2020 College Sports Journal FCS Preseason Top 25 Announced
Of our preseason poll last year, only 6 of the top 10 teams made the playoffs. 13 of the full 25 played past Thanksgiving. Its...
FCS Quarterfinal Round Playoffs: Top Seeded North Dakota State Wins Defensive Struggle over MVFC Mate Illinois State, 9-3
FARGO, N.D.—North Dakota State did not score a touchdown, but three field goals proved to be enough to secure its ninth straight Division I FCS...
2019 FCS Playoffs: CSJ Playoff Picks, National Quarterfinals
We're down to the final eight teams in the FCS Playoffs, as an unprecedented six of those teams face off on Friday evening in an...
2019 FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal Matchup: Illinois State at North Dakota State, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
FCS Second Round Playoff Matchup: Illinois State at North Dakota State Where: Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota When: Saturday, December 14th, 12:00PM EST TV/Streaming: ESPN/Watch ESPN Illinois...
2019 FCS Playoffs, Round 2 Review: CSJ Staff Gives Their Opinions
With the second round of the FCS Playoffs now complete, we give you links to all our recaps and our writers' impression of the games....
FCS Second Round Playoffs: The James Robinson Show Rumbles Through Central Arkansas In 24-14 Victory
Illinois State RB James Robinson followed up his 297 yard effort last week against Southeast Missouri State with a 210 yard rushing game against Central...
2019 FCS Second Round Playoff Matchup: Illinois State at Central Arkansas, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
FCS Second Round Playoff Matchup: Illinois State at Central Arkansas Where: Estes Stadium, Conway, Arkansas When: Saturday, December 7th, 3:00 PM TV/Streaming: ESPN3 (subscription...
2019 FCS Playoffs, Round 1 Review: CSJ Staff Gives Their Opinions
With the first round of the FCS Playoffs now complete, we give you links to all our recaps and our writers’ impression of the games....
FCS 1st Round Playoffs: Illinois State Uses James Robinson’s Record Setting Day to Defeat Southeast Missouri State, 24-6
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.– Illinis State RB James Robinson rushed for a career high 297 yards on 41 carries to help defeat Southeast Missouri State 24-6...
2019 NCAA FCS Playoffs First Round Matchup: Illinois State at Southeast Missouri State, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
Who: Illinois State at SEMO When: Saturday, November 30th Time: 2 pm Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri How to Watch: ESPN 3 Playoff time is the...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 13 Review
The regular season is over but four Missouri Valley Football Conference teams will be playing in the FCS postseason tournament. Two MVFC teams were seeded...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 11/23/2019
It is hard to believe we are already in the last week of the regular season. The playoffs start next week and it looks right...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 12 Review
North Dakota State clinched its ninth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference title with its win over South Dakota 49-14. The Bison clinched the title outright for...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 11/16/2019
North Dakota State closes out its home schedule this week while hosting South Dakota. The Bison are hoping to clinch at least a share of...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 11 Review
The beat goes on for North Dakota State as it won its 31st straight contest in blowing out Western Illinois 57-21. The Bison rolled up...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 11/9/2019
The beat goes on for NDSU (9-0) as is this week, the Bison host Western Illinios, host South Dakota next week and finish the regular...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 10 Review
Four of the five games this week had the road team win in Week 10 of MVFC play and previously winless Western Illinois was the...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 11/2/2019
The halfway point of the MVFC has just one undefeated team in league play but has three with just one loss. North Dakota State is...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 9 Review
And then there was one-undefeated team in the Missouri Valley Football Conference that is. A record crowd of 19,371 was on hand at Dana J....
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 8 Review
As the Missouri Valley entered into its third week of conference play, three teams remained undefeated going into this week of action. But only two...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 10/19/2019
The big question in the Missouri Valley Football Conference right now is there a team that can knock North Dakota State off its current winning...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 7 Review
The second week of Missouri Valley Football Conference in-conference game resulted in three teams remaining undefeated in conference play. North Dakota State, South Dakota, and...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 10/12/2019
The MVFC has two Top 25 clashes again this week with the biggest being Northern Iowa visiting North Dakota State. The other is Youngstown State...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 6 Review
The Missouri Valley Football Conference got into conference play with all 10 teams playing their first game within the league. Two teams went into their...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 10/4/2019
The Missouri Valley Football Conference gets into conference action for the first time this week. And what a first week we have!! Two Top 25...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 4 Review
The Missouri Valley Football Conference did well in Week 4 in going 6-3 against its non-conference schedule in Week 4. That included going 5-0 against...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 9/21/2019
Week 3 saw another good showing for the Missouri Valley Football Conference as a whole (See the recap here). The league went 6-3 as a...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 3 Review
The Missouri Valley this week had another good week with its nine out-of-conference games. There were nine games with Northern Iowa being off this past...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 9/14/2019
The Missouri Valley Football Conference did well in Week 2 as the league as a whole. The biggest win in the league was Southern Illinois’...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 2 Review
The Missouri Valley Football Conference as a whole had a much better week than in Week 1 during this past Week 2. The league as...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 9/7/2019
On paper, the Missouri Valley Football Conference did not get off to a great start, with only one win in Week 1 (although another was...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 8/31/2019
The MVFC Conference has been the top confernce in all of FCS for nearly the last decade. All 10 MVFC teams are in action this...
College Sports Journal Conference Previews: Missouri Valley Football Conference
The MVFC continues to be the premier conference in the FCS having now had at least one national title game representative for the past eight...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Illinois State Redbirds
Illinois State Redbirds Location: Normal, IL Coach: Brock Spack (74-45 @ ISU & overall), 11th season at ISU Stadium: Hancock Stadium (Capacity: 13,391) CSJ Projections:...
CSJ Week 11 Preview: Illinois State at Indiana State, How to Watch and Fearless Prediction
Illinois State at Indiana State When: Saturday, November 10th, 1:00 PM EST Where: Memorial Stadium, Terre Haute, Ind. TV/Streaming: ESPN3 / WatchESPN Illinois State Redbirds (5-4,...
CSJ Week 10 Preview: Illinois State at Northern Iowa, How to Watch and Fearless Prediction
Illinois State at Northern Iowa When: Saturday, November 3rd, 2:00PM EDT Where: UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, IA TV/Streaming: Fox Sports Chicago, Panther Sports Network, ESPN+ (subscription req’d)...
That Was the Week That Was: Five Things About Week 9, 10/28/2018
Only an Act of God Stands In The the Way of Colgate’s Patriot League Title With Colgate’s 38-0 smothering of Georgetown, the undefeated Raiders have...
CSJ 2018 Week 9 Preview: South Dakota State at Illinois State, How To Watch and Prediction
South Dakota State at Illinois State When: Saturday, October 27, 12:00 PM CDT Where:Hancock Stadium, Normal, Ill. TV/Streaming: ESPN College Extra/ESPN3 South Dakota State Jackrabbits (4-2, 2-2...
CSJ 2018 Week 8 Preview: Illinois State at North Dakota State
When: Saturday, October 13, 2:30PM CDT Where:Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome, Fargo, N.D. TV/Streaming: NBC North Dakota / ESPN+ Illinois State Redbirds (5-1, 2-1 MVFC)...
VIDEO: Top Five FCS Football Game Highlights of the Week of 9/23/2018
It was a thrilling week in FCS football with some thrilling conference games, a couple of shocking conference upsets, and yet another FBS scalp taken...