Football Championship Subdivision

With the final countdown to the regular season underway (see the countdown threads on fcsfans.com) the preseason polls are starting to get released.  Unlike the FBS, the FCS uses a playoff system to determine a true champion.  This leaves almost no reason for polls, preseason or regular season, other than fan discussion.  However, that doesn’t [...]

Rob Weiss, FCS Update: In early Top 25 games: Looks like I’m going to be under on No. 22 Holy Cross. I predicted a 35-7 win, but going into halftime they already have a 35-7 lead.   So far I’m WAY off on No. 10 Appalachian State against The Citadel, who is unranked. I picked the [...]

Rob Weiss, FCS Update: The end of November is always an exciting time in FCS football.  For 16 teams it means the beginning of a shot at the national championship.  Starting in 2010 that number will jump to 20 with the addition of automatic bids for the Big South and NEC, and 2 more at-large bids. [...]

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