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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane hadn’t emerged victorious in a football game since the fateful Friday night of Sept. 19, when they stormed into Stillwater and upended Oklahoma State. Riding a 5-game losing streak, all the Golden Hurricane needed to see was another orange and black OSU in order to regain their mojo. Oregon State visited […]
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Prior to hosting Memphis on Saturday evening, the East Carolina Pirates recognized 30 seniors for their contributions to the football program. One of those seniors may have been a lesser-known name to the fanbase at the time of the pregame ceremony, but when a field storm brewed in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium that night, he was the […]
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You can change nearly the entire roster. You can change the head coach and the bulk of the staff. But you cannot change the winning DNA that constitutes the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. Jacksonville State was an anomaly of a first-year FBS program in 2023, posting a 9-4 overall record and a 6-2 conference standing. The […]
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Tulane aesthetically looked different, repping brand new “City Edition” uniforms for the first time, paying homage to its New Orleans heritage. But on the field, Tulane looked exactly like the team that won 26 of its previous 29 conference matchups, disposing of Florida Atlantic 35-24 in front of the eighth full capacity crowd in Yulman […]
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The “Super Bowl”, the “moon landing”, and the “internet” were all unfamiliar concepts the last time North Texas’ football program earned a ranking in the AP Poll. The North Texas State Eagles checked in at No. 16 in 1959, before losing to Tulsa on Nov. 14. And unbeknownst at the time, they’d be absent from […]
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Early Sunday morning, ESPN’s flagship college football pregame show College GameDay announced that it will be heading to Eugene in Week 13 to showcase Oregon’s matchup with USC. The announcement ensures that the show will once again not go to an FCS school this season, marking the third straight year that it hasn’t done so. […]
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For the first time ever in November, the South Florida Bulls controlled their destiny for the College Football Playoff. South Florida, checking in at No. 24 in the latest CFP committee rankings, was slotted at No. 12 in the latest mock bracket as the projected fifth-highest ranked conference champion. The Bulls journeyed north to Annapolis […]
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The penultimate weekend of regular season action has come to a close and now, with just one game left on most everyone’s slate, it’s do-or-die for several teams across the country. Week 12’s results knocked some out of playoff contention, kept some others alive and made next Sunday another absolute stress-fest for a few more. […]
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It was the most anticipated conference home game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium since the East Carolina Pirates joined the American Conference in 2013. Over 37,000 flocked in to the venue to watch a red-hot Pirates team test their mettle against the league’s most consistent winner in Memphis. East Carolina fully lived up to the moment and […]
26 days ago | 1 read
The American Conference championship race is crowded. There’s South Florida. There’s Tulane. Also Memphis and Navy. And you can’t forget East Carolina. But as of the night of Nov. 15, only one program has fewer than two overall losses and controls its destiny for the title game. And that’s the North Texas Mean Green. North […]
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The Cincinnati Bearcats had time to let everything marinate. On Nov. 1 t they took a 45-14 shellacking to Utah on the road for their first slip-up in the Big 12 standings. But everything still remained in front of them as they controlled their own destiny for a December trip to AT&T Stadium for a […]
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Conference USA is fully back to Saturdays, and the entire league is in action for Week 12. It’s an interesting late-season slate featuring five conference bouts and two non-conference clashes, all staggered throughout the day from the Southeast corner of Miami, FL to the Northeast footprint of Pullman, WA. Here is the CUSA’s full Week […]
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Game notes Setting the scene North Texas and UAB joined the American Conference at the same time in 2023, simultaneously transitioning from Conference USA. Both programs entered the conference with new head coaches, with North Texas bringing Eric Morris to the fold and UAB hiring Trent Dilfer. Neither team seamlessly adjusted to the new league, […]
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Game notes Setting the scene It’s a chaotic November for the American Conference. There are five teams wielding exactly one conference loss and then one with two conference losses, all eyeing an elusive conference championship and potential College Football Playoff spot. East Carolina (6-3, 4-1 American) falls into the first bucket. Memphis (8-2, 4-2 American) […]
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Game notes Setting the scene Three years ago, this would have been an American Conference vs. Pac-12 matchup, but in 2025, these are two Big 12 teams enjoying tremendous bounce-back seasons. Cincinnati (7-2, 5-1 Big 12) and Arizona (6-3, 3-3 Big 12) will meet on the gridiron for the first time in their histories, with […]
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Game notes Setting the scene Tulane threw its hat back in the mix for American Conference contention last Friday night, staving off a Memphis comeback for a signature road win. The Green Wave are now 26-3 in their last 29 regular season conference matchups, finally returning home for their first game in New Orleans since […]
28 days ago | 1 read
Game notes Setting the scene It’s separation Saturday in Annapolis, MD. There are three weeks remaining in the American Conference title race before two teams are pitted against one another the first week of December. South Florida (7-2, 4-1 American) and Navy (7-2, 5-1 American) are two contenders in a congested field which includes five […]
28 days ago | 2 reads
There are three undefeated teams remaining in college football heading into Week 12 — Ohio State, Indiana, and Texas A&M. Then there are nine one-loss teams. Seven one-loss teams — Alabama, Georgia, Texas Tech, Ole Miss, Oregon, BYU, and Georgia Tech warranted rankings by the College Football Playoff committee in Tuesday night’s rankings reveal. The […]
29 days ago | 3 reads
The 2025 season has not gone as South Dakota State planned, at least not over the last month. After surging out to a 7-0 start, the Jackrabbits looked as though they were again going to be a shoo-in for the FCS playoffs and another top seed. Big wins over ranked Sacramento State and then Montana […]
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The first College Football Playoff committee rankings were notably devoid of the American Conference. That is no longer the case with the second batch of rankings. The Week 12 top 25 featured the South Florida Bulls at No. 24. Despite holding an AP Poll ranking for the entire 2017 season, this marks the first time […]
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When the ESPN camera crews set up for this Saturday night’s nightcap in Bozeman, they will be on hand for not only arguably the biggest game of this weekend’s slate in the FCS but the biggest game of the season for the UC Davis Aggies. Coming in at 5-1 in Big Sky play, only two […]
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UConn is no longer part of the American Conference, and hasn’t been since the fall of 2019, but the Huskies logged one of the more significant non-conference victories for the league Saturday evening in East Hartford. UConn outlasted Duke 37-34 in a back-and-forth thriller which featured nine lead changes, with a Joe Fagnano to Skyler […]
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For the third straight season, the Bears will be a playoff team. The thrilling 49-47 victory over Western Carolina in Cullowhee last Saturday gave Mercer its second consecutive SoCon championship and automatic bid into the FCS postseason. Until 2023, the program had never seen a playoff game. Now? They’ll be getting ready to host one […]
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Since the start of the 2015 season, the Rice Owls only have attained six wins one time. 2025 represented a rebuild season for the program, as Rice made a splash hire of Scott Abell, who previously worked wonders on academic powers at the Division III and FCS levels, most recently turning Davidson College into a […]
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Nate Reed’s game-winning field goal wasn’t even his most clutch play. When Delaware needed its kicker to overcome the odds, Reed delivered in spectacular fashion. Trailing 24-16 to Louisiana Tech, the Fightin’ Blue Hens scored a touchdown with 34 seconds remaining as a hopeful Newark crowd eagerly awaited their team to tie the ballgame at […]
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