By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Playoff Round 1 Preview – the Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. the South Dakota State Jackrabbits – is presented by College Sports Journal.

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — After watching the brackets unfold for the NCAA Division I Football championship, I couldn't help but think of George Orwell's classic novel Animal Farm.   The phrase that stuck out was that all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others..

NCAA Release For College Sports Journal   INDIANAPOLIS, IN. — The field of 20 teams competing for the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee.    North Dakota State (10-1) tops the bracket as the top seed after capturing the automatic qualifying berth from the.

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — You have to feel for NCAA Division I football committee chairman Charlie Cobb and his fellow committee members as they burn the midnight oil in Indianapolis, IN. to give us a 20-team, Football Championship Subdivision playoff bracket by early Sunday afternoon.   Sure,.

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — What a weekend of football, and what a season.   Six conference autobids waited until the final day to be determined — and it seems fair to say that some of the teams that fell short in their quest for the autobid on Saturday.

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   NEWARK, DE. — It was time for teams to make their closing statements to the jury on Saturday, with some teams making convincing arguments and others leaving a lot to be desired.   Sunday is judgement day for the Football Championship Subdivision as the 20-team NCAA.

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Enjoy this week's previews of Week 12 action, courtesy of the College Sports Journal!

By Jon Manson Special Report College Sports Journal   LEXINGTON, VA. – Fresh off one of the biggest wins in program history, your Liberty Flames (5-5 overall, 4-1 Big South) face off this Saturday against the Keydets of VMI (2-8 overall, 1-4 Big South).    This game has major implications for the Flames, as they.

By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Week 12 Preview – the Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. the Central Arkansas Bears – is presented by College Sports Journal.

By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Week 12 Preview – the North Dakota State Bison vs. the Illinois State Redbirds – is presented by College Sports Journal.

By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Week 12 Preview – the Sam Houston State Bearkats vs. Texas A&M Aggies – is presented by College Sports Journal.

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. -We break down the Lafayette game – and we give our fearless prediction, below the flip. Checking Twitter and Facebook is not exactly an exact science when it comes to trying to gauge how fired up a team, or a fan base, is. After.

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — North Dakota State survived another challenge, beating South Dakota State 20-17 at home in Missouri Valley Football Conference play, to remain No. 1 the College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll for week 12 of the season.   North Dakota State, No. 3 Montana State.

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — After clinching the MEAC championship with a 49-7 victory over Savannah State, Bethune-Cookman remains atop the Boxtorow/BCSP HBCU football power rankings for the second-straight week.   Arkansas-Pine Bluff has won five-straight and has peaked at No. 3 in the Boxtorow poll and No..

By Jim O'Day Special To CSJ College Sports Journal   Editor's Note: Former Montana athletic director and NCAA Division I Football committee chairman Jim O'Day, a Montana alumnus, gives a special look at the Brawl of the Wild, one of the most heated rivalries in the Football Championship Subdivision. This piece was originally published by.

By Mike Holloway FCS Columnist College Sports Journal   Editor's Note: See more of Holloway's work and the original version of this column at http://appstatecentral.com/content/mountaineers-survive-furman-and-claim-12th-socon-title.   BOONE, N.C. — After surrendering a 13-point halftime lead early in the third quarter, Appalachian (8-3, 6-2 SoCon) escaped Kidd Brewer Stadium with a 33-28 win over Furman (3-7,.

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Defensive back D'Vonte Graham of North Carolina A&T, linebacker Joey Harmon of Villanova, punter Scott Lopano of Penn, quarterback Jerick McKinnon of Georgia Southern, defensive end Caleb Schreibeis of Montana State, linebacker Nick Sigmon of Liberty, quarterback Darian Stone of Tennessee Tech and running back Dominique.

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — After their second-straight CIAA championship game victory 34-19 over Elizabeth City State, the Winston-Salem State Rams remain No. 1 in the Boxtorow national media poll.   The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats clinched the MEAC championship with a 49-7 victory over Savannah State and remain atop.

By Lance Berndt FCS Columnist College Sports Journal   FLAGSTAFF, AZ. — Southern Utah will be wondering if it will ever find another quarterback quite like Brad Sorensen for years to come.    Since the start of 2010, Sorenson has shattered just about every quarterback record at Southern Utah.   Before him, no quarterback at.

