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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 […]
26 days ago | 0 reads
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 […]
26 days ago | 3 reads
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. […]
26 days ago | 2 reads
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, […]
27 days ago | 0 reads
2026 represents a new chapter for South Florida football, as the Bulls flip from the Alex Golesh era to the Brian Hartline era. South Florida lost three-year starter Byrum Brown in the transfer portal, as the star dual-threat quarterback followed Golesh to Auburn. In return, the Bulls received a quarterback with substantial starting experience in […]
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Out goes one transfer quarterback, in comes another for the Cincinnati Bearcats. Fresh off losing highly-touted portal quarterback Brendan Sorsby to conference foe Texas Tech, the Bearcats replenished at the all-important position. Cincinnati landed a veteran starter in JC French IV from Georgia Southern who arrives at his new Big 12 home with one year […]
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When Montana State placekicker Myles Sanstead walked out for his overtime extra point attempt on Monday night in Nashville he had more pressure resting on his shoulders… or more apt his right leg… than any football player in America did in that moment. Sanstead, who has surely kicked hundreds of PATs in his life, lined […]
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In 2025 under first-year head coach Scott Abell, the Rice Owls installed a new shotgun-based option offense, dubbed as the “Rice gun choice.” The Rice gun choice may have found its conductor for 2026 season, as the Owls landed UCF quarterback Jacurri Brown in the transfer portal — a mobile quarterback willing to operate Rice’s […]
28 days ago | 1 read
The SMU Mustangs have been significant players in the transfer portal throughout the 2020s decade, landing All-ACC talents like Jordan Hudson, Brashard Smith, Elijah Roberts, Jared Harrison-Hunte, Jakai Clark, and Kobe Wilson from the portal. Rhett Lashlee and Co. hope the 2026 cycle continues the trend, and SMU is off to a strong start. After […]
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The Memphis Tigers’ former quarterback of the future is now taking his talents to Arkansas. AJ Hill, a 4-star recruit from Houston County High School (GA) ranked 11th in the class of 2025 by 247Sports and 7th among pocket passers by ESPN, committed to the Razorbacks for the 2026 season. Hill follows former Memphis head […]
28 days ago | 2 reads
The Illinois State Redbirds knew their season was coming to an end one way or another on Monday evening, an honor that Brock Spack’s team awarded itself for an unbelievable playoff run. Winners of four straight road contests in the postseason, ISU earned its way into the FCS championship game where it faced off with […]
29 days ago | 1 read
There never has been… or maybe never will be… an FCS championship game like the one that played out in Nashville on Monday evening. 60 minutes was not quite enough time needed to crown Montana State the champion but, thanks to a blocked PAT and a fourth down touchdown throw in overtime, the Bobcats took […]
29 days ago | 1 read
The UTSA Roadrunners’ offense will be under new direction in 2026. Head coach Jeff Traylor hired Western Kentucky offensive coordinator Rick Bowie to the same position in San Antonio. Bowie replaces Justin Burke, who was an inaugural member on Traylor’s staff in 2020 and spent the last three seasons as offensive coordinator. With Burke off […]
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Alex Bauman woke up the morning of Jan. 2, 2023 knowing it was a day of opportunity. The lightly-recruited true freshman spent the majority of the 2022 campaign as Tulane’s third-string tight end. Despite a lack of significant playing time, he was a member of a special run for the program. Bauman corralled five receptions […]
30 days ago | 2 reads
East Carolina Katin Houser announced his intent to enter the transfer portal back in December. On Sunday, Jan. 4, his whereabouts for the 2026 season were confirmed. Houser is heading back to the Big Ten, officially committing to Illinois. Houser originally launched his college career at Michigan State where he took a redshirt in 2022 […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
The 2025 James Madison Dukes made history. In just their fourth year of FBS membership, they won 12 games, claimed their first-ever Sun Belt Conference championship, and crashed the College Football Playoff party — becoming the first Sun Belt team to qualify in the event’s 12-year history. The quarterback that spearheaded that run is now […]
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Willie Fritz may be entering year three with the Houston Cougars, but his connections from his old stomping grounds are still strong. On Sunday, two days after the transfer portal opened, Houston landed two former Tulane stars that played under Fritz in New Orleans — running back Makhi Hughes and guard Shadre Hurst. Both Hughes […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Arkansas State’s three-year starting quarterback will play his final season of college football elsewhere. Jaylen Raynor transferred to Iowa State, as first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Raynor joins an Iowa State program undergoing its first head coaching change in a decade. With Matt Campbell off to Penn State, Raynor joins a Cyclone squad fronted […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
Old Dominion quarterback Colton Joseph has signed a deal to transfer to Wisconsin. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Joseph won Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year honors, as a key component of Old Dominion’s best season as a member of the FBS. The dual-threat quarterback fired for 2,624 passing yards, […]
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Last time the SMU Mustangs won a bowl game, the year was 2012 and its league was Conference USA. That was 13 years and two conference ago, and much has changed within the program, which is rapidly evolving into one of the powers of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Despite the disappointment of barely missing out […]
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From Roger Staubach to Keenan Reynolds, Navy football owns extremely proud history and tradition. The program is home to a plethora of iconic moments, yet one moment for the ages transpired as recently as Saturday evening in Memphis, TN. By pummeling former American Conference foe Cincinnati 35-13 in the Liberty Bowl, Navy tied a program […]
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When the Texas State Bobcats drew their first-ever bowl bid in December 2023, the shelves of the facilities in San Marcos were empty, in desperate need of new decor. Fast-forward 25 months later, and Texas State more than populated that once-empty trophy case. In year three of the GJ Kinne era, the Bobcats won a […]
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Rice senior safety Daveon Hook woke up Friday morning preparing for his final collegiate game to solidify a four-year run with his university. But with 1:16 remaining in the third quarter of the Owls’ 41-10 loss to Texas State in the Armed Forces Bowl, a terrifying moment unfolded. Hook collided with a Texas State blocker […]
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Date: Monday January 5, 2026 Time: 7:30 PM (ET) TV: ESPN The Quick Hits Montana State and Illinois State have never met on the gridiron but that will all change on Monday night on the FCS’s grandest stage. The Redbirds and Bobcats will duke it out in Nashville and when the dust settles, someone will […]
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Game notes Setting the scene Old American Conference rivals meet again in an American Conference venue. The Navy Midshipmen (10-2, 7-1 American) and Cincinnati Bearcats (7-5, 5-4 Big 12) reunite in Memphis, concluding their seasons in one of the few post-New Year’s bowl games. Navy can seal its third 11-win season in program history, putting […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads