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2017 Season FCS College Football Picks: Big Sky Conference

CSJ’s Predicted Order of finish: North Dakota Eastern Washington Weber State Cal Poly Northern Arizona Montana Southern Utah Montana State Northern Colorado Portland State UC Davis Sacramento State Idaho State   North Dakota Fearless Prediction: UND is the Big Sky preseason favorite according to both the media and coaches polls. The Fighting Hawks are coming […]

Thirteen Breakout Players in the Big Sky Conference in 2017

The largest conference in the FCS ranks with 13 schools had a team to the semi-final round of the playoffs last year after not getting a team past the second round in 2015 so the Big Sky Conference is definitely getting closer to its usual high standard. The league, however, is also hoping to get […]

CSJ Big Sky Conference Power Rankings — Week 10

Its hard to believe but we have just two weeks left in the regular season. Playoff positions loom for several Big Sky schools. In my opinion, Eastern Washington and North Dakota are already in the field. Cal Poly likely needs one more win in its final two (@ Weber State & vs. Northern Colorado) to […]

CSJ Big Sky Conference Power Rankings — Week 9

The Big Sky title race appears to be down to three teams, with two of them facing off this week in Eastern Washington at Cal Poly. This game looks like the last chance for an upset for the Eagles. EWU has on paper to be two relatively easy games to end the season as the […]

CSJ Big Sky Conference Power Rankings — Week 8

  The Big Sky title race appears to be down to four teams, with two of them facing off this week. Surprisingly, that game isn’t Montana vs. Eastern Washington, which would have been the preseason pick for the game of the year. While Grizzly-Eagle match-up might have more national appeal and could have some major […]

CSJ Big Sky Conference Power Rankings, Week 6

At College Sports Journal, we proudly present our this week’s Big Sky Conference Power Rankings for the week of 10/11 /2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis.) 1. Eastern Washington (1) (5-1, 3-0) Last week: Beat Northern Colorado at home 49-31, This week: Bye The Eagles offense is performing at a peak level with QB Gage Gubrud and […]

CSJ Big Sky Conference Power Rankings, Week 5

At College Sports Journal, we proudly present our this week’s Big Sky Conference Power Rankings for the week of 10/4/2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis.) 1. (1) Eastern Washington (4-1, 2-0) Last week: Beat UC Davis, 63-30 at home This week: vs. Northern Colorado After starting slow in the first half, the Eagles put up 35 […]

CSJ Big Sky Conference Power Rankings – Week 4

Here at College Sports Journal, we are trying something new. Each week I will give my rankings of the thirteen Big Sky Conference schools. I will give the team, its record, its prior ranking in the week and a summary of what each team did the week before, as well as what each team has […]

Five Group Of Five Football Teams That Might Not Stay Alive In FCS Matchups This Weekend

Everyone knows about Eastern Washington, Northern Iowa and Richmond this past weekend. As so often happens seemingly every year, the best of the best in FCS surprise everyone but themselves in the first week of the college football season, taking down members of the “Power Five” conferences that didn’t see it coming – Washington State, […]