Category: FCS News Articles
NCAA D-I Championship Kicks Off Across ESPN Platforms
The 2012 NCAA FCS Championship kicks off this weekend, and ESPN will be carrying every game across its networks, including 14 games from the first, second and quarterfinals rounds exclusively on ESPN3.
First-round action starts with Colgate vs. Wagn… more »
North Dakota State Still No. 1, 11/12/12 Gridiron Power Index (GPI)
North Dakota State is still the one, #1 in the Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and a top indicator of at-large playoff selection. All of the components have the Bison on top.
The Missouri Valley Football Conf… more »
Teams in final fights for league titles
Flames getting hot: Liberty carries its Big South-record 17-game home conference win streak into Saturday’s showdown with Stony Brook. During the stretch, the Flames have scored 749 points (44.1 points per game), scored more than 30 points in 15 contest… more »
11/5/2012 Gridiron Power Index (GPI) No. 1 is Perfectly North Dakota State
The Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and a top indicator of at-large playoff selection is unanimous with defending national champion North Dakota State firmly at #1.
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has… more »
Wagner worries beyond football
Even before Superstorm Sandy came calling, the Wagner College football team had plenty to worry about in preparing for a first-place showdown with the 18th-ranked University at Albany on Saturday.
The Seahawks face the challenge of knocking off the d… more »
FCS Strength of Schedule
Kenneth Massey has been measuring the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision for years and his strength of schedule ratings are watched by the NCAA. Unlike other popular rating systems like the Sagarins (which incorrectly measures any team t… more »
North Dakota State Remains at No. 1 in the 10/29/12 Gridiron Power Index (GPI)
North Dakota State remains #1 in the Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and a top indicator of at-large playoff selection. All but one of the components have the Bison on top, the media opinion poll has Georgia Sou… more »
Weekly TV Schedule for NCAA Division I Football - Week 9
The following schedule is for games from Division I for the dates of Oct. 25 - Oct. 31.
* All times Eastern
* FBS Rankings reflect the USA Today Coaches’ Poll
* FCS Rankings reflect the Sports Network/Fathead.com Poll
* Schedule organized by home te… more »
Vast Differences in Ranking the FCS
At this point in season, three weeks into the current year's Gridiron Power Index (GPI) we usually notice how the human opinion polls (FCS Coaches Poll - FCP and The Sports Network Poll - SNW) start to become near replicas of each other and how the GPI… more »
GPI is an Election Worth Tracking
There are two major elections that will take place next month. One will decide our elected leaders. The other will decide something more important around here: What teams will make the Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
That was a… more »
North Dakota State Holds on to No. 1 in the 10/15/12 Gridiron Power Index (GPI)
Despite a loss to top 25 Indiana State, the Bison of North Dakota State remain on top of the Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and a top indicator of at-large playoff selection.
The Missouri Valley Football Con… more »
36 FCS Student-Athletes Named Semifinalists For The National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy
Selected as the best and brightest from the college gridiron, The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today the 147 candidates (36 from the FCS)for the 2012 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards.
The awards are prese… more »
Moving to FBS? Here's the Economics
On the field, the game looks similar. When it comes to money, the schools in the Football Championship Subdivision and the top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision play on different planets.
Five programs – Georgia State, Texas-San Antonio, South Alabama,… more »
Tickets for 2013 FCS Championship game go on sale
Tickets for the 2013 NCAA Division I Football Championship game will go on sale Thursday at 11 a.m. ET. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ncaa.com/fcs for two seating locations within the stadium: midfield ($35) and sideline ($30).
The champions… more »
2012 FCS Coaches Preseason Poll Announced
North Dakota State, Sam Houston State and Georgia Southern weigh in at 1-2-3. It is the same position they finished the 2011 regular season.
2012 FCS Coaches Preseason Poll - August 22, 2012
1. North Dakota State (19) 14-1 640 1
2. Sam Houston S… more »