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CSJ’s 2018 Week 1 Game Preview: Western Illinois at Montana State

Western Illinois at Montana State When: Thursday, August 30, 7:00 PM MDT Where: Bobcat Stadium, Bozeman, MT TV/Streaming Coverage: SWX Montana, Altitude2/Montana State Western Illinois: CSJ’s 2018 Preview Capsule Western Illinois is not ranked to start this season, but they finished 13th in the final FCS poll last season. The Leathernecks ended last year 8-4 with a berth in the.

CSJ Conference Preview: American Athletic Conference

College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of the American Athletic Conference (AAC), the fifth and final of our Group of Five Conference previews. The American Athletic Conference is the top Group of 5 league currently and with the talent back, that likely will stay that way through this.

2018 College Football Team Previews: Texas Longhorns

Texas Longhorns Location: Austin, TX Coach: Tom Herman (7-6 @UT, 29-10 overall) 2nd Season Stadium: Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 100,119) CSJ Projections: 5th: Big 12 2nd: Texas 28th: FBS 28th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: In an up and down season that saw Texas lose its opener to sub-.500 Maryland to winning the.

CSJ Conference Preview: Mountain West Conference

College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of the Mountain West Conference, the fourth of our Group of Five Conference previews. The Mountain West Conference heads into 2018 with familiar faces projected to be at the top of the league. Boise State won the league last year and won its.

CSJ Conference Preview: Conference USA

College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of Conference USA, the third of our Group of Five Conference previews. C-USA had a landmark season by sending a league record nine teams to bowl games. Florida Atlantic won the league last year and also won the Boca Raton Bowl. Florida.

2018 College Football Team Previews: Utah Utes

Utah Utes Location: Salt Lake City, UT Coach: Kyle Whittingham (111-86) 13th Season Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium (Capacity: 45,807) CSJ Projections: 5th: Pac-12 (2nd in South Division) 1st: Utah 34th: FBS 35th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Utes finished the season at 7-6 overall but were just 3-6 in Pas-12 play with three of the losses.

2018 College Football Team Previews: South Florida Bulls

South Florida Bulls Location: Tampa, FL Coach: Charlie Strong (10-2@ USF, 63-39 overall) 2nd Season Stadium: Raymond James Stadium (Capacity: 65,890) CSJ Projections: 3rd: AAC (2nd East Division) 4th: Florida 40th: FBS 41st: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Bulls were a win away from the AAC title game in losing at rival UCF.

G5 FBS Week 0 2018 Recap and Highlights

  Four games involving FBS Group of Five opened the college football season this Saturday. The highlighted game was a Mountain West Conference opener for Hawai’i and Colorado State and fellow MWC member Wyoming traveling to Independent New Mexico State. But the closest game was a G5-FCS match-up where Rice came back to defeat Prairie.

College Football Team Previews: Arizona State Sun Devils

Arizona Sun Devils Location: Tempe, AZ Coach: Herm Edwards (0-0@ASU, 56–78 (NFL)) 1st Season Stadium: Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 57,078) CSJ Projections: 7th: Pac-12 (3rd in South Division) 1st: Arizona 43rd: FBS 45th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Sun Devils improved only slightly over 2016 (5-7), finishing 7-6 and Coach Todd Graham was told that.

College Football Team Previews: Florida Atlantic Owls

Florida Atlantic Owls Location: Boca Raton, FL Coach: Lane Kiffin (11-3 @FAU, 46-24 overall) 2nd Season Stadium: FAU Stadium (Capacity: 29,495) CSJ Projections: 1st: Conference USA (1st in East Division) 5th: Florida 45th: FBS 47th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: In Coach Lane Kiffin’s first season at FAU, he lead a team that had three.

2018 College Football Previews: Indiana Hoosiers

Indiana Hoosiers Location: Bloomington, IN Coach: Tom Allen (5-8) 2nd Season Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,929) CSJ Projections: 9th: Big Ten (5th East Division) 3rd: Indiana 48th: FBS 50th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The conference play was brutal for IU—the Hoosiers were 0-6 in the Big Ten before beating Illinois and Rutgers but one-score loss.

2018 College Football Previews: Arizona Wildcats

Arizona Wildcats Location: Tuscon, AZ Coach: Kevin Sumlin (0-0@Ariz., 86-43 overall) 1st Season Stadium: Arizona Stadium (Capacity: 55,675) CSJ Projections: 8th: Pac-12 (4th in South Division) 2nd: Arizona 50th: FBS 52nd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Wildcats finished 7-6 overall but lost their last three games including the Foster Farms Bowl to Purdue and after.

2018 College Football Team Previews: Fresno State Bulldogs

Fresno State Bulldogs Location: Fresno, CA Coach: Jeff Tedford (10-4 @FSU, 92-61 overall) 2nd Season Stadium: Bulldog Stadium (Capacity: 41,031) CSJ Projections: 2nd: Mountain West (1st West Division) 3rd: California 51st: FBS 53rd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Bulldogs, who were coming into the season after finishing 1-11 in 2016, overcame two early losses.

College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25–2018 Preseason

Below are the Top 25 FCS preseason rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the 2018 season. CSJ will show weekly rankings from the Sagarin rankings throughout the season and will have a final ranking after the national championship game in January. Sagarin rankings provide the only rankings that actually ranks all Division I schools.

CSJ’s 2018 Week 0 Game Preview: Hawai’i at Colorado State

Hawai’i at Colorado State When: Saturday, August 25, 5:30 PM MDT Where: Canvas Stadium, Fort Collins, CO TV/Streaming Coverage: CBS Sports Network, [FuboTV], CBS Sports App Hawai’i : CSJ’s 2018 Preview Capsule Hawai’i heads to Colorado as the islands prepare for Hurricane Lane, which is expected to be a category four or five storm. It won’t be easy to play,.

2018 College Football Team Previews: Mississippi Rebels

Mississippi Rebels Location: Oxford, MS Coach: Matt Luke (6-6)2nd Season Stadium: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Capacity: 64,038) CSJ Projections: 9th: SEC (6th in West Division) 2nd: Mississippi 55th: FBS 57th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Ole Miss closed out the season winning three of its last four games and gave first year head coach Matt Luke a.

CSJ Conference Preview: Sun Belt Conference

College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of the Sun Belt Conference, the second of our Group of Five Conference previews. It has been addition by subtraction for the Sun Belt Conference as two teams are out and the league now will be the last of the FBS conferences.

CSJ Conference Preview: MAC

College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of the MAC, the first of our Group of Five Conference previews. For the last few seasons, it has not been difficult to pick the MAC winners as the preseason favorite ultimately would win the league. A year ago, Toledo won the.

2018 College Football Team Previews: Houston Cougars

Houston Cougars Location: Houston, TX Coach: Major Applewhite (7-6) 2nd Season Stadium: TDECU Stadium (Capacity: 40,000) CSJ Projections: 5th: AAC (3rd West Division) 5th: Texas 59th: FBS 61st: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Cougars finished an up and down season at 7–4, having signature wins over Arizona and South Florida, but having suffered inexplicable.