Week 6 , already Tuesday football

 Troy scored 55 points in a win over USM last night.

Tonight, I'll go with FIU at home in a 24-20 win over NMSU. Maybe Kohl doesn't toss an INT for the Panthers?

Oct 8, 2026

Correct on FIU getting the W but surprised they  held NMSU to a FG in a 22-3 win. FIU kicked 5 FGs

Tonight, I'll go with USA winning a close one at Ark St

Hollins will toss 2 TD passes for the Jags in a 24-21 win.

Oct 9 2026

A lot more points than I expected and  I was correct on USA

K. Phillips 19 CAR 157 YDS, 4 TD for the Jags in a 56-49 win over Ark St

Hollins tossed 3 TD passes for the winners

Owens tossed 4TDs 418 yards, 2 INTs for the Red Wolves

Oct 10, 2026

Vezza, the CMU QB, leads the team in rushing. Bobcats will slow him down enough for a home victory. Ohio 24 CMU 20

Week 5 non-power

I'll pick a few games this weekend, but for now I'll get a pick in for Thursday night

AAC: Tulsa opened the season with a loss to ARK then won three straight including an upset of OK ST

NTX has been a roller coaster which includes rolling over UNLV 44-6

My hunch : Tulsa 31 NTX 24  Golden Hurricanes score a DST touchdown.

QB shootout in Delaware on Friday night.  I''ll take  Purdie to outgun Minicucci. LIB 31 DEL 28

Oct 2, 2026

Wrong on Tulsa, what a shootout. NTX 45 Tulsa 44 OT. T. Jackson tossed 4TD passes for the winners.

Oct 3, 2026

K.Davis rushed for 147yds and 2 TDs for the Flames in a 30-24 win over DEL

Navy is winless   and is at AFA today. I'll take the Falcons. AFA 20 Navy 19

Oct 4 , 2026

Liam Szarka, AFA QB, rushed for two TDs in a 14-9 win over Navy.

2 for 3 in my picks

NDSU shutout WYO to and is 2-0 in MWC play 

Week 4 OOC

M. Jackson . Flames WR 9REC 230YDS 3TD. I'll go with Liberty 27 CCU 24

Impressed that the Lobos stayed close with Oklahoma but lost. NM 28 NMSU 20

Troy gave Missouri a good game but fell. Utah St nearly clipped UW but got blanked by Utah

Troy 20 Utah St 19

Sept 25, 2026

K. Davis RB  LIB 18CAR166YDS. Flames blanked CCU in the second half of a 34-17 win

Correct on this one

Sept 27, 2026

S. Humphrey 19 CAR 104 YDS, 2 TD for the Lobos in a 42-18 win over NMSU

Utah St blanked Troy in the 2nd half for a 21-10 win

Two out of 3 this week

UMass beat Sac St and is  undefeated in September- that is a rarity.

James Madison, Boise State & New Mexico are getting some early chatter involving the 12 team bracket.

Week 3 OOC games

 Herd wins a  24- 23 squeaker at MOSU C. Del Rio-Wilson has a big game

SDSU wins  over visiting JMU by a score of 21-17. L. Sutton rushes for close to 100 yards

Unsure why I think ECU upsets  ODU  by a score of 28-24 on the road. Perhaps Ashton Gray  has a solid rushing game for the Pirates.

Blue Hens hold on at home 27-24 over CCU.  Minicucci QB, tosses a few TD passes.

Sept 20, 2026

3-1: wrong on the Aztecs, correct on DEL, ECU, & the Herd
Coleman tossed 2 TD passes in JMU win over SDSU. Herd D blanked the Bears in the 4Q for a 30-24 win.

Wow on TXST(Pac12) win (49-35) over NTX

Sept 21, 2026

MOH gave Cincy (Big12) a tough game before falling 35-31. MOH will face UConn , who defeated USM(SBC), this Saturday before MAC play starts.

Cole Tabb rushes for a 53 yard touchdown in the final two minutes for the Bearcats win.

Sept 22, 2026

 It was the first JMU/SDSU met on the gridiron. It was arranged as a stand-alone matchup after Virginia Tech canceled the JMU game to get to 9 ACC games.

Week 2 some closes OOC games

 ECU(AAC)  rushing game should be better against Appy(SBC) than it was against Bama. ECU 24 Appy 20

BUFF(MAC) @FIU(CUSA) Neither team has been good but maybe they have a tiny bit of hope. Perhaps Holmes and Kohl gives us an aerial show.  Kohl  will do better and lead FIU to a 21-17 victory.

UTSA(AAC) visits TXST(PAC12), who is coming off a beatdown by the Horns.  It goes down to wire  with the Roadrunners winning on the road 27-24

Sept 13, 2026

Appy got by ECU 27-24

UTSA came back late to beat TX St 31-26

Only correct choice was picking FIU over BUFF. Kohl tossed 3TDs for FIU. Wright tossed two TDs for the Bulls. Holmes was benched in the 2Q.  

FIU 33 BUFF 20.

Sept 14, 2026

Wild to see Tulsa(AAC) getting some top 25 consideration, and maybe they'll get there if they can beat Arkansas & NTX in the next few weeks.

Rare P4 blog 9/9/26

 I like the regional  old time matchups. First time in 20 years  KU hosts the Border War on its home field.  Mizzou leads the series: 58–54–9 

Both Missouri and Kansas won their openers over 1AA teams.

Simmons will lead the Tigers  to a 28-27 win

Iowa will ride Moulton's rushing  production to a win 24-17 win over Iowa St @ Ames IA and win the Cy-Hawk trophy

Iowa leads the series 47-25

Sept 12, 2026

Mizzou got off to a slow start but got in the gear by the 2Q. A. Simmons

QB 292YDS 3TD for the Tigers   in a 38-21 win.

Drinkwitz, the Tigers HC, didn't like the Heroes  & Villians video  that KU made.

Sept 13, 2026

Buhr kicked two FGs  for Iowa in the 4Q to beat Iowa St 16-13.   Jimmy Rodgers , who left Wazoo to replace Matt Campbell, had the Cyclones D in high gear for a rugged matchup.

Campbell took the Penn St job.

Sept 15, 2026

UVA(ACC) vs West Virginia(Big 12) on 9/19, 2026, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC . UVA leads the series 12–10–1. First matchup was in 1898.

MD/VA from their ACC days  is more of a border War.

Hawkins, the WV QB, leads the team in rushing.  Pribula, the Cavs QB, has tossed 5 TD passes.

My gut says WV 24 UVA 23.

Sept 17, 2026

Big cross state game that's not quite a border war, but there's some old time ACC history of  uppity UNC of the Tobacco Road 4  playing Clemson. Plus you have Belichick vs Dabo.

I know its more serious in hoops history.

 NCST, WF, & Duke are the other 3 Tobacco Road teams

Sept 20, 2026

Wrong on the Terps, correct on WVU

Terps' D collapsed the passing  O was fine, in a loss to VT

Hawkins tossed 5TDs for WVU  in a 38-27 win over UVA

UNC D collapsed late in a loss to Clemson, and NCST fumbled in its own end zone late to lose to Vandy.

Sept 29, 2026

Bama /Miss St, two 4-0 teams play this Saturday. Bothwell has 402 yards rushing this season for the Bulldogs.

 It got me thinking about Jackie Sherill's 8-0 team in 1999 before Bama then Arkansas beat them. They tied with Bama for the the SEC West and finished 13th in the AP poll after a Peach Bowl win over Clemson.

