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Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 13th, 2018. North Dakota State continues to hold down the top spot. 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.
The Power Five conferences saw a number of undefeated and high ranked teams fall in Week 7. That was not the case for the Group of Five conferences as the undefeated teams stayed that way but just narrowly. AAC UCF and South Florida kept their unblemished records but both had to come from behind in.
In retrospect, the game was lost at the opening coin flip. Two sets of captains made their way to midfield. Lehigh won the toss, and deferred. The Fordham captains came back from the coin toss, and chest-bumped the rest of the team – even though, technically, they lost the toss. Lehigh’s captains slowly walked back.
Elon at Delaware When: Saturday, October 13, 3:30PM Where: Delaware Stadium, Newark, DE TV/Streaming: NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus/SNY/My Delmarva/NBC Sports Live (subscription req’d) Elon Phoenix Elon is coming off of what is arguably the biggest win in school history when they defeated James Madison on a last minute touchdown pass from Davis Cheek to Avery.
James Madison at Villanova When: Saturday, October 13, 1:00PM Where: Villanova Stadium, Villanova, PA TV/Streaming: Fox College Sports Atlantic, Fox Sports Go (subscription req’d) James Madison Dukes James Madison is coming off of their first conference and home loss of the Mike Houston era. The Dukes never got into a rhythm against Elon and gave.
Maine at Rhode Island When: Saturday, October 13, 12:00PM Where: Meade Stadium, Kingston, RI TV/Streaming: CAA.tv Maine Black Bears Maine is coming off of a tightly contested win over Villanova, picking up the win on a 52 yard field goal from Kenny Doak at the gun. The Black Bears have been without starting quarterback Chris.
When: Saturday, October 6, 6:00 PM CDT Where: Hanson Field, Macomb, Ill. TV/Streaming: NBC North Dakota / ESPN+ North Dakota State Bison (5-0, 2-0 MVFC) The Bison are undefeated and are coming off their first road game last week in a shootout win over Northern Iowa 56-31. NDSU has scored an average of 40.4 points per game.
When: Saturday, October 6, 3:00 PM PDT Where: Stewart Stadium, Ogden, Utah TV/Streaming: Eleven Sports (DirecTV Ch. 623) / Pluto / WatchBigSky Eastern Washington Eagles (5-1, 3-0 Big Sky) The Eagles are undefeated in FCS play with its lone lose to FBS Washington State. Eastern ranks third in FCS in total offense at 570.2 yards per game. The Eagles.
Last year, on a beautiful, hot, late October day, a 2-5 Lehigh football team traveled to the Bronx to take on a 2-6 football team, the Fordham Rams. To a Patriot League outsider, this game might have seemed like nothing much to get excited about. But the Mountain Hawks, with a 2-0 conference record and.
When: Saturday, October 6, 2:30 PM CDT Where:Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, Tenn. TV/Streaming:ABC/ESPN2 / WatchESPN UCF Knights (5-0, 2-0 AAC) The Knights have the longest winning streak in all of Division I football with an 18-game winning streak. So far, 20-points is the smallest margin of victory for UCF this year. After leading the nation.
We’re just about halfway through the FCS football season, and the playoff bracket picture just got a heck of a lot cloudier. The prohibitive favorite in the CAA, James Madison, lost their first game since forever – at home! – against Elon. Weber State, in control of their Big Sky destiny, lost a head-scratcher to.
Time is short again as our first game of the week is Tuesday with a big Sun Belt Conference with two division favorites meeting each other. Appalachian State visits Arkansas State in one of the top Group of Five match-ups. Here is my Top 20 poll for this week within the Group of Five. UCF,.
North Dakota State QB Easton Stick, Elon RB Malcolm Summers, Idaho State QB Tanner Gueller, Samford LB Tre’Shun Floyd, and South Dakota State PK Chase Vinatieri have been selected as the College Sports Journal FCS Football Players of the week ending October 8th 2018. The honorees are listed here with their achievements and their school,.
The three top teams from last week all wound up in tough fought conference games this past weekend. North Dakota State outpaced Northern Iowa in the fourth quarter to win and South Dakota State blew an eighteen point 4th quarter lead before winning in overtime against Indiana State. James Madison was not as lucky. The Dukes.
Five players including Jordan Cronkrite from USF, Josh Adkins from New Mexico State, Nathan Rourke from Ohio, Darren Hall from San Diego State, and Kerrith Whyte, Jr. from Florida Atlantic have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending Oct. 8, 2018 from the NCAA Division I FBS Group of Five.
Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 6th, 2018. Sagarin rankings provide the only rankings that actually ranks all Division I schools but our rankings will show just the FBS G5 side of things and have been used for several years with.
Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 6th, 2018. 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.
The biggest game in the Group of Five in Week 6 was the Mountain West Conference showdown with San Diego State visiting Boise State. The Aztecs wen to Boise and pulled out a 19-13 defensive struggle game and now are positioned well to within the conference to win its division and host the MWC championship.
The Lehigh football team lost to the Princeton football team 66-7 at Powers Field in Princeton, New Jersey. The Mountain Hawk defense yielded 773 yards of offense to the Tigers – a Princeton record – allowing starting QB John Lovett to rush for 111 yards and pass for 288 more, making him responsible for 4.
What: Wofford at Chattanooga When: Saturday, October 6, 3:00 PM Where: Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN TV/Streaming: ESPN+ Wofford Terriers Wofford (4-1, 2-1 SoCon) continues a four-game road trip with a visit to Chattanooga on Saturday in a key Southern Conference match-up. The Terriers’ only loss this season has been to an FBS team, Wyoming, where.
When: Saturday, October 6, 3:35 PM MDT Where: Holt Arena, Pocatello, Idaho TV/Streaming: Pluto TV Channel 243 / Watch Big Sky Idaho Vandals (2-2, 1-1 Big Sky) The Vandals are coming off a 20-7 win over Portland State-their first Big Sky Conference win since moving to the FCS level again. Idaho moved out of the Big Sky Conference in.
When: Saturday, October 6, 1:30 PM MDT Where: Albertson’s Stadium, Boise, Idaho TV/Streaming: ESPNU / WatchESPN San Diego State Aztecs (3-1, 0-0 Mountain West) The Aztecs come into this game very banged up especially on offense. QB Christian Chapman has been out since suffering an MCL sprain against Sacramento State. OT Zachary Thomas tore an ACL a.
Elon at James Madison When: Saturday, October 6, 1:30 PM Where: Bridgeforth Stadium, Harrisonburg, VA TV/Streaming: MASN/SNY/Eleven Sports(Twitch)/CAA.TV Elon Phoenix Under Curt Cignetti, Elon has become a very tough team to play against. The Phoenix have an above average defense and a bruising running back that keeps the chains moving on offense. Elon has only.
When: Saturday, October 6, 1:00 PM CDT Where: UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa TV/Streaming: NBC North Dakota/CFU,KCRG,KGCW,KCWI in Iowa/NBC Sports Chicago/ESPN+ North Dakota State Bison (4-0 overall, 1-0 MVFC) North Dakota State makes its first road trip of the year after four home games in the first five weeks of the season. The Bison won its first.
When: Friday, October 5, 7:00 PM MDT Where: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah TV/Streaming: ESPN2/ Watch ESPN Utah State Aggies (3-1 overall, 1-0 Mountain West) This very well could be the best Aggies team since their 2012 squad that finished the season 11-2. In large part because of the offense as the Aggies rank fourth in scoring offense.
When: Saturday, October 6, 4:00 PM Where: Bragg Memorial Stadium, Tallahassee, FL TV/Streaming: ESPN3 Norfolk State Spartans Norfolk State (3-1) looks to extend its best start since 2011 when the Spartans play a key MEAC game at Florida A&M (2-2). Both teams are off to fast starts in MEAC play, with FAMU at 2-0 and NSU 1-0. Additionally,.
In Princeton’s game notes, their game with Lehigh is billed as a “local rivalry”. It is true that the campuses of Princeton University and Lehigh University are reasonably close to one another, separated by about an hour and a half by car. And though Princeton and Lehigh have never shared a conference, this will be.
Time is short again for me this week but here is my Top 20 poll for this week within the Group of Five. UCF, South Florida, and Cincinnati remain as the only undefeated teams and are within my Top 4. The biggest game, however, is San Diego State at Boise State this week and should.
This week we feature the number “3”, as in this is my third stab at trying to pick the the FCS Playoff field. They say three is a magic number, but unless your thinking about the best No. 3 in the FCS – that happens to be UC Davis’ Keelan Doss, pictured above – it’s.
Compared to previous weeks this week was much tamer. North Dakota State reclaimed the Dakota Marker in a hard fought game against rival South Dakota State. The second ranked James Madison Dukes easily handled the Richmond Spiders in a blowout win. A week after upsetting FBS Colorado State, Illinois State fell to Missouri State. Villanova.
Princeton QB John Lovett, Monmouth WR Reggie White, Jr., Jacksonville State QB Zerrick Cooper, Montana LB Dante Olson, and North Dakota State P Garret Wegner have been selected as the College Sports Journal FCS Football Players of the week ending Oct. 1st 2018. The honorees are listed here with their achievements and their school, position,.
Five players including Marcus McMaryion from Fresno State, McKenzie Milton from UCF, Jayden Reed from Western Michigan, Jaylen Ferguson from Louisiana Tech, and Marcus Jones from Troy have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending Oct. 1, 2018 from the NCAA Division I FBS Group of Five schools. The honorees.
Richmond, Virginia – The James Madison Dukes returned the opening kickoff 93 yards and never looked back in their dominant 63-10 win over in-state rival Richmond. As returner Juwon Hamilton cut left and hit the hole he went untouched to the end zone. The Spiders outplayed the Dukes for the rest of the first quarter,.
