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COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL SAGARIN FCS TOP 25 – NOV. 4

Kent Schmidt — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:03:41 +0000

Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 4th, 2023 following the Week 10 games. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the national championship game in January. South Dakota State remains in the top spot as the Jackrabbits have started.

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COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL SAGARIN FCS TOP 25 – OCT. 28

Kent Schmidt — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:56:59 +0000

Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 28th, 2023 following the Week 9 games. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the national championship game in January. South Dakota State remains in the top spot as the Jackrabbits have started.

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COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL SAGARIN FCS TOP 25 – OCT. 21

Kent Schmidt — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:20:41 +0000

Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 21st, 2023 following the Week 8 games. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the national championship game in January. South Dakota State remains in the top spot as the Jackrabbits have started.

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COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL SAGARIN FCS TOP 25 – OCT. 7

Kent Schmidt — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:00:33 +0000

Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 7th, 2023 following the Week 6 games. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the national championship game in January. South Dakota State remains in the top spot as the Jackrabbits have started.

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COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL SAGARIN FCS TOP 25 – SEPT. 30

Kent Schmidt — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:21:26 +0000

Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 30th, 2023 following the Week 4 games. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the national championship game in January. South Dakota State remains in the top spot as the Jackrabbits have started.

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COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL SAGARIN FCS TOP 25 – SEPT. 23

Kent Schmidt — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:20:28 +0000

Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 23rd, 2023 following the Week 4 games. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the national championship game in January. South Dakota State and North Dakota State stay at the top two spots.

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COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL SAGARIN FCS TOP 25 – SEPT. 16

Kent Schmidt — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:52:12 +0000

Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 16th, 2023 following the Week 2 games. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the national championship game in January. South Dakota State remains in the top spot following the Jackrabbits neutral site.

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COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL SAGARIN FCS TOP 25 – SEPT. 9

Kent Schmidt — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:58:37 +0000

Here are the Top 25 FCS rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 9th, 2023 following the Week 2 games. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the national championship game in January. South Dakota State remains in the top spot following its narrow win at.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 11 Review/Week 12 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:46:49 +0000

It is now at crunch time as we enter the last week of the regular season. The Week 11 results make the MVFC field a little muddled. We do know that South Dakota State is the outright champion of the league and North Dakota State will finish in second in the standings. The Jackrabbits will.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 10 Review/Week 11 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 06:52:05 +0000

South Dakota State is the MVFC champion, well at least co-champion right now after the Jackrabbits won a tough road contest this past week over Northern Iowa. The Jacks have claimed the automatic qualifier for the league and will look to be at least a Top 2 seed in the playoffs by winning their last.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 9 Review/Week 10 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:39:19 +0000

It is becoming crunch time in the MVFC right now as teams are jockeying for playoff spots. The title though looks to go through Brookings, South Dakota this year as South Dakota State is the only undefeated team left in the MVFC play. The Jackrabbits continued their winning ways this past weekend with an impressive.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 8 Review/Week 9 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 02:18:25 +0000

South Dakota State has taken a firm grip on the MVFC race following the Jackrabbits second straight road win in the state of North Dakota. SDSU defeated UND in Grand Forks this past week a week after also defeating North Dakota State in Fargo. The Jacks defeated the Fighting Hawks in somewhat of a similar.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 7 Review/Week 8 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 05:49:17 +0000

The MVFC race is starting to take shape as there are just two undefeated teams left in conference play after last weekend. South Dakota State and Southern Illinois are those two unblemished squads and both had impressive wins this past week. SDSU had the spotlight game not just within the MVFC ranks but nationally as.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 6 Review/Week 7 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:33:05 +0000

The highlight game this week is something that has not happened ever before in the MVFC when the top two ranked teams meet in the regular season when #2 South Dakota State travels to #1 North Dakota State.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 5 Review/Week 6 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:11:03 +0000

Five games again daunt the MVFC schedule this week with Western Illinois being the lone MVFC with a bye.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 4 Review/Week 5 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 06:33:42 +0000

Five games highlight the Week 5 schedule. Three MVFC squads will play their first conference game in Youngstown State, Indiana State, and Illinois State this week.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 3 Review/Week 4 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 18:40:04 +0000

Wow, just when most were about to write off Southern Illinois as contender in the MVFC, the Salukis shocked the world with its upset at Big 10 Northwestern. SIU was coming off of two straight out-of-conference losses to start the season to UT Martin and Southeast Missouri State. So this upset was definitely not expected..