FLA(Spurrier) beat Bama(Mike Dubose) in the SEC title game.

Week 1- some MWC OOC picks

 San Jose St(MWC) @ EMU(MAC). Luke Weaver led SJSU to some late points in a 42-26 loss to the USC Trojams. EMU beat SAC St. last week. Perhaps a Noah Kim/ Luke Weaver shootout in this one . EMU wins at home 28-27

Wyoming(MWC) will lose on the road to Colorado St(PAC12)  27-23

I'll go with UNM (MWC) to defeat  CMU(MAC) 24-21

If I were a betting man, I'd be tempted to take Tulane(AAC) +7.5  @ Duke

Sept 3, 2026

Rough slate tonight for non -power teams. UMass(MAC)/Rutgers , Akron(MAC)/Wake Forest, UAB(AAC)/ Illinois

Sept 4, 2026

W. Watson QB for MASS tossed 3TD passes in a 37-21 upset of Rutgers. Big win for the MAC.

Sept 5, 2026

I was wrong on EMU. Weaver threw for 316 yards and 3TDs for the SJSU victory.

Sept 6, 2026

Not surprised the Lobos beat CMU, but was surprised it was a blowout

Same for the CSU 35-13 W over WYO. H. Hejny(23/33, 214 YDS, 5 TD)

O5 punters on 2026 pre-season list,etc

 Ray Guy Award 2026 pre-season list:

Dante Atton, Temple, Evan Crenshaw, Troy, Oscar Doyle,Boise State

 Bart Edmiston, Wyoming, Ashton Logan, MTSU, & Pierse Stainton, Miami (Ohio)

MTSU is going to really need Logan's leg

Aug 20, 2026

NIL on punters: Freshman Cooper Heimbach is listed as the punter for the Marshall-  previous starting punter Nathan Totten transferred to Virginia Tech. He was all SBC punter last season. 45.6 AVG

Garrison Rippa, Jax St kicker, had a decent 2025 season including two 52 yard FG for the Gamecocks

Aug 22, 2026

Collin Rogers is the place kicker for FAU(AAC)  this season after a rough 2025 season at SMU

Who's going to replace Kansei Matsuzawa, The "Tokyo Toe", at Hawaii this season? Probably Sean Olvera-Harle 

KM is having a rough pre-season in the Raiders NFL camp.

Sept 7, 2026

Harrison Tuck (Memphis):  43.7 yards  AVG on 6 punts with 2 inside the 20 in week zero. 

  Brody Boehm kicked a 54 yard FG for Ball State in a loss to Ohio St week1

Sept 23, 2026

 Bart Edmiston, Wyoming(48.5), Ashton Logan, MTSU(48.1),  are sitting at 3 and 5  respectively in average yards per punt

Oct 5, 2026

Ashton Logan(MTSU) 25 punts 1241 yards , 49.6 AVG is a busy guy, but not as busy as Ethan Stump of Buffalo U with 31punts . only a 39.3 avg

Week zero 2026 non-power

 These 3 games intrigue me the most for Week Zero non-power teams

Sac St travels to EMU for its first MAC conference game.

North Dakota St(MWC) host  Jax St(CUSA)

Memphis flies to Vegas to face UNLV. Is Jackson Arnold, former Oklahoma and Auburn QB, the answer for the Rebels. 

July 1, 2026

Wondering who the Sac St starting QB will be?  Carson Conklin, a transfer from Fresno State,and Jackson Sharman, a transfer from Idaho State, are competing to be the starting quarterback.

July 11, 2026

Nathan Hayes will likely be the Bison starting QB in its home opener vs Jax St. NDSU has a lot of traveling this season including an MWC game at Hawaii on 11/14

July 15, 2026

MWC Media days: Pre-season  pick for Special Teams PoY WR Jackson Williams (NDSU). 🤔  First Bison season in a 1A conference,

 Rob Harley , NIU interim HC, got the job when HC Thomas Hammock became the Seattle Seahawks RB coach in February.

I forgot about this.

July 17, 2026

In 2025, Nick Minicucci, Delaware QB, led CUSA in passing yards (3,683) and was second team CUSA. He'll be Arlington TX for Media Day on July 20. Nice to see the kid return  for 2026

July 18, 2026

UTSA HC Jeff Traylor hired Rick Bowie from WKU to call the offensive signals for QB Owen McCown. Worth keeping an eye on! 

July 19, 2026

Noah Kim (QB,EMU), the MAC's leading passer last season has two solid targets, Nick Devereaux and Joshua Long, for the Eagles bid to surprise some opponents this season.

July 20, 2026

Clay Helton has been decent (27-25)at GASO since 2021. Does he turn the corner and get the Eagles in the SBC title race. Max Johnson, a much traveled QB, is their likely starter

Bynum and Tyson are their top players on D.

They have tough OOC games: at Clemson and hosting Houston.

Kind of wondering what's happened that Evan Crenshaw(Troy) pre-season pick for SBC best punter started his career at CCU.

July 23, 2026

AAC Media Day today: USF hosts FIU in its season opener. Van Buren (who transferred from LSU) has the edge due to better mobility in his battle with Kromenhoek (from Mississippi State) for the starting QB spot vacated by Byrum Brown(who transferred to Auburn). 

Hartline's staff hinted they may use both QBs in the right situation.

July 25, 2026

UNLV hosting this year and the return game is set for Memphis in 2029. Stokes is slightly ahead of Air Noland on the Memphis QB depth chart

July 27, 2026

Casey Woods, former SMU OC, is the MOSU HC.  Locklear from UTEP and Belin IV from Duke are vying to be the starting QB. WKU is Bears first CUSA opponent. September OOC schedule includes TAMU, SMU, and Marshall.

July 29, 2026

Rainbows open at Stanford and QB Alejado will be working with  new wideouts since Jackson Harris and Brandon White transferred. Tre Griffiths, a transfer from OK St to Hawaii, may help fill that void.

Some folks think Hawaii can finish second in the MWC

July 31, 2026

AAC week 1 tough openers. ECU @ Bama, UAB  @ ILL, NTX at IU.  OKST travels to Tulsa which could be an interesting intrastate game

Aug 3, 2026

2026 MAC head coaches preseason poll went with WMU as the favorite. MOH visits them on Nov 17 in what could be a key game.

MAC. BGSU HC Eddie George needs a healthy Austyn Dendy at RB for the full season

Aug 6, 2026

UTEP(MWC) @ OK, @ MICH, & hosting the OSU Beavers in September OOC action.

Aug 9, 2026

Keeping my eyes on  Juice Vereen(TE) for Colorado St who followed HC Jim Mora there.

Aug 10, 2026

Hartline has a four star  center Jordan Harrison in camp who may start for USF. Bulls face Army in week 2, and also have Tulane and Memphis on their schedule this season.

Aug 12, 2026

Patrick Martin is  back and practicing with South Bama and will split reps with Keenan Phillips in the Jags backfield.

Aug 15, 2026

Navy won 21 games in the past two seasons which ties them with Boise State and UNLV for the most among non -power schools.

Notre Dame, UTSA, Memphis, & Army look like the toughest games on its 2026 schedule.

Aug 24, 2026

Of the three week zero games that involve power/non power conference matchups. Hawaii has the best chance of an upset. Rainbows plays Stanford.(ACC)

I don't see SJSU beating USC(Big10) or NMSU defeating Florida St(ACC)

Conklin  named the starting QB for Sacramento State in MAC opener @EMU on week zero

Aug 27, 2026

Last year WKU won at home against Nevada in the first matchup between those teams. This year WKU plays @ NEV on 9/5

Bryson Rodgers(WR) wasn't used a lot at Ohio St  so he followed Coach Hartline to USF. He accelerates well.

