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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…

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…

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…

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…