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North Dakota State Heading Back to National Title Game After 55-13 Rout of Sam Houston State in FCS Semifinal

FARGO, N.D. – Running back Bruce Anderson and #2 seeded North Dakota State advanced to their sixth FCS national championship game in seven years Friday with an imposing 55-13 national semi-final victory over #6 Sam Houston State before 18,279 fans at the Fargodome. The Bison never looked back after scoring touchdowns on their first three.

ULL Scorched by App State, 63-14 As Mountaineers Clinch Share Of Sun Belt Conference Title

BOONE, N.C. — For the first two plays Saturday afternoon, things couldn’t have gone better for the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns in their battle for football bowl eligibility against first-place Appalachian State. Starting quarterback Jordan Davis scrambled for a season-long 47 yards on first down and then fired a 28-yard scoring strike to senior Devin Scott.

College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25–Dec. 2

Below are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec 2. This is the final regular season rankings. The final rankings will be displayed after all bowl games and the FBS national championship game Sagarin rankings provide the only rankings that actually ranks all Division.

FBS G5 Conference Championships Recap and Highlights

This week was the conference title game Saturday for most conferences (aside from the Sun Belt) where each divisional winner played each other to determine the conference champion. The American title game started the day with an offensive explosion that went to double overtime before the game was decided where UCF found by the end.

CSJ Group of Five Conference Championship Previews

AAC Football Championship: Memphis at UCF Kickoff: Saturday Dec. 2 at 12 p.m. ET TV Channel: ABC Stadium: Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, Fla. The Memphis Tigers and UCF Knights meet Saturday in the college football AAC Championship at Spectrum Stadium—the home field of the Knights. The Memphis Tigers have a chance to win 11 games for the first.

FBS G5 Week 13 Recap and Highlights

This week’s game of the week pitting #4 USF at #1 UCF and this I-4 Battle came down to the end with UCF coming away with the win to stay undefeated (only the second undefeated team in all of FBS left). Also, with the win the Knights claimed the American Conference East Division crown and.

College Sports Journal FCS National Players of the Week Nov. 19

Five players including Nic Sblendorio from Eastern Washington, Brad Mayes from Lehigh, Bryant Horn from Jacksonville State, Simeon Page from Bucknell, and Austin Longi, Fordham have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending Nov. 19th, 2017 from the NCAA Division I FCS schools. The honorees are listed here with their achievements.

2017 FCS Playoff Bracket Released: JMU lands top seed

INDIANAPOLIS — The field of 24 teams competing for the 2017 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. VIEW THE BRACKET | SRS RANKINGS Defending national champion James Madison University (11-0) tops the bracket.

FBS G5 Week 12 Recap and Highlights

This week’s game of the week pitting #13 Fresno State at #14 Wyoming and it finished in a close final but was a little bit of downer as Wyoming star quarterback Josh Allen was sidelined with a shoulder injury. Fresno State won the game and wrapped up not only its fate in the Mountain West.

CSJ Big Sky Conference Power Rankings — Week 11

Final | NAU 37 – MSU 36NAU vs. MSU Final Highlights! #NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #BigSkyFB pic.twitter.com/wQsqm4VH4h — NAU Football (@NAU_Football) November 12, 2017 We are surprisingly at the end of the season and with it comes this year’s last power rankings as we are headed to the playoffs. There’s a three-way tie for first place in the.

CSJ Sagarin NCAA FCS Playoff Projection-Nov. 13

Here is this week’s projected field using the Sagarin rankings to fit the bracket. This field is as of today and using the fact that 10 FCS conferences get automatic bids to the field the bracket (highest ranked school in each get the bid in this projection). Then the 14 next highest ranked teams are the at-large teams. We.

San Diego’s Hard Work Pays Off With Pioneer Football League Title And 63-7 Win Over Davidson

DAVIDSON, N.C. — For University of San Diego coach Dale Lindsey, Saturday’s 63-7 victory over Davidson that clinched the Toreros’ third automatic playoff berth in four years and another Pioneer Football League championship was just the culmination of months of hard work. “We’ve been working toward this goal since the first day of practice in.

FBS G5 Week 11 Recap and Highlights

This week’s game of the week pitting #10 SMU at #8 Navy did not disappoint as the game was literally not settled to the final seconds with the Midshipman pulling the last second win on a short field goal. The other CSJ Sagarin Top 25 match-ups saw #2 Boise State escape with a narrow overtime.

CSJ Big Sky Conference Power Rankings — Week 10

Jerry Louie-McGee's punt return vs NAU comes in at No. 5 on the @NCAA_FCS Plays of the Week!#GoGriz pic.twitter.com/WugmuYySFv — Montana Griz Football (@MontanaGrizFB) November 7, 2017 We call that a good block where we are from… 😑 pic.twitter.com/KtdNHQ2jka — NAU Football (@NAU_Football) November 4, 2017 It is looking a lot like honey–that is the.

Appalachian State Resoundingly Becomes Bowl-Eligible After Near-Perfect 27-6 Win Over Georgia Southern

BOONE, N.C. — Just like Elle Woods in the movie “Legally Blonde,” the Appalachian State football team was looking forward to a perfect day Thursday against its arch-rival from Georgia Southern. Unlike Woods, the Mountaineers pulled off that accomplishment with their convincing 27-6 Sun Belt Conference victory over the winless Eagles before 23,110 fans and.

CSJ Sagarin NCAA FCS Playoff Projection-Nov. 7

Here is this week’s projected field using the Sagarin rankings to fit the bracket. This field is as of today and using the fact that 10 FCS conferences get automatic bids to the field the bracket (highest ranked school in each get the bid in this projection). Then the 14 next highest ranked teams are the at-large teams. As.

College Sports Journal FCS National Players of the Week Nov. 5

Five players including Daniel Smith from Campbell, Larry Brihm, Jr. from Bethune-Cookman, Ricky Davis from Youngstown State, Connor Strahm from Montana, and Corey McCullough from Alcorn State have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending Oct. 29th, 2017 from the NCAA Division I FCS schools. The honorees are listed here with their achievements and.

CSJ’s HBCU Games Of The Week, 11/3/2017-11/4/2017

Welcome to November where the road to the Celebration Bowl has officially heated up. Last week in the MEAC we saw Celebration Bowl hopes take a major hit for Hampton and Norfolk State, conference front runner North Carolina A&T enjoyed a much needed bye. In the SWAC, Alabama A&M was left searching for answers after.