Monday, September 07, 2026

RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 12, 2026

Last Week: 11-12 (.478)

This Year: 27-16 (.628)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Six vs. FBS Group Of Six

Memphis (2-0) at Boise State (0-1)

(The Broncos will try to bounce back from their season-opening loss to Oregon when they host the undefeated Tigers!)

North Dakota State (2-0) at Air Force (1-0)

(The Falcons face the FBS newbie Bison in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams!)

South Florida (1-0) at Army (1-0)

Jacksonville State (1-1) at Ohio (0-1)

Appalachian State (1-0) at East Carolina (1-0)

UNLV (1-1) at North Texas (0-1)


Saturday, September 12

FBS Group Of Five/FCS

Montana State (2-0) at Nevada (1-0)

(The defending FCS national champion Bobcats travel to face the Mountain West Conference Wolfpack in an unlikely battle of unbeaten teams! Airtime is at 10:30 pm EDT on the CW Television Network!)

Holy Cross (0-2) at Miami (Ohio) (0-1)

Monmouth (N.J.) (1-1) at Western Michigan (0-1)

Stony Brook (1-1) at Ball State (0-1)


Saturday, September 12

FCS vs. FCS

William & Mary (2-0) at Lehigh (2-0)

(It's an early-season showdown for first place in the Patriot League when the Mountain Hawks take on the Tribe in a battle of unbeaten teams!)

Furman (1-1) at Mercer (2-0)

(The unbeaten Bears battle the once-beaten Paladins in the Southern Conference opener for both squads!)

Eastern Washington (1-1) at South Dakota (2-0)

North Carolina A&T (0-2) at North Carolina Central (1-1)



Saturday, September 12

NCAA Division II

Indiana (Pa.) (1-0) at West Chester (1-0)

(The Crimson Hawks clash with the Golden Rams in the PSAC opener for both teams!)

Michigan Tech (2-0) at Emporia State (2-0)

Saginaw Valley State (2-0) at Northwood (1-0)

Lenoir-Rhyne (1-1) at Newberry (1-0)

Assumption (0-1) at Frostburg State (0-1)

Indianapolis (1-1) at Davenport (2-0)

Wingate (1-1) at Carson-Newman (2-0)

Minnesota-Duluth (1-1) at Wayne State (Nebraska) (2-0)


NCAA Division III

Grove City (0-1) at Mount Union (0-1)

(After seeing both an 85-game regular-season winning streak and a 38-game winning streak in season openers snapped in an upset loss at Wheaton this past weekend, the Purple Raiders hope to get back on track hosting the Presidents Athletic Conference Wolverines this weekend!)

Cortland (1-0) at Union (N.Y.) (0-1)

Wheaton (1-0) at Albion (0-1)

Brockport (1-0) at Hobart (1-0)

Johns Hopkins (1-0) at Randolph-Macon (0-1)

Grinnell (1-0) at Concordia-Chicago (1-0)

NAIA

Montana Tech (2-0) at Montana Western (1-0)

(The Orediggers hit the road for the first time this season when they battle the Bulldogs in a battle of unbeaten teams in the Frontier Conference!)

Southwestern (Kan.) (2-0) at Evangel (2-0)

(The Valor hosts the Moundbuilders in a battle of unbeaten squads from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference!)

William Penn (2-0) at Benedictine (Kan.) (1-1)

Keiser (0-1) at Bethel (Tenn.) (1-0)

Mount Marty (2-0) at Northwestern (Iowa) (1-1)

Southeastern (Fla.) (1-0) at Reinhardt (0-2)

St. Thomas (Fla.) (2-0) at Georgetown (Ky.) (1-1)



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Thursday, September 03, 2026

RFC Throwback Thursday: Colorado State vs. Wyoming 1976, 1978, 1979, & 1980


(Video #1 courtesy of Colorado State University.)


 


(Video #2 courtesy of Colorado State University.)




(Video #3 courtesy of Colorado State University.)




(Video #4 courtesy of Colorado State University.)


Ahead of this Saturday's clash between the Colorado State University Rams and the University of Wyoming Cowboys, this week's edition of "RFC Throwback Thursday" features select games between both teams from 1976, 1978, 1979, and 1980. 

