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...
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 FCS National Players of the Week-Feb. 19-21st
Five players including RB Quay Holmes from East Tennessee State, RB Pierre Strong Jr. from South Dakota State, QB Cameron Burston from Tarleton State, Devon...
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...
FCS Spring Football 2021 Week 1: One Paragraph Previews, How To Watch, And Fearless Predictions
The CSJ Staff are proud to present this weekend guide to the games being played this weekend....
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. ...
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....
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...
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....
2019 FCS Second Round Playoff Matchup: Northern Iowa at South Dakota State, Predictions, How to Watch
Who: Northern Iowa at South Dakota State When: Saturday, December 7th Time: 1 p.m. CT Location: Brookings, S.D. Stadium:Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium How to Watch: ESPN 3 Northern...
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....
Is it possible to manufacture a football rivalry? NDSU and SDSU prove that you can
I have to be honest here -I have a lot of ties to where I sit today to the North Dakota State and South Dakota...
CSJ Classic (2004) – NDSU, SDSU to ‘Mark’ their Territory With Dakota Marker
The rivalry between the two teams has been alive since 1903. However, this meeting will be the first time that the two will meet under...
CSJ Classic (2004) – With Division I Transition, Old Dakota Rivalries Are Dying
In the Dakotas, there is one fall Saturday every year when each of the states stands still to watch one football game. The two rivalries garnering...
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...
Missouri Valley Football Conference Week 1 Review
The Missouri Valley went a somewhat disappointing 1-8 in the opening week with North Dakota State picking up the loan victory. South Dakota State, Northern...
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: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
The Jackrabbits got to the FCS playoffs last year after finishing second in the MVFC and went on a great run before losing to North...
FCS Playoffs: Stick, North Dakota State Beats South Dakota State, 44-21 to Advance to National Title Game
FARGO, N.D.—Quarterback Easton Stick rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns with another passing touchdown to lead top seeded North Dakota State over fifth seeded...
CSJ 2018 Semifinal FCS Playoff Preview: South Dakota State at North Dakota State, How to Watch and Fearless Predictions
South Dakota State is exactly where it was last year in a semifinal round game. This year's road contest is one that the Jackrabbits know...
FCS Playoffs: Christion, Jackrabbits Outlast And Outgrind Kennesaw State, Prevail 27-17
South Dakota State surged to a 20-3 lead, and had to withstand a late Kennesaw State surge behind backup quarterback Daniel David, but late in...
CSJ 2018 Quarterfinal FCS Playoff Preview: South Dakota State at Kennesaw State, How to Watch and Fearless Predictions
Kennesaw State's dream season continues as they reach the FCS Playoff quarterfinals for the second straight year. Unlike last year, however, when the Owls had...