2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Central Connecticut State Blue Devils
Two close conference losses, both by a single score to Sacred Heart and Duquesne, were all that separated the Blue Devils from a conference title.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Northern Colorado Bears
Few teams have seen as many setbacks as the Bears. Northern Colorado showed a glimpse of success with two 6-5 seasons two years ago, but have returned to the bottom of the Big Sky.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Prairie View A&M Panthers
Prairie View A&M Panthers Location: Prairie View, TX Coach: Eric Dooley (5-6) 2nd Season at PVAMU Stadium: Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field (Capacity: 15,000) CSJ Projections: 4th: SWAC (3rd in West Division) 9th: HBCU 15th: Texas 75th: FCS 204th: Division I 2018 In A Sentence: A tremendous 3-3 record to start the year, with a.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Lamar Cardinals
The Cardinals finished with its first ever FCS playoff appearance (first round loss to Northern Iowa) with a 7-5 overall (6-2 SLC) record–this after finishing just 2-9 in 2017.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: UT Martin Skyhawks
Tennessee-Martin struggled to a lowly 2-9 record in 2018. The culprit for the Skyhawks was generally their defense, which had a hard time getting off the field.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Southern Utah Thunderbirds
The word “disappointing” does not adequately cover how poorly 2018 went for the Thunderbirds.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Howard Bison
The Bison had very high expectations going into the season, but stumbled multiple times in MEAC play to fall to a 4-6 record.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: William And Mary Tribe
In August 2018, long time head coach Jimmye Laycock announced that his 39th season would be his last. William and Mary sent him out with a 4-6 record, which is not what they were looking for.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Cal Poly Mustangs
Five wins in 2018 would be considered notable progress if not the fact it was loaded with patsies, including poor Big Sky opponents (Sacramento and Southern Utah) and Brown, who went 1-9 on the season.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Northwestern State Demons
Northwestern State was a 5-6 team overall but did win three of its last four and was just three points shy of NSU’s first winning season since 2008 in Coach Brad Laird’s first season in Natchitoches. They played in a number of very competitive games, including a double OT win over a ranked McNeese State.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Drake Bulldogs
The Bulldogs finished 2018 with a 7-4 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the Pioneer Football League to tie for second in the league standings in what would be Coach Rich Fox’s last season with the team as he resigned after the season.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Sacred Heart Pioneers
The FCS Playoff autobid came down to the wire in Pittsburgh, PA, but Sacred Heart’s 28-24 loss to Duquesne meant 7-4 Sacred Heart would end up tied for 1st for the NEC championship , but without the autobid.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Hampton Pirates
The Pirates played as an independent last year and after starting off the season at 1-3, finished it off with a 6 game winning streak.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Dayton Flyers
Dayton Flyers Location: Dayton, OH Coach: Rick Chamberlin (83-38), 12th season at Dayton Stadium: Welcome Stadium (Capacity: 11,000) CSJ Projections: 3rd: Pioneer 10th: Ohio 86th: FCS 216th: Division I 2018 In A Sentence: Dayton was 6-5 in 2018, and finished fourth in the Pioneer Football League with a 5-3 record. Three of the Flyers’ losses.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Sacramento State Hornets
2018 was a complete let down from a 7-4 record during the 2017 season with too many close losses. After the Hornets’ 2-1 start, they dropped their next seven games to end at 2-8.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: North Alabama Lions
The Lions finished 7-3 in a schedule split between Division I and Division II.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Georgetown Hoyas
After a 1-4 start in out-of-conference, the Hoyas went a surprising 4-2 in conference to finish in 2nd place in the Patriot League en route to a 5-6 record.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Alabama State Hornets
Alabama State’s shock 28-25 win over Alcorn State seemed to put Alabama State in a good position going into the second half of the year, even after a brutal schedule put the Hornets at 2-4.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: South Carolina State Bulldogs
A tough 1-4 start for “Buddy” Pough’s Bulldogs gave way to a great 4-1 stretch with a home win over Howard and a big road win vs. Florida A&M.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Lehigh Mountain Hawks
A disappointing 3-8 was salvaged somewhat with a 34-3 win against their long-time Rivals Lafayette. With the win, head coach Andy Coen retired as the winningest head coach in program history.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Albany Great Danes
The Great Danes struggled through a tough CAA schedule, but shocked the league by defeating in-state ranked rival Stony Brook on the last weekend of the season to go out on a high note.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Cornell Big Red
After a trip to Brown and securing a 3-3 record, things were looking bright for the Big Red to finally get back to .500 on the season. Then Cornell fell 66-0 to Princeton, and David Archer’s team would then drop their next three games to fall into the cellar of the Ivy League.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Norfolk State Spartans
Another year, another 4-7 year for the Spartans.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Campbell Camels
Campbell used a modest non-conference schedule to achieve a winning season in 2018, finishing 6-5.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Wagner Seahawks
A tough, brutal early stretch of the schedule saw the Seahawks limp to a 1-5 record, though they would win their final two games against Bryant and Robert Morris to achieve a 4-7 record.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Fordham Rams
A 70 yard interception return for touchdown allowed the Rams to finish the year on a high note beating Bucknell 17-14, putting the Rams at 2-9 on head coach Joe Conlin’s first year as Fordham’s head football coach.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Bryant Bulldogs