Aug 29, 2026

Jackson Arnold will split time with Alex Orji at quarterback for UNLV in its opener against Memphis

Aug 30, 2026

Memphis scored the final 17 points of the game in a win over UNLV. NDSU rolled Jax St

Non power team that may advance toward Omaha.

Southern Miss is one of the 16 regional host. UVA , Ark-LR , and  Jacksonville St are in the Hattiesburg, MS bracket. Jax St  was awesome in the CUSAT  and looks strong going into this regional

They didn't have many power conference opponents They beat AUB, lost to Bama, and lost 2 of 3 to Cincy.

Cooper Blauser led  the Gamecocks with 53 RBI.
I'm not ignoring the host but Jax St is the hottest team in this bracket.

ECU got hot in the AAC tournament and opens with the Vols in Chapel Hill. Herring knocked in 51 runs for the Pirates this season.

May 30 2026

I caught some of the ECU game. The Pirates bunted home run 3 in the 13th inning, then the Vols tied it at 3.. In the 14th inning ECU outscored them 4-0 for the 7-3 win

Other games. SMS(WCC) beat UCLA. Milwaukee(Horizon) beat AUB. South Carolina Upstate beat OK St. 

Little Rock beat USM. Jax St beat USC. TX ST beat USC

Not sure if it a big upset but Tarleton (WAC) beat UCSB.

May 31, 2026

Tennessee, USM, Alabama State, Yale, Lamar, South Dakota State, Rider, UIC, Missouri State, The Citadel, and Virginia Tech

ECU Friday)  then UNC (yesterday) knocked the Vols out in Chapel Hill. ECU  lost to UNC yesterday. ECU plays VCU today

Ark-LR & Jax St provide the 1-2 punch to USM , the host of Hattiesburg Regional.  Baumbach knocked in the 3 runs for Ark-LR in a W over Jax St

Northeastern eliminated  MOSU

June 1, 2026

ECU is going home . UNC was too much for them

Wow. Little Rock comes out  of Hattiesburg. Brody Bunting  pitched 3.1  strong innings to save the the Trojans against Jax St

Liberty stopped by Georgia

SMC beat UCLA then falls to Cal Poly

Troy remains alive in the Gainesville bracket

Milwaukee needs to beat AUB and St Johns need to beat FSU

June 2, 2026

MIL eliminated by AUB, but Troy beat FLA ,and the Johnies beat Florida St. Boroff (2B, HR, 5 RBI) for Troy.

Late to this story: On June 2, 2026, Steve Bieser left Jax St for the head baseball coach  job at Grand Canyon University(MWC). 💰

June 6, 2026

Cal Poly fell to WVU and  Ark -LR lost to Troy. Same score for each game (12-2). Jabe Boroff knocked in 6 runs for Troy.

June 7, 2026

Cal Poly eliminated by WVU, and Ark-LR eliminated by Troy(SBC), who will make its first visit to the CWS. Tommy Egan 7.1 IP 8 k for the Trojans yesterday.

Also, the Johnnies lost game 1 to Bama.

June 9, 2026

Will Davis: 10 yrs., 283-231 (.551) at Lamar(Southland).  He took the Houston Cougars HC job.

June 10, 2026

Kevin Schnall brings Matt Williams over with him from CCU  to serve as the Gamecocks(SEC) pitching coach. Big intrastate move in South Carolina

Schnall had a solid two season managing the Chanticleers. 2024-26.

June 12, 2026

Chris Lemonis is the HC of the CCU baseball team. He grew up in Myrtle Beach.. He was the MIss St HC(2019- 2025) 

June 13, 2026

Troy made two errors ,and WVU played effective small ball. WVU 7 Troy 5.  Trojans face Ole Miss in the loser bracket Sunday

June 15, 2026

Wow, Troy has good 7th and 8th innings to beat Ole Miss 12-8. Sam Darnell knocked in four runs for the Trojans.in the game.

Ole Miss is out

June 17, 2026

Three WV pitchers tossed a four hit shutout  to eliminate Troy from the CWS. Also, WV stole 7 bases in a 12-0 win. They play UNC today.

June 18, 2026

Liam Bowen travels around the beltway(695) moving from UMBC(AmericaEast) to Towson(CAA). I can't imagine the $$$ are a whole lot more. CAA is a better baseball conference.

June 19, 2026

Pedro Grifol was named the head coach of FIU(CUSA). He spent a lot of years as a coach. in the KC organization, His stint as MGR of the White Sox (2023-24) was not a good one(89-190)

He was raised in Miami, FLA.

June 26, 2026

Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina  CCU, and Jackson Flora, RHP, UCSB are each expected to be selected  by pick 20 in the upcoming MLB draft

July 2, 2026

Some chatter on Ben Blair, a RHP for Liberty with  three-quarters slot delivery and solid control, may go in rd2

July 12, 2026

Caden Bogenpohl(CF)  was drafted by the Phillies in RD2(64th overall) . He broke Ryan Howard's freshman, Missouri St home run record with 20 in 2024.

July 13, 2026

Ethan Norby, an LHP from ECU, went in rd4 to the Reds. Maybe it was the 4.08 ERA that decreased his draft value

July 26, 2026

I missed this one.

Pick 248 overall Yankees: Luke Pettitte, TWP, Dallas Baptist

Theydrafted his dad, Andy Pettite, in the 22nd round in 1990 

Non-power 2026 baseball tourneys

  Ruh only allowed one hit and one walk on 109 pitches in a complete game shutourt. UNCW 5 Monmouth 0 in CAA action.

ULL upset CCU 12-11 in SBCT action. Spalittle 4 RBI for the Cajuns.

DBAP blanked KENN  6-0 in in CUSAT action. Tryon & Rose each had HR and 2RBI

Freddy Rodrguez 4RBI for the MEM in a 13-11 win over  CHAR in AACT action

May 22, 2026

CAA: Hofstra lost its final regular season game 23-0 to Stony Brook and just got back to back shutouts from its staff in the CAAT.

SBC:TXST was down to its last out and pulled off a 4-3 win over ULL

CUSA:  LIB, Jax St ,and MOSU won last night. DBAP/MOSU is the last game of the day.

AAC: Rice beat WICH and MEM beat UAB.

May 23, 2026

DBAP plays Jax ST while LU plays MOSU in the CUSAT today

WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM BY DREY BARRETT WON it 7-6 for USM over Troy. 

Troy faces USA. ULL .  ULL plays TXST. USM waits for an opponent today.

NIU, who moves to the Horizon for baseball in 2027, plays the winner of TOL/KENT in the MAC final today.

May 24, 2026

NIU gets the MAC ticket.  ECU plays its way on to the bubble by making the AACT final game vs UTSA.

Winner of USM/Troy faces ULL in SBC final

Wazoo/SDSU for MWCT title

Campbell/NE for CAA title

Tarleton beat Sacramento State 21-11 to clinch the WAC ticket . Slade McCloud had a HR and 5RBI for the Texans

May 25, 2026

Titles: ECU edgesd  UTSA  for the AAC. Wazoo beat SDSU for the MWC.  USM over ULL in the SBC

 Ryan Gerety's walk-off single to right field in the bottom of the ninth knocked in Tyler Harmony for NE in the win over CAMP in the CAA.

Jax St extinguished the Flames in the CUSA.

