Colonial Athletic Association Week 1 Preview
CAA football is back in the fall! After a postponement of last falls’ schedule to the spring, a semi normal season returns this year.
Southern Conference Week 1 Preview
We are back! Back for a full fall schedule of football.
ASUN-WAC Challenge 2021 Week 1 Preview
Game of the Week: Sam Houston at Northern Arizona
Southland Conference 2021 Week 1 Preview
Game of the Week: Incarnate Word at Youngstown State
GAME PREVIEW: Boise State at UCF
Two first year head coaches clash in this Group of Five heavyweight battle.
GAME PREVIEWS: Big Sky Conference Out of Conference Play – Week of September 4th
Weber State at #24 Utah (FBS) CSJ Season Preview: Weber State Weber State begins their season in SLC as they take on the PAC 12 “tough guys”. Utah has sent a healthy amount of players onto the NFL and have been very competitive in the PAC 12 in recent years. Weber State will an uphill.
FCS ROUNDTABLE: What’s FCS’ Best Shot at an FBS Upset?
Three games involving FCS teams were contested without a hitch and yielded some great action as well. We got together a roundtable to take a look back at Week 0 and a look ahead at Week 1.
2021 Division I Conference Football Preview: American Athletic Conference
Through an uncertain season of 2020, Cincinnati finally got to the top not only of the American Athletic Conference but was also the top Group of Five school and played in the Peach Bowl versus SEC power Georgia.
Lehigh Fans Hope Healthy O Line Will Help Re-Establish Offensive Success
Lehigh’s offensive struggles don’t have one single source, but what is clear is that any success the Mountain Hawks have in 2021 will have to come from vast improvements across the board.
2021 FCS Season Preview: UC Davis Aggies
ith a strong Spring resume and a good culture that Hawkins has established in Davis, CA the Aggies have a great chance to make another good run towards the top of the Big Sky.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Weber State Wildcats
Weber State is coming into the season with a four-time conference title they look to defend vigorously.
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25 – Aug. 28
Below are the Top 25 rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending August 28th, 2021. 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. South Dakota State remains atop the ranking after Week 0 with North.
College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25 – Aug. 28
Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Aug. 28th, 2021. 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. Cincinnati remains at the top spot following.
2021 Division I Conference Football Preview: Conference USA
Conference USA embarks on its 27th season in 2021.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Sacramento State Hornets
Sacramento State had a magical 2019 championship run, but the Hornets have not played since then.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Portland State Vikings
The top recruiting class from just a few years ago seems to be on of mostly duds. Can the Vikings set sail for a legacy bigger than their high school home field?
Lehigh Mountain Hawks Looking To Draw Crowds This Fall With Defense
The success of the 2021 Mountain Hawks will start with the defense – a unit that was, quietly, outstanding last spring and will be the rock on which Lehigh leans as the offense tries to get back to the teams of its offensive-minded past.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Northern Colorado Bears
One of the biggest headlines in the FCS was lost behind the dust of the Spring headlines. Ed McCaffrey (NFL veteran and 3-time Super Bowl Champ) is the new head coach of Northern Colorado.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
The Lumberjacks know how to defend the dome, but can they go on the offense successfully?
2021 Division I Group of Five Independents Preview
The G5 Independents last year made the most of the COVID-19 season with breakout performances namely from BYU and Liberty.
2021 Division I Conference Preview: Mountain West Conference
The 2021 season should provide plenty of intrigue in the Mountain West Conference.
2021 Southern Conference Season Preview
How performance during the spring season will translate to the fall is completely unknown. The FCS has never had a season like the previous one.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Chattanooga
Their best offensive player, Aylim Ford did not play at all in the spring but should be ready for the fall. Altogether, this should be the team to beat in the Southern Conference
2021 FCS Season Preview: VMI
VMI was the surprise of the spring season. Now the key is: can they back it up?
2021 FCS Season Preview: Wofford
In the Spring, Wofford tried to incorporate more passing into their offensive game plan. The result was a 70 yard per game drop in rushing offense, but only a 20 yard per game bump in the pass game.
GAME PREVIEW: Southern Utah at San Jose State
The Big Sky and Mountain West Conference see their first action of the season when Southern Utah travels to San Jose State at 9pm PT.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Southern Utah Thunderbirds
The Heartbreak Kids were five drives away from a 6-0 season in the Spring.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Samford
The quarterback battle for Samford was simplified over the summer when Chris Oladokun transferred to South Dakota State. That meant the job was guaranteed to Liam Welch, not that it already wasn’t.
