College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 3/4–3/6 2021
This week we get a Thursday game that matches two of the three undefeated teams left in league play when South Dakota visits North Dakota...
College Sports Journal Spring Top 25, Week of 3/1/2021
As expected there was a bunch of movement this week. The biggest shock is the one everyone has been talking about: North Dakota State not...
CSJ Roundtable, Week of 2/27/21: What The Hell Did We Just Witness?
Like many other football fans across the nation of FCS, we watched North Dakota State's 39 game winning streak come to an end in Carbondale,...
A Whole New World? Universe? Reality? What the Results of Week 2 Mean for the FCS Spring Season
Oh. My. Goodness. ...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25–Feb. 28
Below are the Top 25 rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending February 28th. These rankings are amongst the 92 schools participating...
CSJ FCS FOOTBALL FRIDAY, 2/26/2021: Our Thoughts And Picks For This Weekend
This week we welcome the SWAC, Big Sky, and Big South to the wonderful world of spring FCS football, to go with the Missouri Valley,...
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 2/27/21
After a short first week of the season with just three of the possible five games played, Week 2 of MVFC play hopes to play...
College Sports Journal Spring Top 25, Week of 2/21/2021
Here is this week’s College Sports Journal Top 25 as voted on by the staff....
CSJ Roundtable, Week of 2/20/21: Supreme South Dakota State, Surprising Tarleton State, And Looking To Week 2
This weekend saw the best-ever spring weekend of FCS football in history, with a near-full slate of thrilling Missouri Valley conference action, a back-and-forth affair...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25–Feb. 21
Below are the Top 25 rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending February 21st. These rankings are amongst the 92 schools participating...
CSJ Spring 2021 Week 1 Roundtable: Can A Spring Season Be Pulled Off?
The CSJ writing staff answer the questions many of us have about the beginning of this unprecedented FCS season....
College Sports Journal Spring Preseason Top 25
The top 25 below has been compiled by vote from each member of the College Sports Journal FCS staff. Buckle up ladies and gentlemen, its...
2021 CSJ Missouri Valley Football Conference Spring Football Preview
With a canceled 2020 FCS football fall season due to COVID-19 reasons, the sub-division will be playing instead in an unprecedented spring schedule. ...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25–Spring 2021 Preseason
Below are the Top 25 FCS preseason rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the spring 2021 season. These rankings are amongst the 94 of...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Full Rankings –Preseason Spring 2021
This has been an unprecedented past 12 months for college football with the Division I ranks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This past fall, we...
North Dakota State Picked To Repeat In Spring Season; NDSU Aims for 10th-Straight Missouri Valley Football Crown
North Dakota State has been tabbed as the Missouri Valley Football Conference 2021 Spring preseason favorite in a poll conducted by league coaches....
Rethinking Division I Football: Making A Three Tiered System
How do we organize these programs in a way that is enticing for them, without breaking the proverbial bank while also creating a potentially better...
The FCS Should Now Try To Play A Modified Season in the Spring. Here’s How You Do It.
Playing a radically shortened season of six "regular-season" games would allow for most teams to only have a season that is marginally longer than what...
A Wacky Idea for a Wacky Year of 2020 for Division I Football
It has been a wacky 2020, hasn’t it? The year started out like most years. The Group of Five played four bowl games in this...
OPINION: Shutting Out FCS Schools from P5 Schedules? Here We Go Again
It seems like nationally, college football people really don't seem to have any idea about the talent, passion, and tradition that goes on at FCS...
OPINION: No, David Pollack. FCS Football Is Right Where It Should Be.
On July 21st, 2020, when David Pollack went on air to suggest that FCS football should permanently become spring football, I cringed....
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. ...
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...
Hedberg’s Arrival Deepens Bison Lore
One aspect to the Bison’s recent domination has been the arrival of Randy Hedberg as the quarterback coach prior to the start of the 2014...
OPINION: Watch Out, North Dakota State: The Big 10 Is Coming For Your Trey Lance With Their Proposed One Time Transfer Rule
If the Big 10 and the Power 5 have their way, however, the Trey Lance's of the world won't be sticking around at FCS schools...
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...
GREAT EIGHT!! North Dakota State wins its eighth Division I FCS National Title in a thrilling contest over James Madison, 28-20
FRISCO, Tex.— Top-seeded North Dakota State defeated the second-seeded James Madison 28-20 at Toyota Stadium to win the 2019 Division I FCS National Championship in front...
2019 STATS Perform Awards Banquet, Payton Award goes to NDSU QB Trey Lance & Buchanan Award goes to Montana LB Dante Olson
FRISCO, Tex.—North Dakota State redshirt freshman quarterback Trey Lance was recognized with the Walter Payton Award tonight presented by STATS Perform FCS Awards banquet tonight...
CSJ Photos and Press Conferences from Frisco, FCS Championship Eve 2020
Here are some photos taken as James Madison and North Dakota State had their press conferences ahead of tomorrow’s 2020 national title game. The weather...
CSJ Photos from Frisco, 2020 FCS Championship Thursday
Here are some photos taken as the field crew prepares the Toyota Stadium field in Frisco, Texas to be ready for the championship for the...
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...
An Outsiders Perspective of the FCS National Championship
What: FCS National Championship Where: Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas When: Sunday, January 11, 2020, at 12 p.m. TV Channel: ABC Unfortunately, not all of...
North Dakota State’s Road to Frisco for the Eighth Time in Nine Years
This year, North Dakota State will play for its unprecedented eighth Division I title in football to close out a dominating decade of football when...
FCS Semifinal Round Playoffs: Lance, Watson Key Top Seeded North Dakota State to a 42-14 Win over Montana State
FARGO, N.D.—WR Christian Watson scored touchdowns on back-to-back touches early in the second quarter and top playoff seeded North Dakota State defeated fifth seeded Montana...
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 Playoffs Semi-Finals Matchup: Montana State at North Dakota State
FCS Semifinal Round Playoff Matchup: Montana State at North Dakota State Where: Fargodome, Fargo, N.D. When: Saturday, December 21st, 1:00PM CST TV/Streaming: ESPN2/Watch ESPN #5 Montana...
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: 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...
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. ...
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...