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SMU Mustangs 2026 schedule release, notes, and trivia
The SMU Mustangs are ready for year three of ACC membership. The first two years went swimmingly, as the Mustangs compiled a 14-2 conference record — better than all other 16 teams in the ACC over that timespan. They qualified for the 2024 ACC Championship Game, the 2024 College Football Playoff, and were less than […]
Five Former FCS Players to Partake in 2026 East-West Shrine Bowl
The college football season may be over for most, but it isn’t for a select group of players hoping to take their game to the next level. It’s now officially showcase season with a handful of all-star games slated to take place over the next few weeks leading into the NFL Scouting Combine. One of […]
Former Army and Arizona State RB Kanye Udoh transfers to Liberty
From West Point, NY to Tempe, AZ to now Lynchburg, VA, running back Kanye Udoh has seen many different areas of the country in a 3-year span. The former Army and Arizona State running back committed to Liberty for his final year of eligibility on Thursday, Jan. 22. Udoh spent two years at Army (2023-24), […]
Cincinnati Bearcats 2026 schedule release, notes, and trivia
The Cincinnati Bearcats are gearing up for year four. It’s year four of the Scott Satterfield era and year four of Big 12 membership. Both of those overlapping eras experienced a peak in 2025, as Cincinnati finally cleared the hurdle of bowl eligibility. The Bearcats attained a positive record at 7-6 and qualified for the […]
Houston Cougars 2026 schedule release, notes, and trivia
The 2025 season was what many Houston Cougars fans envisioned when the program first received a Big 12 Conference invite back in September 2021. The Cougars debuted in the league in 2023 and after a 2-year acclimation period, they made it clear they’re ready to contend. In year two under head coach Willie Fritz, Houston […]
Top 10 Overachieving FCS Teams of 2025
The 2025 FCS season was filled with perhaps more surprises than any year in recent memory and, a handful of those surprises came in the form of teams who blew past expectations. Several squads around the country proved the preseason voters wrong by how well they did and where they ended up by season’s end. […]
Tulane, Navy, North Texas represent American in 2025 final AP Poll
The final rankings of the 2025 season are cemented in history. After Indiana upended Miami (FL) in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game to secure its first-ever title, the Associated Press released its season-ending Top 25. The American Conference finished with three ranked teams — No. 18 Tulane, No. 23 Navy, and No. 24 […]
Houston finishes No. 22 in final 2025 AP Poll
For the first time since 2021, the Houston Cougars conclude a season with a number beside their name. The morning after Indiana defeated Miami (FL) 27-24 in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, the final rankings were set in stone. Houston (10-3, 6-3 Big 12) landed at No. 22 in the final AP Poll […]
Underdog Dynasty’s full final 2025 college football rankings, 1-136
The 2025 college football season featured a storybook ending nearly every soul — including those in Bloomington, IN — thought was impossible as recently as two years ago. The Indiana Hoosiers became the seventh team of the College Football Playoff era to record an undefeated season, but theirs was different from the previous six. They […]
A James Madison guide to the National Championship
The James Madison Dukes made history in 2025. For the first time ever, a Sun Belt team crashed the exclusive stage of the College Football Playoff. James Madison qualified as the fifth highest-ranked conference champion after disposing of Troy in the Sun Belt Championship Game on Dec. 5, earning the No. 12 seed in the […]
RB Manny Covey transfers from Cincinnati to Memphis
Manny Covey is moving from one former American Conference power to a current American Conference power. The running back completed a transfer from Cincinnati to Memphis over the weekend, entering his new home with two years of eligibility remaining. Covey spent two seasons as a backup running back at Cincinnati, as a contributor to the […]
Rice QB Chase Jenkins transfers to Kansas
The transfer portal closed Friday, Jan. 16, but several portal entrants are still determining their landing spots during the final stretch of the month. One of those transfers is former Rice quarterback Chase Jenkins who completed a transfer to Kansas on Sunday, Jan. 18. Jenkins arrived at Rice in 2023 and saw substantial action as […]
Missouri State adds QBs Skyler Locklear and Henry Belin IV
Missouri State completed a successful year one at the FBS level, posting a 7-6 record and qualifying for the Xbox Bowl. However, the Bears must start anew in year two after head coach Ryan Beard accepted a position at Coastal Carolina in December. Missouri State filled the head coaching vacancy with former SMU offensive coordinator […]
