CSJ’s Predicted Order of finish: North Dakota Eastern Washington Weber State Cal Poly Northern Arizona Montana Southern Utah Montana State Northern Colorado Portland State UC Davis Sacramento State Idaho State North Dakota Fearless Prediction: UND is the Big Sky preseason favorite according to both the media and coaches polls. The Fighting Hawks are coming […]
The largest conference in the FCS ranks with 13 schools had a team to the semi-final round of the playoffs last year after not getting a team past the second round in 2015 so the Big Sky Conference is definitely getting closer to its usual high standard. The league, however, is also hoping to get […]
San Luis Obispo, CA–San Diego stunned Cal Poly 35-21 at a wet and muddy Alex G. Spanos Stadium in front of 3,356 fans in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The win was the Toreros’ first playoff victory ever and USD’s first win all-time over Cal Poly. It was also the Pioneer Football League’s […]
Its hard to believe but we have just two weeks left in the regular season. Playoff positions loom for several Big Sky schools. In my opinion, Eastern Washington and North Dakota are already in the field. Cal Poly likely needs one more win in its final two (@ Weber State & vs. Northern Colorado) to […]
The Big Sky title race appears to be down to three teams, with two of them facing off this week in Eastern Washington at Cal Poly. This game looks like the last chance for an upset for the Eagles. EWU has on paper to be two relatively easy games to end the season as the […]
The Big Sky title race appears to be down to four teams, with two of them facing off this week. Surprisingly, that game isn’t Montana vs. Eastern Washington, which would have been the preseason pick for the game of the year. While Grizzly-Eagle match-up might have more national appeal and could have some major […]
Here is the College Sports Journal’s Big Sky Conference Power Rankings for the week of 10/18/2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis. 1. (1) Eastern Washington (5-1, 3-0) Last week: Bye This Week: @ Montana State The Eagles got a bye and now get likely the worst team in the league this week. 2. (3) North […]
At College Sports Journal, we proudly present our this week’s Big Sky Conference Power Rankings for the week of 10/11 /2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis.) 1. Eastern Washington (1) (5-1, 3-0) Last week: Beat Northern Colorado at home 49-31, This week: Bye The Eagles offense is performing at a peak level with QB Gage Gubrud and […]
At College Sports Journal, we proudly present our this week’s Big Sky Conference Power Rankings for the week of 10/4/2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis.) 1. (1) Eastern Washington (4-1, 2-0) Last week: Beat UC Davis, 63-30 at home This week: vs. Northern Colorado After starting slow in the first half, the Eagles put up 35 […]
Here at College Sports Journal, we are trying something new. Each week I will give my rankings of the thirteen Big Sky Conference schools. I will give the team, its record, its prior ranking in the week and a summary of what each team did the week before, as well as what each team has […]
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.–Quarterback Dano Graves passed for three touchdowns and rushed for another in leading Cal Poly to a 42-41 victory over previously undefeated Montana in a 92 degree day in front of 8,156 fans at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Graves drove the Mustangs (3-1) 75 yards in eight plays and then weathered a […]
