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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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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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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