FCS Semifinal, Small College Championship, and Bowl Predictions

Last Week: 7-1 (.875)
This Year: 717-297 (.707)


FCS Playoffs--Semifinals

Friday, December 18

Richmond (10-3) at North Dakota State (11-2)

Saturday, December 19


Sam Houston State (11-3) at Jacksonville State (12-1)


NCAA Division II--Championship (at Kansas City, Kan.)

Shepherd (13-0) vs. Northwest Missouri State (14-0)  

NCAA Division III--Championship (Stagg Bowl at Salem Va.)

St. Thomas (14-0) vs. Mount Union (14-0) 

NAIA--Championship (at Daytona Beach, Fla.)

Southern Oregon (11-2) vs. Marian (11-2) 

Bowl Games

NOTE: Only games involving teams in FBS Group Of Five (American Athletic, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, and Sun Belt) and FCS conferences will be included in this post.

Saturday, December 19 

Celebration Bowl--at Atlanta

Alcorn State (9-3) vs. North Carolina A&T (9-2)

Camellia Bowl--at Montgomery, Ala.

Ohio (8-4) vs. Appalachian State (10-2)

Cure Bowl--at Orlando, Fla.

San Jose State (5-7) vs. Georgia State (6-6)  

New Orleans Bowl--at New Orleans

Arkansas State (9-3) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4)  

Monday, December 21

Miami Beach Bowl--at Miami

Western Kentucky (11-2) vs. South Florida (8-4) 

Tuesday, December 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl--at Boise, Idaho

Akron (7-5) vs. Utah State (6-6)  

Boca Raton Bowl--at Boca Raton, Fla.

Temple (10-3) vs. Toledo (9-2) 

Wednesday, December 23

Poinsettia Bowl--at San Diego

Boise State (8-4) vs. Northern Illinois (8-5) 

GoDaddy Bowl--at Mobile, Ala.

Georgia Southern (8-4) vs. Bowling Green (10-3) 

Thursday, December 24 (CHRISTMAS EVE)

Bahamas Bowl--at Nassau, Bahamas

Middle Tennessee State (7-5) vs. Western Michigan (7-5)

Hawaii Bowl--at Honolulu, Hawaii

San Diego State (10-3) vs. Cincinnati (7-5)

Saturday, December 26

St. Petersburg Bowl--at St. Petersburg, Fla.

Connecticut (6-6) vs. Marshall (9-3) 

Tuesday, December 29

Arizona Bowl--at Tucson, Ariz.

Nevada (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-5) 

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Week 15--FCS and Small College Playoff Predictions

Last Week: 19-9 (.679)
This Year: 710-296 (.706)

FCS Playoffs--Quarterfinals

Friday, December 11

Interactive Bracket (courtesy of ncaa.com) 

Richmond (9-3) at Illinois State (10-2)

Charleston Southern (10-2) at Jacksonville State (11-1)

Saturday, December 12 

Northern Iowa (9-4) at North Dakota State (10-2) 

Colgate (9-4) at Sam Houston State (10-3)

NCAA Division II Playoffs--Semifinals

Saturday, December 12


Grand Valley State (12-2) at Shepherd (12-0)

West Georgia (12-1) at Northwest Missouri State (13-0) 

NCAA Division III Playoffs--Semifinals

Saturday, December 12

Wisconsin-Whitewater (12-1) at Mount Union (13-0)

Linfield (12-0) at St. Thomas (13-0) 

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Small College Playoff Predictions--And More--For The Week Of December 5, 2015

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 

Saturday, December 5

NCAA Division II Quarterfinals

Interactive Bracket

Slippery Rock (12-1) at Shepherd (11-0)

Grand Valley State (11-2) at Colorado State-Pueblo (12-1)

Tuskegee (10-2) at West Georgia (11-1) 

Emporia State (11-2) at Northwest Missouri State (12-0) 

NCAA Division III Quarterfinals

Wabash (12-0) at St. Thomas (12-0) 

Mary Hardin-Baylor (11-1) at Linfield (11-0) 

Wesley (11-1) at Mount Union (12-0) 

Wisconsin-Whitewater (11-1) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (11-1) 


NAIA Semifinals

Click here for schedule, scroll down to "Semifinals" (Schedule courtesy of naia.org)

Southern Oregon (10-2) at Morningside (12-1) 

Marian (10-2) at St. Francis (Ind.)--(11-0)

Bonus Predictions

FCS

Grambling State (9-2) vs. Alcorn State (8-3) 

(SWAC Championship Game at Houston)

NCAA Division II

Central Oklahoma (6-5) vs. Southwestern Oklahoma State (8-3)   

(Live United Texarkana Bowl at Texarkana, Ark.)

Fort Hays State (8-3) vs. Minnesota-Duluth (8-3)  

(Mineral Water Bowl at Excelsior Springs, Mo.)

Arkansas Tech (8-3) vs. Eastern New Mexico (6-5)  

(Heart of Texas Bowl at Copperas Cove, Tex.)

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1984 I-AA National Championship

Let's turn back the clock to 1984. That was when the Montana State Bobcats outlasted the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by two scores to win their only NCAA Division I-AA (now the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision). By 1987, the Bulldogs moved up to NCAA Division I-A (now the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision), where they remain to this day.



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Week 14--FBS Group of Five Conference Championship and FCS Playoff Predictions

Last Week: 29-16 (.674)
This Year: 691-287 (.707)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 


FBS Group Of Five (click links below for schedules)

Friday, December 4

Mid-American Conference Championship Game at Detroit

Bowling Green (9-3) vs. Northern Illinois (8-4)

Saturday, December 5

American Athletic Conference Championship Game

Temple (10-2) at Houston (11-1)

Conference USA Championship Game

Southern Mississippi (9-3) at Western Kentucky (10-2) 

Mountain West Conference Championship Game

Air Force (8-4) at San Diego State (9-3) 

Sun Belt Conference

Georgia State (5-6) at Georgia Southern (8-3) 

Appalachian State (9-2) at South Alabama (5-6) 

FCS Playoffs--Second Round

Saturday, December 5 

Interactive Bracket (courtesy of ncaa.com) 

Chattanooga (9-3) at Jacksonville State (10-1)

Citadel (9-3) at Charleston Southern (9-2) 

Colgate (8-4) at James Madison (9-2) 

Sam Houston State (9-3) at McNeese State (10-0) 

Montana (8-4) at North Dakota State (9-2)

Northern Iowa (8-4) at Portland State (9-2) 

William & Mary (9-3) at Richmond (8-3) 

Western Illinois (7-5) at Illinois State (9-2) 

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1988 California Bowl: Fresno State vs. Western Michigan

With yet another bowl season just around the corner, let's turn the clock back to 1988. That was when the now-defunct Big West Conference (at least for NCAA Division I-A/FBS football) champion Fresno State Bulldogs squared off against the then Mid-American Conference champion Western Michigan Broncos in the long gone, yet not forgotten, California Bowl.



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