CCSU scored 48 straight points in a 34 point loss, and the Bulldogs never seemed to fully recover, dropping three of their last five games and squeaking by both Fordham (42-41) and Howard (56-55) by a single point each.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Alabama A&M Bulldogs
Alabama A&M, while posting a winning record, showed sparks of brilliance on the field, playing very good teams close but inevitably not making that next jump to the top of the SWAC.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Merrimack Warriors
A 31-14 win over Southern Connecticut (D-II) brought the Warriors time in Division II to a close with a 5-5 record. Merrimack announced they would be beginning their transition to becoming a Division I athletics program in 2019, where their final destination will be the NEC.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs
Win or lose last year, one thing was for certain in Gardner-Webb games: it would not be close. The closest margin of victory in every game the Bulldogs played was 16 points – a 16-0 loss to Charleston Southern.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: St. Francis (PA) Red Flash
St. Francis (PA) Red Flash Location: Loretto, PA Coach: Chris Villarrial (40-59), 9th Season at St. Francis (PA) Stadium: DeGol Field (Capacity: 3,500) CSJ Projections: 6th: NEC 8th: Pennsylvania 103rd: FCS 233rd: Division I 2018 In a Sentence: Three heartbreaking, last-minute out-of-conference losses to Lehigh, Richmond, and Albany (NY) turned what could have realistically.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Brown Bears
After a 1-9 season, longtime head football coach Phil Estes stepped down as Bears head football coach after an illustrious 21 year career.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Butler Bulldogs
The Bulldogs got off to a great start with a win at the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s Youngstown State, but could not use that momentum into PFL play to finish 4-7 overall and just 2-6 in PFL play.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
SFA hired 2017 D-II national title winning Coach Colby Carthel away from Texas A&M-Commerce.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
On Homecoming, head coach Dewayne Alexander and the Golden Eagles broke their 11 game losing streak, upsetting Murray State 27-24. It was the highlight of an otherwise tough 1-10 season.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Stetson Hatters
The Hatters went 8-2 last season and were in contention for the Pioneer Football League title, had PFL winners San Diego slipped up along the way.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Jackson State Tigers
Assistant coach John Hendrick was thrust into the head coaching position on an interim basis after Tony Hughes was let go after a 41-7 drubbing by Southern.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Davidson Wildcats
Say what you want about the Wildcats and their feather-light schedule – Davidson was a mighty entertaining football team last year.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Lafayette Leopards
Going into November, hopes were high that the 3-5 Leopards would turn the corner and do enough to beat their archrival Lehigh in the final game of the season. Instead John Garrett’s team would lose to Holy Cross, Army and their Rivals to close out a disappointing 3-8 season.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Marist Red Foxes
The Red Foxes had a chance to end the year with a winning record, but a 31-14 loss to PFL champions San Diego doomed Marist to a 5-6 record. Marist went 5-3 in Pioneer League play, but went 0-3 outside their conference schedule.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Morgan State Bears
The Bears had modest expectations under interim head coach Earnest T. Jones, and seemed to exceed those expectations greatly with their a 4-7 record, highlighted by perhaps the biggest win in FCS last season: Morgan State’s shocking 16-13 upset of North Carolina A&T 16-13 in Greensboro. The historic upset was not enough to have the “interim” label removed from Jones’ job description, however, and former Michigan running back Tyrone Wheatley was hired to become the Bears’ next head football coach.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Morehead State Eagles
The Eagles yielded a staggering 6 touchdowns a game en route to a 3-8 season, giving up 40 or more points in seven of eleven contests. In their two Pioneer Football Conference wins, the defense only yielded 28 and 24 points respectively against Davidson and Valparaiso.
2019 NCAA Division I FCS College Football Team Preview: All 126 Teams, Ranked
College Sports Journal’s NCAA 2019 College Football FCS Team Previews are being released all summer, and we’re ranking every FCS school from Number 126 to Number 1. Check back to see where your favorite school is ranked!
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Delaware State Hornets
After a brutal 0-7 start to the Rod Milstead era, the Hornets made a big turnaround by the end of the year, winning three of their final four games to salvage a 3-8 season. One of the wins, however, came against hapless USCAA school Virgina University of Lynchburg.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Valparaiso Crusaders
The Crusaders regressed to a 2-9 overall mark (2-6 PFL) after posting a 6-5 mark in 2017 and also lost its head coach Dave Cecchini in the offseason, who left to be the head man at Bucknell of the Patriot League.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Bucknell Bison
A brutal 1-10 season saw the end of the Joe Susan era at Bucknell, with the Bison hiring former Valparaiso head coach and Patriot League assistant coach and player Dave Cecchini to take over the reins of the program.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: LIU Sharks
In their final season in Division II, LIU-Post went out in style, beating perennial NE-10 power New Haven to win their conference championship and qualify for the playoffs with a 10-0 record.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Texas Southern Tigers
Following a humiliating 60-14 loss to Prairie View A&M to close out a dismal 2-9 season, three year head coach Michael Haywood resigned and Clarence McKinney, who had served as Associate Head Coach and running backs Coach at Arizona, was hired to replace him.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: VMI Keydets
On November 3rd, the Keydets downed D-II Tusculum 20-11, snapping a 25 game losing streak that dated from 2016. The 1-10 record obscures the fact that VMI gave some major scares to its SoCon opponents, including East Tennessee State, Western Carolina, and VMI’s historic rival The Citadel.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Houston Baptist Huskies
In its fifth season of existence, the Huskies (1-10, 0-9) had its lone win over DII Southwest Baptist and now have not won more than four games (2016) in its history.
