BOXTOROW Polls: Southern No. 1 With Coaches, Media
COVID-19 has caused several programs to opt out of the 2021 spring football season. Still, there are several teams who are continuing on with the...
College Sports Journal HBCU Football Preview Week of 2/27/21
Two games involving MEAC and SWAC teams remain on the schedule for this week....
OPINION: Eight Months After Championship Postponement, FCS Football Re-Emerges In Spring With As Much Uncertainty As Ever
It was supposed to be the triumphant return of FCS football competition, this time in the spring. The MEAC tried very hard, ingeniously, to...
BOXTOROW Announces Spring College Football Preseason HBCU All-America Team
The 2021 spring college football season is right around the corner and media members from across the country have selected the 2021 BOXTOROW HBCU Preseason...
Historic Spring College Football Season Set to Begin
The National Football Foundation (NFF) highlighted today the more than 310 schools and 35 conferences playing college football this spring at the Football Championship Subdivision...
OPINION: Please Stop This Madness, NCAA Board of Governors, And Cancel Fall Championships For 2020
Despite the bungling and mismanagement of the NCAA, President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors, they still have one final chance to get on...
ANALYSIS: As Ivy League Contemplates Moving to Spring, NCAA Needs to Clarify Whether An FCS Championship Will Happen
The Patriot League's dilemmas, whether the rest of FCS admits it or not, is the FCS' dilemmas. And as we inch closer to an...
It’s now or never for the MEAC
Bethune-Cookman announced late Thursday that it will join the SWAC beginning in 2021 in a unanimous vote by the B-CU board of trustees, ending the...
2020 College Sports Journal FCS Preseason All-America Team Announced
Sixty student-athletes in the NCAA Division I Football’s Championship Subdivision have been named to the 2020 College Sports Journal Preseason FCS All-America Team. ...
OPINION: Hey NFL, Draft HBCU Players (so they can get paid)
Once upon a time, HBCUs were the place to draft NFL talent. But that hasn’t been the case lately. ...
BOXTOROW: FAMU is No. 1 in BOXTOROW HBCU Recruiting Rankings
This is the 14th year of BOXTOROW’s Top 10 HBCU FCS Recruiting Class Rankings. Recruiting at HBCUs has really stepped up, to the point that...
2019 CSJ FCS Playoff Semifinal Picks And Celebration Bowl
It's the next-to-last weekend of FCS football action, and it's going to be a jam-packed Saturday with three games to showcase the best of FCS...
2019 FCS Playoff Bracket Announced: How To Watch, CSJ Staff Impressions
Two-time defending national champion North Dakota State (12-0) tops the bracket as the number one seed after winning the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Bison...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Playoff Predictions–FINAL 2019
Using the Sagarin ratings from this week alone to project the FCS playoffs, along with the automatic bid for the conferences that receive a bid,...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Final Playoff Picks, 11/23/2019
The FCS Playoff Committee has a pretty unenviable job this time around in trying to determine the playoff seeds. With a crazy day of upsets...
BOXTOROW Polls: NCAT and South Carolina State Vying for MEAC Title In Final Regular-Season Week
There were very few changes in the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls as the teams that were expected to win did....
College Sports Journal Top 25 11/19/19
Just like that, we are down to the last week of the regular season. Selection Sunday comes to your airwaves thus Sunday November 24th at...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Finally, Finally! A Whole Heap of Clarity
I've been doing this FCS Playoff field predictions a very long time now, and it's been a very strange year. It's not customary for so...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Two Weeks Til Selection Sunday, Zero Autobids Offered
Two weeks to go, and how many autobids have been clinched? How about... none?...
BOXTOROW Polls: FAMU unanimous No. 1 in HBCU football for the first time, 11/12/2019
While FAMU had a bye week, losses coupled with upsets caused shifts in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. The Rattlers are the unanimous...
College Sports Journal Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Conference Previews, How To Watch: Week of 11/9/2019
This week, the super spoiler FAMU has an bye week, and the conference has a lot of match ups that on paper should be easy...
BOXTOROW Polls: Marquee Game Causes Shifts in HBCU Football Polls; 11/5/2019
The North Carolina A&T Aggies win over South Carolina State in the marquee game of the weekend caused slight shifts in both the BOXTOROW Coaches...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Finally, Things Start To Come Into Focus
There are three more football weekends to go before FCS Playoff Selection Sunday, where FCS Nation hopes ESPN pronounces all the schools' names correctly and...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: When Last Week’s Bracket Goes Terribly Wrong
Remember when I had Villanova as a seed? Good times. Harken back to when I had Delaware in my field? Yes, way back when –...
