 24 teams competing for the 2016 NCAA Division I Football Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee. The top eight national seeds will host winners from the first-round match-ups. Five-time defending national champion North Dakota State (10-1) tops the bracket as the number one seed after tying.

College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25–Nov. 20

Below are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 20–the last regular season tally. CSJ will again show the final Sagarin rankings after the national championship game in January. Sagarin rankings provide the only rankings that actually ranks all Division I schools but our rankings will show.

Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Final FCS Playoff Bracket Projections

    To close out the FCS Playoff projection brackets, Kent Schmidt and Chuck Burton will post their final sample brackets. Tune in tomorrow to ESPNU at 11:00AM Eastern to see how close they got! NOTE: Home team in CAPS in the brackets. Conference Champions Autobid Winners: Big Sky: North Dakota Big South: Charleston Southern CAA:.

College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25–Nov. 6

Below are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 6. Sagarin rankings provide the only rankings that actually ranks all Division I schools but our rankings will show just the FCS side of things and have been used for several years with his own computer ranking system.

Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Playoff Projections, 11/1/2016

This year, we are picking a consensus bracket based on staff picks, Sagarin Ratings, and the FCS Coaches’ Poll to determine who we think will be in the playoff field, who is seeded, who is in, who is out. In the FCS playoffs, there are 10 conferences that get autobids, the Big Sky, Big South,.

Statesboro Blues Continue For Georgia Southern Against Appalachian Stae, Fall 34-10

STATESBORO, GA. — A local D.J. spun the Allman Brothers tune “Statesboro Blues” for tailgaters before Thursday night’s Sun Belt Conference football showdown between Appalachian State and Georgia Southern. And the GSU offense definitely had the blues after another dominating performance by the Mountaineer defense keyed ASU’s 34-10 victory before a Paulson Stadium crowd of.

CSJ Big South Power Rankings, Week 8

Here are the updated power rankings for the Big South. The original post for this is on the A Sea of Red blog. Note last week’s rankings in (parentheses) 1.(1) Charleston Southern 4-2, 2-0 *Nationally ranked #9 This week: Presbyterian 3 Charleston Southern 38 Two weeks off didn’t bother Charleston Southern as they easily handled.

CSJ Patriot League Power Rankings, Week 8

Here is the College Sports Journal’s Patriot League Power Rankings for the week of 10/25/2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis.) 1. (1) Lehigh 6-2, 3-0 This week: Lehigh 46, Holy Cross 14 After falling behind 7-0, Lehigh went to work, scoring the next 46 points behind a tremendous offensive and defensive effort. QB Brad Mayes.