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Sometimes it takes years to establish a winning culture and identity. But with the right coaching hire, those aspirations can come to fruition immediately. The Temple Owls were cycling through endless 3-9 seasons, repeating the same record in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 without an end in sight. This offseason, Temple hired known program-builder K.C. […]
There were five games in the Sun Belt Conference over the weekend as 10 of the teams battled against each other as the season rapidly approaches its final month of the regular season. It all started on Thursday night when South Alabama defeated Georgia State in Atlanta 38-31 as the Panthers scored 14 points in […]
The Week 10 AP Poll was issued Sunday afternoon, and a familiar face reappeared. The Memphis Tigers (7-1, 3-1 American) secured the final spot at No. 25, reemerging in the rankings after a one-week checkout. Just seven days after a stunning loss to UAB as 23.5-point favorites, Memphis rebounded with a statement victory, storming back […]
To the outside viewer, Saturday’s Patriot League contest between Lehigh and Fordham may not have been much to watch. The Mountain Hawks kept on rolling through their undefeated season, easily dispatching the Rams 27-6. Fordham is now 1-7 and has no hope of reaching the playoffs this year. All of that, though, can take a […]
There are six remaining undefeated teams in the FBS, and one of them resides in Annapolis, MD. The Navy Midshipmen are 7-0 for the fifth time in program history as the 2025 season joins the hallowed ranks of 7-0 starts from years past — 1926, 1934, 1960, and 1978. Navy tied a program record with […]
For the first time since joining the Big 12, the Houston Cougars are accompanied by a number next to their name. Houston (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) checks in at No. 22 in the AP Poll after a wire-to-wire 24-16 road victory at Arizona State, which held a No. 24 ranking at the time of the […]
SMU’s transition to the ACC had been seamless. The Mustangs jumped from the American Conference to the Atlantic Coast Conference without requiring an acclimation period. They rattled off an 8-0 record in year one to qualify for the ACC Championship Game and then started year two 3-0, remaining unblemished against their new conference peers. All […]
October ball has officially come to an end for most everyone now and that means there’s less than a month left before the FCS Playoff Committee comes together to decide who plays on and who doesn’t. Week 9 around the subdivision had some surprises and some very expected results. With just four weeks of regular […]
There was no question what was going to happen when the ball entered the hands of No. 10 in the blue uniform. It was Quinton Jackson’s day, and nothing was going to stop him. Rice relied on its feature tailback to bring home an upset victory, and he delivered. On the second play of double-overtime, […]
The Memphis Tigers had it all — an undefeated record, the longest win streak in the country, and a clear path to an elusive College Football Playoff appearance. Then, one of the most stunning results of the college football season deterred the Tigers’ trajectory. As 23.5-point favorites, they were upended by UAB on a crunch-time […]
The Houston Cougars’ 2025 season was off to a spectacular start. They generated six victories in their first seven tries, clinching early bowl eligibility en route to their best start since 2021. However, one important box was left unchecked on Houston’s stellar résumé, preventing the Cougars from crashing the rankings for the first time since […]
Friday night was one for the history books for North Texas quarterback Drew Mestemaker. The redshirt freshman already enjoyed a stellar beginning to his first season as a collegiate starter. But Friday night’s 54-20 win over Charlotte rewrote records. Mestemaker fired for a school-record 608 yards and four touchdowns in the dominant road victory, connecting […]
College GameDay is en route to Nashville, TN for a top 15 matchup between College Football Playoff hopefuls Missouri and Vanderbilt. Another top 15 matchup graces the schedule, as Oklahoma and Ole Miss compete in a battle of 6-1 teams vying to qualify for their first-ever SEC Championship Game. And of course, you can’t forget […]
Game notes Setting the scene Before 2023, the Rice Owls and UConn Huskies never met each other on the gridiron. Now the current and the former American Conference members battle in non-conference action for the third-straight October. Both matchups went in the Huskies’ favor as Jim Mora Jr. and Co. generated back-to-back 7-point wins over […]
Game notes Setting the scene Memphis and South Florida fans envisioned this as the American Conference’s premier matchup. The College GameDay buses were potentially on their way to Memphis for the first time since 2019 in anticipation of this ranked vs. ranked matchup with conference title and College Football Playoff stakes. What was slated to […]
Date: Saturday October 25, 2025 Time: 8:00 PM (ET) TV: ESPN2/ESPNU The Quick Hits One of the biggest games in the FCS is back and, once again, it will have the country as a whole watching. #1 North Dakota State (7-0) rolls into Brookings with a head of steam, having won 11 straight games dating […]
Game notes Setting the scene Saturday night introduces a new Big 12 matchup. Three years ago, the Houston Cougars and Arizona State Sun Devils would have been American Conference vs. Pac-12, but the recent transplants now share the same league, and it’s a league in which they’re thriving. Houston is bowl eligible at 6-1, emerging […]
The FCS to FBS transition isn’t supposed to be easy. Even in an era where the transfer portal grants these programs additional assistance and resources, many newcomers struggle out of the gate before finding their footing. Not Delaware or Missouri State. Wednesday night Weekday CUSA showcased both of the FBS’s 2025 newcomers on a national […]
Game notes Setting the scene Charlotte and North Texas both got the call to transition from Conference USA to the American Conference in 2023. Neither program attained bowl eligibility in years one or two, but there is a vast separation in year three trajectories. North Texas (6-1, 2-1 American) is eyeing a conference title and […]
Oct. 21 wasn’t just any Weekday CUSA Tuesday. It was separation Tuesday, pitting hopeful Conference USA contenders against one another to determine what the league pecking order might look like. Games kicked off in Miami, FL and Ruston, LA, but the winners hailed from Kennesaw, GA and Bowling Green, KY in the CUSA double-header: Now […]
It started with Nike and the NBA, then it made its way to the MLB, and now the trend is commencing at the college football ranks — City Edition uniforms. These alternate uniforms don’t traditionally utilize team colors but rather incorporate elements of the city the team plays in. The Tulane Green Wave unveiled their City […]
Over the past year, Sacramento State has been anything but bashful about its current place among its FCS peers and it’s perceived place in the FBS for that matter. From boldly laying out plans for a re-imagined venue in the hopes of joining the Pac 12 to applying for the FBS as an independent and […]
We’re in the thick of October, and Weekday CUSA is still going strong. The prior week provided us a masterclass from the nation’s leading rusher Cam Cook, UTEP’s first FBS victory of the year, a down-to-the-wire finish in Lynchburg, and a stunning upset crafted by the FIU Panthers. What Weekday CUSA has truly shown us […]
It’s that week again. The one that most every fan in both of the Dakotas have had circled on their calendars since last year. The one where a large rock means a whole lot more than the two state abbreviations that are etched into its sides. A game that has so often been the deciding factor in championship […]
Temple head coach K.C. Keeler built a valuable reputation at the FCS level, claiming national championships at Delaware and Sam Houston prior to their recent promotions to the FBS. He continued to work his magic as Sam Houston made the difficult transition between the subdivisions in 2023. By year, Keeler led the Bearkats to a […]