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UCF Knights Location: Orlando, FL Coach: Josh Heupel (0-0) 1st Season Stadium:Spectrum Stadium (Capacity: 45,301) CSJ Projections: 1st: AAC (1st East Division) 2nd: Florida 22nd: FBS 22nd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: UCF finished as the only undefeated team (13-0) in all of Division I football last year and while it did not get invited.
Iowa State Cyclones Location: Ames, IA Coach: Matt Campbell (11-14@ISU, 46-29 overall) 3rd Season Stadium: Jack Trice Stadium (Capacity: 61,500) CSJ Projections: 5th: Big 12 2nd: Iowa 25th: FBS 25th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Iowa State had one of college football’s best turnarounds in going 3-9 in 2016 to an 8-5 record last year.
Michigan Wolverines Location: Ann Arbor, MI Coach: Jim Harbaugh (28-11 @UM, 85-38 overall) 4th Season Stadium: Michigan Stadium (Capacity: 107,601) CSJ Projections: 7th: Big Ten (4th East Division) 2nd: Michigan 27th: FBS 27th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Wolverines basically beat who they were supposed to beat but could not win against heavyweights of.
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.
College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of the MVFC. North Dakota State won its unprecedented sixth national title in seven years last year. The Bison again look stacked to win its eighth straight conference title and are the odds on favorites to again win its seventh national title .
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.
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.
North Dakota State Bison Location: Fargo, ND Coach: Chris Kileman (54-6 @NDSU, 57-13 overall) 5th Season Stadium: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (Capacity: 18,700) CSJ Projections: 1st: Missouri Valley Football Conference 1st: North Dakota 1st: FCS 31st: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: After a one-year title game hiatus in 2016 after James Madison defeated.
Memphis Tigers Location: Memphis, TN Coach: Mike Norvell (18-8) 3rd Season Stadium: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 58,207) CSJ Projections: 2nd: AAC (1st West Division) 1st: Tennessee 31st: FBS 32nd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Tigers won the AAC West Division and gave the only undefeated team in Division I football last year.
Boise State Broncos Location: Boise, ID Coach: Bryan Harsin (49-17) 5th Season Stadium: Albertsons Stadium (Capacity: 36,387) CSJ Projections: 1st: Mountain West (1st Mountain Division) 1st: Idaho 32nd: FBS 33rd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: After two seasons of not only not winning the Mountain West Conference but also not even winning the Mountain Division,.
South Carolina Gamecocks Location: Columbia, SC Coach: Will Muschamp (16-11@USC, 43-23 overall)3rd Season Stadium: Williams-Brice Stadium (Capacity: 80,250) CSJ Projections: 6th: SEC (2nd in East Division) 2nd: South Carolina 33rd: FBS 34th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Gamecocks made an improvement from a 6-7 in 2016 to a 9-4 overall mark (although it.
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.
Purdue Boilermakers Location: West Lafayette, IN Coach: Jeff Brohm (7-6) 2nd Season Stadium: Ross-Ade Stadium (Capacity: 57,236) CSJ Projections: 8th: Big Ten (4th West Division) 3rd: Indiana 37th: FBS 38th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: In what was supposed to be a rebuilding season with new Coach Jeff Brohm, Purdue instead finished 7-6 overall including.
Washington State Cougars Location: Pullman, WA Coach: Mike Leach (38-38@WSU, 122-81 overall) 7th Season Stadium: Martin Stadium (Capacity: 32,952) CSJ Projections: 5th: Pac-12 (3rd in North Division) 2nd: Washington 38th: FBS 39th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: In most years, a 9-4 season would be a very good season but with a very talented group of.
Oregon Ducks Location: Eugene, OR Coach: Mario Cristobal (0-1@UO, 27-48 overall) 1st Season Stadium: Autzen Stadium (Capacity: 54,000) CSJ Projections: 6th: Pac-12 (4th in North Division) 1st: Oregon 39th: FBS 40th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: In what would be his only season at the helm, Coach Willie Taggart (left for the head job at Florida.
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.