Cal Poly, St Johns are among others going to the Tournament.

May 26, 2026

SBC   5 (CCU, ULL USM, TX ST, Troy), that's one more than the Big 10

CUSA   3 (Jacksonville St, Liberty, Missouri St) 

Big West    2 (Cal Poly, UCSB)

SBC baseball and more 2026

 In the top 25: CCU beat Wake Forest on April 7.  Rex Watson season stats: (11HR, 39RBI.6SB)

USM : Kyle Morrison (10HR, 31RBI)

April 12, 2026

DBAP rolled SHSU in CUSA action and trails Jax St, who lost its first conference game yesterday, by 3 games. Jared Schaeffer  is now(4-0) for the Patriots

Liberty 7  Jax St 6: first CUSA loss for Jax St

April 13, 2026

LU beat Jax St again while Missouri St completed a sweep of DEL to move within a game of first place in the CUSA. Curry Sutherland went 3-3 for the Bears,

April 15, 2026

I did a double-take on these scores yesterday 

Bethune Cookman(SWAC) 13 FLA 7.  D. Lee HR, 3 RBI  & A.Martinez HR, 4RBI for BCUBB

Jacksonville(ASUN) 5 UCF 4

April 18, 2026

Blake Primrose (13HR, 41RBI) and the JOES (14-2 A10) sit atop the A-10 after a 5-4 W over Dayton yesterday.

I'm a little surprised to see UTSA and UAB, each 9-5 and a game up on ECU in AAC.

April 20, 2026

Gonzaga Overall 23-14 (12-3 WCC). Meffert  (7HR, 31RBI, 8SB) for the top team in the WCC. Biggest OOC win is over Oklahoma.

April 22, 2026

T. Carpenter (2HR, 4RBI) leads Maine(American East) to an upset of BC, who's in the top 25

UAB(AAC) rides a 7 run first inning to an 11-2 upset of Bama

April 27, 2026

ECU, ,UTSA, and UAB are tied for first in the AAC at 12-6. ECU is  on a 4 game winning streak. Jack Herring (7HR 38RBI, .359AVG) this season

SBC: CCU has a four game lead over USM and Appy in the SBC. APPY is on 7 game winning streak. Gage Peteson is 6-0 with 82 Ks this season.

April 30, 2026

Bit surprised to see UTRGV(Southland) upset Oregon St 9-7. Raygoza and Ramirez each had a HR & 2RBI.

May 2, 2026

Beavers(Independent) lose again ,this time to CSUN who scored two in the 10th inning  for the win. V, Coleman (4hits, 3rbi.( CSUN(Big West) 10 Oreg St 8

Wright St beat Oakland  and is 13-3 atop the Horizon. Milwaukee is 4GB

May 4, 2026

GASO,  the last place team in the SBC, upset CCU yesterday.

Pagano and Dickinson each had 3RBI for JOES in a 14-9 rout of the Bonnies in A10 baseball.JOES sit atop the A10.

May 6, 2026

Liberty is on a 5 game winning streak and sits 2GB behind first place Jax St in the CUSA

Nick Barone has 10HR 50RBI 16SB this season for the Flames

May 8, 2026

MAC: Kent St is hanging on to a one game lead over MOH and NIU. Brody Williams (8HR, 46RBI, .328AVG)

May10, 2026

Rice has won 5 straight and moved into 3rd in the AAC. Paul Smith (11HR,44rbi) this season

May11, 2026

 USM is on a six game winning streak in conference, only 1GB of CCU in the SBC.

 Grayden Harris is 7-1 for the Golden Eagles.

CCU lost 2 of 3 to ODU this weekend

thx to Robert Ash for alerting me to how VT how got to to weasel out of a forfeit to the Herd: 

Somehow not a technical forfeit, but cancellations can have a negative impact on a team's evaluation by the NCAA Tournament selection committee.

May 13 2026

CUSA (3), Sun Belt (3), AAC(2). are what folks are guessing will be the non-power invites.

Eli Stephens(3HR,6RBI) for Mercer in a 12-9 W over GTech. Bears are tied for first with WCU in the SOCON.

May 15, 2026

Does DBAP have a late season run in gear in the CUSA. Chayton Krauss(18HR, 62RBI) .

USM &CCU are tied for first in the SBC

May 17,2026

Since CAA is probably a one bid conference, Campbell will need to keep up this pace in the CAAT

Wow, on Jett Music's slugging in a series for Campbell in a sweep of UNCW, and he's the second best RBI

man on the team after Joey Morton who has 71.

May 18, 2026

Jackson Flora, RHP from UCSB , if ofen evaluated as solid strike-thrower who maintains his velocity,

which should guarantee he a top ten pick in the upcoming MLB draft. 

2026 NIT starts

 Eight NIT games today.

Since all the pre Dance talk about Auburn deserving a bid, I'm curious about USA(SBC) playing at Auburn. SBC PoY Chaze Harris (18.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 4.9 apg) will be a marked man.

Seattle(WCC) hosts St Thomas (MN) who finished second in the Summit. Nolan Minessale  20ppg for the Tommies

I thought Wichita was snubbed so we'll see if they play well hosting Wyoming.

March 18, 2026

AAC: WICH  got by WYO and Tulsa needed OT to defeat SFA

Christian May (16 points,  8reb), hit go-ahead 3-trey from the corner with 35.5 seconds left for UNCW  in a 68-67 win over Yale,

 USA lost to AUB and DAV fell to OKST, who benched three starters

SEA represented the WCC well with an easy win over UST. Maldonado (15pts, 5 asst) for the Redhawks.

UNLV beat UCI and LIB beat GM

March 19, 2026

L. Wolf (24pts, 7 reb)   for Illinois St(MVC) in 79-58 W over Kent St(MAC) 

MWC: UNM and NEV won and CSU lost to JOES

March 24, 2026

Down to 8 teams . Games are on ESPN 2

Tuesday, March 24 — Quarterfinals 

No. 1 Tulsa vs. No. 3 Wichita State, 7 p.m.  AAC matchup

No. 1 New Mexico vs. Saint Joseph's, 9 p.m. |  MWC /A10

I'll go with Tulsa and UNM tonight and Dayton and Auburn tomorrow night

Wednesday, March 25 — Quarterfinals

No. 2 Dayton vs. No. 4 Illinois State, 7 p.m. |  A10/MVC

No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Nevada, 9 p.m. |  SEC/MWC

March 25, 2026

T. Buljan UNM (27PTS11REB)for the Lobos who handled the JOES, and Tulsa got by WICH

Wes Miller, ex-Cincy HC, signed a five year deal with Charlotte(AAC)

March 26, 2026

 I guess ILLST (MVC) is the Cinderella of the NIT. C. Walker ILST

(13PTS10REB) They beat Dayton while AUB beat Nevada.

April 2 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indiana: : AUB/ILLST, UNM/Tulsa

March 27, 2026

Saint Marys promotes M. McConnell to replace Bennet (ASU)

Chris Mack leaves Charleston(CofC) for USF. You'll remember him from his stints at Louisville and Xavier coach.

Donlon, an assistant at Clemson , takes the EMU HC job . He was 155-133 as HC at Wright State and Kansas City(formerly UMKC) HC

March 28, 2026

and bam, Mark Turgeon re-appears to be the HC at UMKC (Summit). His last gig was at MD where he was dismissed after the 2020/21 season

March 29, 2026

Travis Ford is back. Ark-LR(WAC) hired him. His last gig was at St Louis(2016-24)

WAC merges with the ASUN to become the United Athletic Conference on July 1, 2026,

April 2, 2026

ILL ST surprising run is done. AUB blew them out . T. Coleman scored 17 for the Redbirds.