The biggest FCS Game of the Week was about a lot more than a piece of rock. North Dakota State’s hard-fought 21-17 win over South Dakota State in the Fargodome was a marker for a heck of a week in the FCS. Aside from the Bison win, Missouri State upset the apple cart in the.
Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 29th, 2018. Sagarin rankings provide the only rankings that actually ranks all Division I schools but our rankings will show just the FBS G5 side of things and have been used for several years with.
Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 29th, 2018. 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.
Two prior undefeated teams in Buffalo and North Texas had home games looking to remain undefeated but both fell in games yesterday. Army and Louisiana Tech defeated those two respectively. Now just UCF (which had a big win over a Power 5 team in Pittsburgh), South Florida, who had a bye, and Cincinnati, who blew.
When: Saturday, September 28, 3:00 PM CDT Where: Burgess-Snow Field, Jacksonville, AL TV/Streaming: ESPN3 (free) Austin Peay Governors The Governors (2-2, 0-1 OVC) hit the road for the third straight weekend when they travel to Jacksonville State to take on the Gamecocks. The Govs are 1-1 on the road trip, and will be looking for.
When: Saturday, September 28, 1:00 PM Where: Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT TV/Streaming: ESPN+(subscription required) Maine Black Bears The 2-1 (1-0, CAA) Black Bears are visiting the Yale Bowl for the first time since 1932, and Maine takes on the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon. Maine and Yale last met in 2015 in Orono, marking the.
Toledo at Fresno State When: Saturday, September 29, 7:30 PM PDT Where: Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, Calif. TV/Streaming: ESPNU / ESPN App Toledo Rockets (2-1, 0-0 MAC) Toledo is coming off a wild 63-44 shootout victory over Nevada last week. Prior that, the Rockets beat FCS VMI and lost to Miami (FL). All of those games were played at.
Villanova at Stony Brook When: Saturday, September 29, 6:00 PM Where: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, NY TV/Streaming: Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Go (subscription req’d) Villanova Wildcats Villanova enters this game 3-1 on the season after handily defeating Bucknell last week 49-7. The one loss, however, is a conference loss to Towson. Villanova.
James Madison at Richmond When: Saturday, September 29, 3:00PM Where: Robins Stadium, Richmond, VA TV/Streaming: NBC Sports Chicago/NBC Sports Philadelphia PLUS/NBC Sports Washington PLUS/SNY, College Sports Live James Madison Dukes James Madison has won three straight games after their opening weekend loss at NC State. In the three games against FCS opponents, the Dukes have.
Army West Point at Buffalo When: Saturday, September 29, 12:00 PM EDT Where: UB Stadium, Buffalo, N.Y. TV/Streaming: CBS Sports Network / CBSSports.com, CBS Sports App Army West Point Black Knights (2-2 overall) The Black Knights are coming off a heartbreaking 28-21 overtime loss at AP No. 5 Oklahoma. Army hung close with its national opponent having an answer.
Rhode Island at Harvard When: Friday, September 28, 7:00 PM Where: Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, MA TV/Streaming: ESPN+(subscription required) Rhode Island Rams The surprising 2-1 Rams have made a Friday night tilt against the 2-0 Harvard Crimson into surprising must-see TV. Last year was Rhody’s first win over Harvard. The Rams beat the Crimson 17-10 at Meade Stadium. .
South Dakota State at North Dakota State When: Saturday, September 29, 2:30 PM CDT Where: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome TV/Streaming: ND NBC, MidCo Sports / ESPN+ (subscription required) South Dakota State Jackrabbits (2-0, 0-0 MVFC) An odd scheduling quirk has SDSU going to NDSU to open the Missouri Valley Football Conference schedule with both teams.
Time is short for me this week but here is my Top 20 poll for this week within the Group of Five. Here are my takes in the poll this week with the first column the ranking this week, column 2 the ranking from last week, column 3 is the team, column 4 is the.
Montana QB Dalton Sneed, Stony Brook RB Jordan Gowins, Sacred Heart QB Kevin Duke, Chattanooga LB Marshall Cooper, and Morgan State PK Alex Raya have been selected as the College Sports Journal FCS Football Players of the week ending Sept. 24th 2018. The honorees are listed here with their achievements and their school, position, class,.
The top two teams, North Dakota State and James Madison each won easily and continue to cement themselves as the top two teams in the nation. South Dakota State gets the opportunity to insert themselves into that discussion when they travel to Fargo this weekend. Week Four saw an FCS team easily beat an FBS.
Harrisonburg, VA – From the opening kickoff, the difference in talent between James Madison and William & Mary was apparent. Every time Shonn Mitchell dropped back to pass, there were white jerseys surrounding him. James Madison used a dominant defense and an efficient offense to overwhelm the William & Mary 51-0. The Dukes offense got.
This week, the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers unveiled their “mistaken on so many levels” mascot named “Gritty”. A bug-eyed, orange psycho Muppet that is named after America’s least-favorite sportswriter adjective, it’s not abundantly clear if it’s just a misfire on every conceivable level, or whether Philadelphia Flyers fans will embrace his unloveable demeanor in a “so.