Texas A&M Aggies Location: College Station, TX Coach: Jimbo Fisher (0-0 @TAMU, 83-23 overall)1st Season Stadium: Kyle Field (Capacity: 102,733) CSJ Projections: 7th: SEC (5th in West Division) 3rd: Texas 42nd: FBS 43rd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Aggies began the season at 5-2 but a 2-3 regular season finish resulting in the firing of.
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.
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.
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.
Texas Tech Red Raiders Location: Lubbock, TX Coach: Kliff Kingsbury (30-33) 6th Season Stadium: Jones AT&T Stadium (Capacity: 60,454) CSJ Projections: 7th: Big 12 4th: Texas 46th: FBS 48th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Texas Tech’s late game come-back against Texas gave the Red Raiders their sixth win and made the team bowl eligible, where they.
West Virginia Mountaineers Location: Morgantown, WV Coach: Dana Holgorsen (53-37) 8th Season Stadium: Milian Puskar Stadium (Capacity: 60,000) CSJ Projections: 8th: Big 12 1st: West Virginia 47th: FBS 49th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: West Virginia started out the season well and were 7-3 after 10 games but a injury to QB Will Grier had the.
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.
Missouri Tigers Location: Columbia, MO Coach: Barry Odom (11-14)3rd Season Stadium: Faurot Field (Capacity: 71,168) CSJ Projections: 8th: SEC (3rd in East Division) 1st: Missouri 49th: FBS 51st: Division I 2017 In A Sentence:It was a tale of two halves for Missouri last season, as a 1-5 train wreck of a start gave way to a six-game.
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.
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.
Below are the Top 25 Group of Five (G5) 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.
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.
Wyoming at New Mexico State When: Saturday, August 25, 8:00 PM MDT Where: Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM TV/Streaming Coverage: ESPN2/Watch ESPN Wyoming: CSJ’s 2018 Preview Capsule Wyoming was in the consciousness MWC pick last season because of eventual first round pick Josh Allen starring at quarterback. Allen actually had a modest year especially being injured, but.
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,.
California Golden Bears Location: Berkeley, CA Coach: Justin Wilcox (5-7) 2nd Season Stadium: California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 62,467) CSJ Projections: 9th: Pac-12 (5th in North Division) 4th: California 52th: FBS 54th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Golden Bears were expected in the preseason to next to nothing but under first year head coach Justin Wilcox,.
UCLA Bruins Location: Los Angles, CA Coach:Chip Kelly (0-0@UCLA, 46-7 overall) 1st Season Stadium: Rose Bowl (Capacity: 91,136) CSJ Projections: 10th: Pac-12 (5th in South Division) 5th: California 54th: FBS 56th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Bruins went 6-6 in the regular season, which led to the firing of Coach Jim Mora before UCLA would.
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.
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.
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.
Appalachian State Mountaineers Location: Boone, NC Coach: Scott Satterfield (41-22) 6th Season Stadium: Kidd Brewer Stadium (Capacity: 21,650) CSJ Projections: 1st: Sun Belt (1st East Division) 4th: North Carolina 56th: FBS 58th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Appalachian State won a share of the Sun Belt Conference title with Troy last year in finishing 9-4.
San Diego State Aztecs Location: San Diego, CA Coach: Rocky Long (64-29 @SDSU, 129-98 overall) 8th Season Stadium: SDCCU Stadium (Capacity: 70,561) CSJ Projections: 3rd: Mountain West (2nd West Division) 6th: California 59th: FBS 57th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Aztecs have become a dominant force in the Mountain West, although SDSU slipped.
Army-West Point Black Knights Location: West Point, NY Coach: Jeff Monken (24-26 @Army, 62-42 overall) 5th Season Stadium: Michie Stadium (Capacity:38,000) CSJ Projections: 2nd: FBS Independents 1st: New York 58th: FBS 60th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Black Knights are coming off a 10-3 season that included winning the Commander-in-Chief Trophy (first time since 1996).
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.