BOXTOROW Polls: FAMU Remains No. 1 in HBCU Football; 10/29/2019
As Florida A&M handled Morgan State to win its second straight game and stay atop both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls, it was South Carolina State’s...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Where Everything Is Made Up And the Picks Don’t Matter
As of right now, the FCS Playoff field feels like the show "Who's Line Is It Anyway", where the picks are just random improvisations of...
College Sports Journal MEAC Previews, How To Watch: Week of 10/19/2019
As of Week 8, the top four teams in the MEAC have gone 17-5, with four losses to FBS teams. The only loss to...
BOXTOROW Polls: Aggies continue as top 10 in HBCU football; 10/1/2019
The North Carolina A&T Aggies continue to hold the top spot in HBCU football as the newest rankings of the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls...
BOXTOROW Polls: Aggies continue as top team in HBCU football, 9/24/2019
The North Carolina A&T Aggies remain No.1 in the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls for the fourth straight week. The Aggies’ reign as the top...
The Week That Was: Highlights of the Five Top FCS Games, Week Ending 9/21/2019
Without question the top FCS game of the week was the battle of FCS powerhouses in the Fargodome.Returning home after 47-22 victory the week before...
Highlights: CSJ FCS Top Five Games and Recap of Week 1
Week One saw quite a few Power 5 FBS teams celebrate wins against powerful FCS teams as if they had won a bowl game. Only...
College Sports Journal Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Game Previews: Week of 8/31/2019
We are going to learn about plenty of MEAC teams after this opening weekend, especially when it comes to North Carolina A&T going up against a...
College Sports Journal Conference Previews: MEAC
MEAC Predicted Order of Finish Last season, North Carolina A&T were the Celebration bowl champions. This season, who is likely to be competing for a...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: North Carolina A&T Aggies
The Aggies had impressive wins against Jacksonville State and FBS foe East Carolina, along with a couple of head scratching losses to Morgan State and...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
Bethune Cookman ended the season on a strong note, wrapping up their season at 8-4. Winning almost all the games they were supposed to, they’ll...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Florida A&M Rattlers
FAMU was oh-so-close to being "back" last year after years of losing records. After a 6-2 start, the Rattlers lost their last three games to...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: North Carolina Central Eagles
Few schools had a more confounding season last year than NCCU under interim coach Grant Eastman. After a 1-3 start, the Eagles stunned Howard 40-35,...
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: 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...
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: 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...
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...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: HBCUs
College Sports Journal's NCAA 2019 College Football Team Previews are being released all summer, and we're ranking all the Division I HBCUs from Number 20...
Gauging The FCS Football Landscape For 2019 – In Which Tier Is Your Favorite Football Program?
It’s May. Spring football is over, and the preseason camps don’t start for a couple months. We are in the doldrums of the FCS offseason....
CSJ 2018 Celebration Bowl Preview: North Carolina A&T vs. Alcorn State, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
It's becoming a habit for Aggie fans, trips to Atlanta in mid-December. That's because North Carolina A&T is once again competing in the Celebration Bowl. ...
CSJ 2018 Week 12 Preview: Florida Classic: Florida A&M vs. Bethune Cookman, How To Watch and Fearless Prediction
Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman (Florida Classic) When: Saturday, November 17, 2:00PM Where: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL TV/Streaming: ESPN Classic, ESPN3 Florida A&M Rattlers Saturday’s...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: The Drama Before The Drama
Though the field for the 2018 FCS Playoffs was clarified a little bit a week before the selection of the field, a chaotic upset-filled week...
CSJ’s 2018 Week 6 Game Preview: Norfolk State at Florida A&M
When: Saturday, October 6, 4:00 PM Where: Bragg Memorial Stadium, Tallahassee, FL TV/Streaming: ESPN3 Norfolk State Spartans Norfolk State (3-1) looks to extend its best...
College Sports Journal FCS Top 25 after Week 2 – September 11, 2018
After two weeks, many teams are starting to show the FCS nation who they are. Some teams are racing up the ranking, while some are...
Dukes Get Convincing, Abbreviated Win vs Norfolk State
Norfolk, Virginia – Weather was the story of the day for the James Madison Dukes in their matchup against Norfolk State Spartans. The start of...