DGreen scored 13 for Tulsa in a 74-69 W over UNM

TUL(AAC)/AUB (SEC) in the final  April 5, at 8 p.m. at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. ESPN2 is airing the game.

April 6, 2026

D. Green (TLSA) 25PTS,6REB in an OT loss  to AUB. Tulsa made a he!! of a comeback in the 2nd half after a weak first half. Tigers prevailed in OT.

April 7, 2026

UNC Greensboro Spartans

Former coach: Mike Jones (March 9)

New coach: Jerod Haase (March 17) , who's last HC gig was at Stanford. He was the HC at UAB(2012-16) before that.

2026 Dance is near

 D. Mingo scored 35 for CTL in a win over UAB and faces USF  today in its bid to steal a dance ticket. WICH/Tulsa is the other AAC matchup.

SDSU escaped with a win over UNM to move to the MWC final against USU, who beat Nevada.

I thought SHSU was going to win the game against KENN, who roared back in the second half for the W and faces LT, who beat MOST, in the CUSA final.

UMBC, my alma mater, faces Vermont in the A-East final, It would be funny if the Retrievers made the Dance and faced UVA, coached by Odom., who coached UMBC in the 2018 Dance upset of UVA.

Akron/TOL in the MAC final

Cal Baprist/UVU in the WAC final

Hawaii/UCI in the Big West final

March 15, 2026

Cheers to to D. Armstrong(33pts) and UMBC who beat VER to get  the AE Danced ticket 

A. Lyles (15PTS16REB) for Akron who's Dancing

WICH/USF in the AAC ffinal today. I think both are going to the Dance

Dayton/VCU in the A10 final today. Does the A10 get three tickets with SLU losing to Dayton yesterday

Cal Baptist , Hawaii , KENN, USU , Howard, and PVAM punch tickets

March 16, 2026

WCC (3), MAC(2), and A10(2) is fair , but Wichita St (AAC) and SDSU (MWC) deserved a bid. Big East only got three so it looks like it's a power four(35) now. I'm taking UMBC to beat Howard tomorrow night in one of the play-ins

March 18, 2026

Well UMBC won't  have a  chance to play UVA at the Dance.  Howard played better early and survived a late comeback attempt by the Retrievers. King led UMBC with 19 points

March 19, 2026

MOH shut up some folks last night. Elmer scored 23 for the RedHawks in a play-in W over SMU

I'm tempted to take Akron but don't like the matchup with Texas Tech

March 20, 2026

A10 goes 2-0. SLU blows out GA, and VCU roars back to defeat UNC. Will Schertz, the SLU HC, leave after one season?

High Point(BIg South) edges Wisky.

March 21, 2026

Falslev UTST (22 PTS , 7 REB , 4 AST) and the Ags rode a strong second half to a win over NOVA

Daniels Jr. CABP (25 PTS , 7 REB , 3 AST) on'y scored 18 in the first and were down by 20, and played a better second half in a 68-60 loss to Kansas.

Wright St was in the game with UVA until the final minute. UVA turned up the D on the Jacarmy and held on for the win

MAC: Akron & MOH each lost by 20 or more points.

Wild  action at the end of regulation  UK tied it at the buzzer and survived OT for the W over Santa Clara.

March 22, 2026

R.Martin HIPT (30 PTS , 4 REB , 5 AST) helped the Panthers hang with ARK but fell 94-88. VCU and SLU  were rolled by respectively, ILL and MICH. GONZ lost to TX.

March 23, 2026

Utah St, the last non-power hoops  teams at the 2026 Dance, lost to Zona 78-66.  Aggies were outrebounded  54-26

April 1, 2026

No foolin: : Ben Jacobson, who returned 11 members of his 2024-25 roster to the UNI squad that made the 2026 Dance, is taking the HC job at Utah St.

April 4, 2026

A first name from a an old, western flick-  Nevada Smith, an asst at Marquette, replaces G. McNamara(Syracuse) at Siena. 

June 23, 2026

Allen Graves, PF, Santa Clara  projected at Nos. 16 and 22, but I'm guessing he falls  to early in rd2.

Well, I wake up  on June 24 and find the mockers nailed it and I was wrong, not for the first time . Allen Graves, PF, Santa Clara went 19th to the Raptors

Today Izaiyah Nelson | 6-8 big | USF is listed to go in middle of rd2

 Jaden Henley | 6-6 wing | Grand Canyon  late in rd2

June 25, 2026

Izaiyah Nelson(USF)  stays in state and goes to ORL at 51. Henley(GCU) did not get drafted

UDFA: Peter Suder Miami (Ohio) SG- inked by Lakers

June 27, 2026

UDFA: Gonzaga F Graham Ike signed with GSW. I thought he was getting drafted coming off  of WCC-PoY. 20 points and 8 rebounds PPG

July 3, 2026

Remember Robbie Avila , one of Ind St players who followed HCSchertz to SLU. He signed an Exhibit 10 deal with LA Lakers.July 8 , 2026

July 8, 2026

Grant Newell, 6-foot-9, 225-pound forward 13PPG for WKU, but it was hitting 58 three-pointers that got him an NBA Summer League gig with his hometown Chicago Bulls

Aug 1, 2026

I missed this one:

Dominique Daniels Jr., the all-time leading scorer in CBU's Division I era, signed a deal on 06/26/26 to play for the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2026 NBA Summer League. He was the 2026 WAC PoYand helped guide the Lancers to their first March Madness appearance.

Aug 16, 2026

This occurred on 7/11/26.  Mario Saint-Supéry , a Spaniard and the Zags starting PG last season, signed with Valencia of the EuroLeague . He  averaged 8.6 points and 3.8 assists, shooting 40.3 percent from 3-point range. Gonzaga is a PAC12 member now.

Aug 18, 2026

Graves (F-Santa Clara) played well enough on D in the summer league the Raptors may give him some minutes at center

Non-power conference tournaments in March 2026

 Horizon: Detroit Mercy has been on my radar for a few weeks. Last night T. Nadeau (17PTS 6REB) for the Titans who move on to face RMU on Sunday

NEC: Chicago St was on the edge of downgrading many of its sports teams a few years ago. They gave LIU a scare  before falling 79-75 . S. Byard (22PTS12REB) for the Cougars

OVC: T. McMorris(15PTS13REB3BLK) for EIU in upset of SIU-Edwardsville

March 6, 2026

SBC: T. Moore (25PTS4STL) in the GASO upset of Ark St  and now faces USA. TXST plays USM in the other semi.

Top seed Navy survived Bucknell to stay alive in the Patriot T

March 7, 2026

MOH needed OT to beat Ohio and remain undefeated. Zips crushed NIU. Not the MACT yet ,but these teams are getting a lot of national ink.

A. Applewhite scored 34 points for GASO in an  upset of  USA . USM got by TXST  in the SBCT

High Point rolled GWEB and looks very tough in the Big SouthT

March 8, 2026

Rod Strickland, a player at DePaul, then the NBA, is going to the Dance again, this time as the HC of LIU(NEC).  He was a key player for DePaul when the Blue Demons went to three straight NCAA Tournaments and back-to-back Sweet Sixteens in the late late 1980s.

 Tenn St will represent the OVC at the Dance

One seed NDST will face three seed ND in the Summit final. George Natsvlishvili made a free throw with 0.1 seconds for the ND Fighting Hawks's in a 67-66 W over 2 seed St. Thomas.