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 2 Review/Week 3 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:30:50 +0000

The Missouri Valley Football Conference began its conference play this past week with North Dakota hosting Northern Iowa. Both teams were coming off of FBS losses in Week 1 so the winner here in Week 2 would stay in the race. UND QB Tommy Schuster passed for 275 yard and two touchdowns, while RB Tyler.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 1 Review/Week 2 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:35:38 +0000

The Missouri Valley slate for this week starts with the first conference game as Northern Iowa visits North Dakota--the earliest MVFC game since NDSU lost at Northern Iowa in 2010.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference 2022 Week 1 Preview

Kent Schmidt — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 23:15:06 +0000

In Week 1, all 11 schools that make-up the MVFC will be in action in non-conference games.

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2022 CSJ Missouri Valley Football Conference Preview

Kent Schmidt — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:02:55 +0000

The league will remain at 11 members for this year but will grow to 12 next season as Murray State, which joined the Missouri Valley Conference for its other sports this year but will play one last season in the Ohio Valley Conference for football this fall before joining the MVFC.

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College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25 – Aug. 27

Kent Schmidt — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:49:11 +0000

Below are the Top 25 rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending August 27th, 2022. CSJ will show weekly rankings from the Sagarin rankings throughout the season and will have a final ranking after the national championship game in January. North Dakota State remains atop the ranking after Week 0 with South.

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2021 Division I FCS Playoff Second Round Preview: Southern Illinois at #2 North Dakota State

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 23:16:36 +0000

FCS SECOND ROUND PLAYOFF MATCHUP: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AT NORTH DAKOTA STATEWHERE: FARGODOME, FARGO, N.D.WHEN: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2:30PM CSTTV/STREAMING: ESPN+ Southern Illinois advanced the first round last week by defeating Missouri Valley Football Conference mate South Dakota on the road. The reward for the Salukis is to face another MVFC foe on the road in #2.

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2021 Division I FCS Playoff First Round Preview: Southern Illinois at South Dakota

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 02:48:02 +0000

FCS FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF MATCHUP: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AT SOUTH DAKOTAWHERE: DAKOTADOME, VERMILLION, S.D.WHEN: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH, 5:00PM CSTTV/STREAMING: ESPN+ It is a rarity that two teams from the same conference play each other in the first round of the FCS playoffs but that is the case in this match-up. The NCAA rule for the opening round.

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FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: CSJ Picks The FCS Playoff Field, 11/04/2021

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 20:24:24 +0000

If you weren't following the key FCS Playoff matchups last week involving the playoffs, boy did you miss out!

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FCS Roundtable: “Hard Reset” Week

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:40:06 +0000

This was unquestionably "hard reset" week for the Top 25 as this was the first real slate of games that changed the way people thought about their ballots.

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2021 FCS Season Preview: Southern Illinois

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:58:43 +0000

Southern Illinois got over the hump this past spring with its first playoff bid since 2009. SIU used the most of their appearance in getting an upset win at Weber State in the first round and the Salukis advanced to the quarterfinals but lost at 31-26 heartbreaker to MVFC mate South Dakota State.

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CSJ Roundtable, Spring Quarterfinal Edition: Are We At The End of the Bison Era?

admin — Wed, 05 May 2021 21:03:38 +0000

This week, the Gang got together and talked about their big takeaways from the FCS quarterfinal games this past weekend.

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FCS Quarterfinals: Southern Illinois vs. South Dakota State

Ben Schleiger — Sat, 01 May 2021 15:47:09 +0000

These two Missouri Valley Football Conference foes have survived a tough conference schedule and the first round of the playoffs. Southern Illinois will be looking for the upset of the playoffs and revenge against the Jackrabbits for their 44-3 loss earlier in the year.

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Everything You Need to to Know about The SWAC Championship and the Quarterfinals Of the 2021 Spring FCS Playoffs: Streaming Info, Previews, Fearless Predictions

admin — Sat, 01 May 2021 14:59:48 +0000

Find everything you need to know about this weekend's FCS Playoff games and the SWAC Championship, including full previews, and our staff's predictions on how the games are going to go.

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The Big Letdown from the Big Sky

Ben Schleiger — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:15:13 +0000

The Big Sky crashed out of the spring FCS Playoffs, with Weber State and Eastern Washington losing early leads in two defeats.

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Everything You Need to to Know about The First Round Of the 2021 Spring FCS Playoffs Tomorrow: Streaming Info, Previews, Fearless Predictions

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:57:09 +0000

Find everything you need to know about this weekend's FCS Playoff games, including full previews, and our staff's predictions on how the games are going to go.

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Big Sky Conference FCS Playoff Preview (Eastern Washington/North Dakota State, Southern Illinois/Weber State)

Ben Schleiger — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 02:43:30 +0000

The Big Sky Conference earned two bids for the Football Championship Subdivision Playoff bracket. Eastern Washington will travel to Fargo, North Dakota to face the Bison and Weber State will play host to the Southern Illinois Salukis. Both Big Sky teams drew stiff Missouri Valley Conference competition that will provide sufficient challenges for being able.

