Alabama St. Alcorn St. Grambling St. Jackson St. Texas S. LIU will be immediately eligible for the playoffs, as it will be treated as a new football program of an existing D-I institution, and also will play enough Division I games in the season to potentially qualify. The Warriors are not eligible for the FCS playoffs until completing the transition. Universal Conquest Wiki.
Abilene Christian. Abilene Christian University. Alabama State. Alabama State University. Alcorn State. Alcorn State University. Arkansas-Pine Bluff. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Pine Bluff. Austin Peay. Austin Peay State University. Bethune—Cookman University. Bryant University. Bucknell University. Butler University. California Polytechnic State University. San Luis Obispo. Buies Creek.
Central Arkansas. University of Central Arkansas. Central Connecticut. Central Connecticut State University. New Britain. Charleston Southern. Charleston Southern University. North Charleston. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
The Citadel. University of Delaware. Delaware State. Delaware State University. Drake University. Duquesne University. East Tennessee State. East Tennessee State University. Johnson City. Eastern Illinois. Eastern Illinois University. Eastern Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky University. Eastern Washington. Eastern Washington University. Fordham University. Gardner—Webb University. Boiling Springs. Grambling State.
Grambling State University. Big South. Harvard University. Cambridge [n 1]. Holy Cross. College of the Holy Cross. Houston Baptist. Houston Baptist University. Howard University. Big Sky [n 2]. Idaho State. Idaho State University.
Illinois State. Illinois State University. Missouri Valley. University of the Incarnate Word. Indiana State. Indiana State University. Terre Haute. Jackson State. Jackson State University. But 63 Bison are enough to trample just about anybody.
Well, besides Kansas. FBS teams have largely stopped scheduling the Bison to avoid losing, although Arizona has them on the schedule in Its dominance might make the FCS seem boring, but I like watching it run opponents through the wood chipper.
But Lance, along with NDSU teammate and potential first-round pick Dillon Radunz, chose to participate in the predraft process rather than play in the spring season. The Bison played exactly one game in the fall —most likely as a showcase for Lance and Radunz, so scouts could watch them one last time—and then the duo declared for the pros.
Even with Lance, the Bison were a run-first team: In , their offense rushed for 4, yards and averaged 6. This roster is still bigger, beefier, and brawnier than everyone it will face. And NDSU has never struggled to replace top quarterback production. In , Carson Wentz went no. In , Stick went in the fifth round of the draft, and the Bison simply moved on to Lance.
Next up is Zeb Noland, a transfer from Iowa State who threw for yards with two touchdowns in a game against Oklahoma in Noland, a three-star recruit in the class, transferred to NDSU with the expectation of starting in —only for Lance to emerge as a superstar.
NDSU has been great at developing quarterbacks—and Noland was once seen as a better prospect than any of the three guys who made the NFL. I guess the point is, the team in Fargo is a lot like the TV show Fargo. But in , that total dropped to six— the fewest ever. It seems likely that this had to do with the cancellation of pro days , where FCS players often get invited to participate alongside prospects from top-tier programs, putting them on the radar of scouts.
But it would be unprecedented for a draftee to be selected while his college team was still playing. Given that FCS prospects are traditionally late bloomers, this confusion likely put several players in a bind. On the one hand, the chance at having a breakout season and improving their draft stock is a good reason to play as a senior.
On the other hand … will scouts even watch this season? I like that the FCS is getting this spotlight, but not how the spring season limits the potential of hidden gems who are talented enough to make the next level.
The only legitimate choice here is James Madison. They beat NDSU in the semifinals en route to a national championship, and then played the Bison close in the title games following the and seasons, losing by a combined 12 points. But they recently lost their quarterback, Ben DiNucci, who briefly played for the Cowboys in The Jackrabbits play NDSU every year for a trophy shaped like a highway mile marker ; they won in and , and lost one-score games against the Bison in and But their matchups with the Bison in the and playoffs were both blowouts.
SDSU is cursed to live the life of Auburn; consistently great, but doomed to live just down the road from the most dominant team in the sport. My dark horse pick is the aforementioned Jacksonville State Gamecocks—the question is whether Zerrick Cooper, a former four-star prospect who transferred out of Clemson after wisely deciding not to wait for playing time behind Trevor Lawrence, is healthy.
For all the flash, there seems to be some substance here. Charleston Southern Buccaneers. Delaware State Hornets. East Tennessee State Buccaneers. Eastern Illinois Panthers. Eastern Kentucky Colonels. Eastern Washington Eagles. Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs. Grambling State Tigers.
Houston Baptist Huskies. Illinois State Redbirds. Missouri Valley. Indiana State Sycamores. Jacksonville State Gamecocks. Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils. New Hampshire Wildcats. Nicholls State Colonels. Norfolk State Spartans. North Carolina Central Eagles. North Dakota Fighting Sioux. North Dakota State Bison.
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