Anderson 25 PTS , 12 REB , 3 AST for HIPU, who faces two seed Winthrop today for the Dance ticket.

March, 9, 2026

GASO continued its hot run with a W over USM and will face Troy, who beat the Herd, in SBCT final.

NDKSU won the Summit 

L. Wells NKU  26PTS 9 REB in a blowout of GB in the HorizonT. NKU plays Wright St tonight. DET /RMU in the  other semi-final matchup

March 10, 2026

After Santa Clara beat SMC in the WCCT semis, I'm guessing  the WCC gets three tickets. Zags beat the Beavers to set up tonight's final. S. Gavalyugov 23PTS, 6AST for the Broncos. 

GASO ran out of gas and fell to Troy in the SBCT. Nice game for Dowd, TROY F,

23 PTS , 13 REB , 3 AST

Wright St won  and faces DET inthe Horizon finaland. Furman  upset ETSU, the 1 seed in the Southern Conference.

March 11, 2026

Zags get the WCC ticket with a W over SC.

K. Pickett WRST had 17PTS,7REB,4BLK in the comenback win over DET for the Horizon ticket.

Sienna knocked off MERR for the MAAC ticket

Southland Semis: SFA came back late to beat TAMCC  and McNeese held up UTRGV

March 12, 2026

McNeese punches Southland ticket. Garcia scored 31in the win over SFA. Will Wade left for the NCST job and Bill Armstrong doesn't miss a beat.

Idaho beat Montans for the Big Sky ticket.

1 seed Liberty upset in the CUSA semis by M. Osei-Bonsu (31PTS8REB) and his MOST teammates

March 13, 2026

L. Bettiol for (25PTS8REB)  MASS in thee upset of MOH. Akron nipped BUFF and TOL and KENT also advance in the MAC.

M. Falslev(24PTS9REB3STL) for USU over UNLV. SDSU, NEV, and NM also advance in the MWC.

KENN beat WKU to face MOST and LT beat MTSU  to face SHSU todayin the CUSA.

April 17, 2026

I've been following Chicago St hoops out of the corner rof my eye for years and  the Cougars won 5 games in the NEC(1A)  this year , which was an improvement.  They've found a way to fund a football team that starts play in  as an Independent FCS for 2026/27, then joins the NEC(FCS) for 2027/28 season. Bobby Rome II is the HC.

Aug 14, 2026

NEC hoops- St Francis dropped out of the conference and 1A. Chicago St  opens @ Texas

 

Non power hoops, it's mid February

 Enis scored 27 for first place USF(AAC) who needed OT to get by FAU.

Wells scored 19 for RMU(HOR) in a win over OAK. Fourth straight win for the Colonials.

Smiley scored 21 for first place BEL(MVC) in a win over MUR.

Feb 17, 2026

Fricks scored 27 for the Herd in a win over USA that places them in a 3 way tie for second with Troy and USA behind first place Appy.

Coppin St edged SCSU in MEAC action for its third straight win.

Feb 18, 2026

MOH beat UMass but Akron beat WMU to remain 1GB.

Henley scored 21 for GC in a big MWC win over the Aztecs.

Feb 19, 2026

ASUN: C. Ark has won 10 straight to move within a game of APU. Last night QUE beat UNA to move into third.

T. Moore scored 27 for WKU(CUSA, 3rd) in an OT win over DEL.

Feb 20, 2026

J. King scored 24 pts for UMBC in a win over VER, that puts them atop the AM.East

Marshall knocked off APPYwith a strong second half and moved into a tie for first with Troy in the SBC. Speer scored 24 for the Herd

Feb 21, 2026

Horizon: Nadeau scoreed 25 for DET in a W over MILW . Titans is a hot team that's within a half game of second place GB who beat OAK last night

Feb 22, 2026

Three teams are 11-5  atop the Big West . HAW, beat UCSB.  UCI, lost to UCSD. and CSN beat LBSU.

HIgh Point(14-1, Big South) beat Winthrop for it 10th straight W

Feb 23, 2026

Horizon: Lovejoy scored 33 for DET in a W over GB to move into a tie for 2nd with RMU and OAK, 2GB of WRST.

In the AAC, MEM' descent continues. UAB beat them yesterday.

Feb 24, 2026

C. Benson scored 30 for the Privateers in an upset of SFA, which allowed McNeese, a winner over UTRGV, to move within a game of SFA in Southland action.

Feb 25, 2026

MOH and Akron won and remain 1/2. in The MAC 

L'Etang (26PTS10REB3BLK) for  DAY in an A10 upset of SLU.

 Fricks led the Herd to a win over ODU, Troy beat ULL. They are tied with Appy atop the SBC

Feb 26, 2026

WCC- Zags and  SMC made it clear last night they are still the class of the conference. Zags beat POR by 41. M. Lewis  scored 27 for SMC(15-2) in a W over Santa Clara(14-3). 

Broncos finish the regular season against the Beavers. SMC faces the Zags.

Feb 27, 2026

Hawaii and UCI each won to remain tied atop the Big West

RJ Johnson scored 25 for KENN in an upset of LIB. I can see the Flames getting upset in the CUSAT

Feb 28, 2026

Finally a MOH game on CBSSN, and I was underwhelmed. Coach Steele lost his composure a few too many times. Atlason (16pts) was solid for MOH in a comeback win over WMU.

Akron rolled Kent St on ESPN and looks like the better team now T. Johnson(22PTS6REB7AST) for the Zips.

 Appy and the Herd lost, allowing Troy, a winner over ULL to sit alone atop the SBC.

T. Dowd(TROY 22PTS11REB)

March 1, 2026

VCU beat FORD to stay 1GB of SLU in the A10

SMC took care of the Zags leaving them tied atop the WCC. M. Lewis scored 31 for the Gaels Zags get  # 1 seed via tiebreaker (2-0 vs. Santa Clara)

March 2, 2026

K.Giles scored 28 for WICH in a W over UTSA. USF won and has a two game lead in the loss column over WICH and Tulsa.

WICH has one game left. USF & Tulsa each have two games left

Tulsa crushed Tulane.

Wonder if the penny drops on Coach Hardaway.  MEM fell to 7-9 in AAC play. It wasn't that long ago that the PAC 12 was wooing the Tigers.

March 3, 2026

Portland State finished first in the Big Sky with a win over Weber. Jaylin Henderson  (20 points and 10 assists) for the Wildcats. Sac St  made it to an 8 seed  with a win over Idaho St.  

Sac St: Football headed to the MAC in 2026. All other sports to the Big West in 2026

Exit from Big Sky is effective June 30, 2026

March 4, 2026

UNLV clobbered USU 92-65. SDSU didn't take advantage of it losing to BSU, led by D. Fielder(33PTS 9REB). UNM is .5gb of USU in the MWC.

MOH and Akron keep winning in the MAC

July 28, 2026

Robbie Avila was decent college player and was signed by LAL(NBA) after the draft,  but one of his nicknames, Milk Chamberlain, is goofy?  He's a better FT shooter  than Wilt and that's it.

Aug 7, 2026

Josh McCowan leaves the deputy AD job at Miss St, for FAU AD job.  It's been 3 years since FAU's F4 run in the spring of 2023 under Dusty May

They made the  hoops Dance in 2024.

It's been awhile since Lane Kiffin was there with some winning football squads(2017-19)

He raised more than $173 million while at Starkville.

Non Power hoops -it's February

 WCC: Ike scored 30 for Gonz in a win over SMC and remains a game ahead of  of SCU who blew out LMU.