Game Notes 2026




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Monday, August 31, 2026

RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 5, 2026 Labor Day Weekend

Last Week: 16-4 (.800)

This Year: 16-4 (.800)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Six vs. FBS Group Of Six

Friday, September 4

San Jose State (0-1) at Eastern Michigan (1-0)

(The Mid-American Conference Eagles look to move to 2-0 when they face the Mountain West Conference Spartans!)


Saturday, September 5

Wyoming at Colorado State

(The Mountain West Conference Cowboys hit the road to take on the Rams of the newly resurrected Pacific-12 Conference!)

UNLV (0-1) at Hawai'i (0-1)

(The Rainbows host the Rebels in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams, with both squads looking to bounce back after season-opening losses in Week Zero!)


FBS Group Of Six/FCS

Thursday, September 3

West Georgia (0-1) at Kennesaw State


Saturday, September 5

Tarleton State (1-0) at Bowling Green

(The Mid-American Conference Falcons face the FCS Texans from the United Athletic Conference to start their season under head coach Eddie George!)



FCS vs. FCS

Saturday, September 5

Sacred Heart at Monmouth (N.J.) (0-1)

(The Blue Hawks hope to bounce back from their season-opening loss at Tennessee Tech when they host the Pioneers in the CAA opener for both squads!)

West Florida (1-0) at Central Arkansas (1-0)

NCAA Division II

Thursday, September 3

Indiana (Pa.) at Ashland

(The G-MAC Eagles host the PSAC Crimson Hawks in a contest that could impact the NCAA Division II playoff picture later this season!)

CSU Pueblo (1-0) at Fort Hays State (1-0)

Charleston (W. Va.) (0-1) at California (Pa.)

Augustana (S.D.) (1-0) at Minnesota-Duluth (0-1)

Saturday, September 5

West Alabama (1-0) at Lenoir-Rhyne (1-0)

(The Bears host the Tigers in an early-season battle of unbeaten teams from Hickory, North Carolina!)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, September 5

Bethel (Minn.) at North Central 

(The national runner-up Cardinals clash against the Royals from Minnesota in a #1 vs. #2 match-up to start the 2026 season!)

Mount Union at Wheaton

(In another early-season showdown of Top 5 teams, the #3 Purple Raiders from Ohio hit the road to take on the #5 Thunder!)

Wisconsin-La Crosse at St. John's (Minn.)

(Finally, the #11 Johnnies welcome the #10 Eagles in the season opener for both squads!)

NAIA

Carroll (Mont.) (1-0) at Montana Tech (1-0)

(The Orediggers host the Fighting Saints in a huge Frontier Conference contest!)

Northwestern (Iowa) (0-1) at Morningside (1-0)

(Fresh off an upset win over preseason #3 Benedictine (Kan.) in their opener, the Mustangs hope to move to 2-0 when they host a Red Raiders squad that got routed by FCS Western Illinois last week!)

Hastings at Dordt (0-1)

Campbellsville (1-0) at Pikeville (1-0)

St. Francis (Ind.) (0-1) at Olivet Nazarene (1-0)

Mayville State (1-0) at Oklahoma Panhandle State (0-1)

Saint Xavier at Taylor

Ottawa (Ariz.) (0-1) at Wayland Baptist (1-0)




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Thursday, August 27, 2026

RFC Throwback Thursday 2026 Debut: North Dakota State vs. Jacksonville State-2016


(Video courtesy of NCAA/ESPN.)

Welcome to another season of "RFC Throwback Thursday", only on the Real Football Central blog. Each week during the college football season, "RFC Throwback Thursday" takes a look back at some of the greatest games and moments in "alternative college football" history, or the history of college football outside of the so-called "power conferences," such as the SEC or Big 10 for example. 

This week, the clock gets turned back to January 9, 2016. That was when the North Dakota State University Bison faced the Jacksonville State University Gamecocks from Jacksonville, Alabama, in the FCS national championship game at Frisco, Texas, concluding the 2015 season. Led by future NFL quarterback Carson Wentz, the third-seeded Bison crushed the top-seeded Gamecocks, 37-10, to win their fifth-straight national championship dating back to 2011. NDSU would go on to win five more FCS national championships-2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024-before beginning the transition to the FBS level in 2026. 

As for Jacksonville State, the Gamecocks continued to compete at the FCS level until 2023. That was when they began their own transition to the FBS ranks. Jax State has played in a bowl game in all three seasons as an FBS member, winning two of those contests (the New Orleans Bowl in 2023 and the Salute to Veterans Bowl in 2025) and one Conference USA title over the last three seasons. 


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