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The Sam Houston Bearkats are finally in the win column. Sam Houston was the second last FBS program to pick up its first victory of 2025, leaving UMass as the only remaining winless team after Week 11. The Bearkats stormed into Corvallis, OR and scored 21 unanswered points, stunning Oregon State in a 21-17 upset. […]
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There are just two weeks to play before the Playoff Committee gathers and, while there’s still a whole awful lot that needs to get ironed out before then, there was quite a bit that got determined over the weekend in the FCS. The latest crop of games made the Committee’s job… for the most part… […]
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Last November, Tulane’s College Football Playoff hopes terminated in New Orleans on Thanksgiving Night at the hands of a visiting Memphis. On a Friday night in Memphis, the Green Wave repaid the favor. Tulane stormed into Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and piled on the points in the first half, holding on for a 38-32 victory […]
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Mission IX was prepared to launch. For the ninth-consecutive season, UCF hosted its annual Space Game, paying homage to the university’s origins of training scientists and engineers to assist the United States space exploration program during the heat of the 1960s Space Race. The first eight missions in Orlando were all highly-successful launches. The Knights, […]
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The American Conference is one of the most intriguing leagues to watch in November, especially considering six different teams entered Week 11 tied in the loss column with one apiece. The Saturday slate features five matchups, including one non-conference clash: Here is one pressing question to ask about each of the five matchups: Can Navy […]
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Game notes Setting the scene Friday night sets up a perfect showcase for perennial American Conference contenders. Memphis rattled off three-straight American Championship appearances from 2017-19, and Tulane currently rides its own three-game streak from 2022-24. As one expects when the conference releases the schedule each year, this matchup matters significantly to the league’s title […]
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Game notes Setting the scene UCF is hosting its ninth-annual Space Game, and there’s no opponent more fitting for it than Houston. UCF was founded as Florida Technological University in the 1960s with a mission of supporting the United States space exploration program, developing engineers and scientists for the nearby Kennedy Space Center — the […]
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On Tuesday night, the College Football Playoff committee unveiled its initial rankings. Their iteration of a top 25 was notably devoid of any American Conference representation, and the South Florida Bulls — which dabbled in the AP Poll throughout the year — clearly took exception to their snub. Twelve days fresh off their first conference […]
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Date: Saturday November 8, 2025 Time: 2:30 PM (ET) TV: ESPN+ The Quick Hits Mercer has the chance to be one of the first teams to lock up a playoff spot this Saturday when it sees Western Carolina. The Bears, save for one slip up earlier this year against Presbyterian, have run the table and […]
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Game notes Setting the scene The American Conference title race is heating up. South Florida (6-2, 3-1 American), fresh off a bye week, eyes a bounce-back performance after taking the first blemish on its conference record Oct. 25 in Memphis. The Bulls play host as two-touchdown favorites in a Thursday night spectacle, but their opponent […]
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Whenever North Dakota or South Dakota gets its in-state rivalry game, it’s always a big weekend. The “Nickel Trophy” game between UND and NDSU has had a lot on the line as of late while the “South Dakota Showdown” between SDSU and USD has been equally as impactful. This year, however, not only are the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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