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The College Football Playoff committee unveiled its Top 25 on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET. This marks the 12th year of the committee selection show and the second involving a 12-team College Football Playoff. When the first five teams were revealed, it became immediately clear that the American Conference would be snubbed the 12-team […]
The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles are in the midst of one of the best seasons in school history. With last week’s 27-21 win over Gardner-Webb at home, this fall’s TTU squad became just the second team in its program’s 103-year history to reach the 9-0 mark. The last time it was done? 1952. Dating back […]
The American Conference championship race is as crowded as ever, and for the first time since 2021, the team that emerges on top has a legitimate shot to qualify for the College Football Playoff. One program in the thick of the heated race is the Memphis Tigers, which sport an 8-1 record, a 4-1 conference […]
Weekday CUSA, thank you. You kept us occupied on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in October, when we were starved for 7-day-a-week football marathons. You provided thrilling overtime finishes, clutch field goal makes and clutch field goal misses, fun promotions like Vice Night and Dollar Dog Night, and showcased excellent individual talents like Cam Cook and […]
College GameDay rolled into town to embellish the hype of a never-before-seen Big 12 matchup. The Utah Utes and Cincinnati Bearcats collided in front of a raucous sold-out crowd of 51,672 Saturday night in Salt Lake City, and the Utes thrived in their habitat. Utah (7-2, 4-2 Big 12) cruised to a wire-to-wire 45-14 domination […]
Shortly after East Carolina and Temple kicked off Saturday in Philadelphia, there were seven teams in the American Conference with exactly one conference loss. Thus, with that many hats in the conference title race, winning this matchup at Lincoln Financial Field was essential for two dark-horse contenders. East Carolina (5-3, 3-1 American) left zero doubt […]
There is No Power Shift at the Top If Week 10 taught us anything its that the more the FCS changes, the more it truly stays the same. This year has seen a lot of new faces rise the ranks and appear to be new challengers but on Saturday a lot of those same teams […]
Heisman stakes. American Conference championship stakes. College Football Playoff stakes. There was no shortage of stakes on the line Saturday morning when the Navy Midshipmen made the long trek to Denton, TX for the first time since a record-breaking 74-62 matchup 18 years ago. On this occasion, Navy entered with an unblemished record against one […]
January 1, 1983. SMU defeated No. 6 Pittsburgh in the Cotton Bowl to complete a spectacular 11-0-1 season and finish No. 2 in the country, guided by the dynamic “Pony Express” backfield of Eric Dickerson and Craig James. Fast-forward 43 seasons and a lot changed with the Mustangs. The program was suspended for two years […]
For the first time since joining the Big 12, the Houston Cougars had a number accompany their name. Houston stood firmly at No. 22, rattling off three-straight Big 12 wins en route to a 7-1 overall start. In a crowded conversation for the Big 12 title race, the newly-ranked Houston struggled with the designation it […]
It took until Week 10, but the Big 12 is finally featured on College GameDay — which remains a significant cultural event in the college football world. The Saturday morning program is livelier than ever, on pace to produce its greatest viewership of all-time with an average audience of 2.8 million viewers. This week, that […]
Game notes Setting the scene There is one American Conference team ranked — No. 25 Memphis. There are four receiving votes on the fringe of the AP Poll — Navy, Tulane, South Florida, and North Texas. That alone is a crowded 5-team race, but the American championship chase extends beyond those five programs. East Carolina […]
The Memphis Tigers earned their spot back in the AP Top 25 on Sunday, catapulting back into the poll less than 24 hours after overcoming a 14-point fourth quarter to upend South Florida. Positioned at the No. 25 spot, this wasn’t Memphis’ first swim in the AP Poll this season, warranting a No. 22 ranking […]
The Big Sky Conference is consistently one of the top two conferences in the FCS year in and year out. The league has had a representative in the national championship game in three of the last four seasons and is almost always a lock to send at least four teams to the playoffs, if not […]
All 136 teams at the FBS level have a home, whether it’s on-campus, off-campus, or shared with a professional team. UTSA’s home venue of the Alamodome is different. Nobody in the program can truly explain it, but its supernatural powers are understood. When UTSA suits up in the dome at 100 Montana Street in downtown […]
Date: Saturday November 1, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM (ET) TV: ESPN+ The Quick Hits The Ivy League race sees one of… if not its most… impactful game this weekend as undefeated Harvard (6-0) hosts Dartmouth (5-1). The #12 Crimson have proven to be unstoppable by everyone they’ve seen thus far in 2025 and appear to […]
Game notes Setting the scene Although College GameDay didn’t make the trip to Denton, this matchup is as marquee as it gets in Week 9. Not only is there rich history involved as Navy’s 74-62 win in the 2007 meeting in Denton set the FBS single-game scoring record which stood until 2016. The teams converge […]
Game notes Setting the scene Two years ago in the same venue, Houston seemingly watched its first-ever Big 12 victory since joining the league slip away. West Virginia trailed by 11 with under four minutes remaining, but with 12 seconds left, Hudson Clement caught a 50-yard touchdown reception on 4th and 10 to spoil the […]
Jacksonville State won the conference crown last December, sitting atop Conference USA in its second year of FBS membership. The Gamecocks lost head coach Rich Rodriguez and nearly their entire starting lineup, but with Charles Kelly at the helm with a horde of newcomers, the program’s winning tradition remains alive. Jacksonville State improved to 4-0 […]
One of the highest profile FCS coaching hires went down in Norfolk over the offseason as the Spartans brought in Michael Vick to turn their fortunes around. While that acquisition drew much of the attention over the last several months, though, it seems as though the other big coaching change in the MEAC… the one […]
Game notes Setting the scene This Halloween, make sure to stop by Historic Rice Stadium if you want a great treat. The No. 25 Memphis Tigers (7-1, 3-1 American) stroll into town, reclaiming a spot back in the College Football Playoff race after an inspiring comeback to knock off South Florida. Memphis eyes its first […]
Game notes Setting the scene The UTSA Roadrunners have never lost a home conference game under head coach Jeff Traylor. UTSA is 21-0 in the confines of the Alamodome against league peers in the 2020s and 23-0 if you count its 2021 and 2022 Conference USA Championship Games played in the venue. Defending that perfect […]
Oct. 28 marked the final Tuesday night showcase for “Fun Belt” and “Weekday CUSA” before Midweek MACtion takes over November weeknights. Both the Sun Belt and Conference USA had its top contenders — by overall and conference record — competing in the midweek slate. James Madison traveled to San Marcos for a Sun Belt showdown […]
Weekday CUSA, you served us well. You kept college football afloat on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (and even some Thursdays and Fridays) throughout the month of October, showcasing 12 teams in the spotlight that may not have reveled as much in the spotlight otherwise. We were treated to overtime thrillers between WKU vs. Louisiana Tech and […]
Tragic news struck the Houston Cougars football program Saturday morning as strength and conditioning coach Kurt Hester passed away at age 61. “Kurt Hester was an unbelievably important person in our football program, and I’ve been with him for a while,” Houston head coach Willie Fritz said. “He’s the best strength and conditioning coach I’ve […]