Yaloho scored 26 for Wazoo in a romp over PORT, and the Beavers survived SD

SF beat PAC

MOH(MAC) beat NIU to remain undefeated.

Feb 2, 2026

AAC:  T. Riley scored 30 for Tulsa, who's tied wth CHAR for first,  in a W over WICH   J. Riley scored 35 points for ECU in an upset of FAU. MEM lost to TUL and fell to 8th

Feb 3, 2026

P.Johnson scored 35 points for Sac St , who moves to middle of the Big Sky pack with a win over Weber St. 

This is the Hornets first year under Mike Bibby. Shaq is the GM.Next season they join the Big West.

Feb 4, 2026

Akron had a close one, surviving EMU to stay 1GB behind MOH who edged Buffalo. T . Johnson scored 17 for the Zips

I''m keeping my eye on UMass(6-6). M. Banks Jr 37PTS 5STL in  a win over CMU.  Frank Martin was an assistant for Huggy  at Cincy & Kansas ST

Feb 5, 2026

D. Green scored 27 for Tulsa in a W over  FAU and sits alone atop the AAC. USF, a winner over UTSA, and CHAR, a loser to WICH, are in second place.

Feb 8, 2026

SBC took 10 of 13 in the challenge with the MAC. 

Closest games were USM 66 KENT 65, CCU 94-91 win OT over UMass, & JMU 73 TOL 71.

The big attraction was undefeated MIOH 90  MRSH 74. E. Elmer (18pts, 9reb) for the Red Hawks

NIU and Ball St were the other two MAC winners.

Feb 9, 2026

I Nelson(25, 10) for USF in a W over Tulsa which leaves them tied for 1st in the AAC. MEM found a pulse and beat CHAR. WICH beat Tulane.

Feb 10, 2026

Periodic check -in on Chicago St. Cougars(3-9 NEC) beat St Francis. Tankersley and B. Bush each scored 19. LIU(10-1) sits atop the NEC

Attendance was 27 for a Monday afternoon game .

 Huibregtse scored 20 for Bradley(10-5) in a MVC upset of Belmont(12-3)

Feb 11, 2026

Gory scored 21 for the Utes in a win over FRES and sit atop the MWC

GM lost to RICH and fell to third in the A10. Zags blew out Wazoo in WCC action.

Feb 12, 2026

Herd are buzzing around APPY at the top of the SBC with a win over ODU. Fricks scored 24 in the win.

Santa Clara and SMC each won last night. SC is a half game up on the Zags and 1.5 games up on SMC

Feb 13, 2026

Daniels scored 32 for  first place Cal Baptist(WAC)  in a win over SUU. Lancers are a game up on UVU and UTU. UTU beat UVU.

Horizon: Wright St lost  but remains in first with Oakland's loss last night.  green Bay is lurking in 3rd place on a three game winning streak

Feb 14, 2026

MOH keeps rolling with a win over Ohio ,while Akron stays 1GB with the W over UMASS.T.Johnson scored 23 for the Zips.

SLU has one OOC loss to Stanford and a win over SantaClara, first in the WCC.

Feb 15, 2026

Zags knocks SCU out of  first in the WCC. Ike (21pts, 15reb).

JMU knocks APPY out of first, and USA beats Ark St in OT to take the top SBC spot.

USU(MWC) spanked MEM(AAC) M. Collins (24pts)

Non power hoops- conference play in January

 I thought UMass would start off better playing in the MAC , but they are 0-3 in MAC play with an OT loss to BGSU. J. Campbell scored 47 points for the Falcons

ORU/NDSU was a back and forth affair in Summit action , Strickland scored 15 for  the Bison in the double OT win.

CHAR beat WICH in OT in AAC action. Mingo scored 29 for the 49ers.

Herd move 2-1 in the SBC with a W over Appy. Speer scored 21 for MU.

Jan 6, 2026

Green Bay 8-8 ,3-2(HORIZON) edged MILW 79-76 in Horizon play. Gottlieb is having a better season than last year. J.Allen scored 21 points for the Phoenix

Jan 7, 2026

Definitely didn't expect  the Cowboys to squash the Rebels. WYO 98 UNLV 60. Walker scored 28 for WYO.

Dayton  played a sluggish first half against GW but  were only trailing  by 5 at halftime and outscored GW by 12 in the second half for  79-72 W. Bennett scored 20 for the Flyers.

Jan 9, 2026

Gonzaga outscored Santa Clara, 52-40 in the second half for an 89-77 win. Ike scored 34 for the Zags.

LMU outlasted SF in OT. R.Beasley of the Dons was the high scorer of the game with 32 points

Beavers beat the Redhawks

Ok, I still check in on Chicago St. They played decent  but went to 0-3 in the NEC with  a 70-63 loss to FDU. Attendance was 329 and, it was not snowing in Chitown yesterday.

Jan 10, 2026

MAC: Woolfolk scored 20 for MOH(17-0, 5-0)  in a W over Toledo, Lyles(18, 10) for Akron(12-4, 3-1) in a W over BGSU.

Jan 11, 2026

W. Fricks (21PTS10REB3ST) wasn't enough for Herd who fell to G St.  He!! of a matchup in  in VA. JMU out scored ODU 43 -25 in the second half for a home W.

Troy, CCU,USA, USM, Ark St won yessterday. USM is in first by a half game.

Jan 14, 2026

MOH(MAC) remains undefeated, pummels CMU

In MVC action UIC edged UNI Momoh scored 21 for the Flames.  J.Johnson scored 35 for BRAD in an OT win over EVAN.

Jan 15, 2026

It appears UAB is waking up. KLM (19, 12) for the Blazers in a win over TUL.

WTH happened to USM. Campbell scored 30 for the Trojans in a 91-65 W over USM . Troy is in first place in the SBC

Winthrop beat  High Point to move into a tie for first with them in the Big South.

Jan 17, 2026

MAC Friday: Zeigler(28 7 4) led Ball St to a W over Ohio. Kent St survived TOL and sits 1GB of MOH

Jan 18, 2026

Moore (20pts, 6ast) led GCU to a big win over USU . UNLV, NEV, & SDSU also won among theMWC top 6 teams.

Queens sit atop the ASUN after a win over  STET. Mann(20, 10, 6) for Royals

Jan 20, 2026

GMU (FT 49%, FT 65%) survived GW in a nip & tuck game and sit atop the A10 by a half game over SLU who 's ranked 24th in the  AP25

Jan 21, 2026

Suder(MOH) and Whaley(KENT) put up  solid numbers.  The Red Hawks survived in OT 107-101. AKR rolled BUFF and 1.5GB MOH in the MAC.  SLU beat DUQ to move into a tie for first with GMU in the A10.

Jan 22, 2026

It took 2OT for  Seng(34pts) & Troy U to beat ODU and remain atop the SBC. Tulsa handled MEM easily in AAC action. FAU sits atop the AAC

Jan 23, 2026

I have to mention the Herd hitting 26/52 treys in a 115-60 win over ULM. Duninsky and Hollenback each hit 5 treys.

MOSU is in the thick of the CUSA race. Palek score 26 in the Bears win over NMSU.

Hawaii and UCI remain tied atop the Big West. HAW beat CSB and UCI beat UCR.

Jan 24, 2026

Billikens spanked the Bonnies in A10 action

G. Emejuru (16reb) for ECU getting  its first AAC win. ECU 63 NTX 59

UMass is finding its way in the MAC up to 4-5 with a W over BUFF

Jan 25 2026

MEM loses again , this time to WICH. 