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CSJ Roundtable, Spring Postseason Edition: Our Thoughts On The Official FCS Bracket

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:31:57 +0000

The FCS Playoff bracket was announced this past Sunday at the conclusion of the historic spring football season. After the euphoria of realizing that the FCS actually made it to the finish line, despite lots of uncertainty, CSJ then proceeded to do what they do best - enter a spirited discussion on who really should have been in, out, seeded, or not.

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College Sports Journal Southland Conference Football Preview, Week of 4/17/2021

Rob Butler — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:43:12 +0000

Two games with huge possible postseason implications are on tap this weekend.

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College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 4/17/2021

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:51:47 +0000

Well, we have made it sort of to the final regular season weekend in the Missouri Valley Football Conference spring schedule.

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College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 4/10/2021

Kent Schmidt — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 06:07:33 +0000

After a week of postponements and further schools opting out of this 2021 spring season, the Missouri Valley Football Conference is down to just two weeks left and there is a four-way tie for the top spot currently. Missouri State, North Dakota, North Dakota State, and South Dakota State all sit atop with identical 4-1 records in conference play right now.

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College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 4/3/2021

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 07:35:45 +0000

Last week was a lost week for over half the MVFC squads and this week looks to be same. Two games last week were postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19 reasons with the North Dakota at Youngstown State and North Dakota State at South Dakota games both called off last week. The UND-YSU game will.

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College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 3/27/2021

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:18:42 +0000

This week with just four games, the biggest appears to be Southern Illinois at Missouri State with the winner staying in the MVFC title and FCS playoff race and the loser likely will be on the outside. Here are all the previews and my predictions for the MVFC games this week.

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College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 3/21/2021

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:40:06 +0000

SIU now gets South Dakota State at home this week. The Jackrabbits had a nail bitter against winless Youngstown State at home last week. The Jacks led the Penguins 16-7 through three quarters of play but YSU came back with 10 straight points to take the lead. SDSU though managed to drive in the wanning seconds of the game to get into field goal position where K Cole Frahm kicked a 29-yard field goal with 31 seconds remaining to lift the Jacks to the victory.

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College Sports Journal Spring Top 25 Week of 3/14/2021

Jamie Williams — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 05:56:12 +0000

It was another topsy turvy week in the FCS. 2 of our top five from last week lost. Things have been changing week by week and this week is no different. We have a new #1 team at College Sports Journal this week but only by one single vote..

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College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 3/14/2021

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:21:48 +0000

This week the most intriguing match-up appears to the Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois as we have all MVFC games this week played on Saturday, March 13. The two schools both have a loss and getting their second loss as we will enter the mid-point of the spring schedule will likely result in the loser having to win out the rest of the season to get a playoff berth.

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College Sports Journal Spring Top 25 Week of 3/7/2021

Jamie Williams — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:58:43 +0000

As chaotic as last week was, this week was as docile. The highest ranked team from last week’s College Sports Journal top 25 that lost was #13. We do have a new #1 team here at College Sports Journal this week.

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College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 3/4–3/6 2021

Kent Schmidt — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:31:23 +0000

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 as one of the highlight games of the week in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. All other games this week in the MVFC will be on Saturday, March 6. Last.

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College Sports Journal FCS National Players of the Week-Feb. 26-28th

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:21:42 +0000

Five players including QB Nic Baker from Southern Illinois, QB Eric Schmid from Sam Houston State, RB Brian Snead from Austin Peay, LB Connor Riddle from VMI, and PK James Baird from Dixie State have been selected as the College Sports Journal FCS All-Stars for the week ending February 21st, 2021.

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CSJ Roundtable, Week of 2/27/21: What The Hell Did We Just Witness?

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 17:37:25 +0000

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, Illinois, but it wasn't the only event this weekend that had us shaking our heads.

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A Whole New World? Universe? Reality? What the Results of Week 2 Mean for the FCS Spring Season

Preston Adams — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:06:11 +0000

Oh. My. Goodness.

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College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference Football Preview Week of 2/27/21

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:52:49 +0000

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 the full five games this week. The two games canceled last week (Illinois State at Missouri State and Western Illinois at South Dakota) were postponed to the final weekend of.

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CSJ Spring 2021 Week 1 Roundtable: Can A Spring Season Be Pulled Off?

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:15:00 +0000

The CSJ writing staff answer the questions many of us have about the beginning of this unprecedented FCS season.

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2021 CSJ Missouri Valley Football Conference Spring Football Preview

Kent Schmidt — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:26:36 +0000

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.

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