Recap – OVC Football – Week ending September 11th, 2021
UT Martin was the only Ohio Valley Conference team to snag a win in Week Two of the 2021 college football season.
College Sports Journal Top 25 – Week 2
There were two more FCS over FBS wins this past weekend as Jacksonville State and Duquesne were able to beat FBS foes.
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25 – Sept. 11
Below are the Top 25 rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 11th, 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 2 following the.
GAME PREVIEWS: Big Sky Conference – September 11th
The Big Sky Conference plays a full slate of football games on a somber National Holiday.
WEEKLY PREVIEW: ASUN-WAC Alliance Football, Week of 9/11/2021
The Weber State Wildcats have won four straight Big Sky championships while the Dixie State Trailblazers are new to Division I as they become full-fledged members of the WAC in 2022.
WEEKLY PREVIEW: Southland Conference Football, Week of 9/11/2021
Southland Conference Game of the Week The first three seasons of Brad Laird’s tenure as the head coach at his alma mater have produced record-setting offenses, turnover-happy defenses and arguably the most challenging set of circumstances faced by a Northwestern State football team. As Laird enters his fourth season at the helm of the Demon.
Lehigh Football at Richmond: Drink of the Week, Scouting Report, Fearless Prediction
It took twenty-three years for Richmond to invite Lehigh back.
Colonial Athletic Association Week 2 Preview
All 12 teams are in action this week with three conference matchups.
Southern Conference Week 2 Preview
Week two brings eight more non-conference games, with Wofford taking an early bye. Three teams play FBS schools, and one plays a DII opponent.
FCS ROUNDTABLE: FCS Over FBS Upsets Thrilled Us Last Week. Any More to Come This Week?
What a week! Six, count ’em, six FCS teams upended FBS teams this week, and all of us were enthralled. This week we got together and talked about the week that was and the week that’s about to be.
RECAP – Big Sky Football – September 4th
The Big Sky Conference showed up for a fight against the FBS competition.
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25 – Sept. 6
Below are the Top 25 rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 6th, 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 1 following its.
College Sports Journal Top 25 – Week 1 Ending 9/7/2021
We finally got to stop talking about football and start watching it.
QUICK RECAP: Villanova Shows Out Against Lehigh, Dominate Mountain Hawks 47-3
Villanova RB Justin Covington ran 18 times for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a 51 yard power run in the second quarter, as the Wildcats cruised to a 47-3 win over Lehigh at Murray Goodman Stadium.
Patriot League 2021 Week 1 Preview
Don’t accuse the Patriot League anymore of not challenging themselves in the scheduling department.
Lehigh Football vs. Villanova: Drink of the Week, Scouting Report, Fearless Prediction for Season Opener
Lehigh will need all the home field advantage it can – Villanova is ranked 16th in the STATS FCS Top 25 and 15th in the FCS Coaches’ Poll.
OVC Week 1 Preview
OVC Game of the Week: Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic, Tennessee State (0-0 OVC, 0-0 Overall) vs. Grambling (0-0 SWAC, 0-0 Overall) (at Canton, OH)
Missouri Valley Football Conference 2021 Week 1 Preview
This week, all the other ten MVFC squads are in action with Indiana State having a bye in this Week 1.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
2021 Colonial Athletic Association Season Preview
The CAA should be strong again in the fall with several teams looking for playoff berths.