Minnesota Golden Gophers Location: Minneapolis, MN Coach: P.J. Fleck (5-7 @Minn., 35-29 overall) 2nd Season Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium (Capacity: 50,805) CSJ Projections: 10th: Big Ten (5th West Division) 1st: Minnesota 60th: FBS 62nd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: In Coach Fleck’s first season with Minnesota, the Gophers lacked depth and talent to finish at.
South Dakota State Jackrabbits Location: Brookings, SD Coach: John Stiegelmeier (148-97) 22nd Season Stadium: Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium (Capacity: 19,340) CSJ Projections: 2nd: Missouri Valley Football Conference 1st: South Dakota 3rd: FCS 63rd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: SDSU went farther than it has ever went in the FCS playoffs with a semi-final appearance.
Ohio Bobcats Location: Athens, OH Coach: Frank Solich (97-71 @Ohio, 155-90 overall) 14th Season Stadium: Penden Stadium (Capacity: 24,000) CSJ Projections: 1st: MAC (1st in East Division) 2nd: Ohio 61st: FBS 64th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: With an offense that produced over 39 points per game, Ohio looked poised to make the MAC title game.
Kentucky Wildcats Location: Lexington, KY Coach: Mark Stoops (26-36)6th Season Stadium: Kroger Field (Capacity: 61,000) CSJ Projections: 10th: SEC (4th in East Division) 2nd: Kentucky 62nd: FBS 65th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Kentucky started the season out at 5-1 but slumped to a 7-6 overall mark and lost its last three contests including the.
Troy Trojans Location: Troy, AL Coach: Neal Brown (25-13) 3rd Season Stadium: Veterans Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 30,402) CSJ Projections: 2nd: Sun Belt (2nd East Division) 3rd: Alabama 63rd: FBS 66th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Trojans won a share of the Sun Belt title after defeating Arkansas State in a thriller in the regular season finale.
Florida Gators Location: Gainesville, FL Coach: Dan Mullen (0-0@ UF, 69-46 overall) 1st Season Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 40,550) CSJ Projections: 12th: SEC (5th in East Division) 6th: Florida 64th: FBS 67th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Florida and former Coach McElwain mutually agreed to part ways in late October with defensive coordinator Randy Shannon finished.
Toledo Rockets Location: Toledo, OH Coach: Jason Candle (21-7) 3rd Season Stadium: Glass Bowl (Capacity: 26,248) CSJ Projections: 2nd: MAC (1st in West Division) 3rd: Ohio 65th: FBS 68th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: For all of the success the Rockets has enjoyed in recent years, Jason Candle’s 2017 Rockets accomplished something that had not been.
Colorado Buffaloes Location: Boulder, CO Coach:Mike MacIntyre (22-31@CU, 40–59 overall) 6th Season Stadium: Folsom Field (Capacity: 50,183) CSJ Projections: 11th: Pac-12 (6th in South Division) 1st: Colorado 66th: FBS 69th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: After the great season of 2016 (finished 10-4 & Pac-12 South Division title), CU re-assumed its 2013-15 levels last season and finished.
Temple Owls Location: Philadelphia, PA Coach: Geoff Collins (7-6) 2nd Season Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field (Capacity: 68,532) CSJ Projections: 6th: AAC (3rd East Division) 3rd: Pennslyvania 67th: FBS 70th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: In Coach Collins’ first year, Temple went 7-6 and defeated Florida International in the Gasparilla Bowl–the first bowl win since 2011 and just.
North Carolina Tar Heels Location: Chapel Hill, NC Coach: Larry Fedora (43-34) 7th Season at North Carolina Stadium: Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity 51,000) CSJ Projections: 12th: ACC (6th Atlantic Division) 5th: North Carolina 68th: FBS 71st: Division I 2017 In a Sentence: North Carolina struggled to keep opposing offenses off the board and struggled to.
Wyoming Cowboys Location: Laramie, WY Coach: Craig Bohl (22-29 @Wyo., 125-61 overall) 5th Season Stadium: War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 29,181) CSJ Projections: 4th: Mountain West (2nd Mountain Division) 1st: Wyoming 70th: FBS 73rd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Coming off a MWC Mountain Division title and having an All-American quarterback returning, most thought the.
