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FRISCO, Texas - North Dakota State and South Dakota State will meet in the Football Championship Subdivision title game Sunday for the first time. The matchup seemed inevitable for the last few seasons, moreso in the last year since fellow FCS heavweights James Madison and Sam Houston left for the more interesting pastures of the higher Football…

Fans in the Dakotas have waited a long time for it happen and now it finally has. Missouri Valley Conference foes North Dakota State and South Dakota State are meeting to renew their storied rivalry on the grandest of stages. The "Dakota Marker" has been featured everywhere from College GameDay to the playoffs in recent years but now it makes its…

South Dakota State has already notched a win over North Dakota State this season, but the latter has dominated the FCS of late, and isn't getting enough credit on the spread. Find out more as our college football picks preview this championship game. One of the most dominant programs in North American sports looks to add to its historic run of…

Incarnate Word quarterback Lindsey Scott, who started his college football career at LSU in 2016, leads The Associated Press FCS All-America team presented by Regions Bank and released Tuesday. Scott has thrown for 4404 yards and a Championship Subdivision record 59 touchdowns. The Division I record is 60 set by LSU's Joe Burrow in the 2019…

Incarnate Word quarterback Lindsey Scott, who started his college football career at LSU in 2016, leads The Associated Press FCS All-America team presented by Regions Bank and released Tuesday. Scott has thrown for 4404 yards and a Championship Subdivision record 59 touchdowns. The Division I record is 60 set by LSU's Joe Burrow in the 2019…

Holy Cross posted its single-season record with a 12th win last week, and South Dakota State is eager to do the same thing this week. The top-seeded Jackrabbits can only do so by going through the unbeaten No. 8 seed in an FCS playoff quarterfinal on Saturday. It's a matchup of conference champions that have similar styles: physical, run-oriented…

Holy Cross faces a mighty task taking on South Dakota State, the top-ranked team in the country and the No. 1 seed in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs, but, as usual, the Crusaders are more than up for the challenge. "It's just a great opportunity," junior quarterback Matthew Sluka said. "If you want to be the best, you have the…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard University football senior defensive lineman has earned FCS Associated Press Third Team All-America honors as well as an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl on February 2, 2023 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2022 Bushnell Cup winner as the Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Jones…

Outside of the Celebration Bowl, there are only seven games left on the FCS calendar and four of them go down this weekend. All eight teams still alive in the playoffs are the eight teams that received seeds in this year's tournament and after looking at these quarterfinal matchups coming up, it certainly seems like the committee got it on the nose…

BROOKINGS - South Dakota State was well-represented on the Missouri Valley Football Conference's all-conference teams, and at the forefront was longtime coach John Stiegelmeier, who was named the MVFC coach of the year for the second time (2016) in his career. Under Stiegelmeier's guidance, the Jackrabbits went 10-1 overall during the regular…

The 2022 FCS playoffs are here. Who are the top contenders to win the national title? Who are the long-shots? Every week, I will rank my favorites to win the championship out of the remaining teams in the field. This list will get knocked down from 24 to 16 to eight to four, and then it's national title time. This is NOT a ranking of the 24 best…

The FCS season is rolling along and this week may be the biggest yet, at least in terms of the magnitude of games. Conference play is starting for several teams and lots of those teams have very important games on the slate this week. Here's what to watch this week around the subdivision. #10 Chattanooga Tries to Topple Illinois The Mocs (3-0) have…

No. 3 South Dakota State is visiting Springfield this week for a historic matchup with fourth-ranked Missouri State in a Saturday 2 p.m. game at Plaster Stadium. To get to know the Jackrabbits before the game, we shot a few questions over to Matt Zimmer, who covers SDSU for the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls. Here's what Zimmer had to say about the…

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa's defense came up with two second-half safeties, and the Hawkeyes opened the season with a 7-3 win over South Dakota State on Saturday. Neither team could do much offensively. Iowa finished with 166 yards of offense, while South Dakota State had 120. The two teams combined for more punts (21) than first downs…

Week Zero gave FCS fans an appetizer for what lies ahead this weekend. Week One is finally here and there's a full slate of games to consume in the coming days. Whether your team is taking on an FBS powerhouse, at home hosting a DII school or just gearing up for a big showdown, there's certainly a game for you over the next four days. The CAA got a…

Every year, FBS teams hand out six-figure paychecks - and sometimes even more - to FCS opponents. And every year, multiple FBS teams find themselves licking their wounds after what was thought to be a guaranteed victory. Last season featured 12 FCS wins over FBS programs, with Montana's takedown of No. 20 Washington marking the first FCS win over a…