TEM and Tulsa each won and are 1GB FAU(AAC)

K.Williams scored 21 for MOSU(CUSA-2nd) in a win over UTEP

Jan 28, 2026

MAC: MOH edged UMass to remain undefeated.

A10: A. Williford, JOES guard had 17pts and 10 reb, in a blowout of LOYCH. T. Green scored 23 for 1st place SLU in a win over GW.

Jan 30, 2026 

Metheny scored 29 for the Flames (10-0, CUSA)in a W over MTSU

C.Davis scored 23 in JMU's upset of first place Troy(SBC)

Pierce(25pts, 10 reb) was not enough for PREB to knock of first place High Point(Big South)

Jan 31, 2026

Horizon: Detroit led by Spratt's 28 points beat NKU. Burch scored 18 in WRST win over MILW and lead Oakland  by a half game.

 Charlotte(AAC) beat Rice for its 4th win in a rowand takes over the top spot.

Last two O5 bowl games are today

 Cincy still has its O-Line, but some of the best Bearcats from other positions  ain't playing today.  Navy 24 Cincy 23

TX St finished the regular season well . I'll go with Bobcats in 27-24 W over Rice in this intrastate matchup

CCU scooped up Ryan Beard the Missouri St HC.

Ohio U promoted Hauser after the Smith mess

Jan 2, 2026

Bobcats crushed the Owls. Navy did the same to Cincy. Solid game from Horvath, the Navy QB. 2-0 this blog 2-0.

I was looking at conference moves and  was reminded that UTEP goes from the CUSA to the MWC on 7/1/26.

Jan 27, 2026

 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, a safety from Toledo, did not try to the transfer portal and may possibly go in RD1 of the 2026 NFL draft. Forced fumbles  is one of his better stats.

April 8, 2026

EMW , a safety from Toledo, is getting some mention to be taken late in RD1, and Chris Johnson, a CB, from San Diego State, may go early in RD2.

North Dakota State MWC football schedule in 2026 Home games vs. Nevada, NIU, UTEP, Wyoming. 

Away at Air Force, Hawaii, New Mexico, UNLV.

And I'm guessing Hawaii  visits NDS in 2027- crazy.

April 14, 2026

Possible RD3 picks:Ted Hurst, WR, Georgia State (71rec, 1004yds) last season

Two guys from N. Dakota St : Cole Payton, QB and  Bryce Lance, WR, Trey's brother.

April 16, 2026

Michael Heldman, EDGE (CMU), first-team All-MAC selection in 2025, is getting some pre-draft ink.

April 19, 2026

Travis Burke Memphis OT is getting some chatter for rd3 or 4.  Nearly 6'9

April 21,2026

Red Murdock LB from Buffalo U ,was second in tackles  in the USA with 142. 6'1 240

April 23, 2026

Skyler Bell, WR from UConn , may go in rd3. He's maybe 6' and caught 101passes for 1278 yards and 13 TDs in the 2025 season.

April 24, 2026

Chris Johnson, a CB, from San Diego State,  was the only non power conference player taken in RD1. Miami took him with the 27th pick.

April 25, 2026

EMW , a Safety from Toledo to Browns. Hurst , a WR from GAST, to the Bucs. Those two make it just three non power conference players taken in the first three rounds.

April 27, 2026

Burke to LAC in Rd 4. 

Bryce Lance WR, to the Saints

Anthony Smith WR ECU to the Cowboys, see ya speed  caught my attention

Kuwatch LB from MOH to the Dolphins

Heidenreich Navy RB  to the Steelers

Fuller Toledo CB to Seahawks

Broncos used last pick in the draft to take Red Murdock LB, Buffalo U

May 1, 2026

Bengals sign   Kentrell Bollock, a UDFA,YDS. 1,085.  TD. 14 for the South Bama Jags last season

May 14, 2026

New Orleans Saints: Michael Heldman, a UDFA edge, from CMU had a solid 2025  season with 10.5 sacks. He doesn't look ready to start, maybe special teams.  I can't believe we play the Steelers on 10/25/26 in Paris, France.

Yes, I know  about the Louisiana purchase the USA made in 1803 from France.

June 11, 2026

Jacob Thomas, a UDFA Safety from JMU, is in the Vikings camp. He was  Second Team All-Sun Belt.

June 21, 2026

Xavier Holmes, UDFA  Edge from JMU,  made the Pats 90 day roster

June 29, 2026

UDFA RB Damon Bankston , an RB from UNM with solid speed, has a solid shot at making the Giants roster of 53

July 9, 2026

UDFA update: Redskins: RB Robert Henry, UTSA. Dude  is explosive, should at least be a special teams slot open for him

July 22, 2026

UDFA: Los Angeles Rams: CB Al'Zillion Hamilton, Fresno State- probably will land on special teams

Aug 5, 2026

Bryce Lance WR,  Saints ,rd4 pick from NDSU, continues to impress. Vertical threat  may get him a roster spot.

Aug 11, 2026

Charles Demmings, Vikings rd5 pick from SF Austin, is impressing DC Flores with his CB play

Sept 26, 2026

Chris Johnson, a CB, from San Diego State,  was the only non power conference player taken in RD1. He's starting  for Miami , who took him with the 27th pick. Granted the Fins have a weak defense

Charles Demmings,  from SF Austin is listed as the second LCB on the Viking depth chart

Oct 6, 2026

Fagnano from Maine U to UConn to likely # 2 on the Ravens QB depth chart this weekend.

Quite a move for a UDFA

Non-power after Xmas

 Lobos and Coach Eck are a good story but I think the Gopher rushing attack will  be too much for them. MINN 27 UNM 21

I wonder if CMU gives Flores some work and return to a two QB system,  Lapas has been a decent passer.  Gut pick here: CMU 20 NW 19

McCown and UTSA survived a nail-biter . UTSA 35 FIU 34

Wrong on my CMU hunch, correct on MINN but UNM gave them a scare,  Roadrunners owned the road in a blowout of FIU. 2 of 3

Today, ECU w/o Hauser will have a rough time. Pitt 30  ECU 17

MWC will keep having a rough bowl season.  MOH 27 FRES 20. NTX 28 SDSU 23

UConn with interim HC Sammis survives a scare from from Army.  UConn  17 Army 16

Dec 28, 2025

Army struggled in September, but they re-grouped the rest of the way this season.. Tulsa was their only bad loss after September. They put a whoopin on the Huskies yesterday

NTX was the only O5 game I picked correctly yesterday.. Impressed that SDSU  nearly came all the way back in a 49-47 game.

Gotta admire how ECU played and w/o Hauser. I think that kid made a mistake going into the portal. An ex- co-worker moved to Greenville  in August and told me the town nearly shuts down for football Saturdays during the season.

Kurt Warner's kid EJ did enough for FRES to beat MOH.

 1 for 4 yesterday,  3 for 7 in this blog.

Dec 29, 2025

Intra-conference SBC  bowl game. I'll go with GASO 28 APP 27

Dec 30, 2025

GASO handled Appy  in a 29-10 W. 4-7 this blog

In the last O5 game of 2025, LA Tech 20 CCU 13 CCU is in a state of flux

BTW, Grayson McCall will be calling plays for CCU. Not too long again he was the Chanticleers starting QB.

Dec 31, 2025

Ok, I made it 5-7 with LT making a big comeback  in the second  half to defeat CCU 23-14. Kukuk, the LT QB, was the top rusher with 121 yards.