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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.

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.

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

https://twitter.com/NAU_Football/status/929551467660296192 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 Big Sky and it’s going to take a lot of math to figure it out, depending on what the win-loss.

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.

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 https://twitter.com/NAU_Football/status/926954488019042305 It is looking a lot like honey–that is the honey state of Utah in the Big Sky race. It looks like the two members from that state.

CSJ Missouri Valley Football Conference Power Rankings — Week 10

https://twitter.com/GoJacksFB/status/928353638401093632 Timely turnovers and clutch conversions — here are your Wicked Plays of the Week from our victory over NDSU.#GoJacks#WickedPlayWednesday pic.twitter.com/FYUt1F1VJj — SDSU Football (@GoJacksFB) November 8, 2017 Two weeks remain in the regular season and the playoff potential teams still have so many questions to answer. The MVFC schedule makers really did some good.

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 Big Sky Conference Power Rankings — Week 9

It's all about the DEFENSE in this #TouchdownTuesday! #FCS pic.twitter.com/jcep9J8Mcy — NCAA FCS Football (@NCAA_FCS) October 31, 2017 1. (1) Northern Arizona (6-2 overall, 5-0 BSC) Last week: Beat Sacramento State 37-17 at home This week: at Montana This is the time of the season in the past that the Lumberjacks have usually taken a.

FBS G5 Week 9 Recap and Highlights

  Four Top 25 CSJ Sagarin match-ups highlighted Week 9. The game of the week was #10 Houston at #2 USF and it did not disappoint. Houston rallied in the game’s final moments to pull off the upset of the previously undefeated Bulls in Tampa. #9 Colorado State also succumbed to an upset at #22.

CSJ Big Sky Conference Power Rankings — Week 8

Southern Utah football has three FCS Top 25 wins after knocking off No. 8 Eastern Washington Saturday night @SUUThunderbirds pic.twitter.com/mXUrfWjiby — Jeremiah Jensen (@JeremiahJensen) October 22, 2017 The Big Sky Conference is down to just one undefeated team in conference play in Northern Arizona as its other undefeated team in Eastern Washington fell at Southern.

FBS G5 Week 8 Recap and Highlights

    Four Top 25 CSJ Sagarin match-ups highlighted Week 8. Three of the four went according at the rankings but the biggest upset came in the state of California as Fresno State sent San Diego State to its second straight home loss in the Mountain West Conference. Top rated UCF was one of these.