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...
NDSU Out-Executed JMU to Win National Championship
As a JMU fan and alum, it was tough to sit inside a cold Toyota Stadium this past Saturday and watch my team lose. What...
The College Sports Journal 2020 FCS National Championship Roundtable: James Madison vs. North Dakota State, And Fearless Predictions
The FCS National Championship game will be played this weekend in Frisco, Texas and will be televised nationally on ABC. Prior to the game, the...
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...
FCS Quarterfinal Round Playoffs: James Madison Defense Leads the Way in 17-0 Shutout of Northern Iowa
James Madison used a suffocating defense and just enough offense to defeat Northern Iowa 17-0 in the Quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs....
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: Northern Iowa at James Madison, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
The Panthers play exceptional defense. They allowed only 220 yards against South Dakota State and 213 against San Diego. They will need a similar performance...
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: Northern Iowa Defense Keys Upset of #7 Seeded South Dakota State, 13-10
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Behind a dominating defensive effort, Northern Iowa rallied for a 13-10 victory over #7 seeded South Dakota State in front of 4,102...
FCS Second Round Playoffs: Top Seeded North Dakota State Starts Slow, Finishes Strong in Win over Nicholls, 37-13
FARGO, N.D. — Top seeded North Dakota State set a new FCS record with its 34th consecutive victory, pulling away from Nicholls in the second...
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 Playoffs: CSJ Playoff Picks, Round 2
This weekend eight seeded teams join the FCS Playoff party, including North Dakota State, who has made December dome football a North Dakota tradition, and...
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 Second Round Playoff Matchup: Nicholls at North Dakota State, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
The oddsmakers don't give them much of a chance - on a popular gambling site, Nicholls was a 28 point underdog. ...
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....
2019 FCS Playoffs: CSJ Playoff Picks
The FCS playoffs are finally here! Enjoy the picks of the staff of the College Sports Journal and find out who we think will win...
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...
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...
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?...
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 –...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Who Will I Cast Out Of the Projected Bracket This Week? (By Picking Them)
Welcome, America, to the FCSP'TID Cover Photo Curse. Eastern Washington, UC Davis, Jacksonville State, and, last week, Montana State graced this space as rising teams that...
The Week That Was: Highlights of the Five Top FCS Games, Week Ending 10/13/2019
Call it "Conference Carnage Week". High-profile conference games ended upending conference championship races, and further cementing others on top of the standings....
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’...
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...
CSJ Week 0 Game Preview Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff: Youngstown State vs Samford
Its hard to replace a Walter Payton Award winner like Samford has to do with Devlin Hodges. Hodges finished his career at Samford by breaking...
CSJ Midseason Report – Mid Major Teams to Watch
In the college basketball landscape we all know about Duke, North Carolina, Michigan, Tennessee and Kentucky. Some combination of those teams litter the Sweet 16...
CSJ 2018 FCS National Championship Preview: Eastern Washington vs. North Dakota State, How to Watch and Fearless Predictions
The Eagles key to winning this game is to win the turnover margin. The Eagles also lead the FCS in defensive touchdowns with six (and...
FCS Playoffs: Errthum’s 3 Field Goals, Panther Defense Lifts UNI over Lamar, 16-13
UNI 16, Lamar 13 Video Highlights Courtesy NCAA.com CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – K Austin Errthum booted three field goals, including a 35-yard field goal with...
CSJ Thoughts On the 2018 FCS Playoff Selection Field
The 2018 FCS Playoff Bracket was announced on ESPNU on November 18th at 12:30 EST, and the NCAA issued their release about the 2018 FCS...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Final 2018 Playoff Prediction
All the regular season games have been played, and let’s get right to it. Once again, a quick recap of the rules for the ability...
That Was the Week That Was: Five Things about Week 10, 11/4/2018
New Hampshire Can’t Go To The FCS Playoffs, But Can They Prevent JMU From Going, Too? It was supposed to be a coronation, an easy...
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...
That Was the Week That Was: Five Things About Week 8, 10/21/2018
Can Anybody Stand in the way of North Dakota State? What was billed as the Clash of the Titans in the Missouri Valley ended up...
VIDEO: Top 5 FCS Game Highlights of Week 3
Here is my upset-laden take on the top 5 FCS football games of the week with video highlights from Week 3. Towson upended one of...
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...
Highlights: CSJ FCS Top 5 Games of Week 2
Here is my take on the top 5 games of the week with video highlights from Week 2. Eastern Washington survived a test on the...
College Sports Journal FCS Top 25 after Week 1 – September 4, 2018
Early in the season, teams move up and down in the polls as teams show that they are what we thought they would be; better than...
Bearkats Turn Into Pumpkins In FCS Semifinals Once Again
FARGO, N.D. — It might have been a few weeks past Halloween on Friday night at the Fargo Dome, but for the third time in...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Projecting the 2017 #FCSPlayoff Field, 11/13/2017
With a week to go, here’s the latest projected bracket from College Sports Journal. This year, we are picking a bracket based on staff picks,...