By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   FARGO, ND – North Dakota State retains the Dakota Marker, and thus also clinches at least a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference Championship.  They also retain their top spot in the Missouri Valley Power Ratings this week. Read more At the MVFC Blog  

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. — After the weatherman promised a mostly sunny day on November 10th, the day of the Patriot League championship game at Murray Goodman stadium, there was instead a gray, hazy fog that persisted throughout the football game. Like the weather, the game was also.

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It isn't hard to look at veteran Penn football coach Al Bagnoli as the eternal pessimist, the guy who sees the glass as half-empty, even when the water is cascading from the rim.   On Saturday, Bagnoli was feeling little more up-beat after.

By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Week 11 Preview – the Battle for the Dakota Marker – the South Dakota State Jackrabbits vs. the North Dakota State Bison – is presented by College Sports Journal.

By Abe Hardesty FurmanPaladins.com For College Sports Journal   GREENVILLE, S.C. — As Paladin Stadium arose in the southeast corner of the Furman University campus in the spring of 1980, third-year coach Dick Sheridan also observed changes on an individual scale.   “When you make a major addition to a program, it adds a lot.

By Mike Holloway FCS Columnist College Sports Journal   Editor's Note: This is a preview of Saturday's Appalachian State-Furman game. Besides being one of the hottest rivalries in the Football Championship Subdivision, it is a contest that also has major implications on the Southern Conference championship race and the FCS playoff picture. To see more.

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It is championship Saturday.   For the second-straight year, the defending Boxtorow HBCU national champion Winston-Salem State Rams will take on Elizabeth City State in the CIAA football championship game in Durham, N.C.   Meanwhile, Tuskegee and Fort Valley State make their first.

By Jon Manson Special Report College Sports Journal   LYNCHBURG, VA. – No change in the Big South Power Rankings this week as Stony Brook remains in the top spot after yet another powerful performance.   Read more at LU Flames Nation

By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   BROOKINGS, SD – In this week's Missouri Valley Power Rankings, a last-gasp Jackrabbit touchdown pass upended the power rankings once more as we get closer and closer to the FCS playoffs.    Read more at the MVFC Blog

Mike Holloway Special Contributor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — Despite being outgained by nearly 100 yards and losing the time of possession battle by more than 17 minutes, Appalachian State (7-3, 5-2 SoCon) clamped down defensively in the 4th quarter to hold on for a 31-28 win over Georgia Southern (7-2, 6-2 SoCon),.

By Jon Manson Special Contributor College Sports Journal   LYNCHBURG, VA. — It may have been a slow start, but Liberty was able to pull away with a dominating second half performance today en route to a 26-12 win over Charleston Southern at Williams Stadium.    Liberty benefitted from another outstanding performance by RB Aldreakis.

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — The question before the crowd at Paulson Stadium on Saturday afternoon as No. 1-ranked Georgia Southern hosted Appalachian State in a Southern Conference first-place showdown was if lightning could strike twice?   Considering the weather phenomena — Hurricane Sandy — that struck much.

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   WORCESTER, MA. — The term "Any Given Sunday" comes from the film by Oliver Stone of the same name, but it really comes from Steve Sabol and NFL Films, and the music and sentiment those films provided.  "On any given Sunday…" I can still imagine Mr..

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — Appalachian State is wondering if lightning can indeed strike twice?   Just a little over a year ago, the then-No. 5-ranked Mountaineers took down No. 1 Georgia Southern, 24-17, at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C., holding the Eagles to 201 yards of.

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Georgia Southern survived a triple-overtime thriller to win 39-31 at Tennessee-Chattanooga on Saturday night in Southern Conference action and used that victory to vault into the top spot of the College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll for week nine of the season.   It.

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Enjoy this week's previews of Week 10 action, courtesy of the College Sports Journal!   Want to be listed with our gameday previews?  Contact us!

Mike Holloway Special Contributor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — Appalachian State (6-3, 4-2 SoCon) and Georgia Southern (7-1, 6-1 SoCon) prepare to renew their bitter rivalry once again on Saturday and as both fan bases have grown accustomed to, a Southern Conference title hangs in the balance.   This marks the third consecutive.

By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Week 10 Preview – the Delaware State Hornets vs. the North Carolina Central Eagles – is presented by College Sports Journal.

By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Week 10 Preview – the Southeastern Louisiana Lions vs. the Sam Houston State Bearkats – is presented by College Sports Journal.

By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Week 10 Preview – the Montana Grizzlies vs. the Weber State Wildcats – is presented by College Sports Journal.