2026 North Texas to Oklahoma State pipeline tracker
The North Texas Mean Green enjoyed their best season in program history in 2025. They set the program wins record at 12, qualified for the American Conference Championship Game, nearly crashed the College Football Playoff, won the New Mexico Bowl, and will likely warrant a season-ending AP Poll ranking for the first time ever. Prior […]
Memphis adds 2026 Week 0 game at UNLV; 2029 game in Memphis
A fifth game was just added to the 2026 Week 0 slate. The Memphis Tigers and UNLV Rebels agreed to a home-and-home series, where UNLV hosts a matchup on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, with a return trip to Memphis on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2029. The two teams, which both posted their winningest 3-year stretches in […]
Top 10 Underachieving FCS Teams of 2025
The 2025 FCS season was full of surprises, both for better or for worse, when it pertained to several teams around the country. While some exceeded their preseason expectations, several more fell short of what they were “supposed to do” last year. From expected national title contenders that got nowhere close to playoff hopefuls that […]
Former Houston QB Austin Carlisle transfers to ULM
One of the fastest quarterbacks in the country is headed to ULM, looking to inject a much-needed offensive spark in the program. On Monday, Jan. 12, ULM received a commitment from former Houston quarterback Austin Carlisle. Carlisle recently finished his true freshman season where he maintained his redshirt by participating in four games, in addition […]
Kennesaw State and Syracuse swap QBs in transfer portal
Trades aren’t a thing in college football, at least not in January of 2026, but Kennesaw State and Syracuse completed an unofficial quarterback swap in the transfer portal. Syracuse landed Kennesaw State starter Amari Odom, while the Owls received the Orange’s backup quarterback Rickie Collins. Odom spearheaded college football’s most impressive turnaround in 2024, guiding […]
North Texas gets new QB-RB duo from Big 12
One of the bigger storylines of this transfer portal window is the mass North Texas to Oklahoma State exodus. As of the start of Jan. 11, there have been 16 North Texas players that followed head coach Eric Morris to his new stomping grounds in Stillwater. Thus, the Mean Green fresh off their winningest season […]
RB Brandon High Jr. is back at UTSA as boomerang transfer
Remember the Alamodome. Brandon High Jr. certainly took that to heart when he entered the transfer portal for the second-consecutive season. The former UTSA running back transferred to California last offseason. But after one season in Berkeley, the Spring, TX native returned to his original home in San Antonio. High is a Roadrunner once again. […]
Arkansas State receives commitment from Texas QB Trey Owens
The Arkansas State Red Wolves recently lost their three-year starting quarterback Jaylen Raynor to Iowa State in the transfer portal. However, less than a week later, Butch Jones and his staff may have found their quarterback of the future. Arkansas State received a commitment from Trey Owens on Friday, who confirmed the move by updating […]
Numbers that Defined the 2025 FCS Season
The 2025 FCS season is now officially over and all the stats are in. It was a campaign unlike any other for the subdivision on a lot of different fronts. Interest around the country, especially toward the end, reached all time highs and several teams and players left their marks. What numbers were the most […]
East Carolina adds former Wake Forest, Texas Tech QB Mitch Griffis
The reign of COVID-era quarterbacks is dwindling, but there will still be remnants of the 2020 season in 2026. One of them just committed to East Carolina. ECU added former Wake Forest and Texas Tech quarterback Mitch Griffis, a longtime college quarterback whose playing days date back to the infamous 2020 campaign. Griffis spent the […]
James Madison reloads at QB with Memphis transfer Arrington Maiden
A new standard has been set at James Madison. The Dukes are fresh off their first-ever Sun Belt title, complemented with an appearance in the College Football Playoff. While James Madison must replenish in a multitude of areas for 2026, ranging from head coach to quarterback, it’s nothing the program hasn’t done in the past. […]
UTSA loses three all-conference talents to portal
The UTSA Roadrunners are fresh off their sixth-straight winning season in six years under Jeff Traylor. The program that isn’t even two decades old ended 2025 on a high note with a 57-20 throttling of FIU in the First Responder Bowl for its third-consecutive bowl win. The momentum from that win can still be felt, […]
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