GAME PREVIEW: Alcorn State vs. North Carolina Central (MEAC/SWAC Challenge)
644 days… That’s how long it will be between games for NCCU when the Eagles take the field on Saturday against Alcorn State in the Cricket MEAC/SWAC Challenge.
GAME PREVIEW: Hawai’i At UCLA
UCLA takes on Hawai’i in one of seven games Saturday involving FBS or FCS teams. For the Bruins, it makes the earliest season opener in the history of the Bruin program.
2021 FCS Season Preview: East Tennessee State
The Buccaneers will be a factor in the SoCon title race this year.
GAME PREVIEW: Eastern Illinois at Indiana State
The Panthers and Sycamores began their rivalry in 1901 and Saturday’s game will be the 88th meeting between the two schools. Eastern Illinois holds a narrow 43-40-4 advantage in the series to date.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Mercer
Going in to their last game against Samford, the Bears had an outside chance to win the Southern Conference if a couple games broke their way. Mercer wound up losing that game, but it gives them hope that they can take the next step this year.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Furman
There were big expectations for the Paladins coming into the spring but they did not live up to them. Furman wound up 3-4 and was never a factor in the conference race.
GAME PREVIEW: UTEP at New Mexico State
TV/STREAMING: BALLY SPORTS AZ/KVIA-ABC 7 (EL PASO)/FLOSPORTS The last game of Week 0 is one with the longest rivalries in the southwest. UTEP travels to New Mexico State in the Battle of I-10. These two schools first started playing each other in 1914 and have had a few seasons missed over the years including the.
2021 FCS Season Preview: The Citadel
The Citadel was expecting to make a little jump and be a playoff contender in 2020 after hovering around .500, but the emergence of COVID made for a long fall and spring season, where they played a grand total of 11 games. The Citadel really struggled through their season. But they never quit and played their entire schedule.
GAME PREVIEW: Connecticut at Fresno State
This game will mark the return of fans to Bulldog Stadium as the state of California would not allow any attendence in games last fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Western Carolina
The high level stats show the struggles that Western Carolina has endured. The last three seasons they have allowed 38, 39 and 41 points per game on average while going from 30 scored per game in 2018 to 19 to 18 over the last two seasons.
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25– Preseason 2021
Below are the Top 25 FCS preseason rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the 2021 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. Last spring’s runner-up South Dakota State is the preseason #1 team with MVFC.
College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25–Preseason 2021
Below are the Top 25 Group of Five (G5) preseason rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the 2021 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. Cincinnati is rated at the top spot in the preseason.
2021 Colonial Athletic Association Season Preview
The CAA should be strong again in the fall with several teams looking for playoff berths.
2021 FCS Season Preview: James Madison
The Dukes return to action in the fall with a Frisco or Bust mentality. They are loaded throughout the entire lineup and have Cole Johnson returning to be the starting quarterback.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Delaware
This spring, it all came together for the Blue Hens and they went unbeaten in the regular season and won two playoff games before falling in the semifinals to South Dakota State.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Villanova
Villanova has, in recent memory, battled two things: the injury bug and the ill-timed loss. They always have the talent to be one of the top teams in the CAA and FCS, but injuries derail them or they lose to a team they shouldn’t. They’ll need to avoid that this fall.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Richmond
Richmond was down for the last few seasons after the graduation of Kyle Lauletta. But if the spring is any indication, with a strong defense and capable quarterback, the Spiders should contend for a playoff berth all season.
2021 FCS Season Preview: New Hampshire
To lose at home is rare for the Wildcats. They’ve only lost seven total games on their home turf since 2015. That’s an advantage they will look to regain this year. They have two of the teams projected to finish above them in the standings – James Madison and Richmond – at home this year.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Maine
Maine was an uneven 2-2 in the spring but enter the fall season with hopes of returning to the playoffs.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Towson
Towson opted out of the spring season. When we last saw them, Towson had a high flying offense and an improving defense.
2021 FCS Season Preview: Albany
Albany struggled to a 1-3 record in the spring, but that doesn’t really tell the story of what kind of team they have.
2021 FCS Season Preview: William and Mary
William & Mary only played three games in the spring. But what we were able to see from Hollis Mathis showed a lot of potential for growth as we head into the fall.
