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JC Evans threw for a touchdown and ran for a key first down late in the fourth quarter to help James Madison begin the coach Billy Napier era with a 20-13 victory over in-state foe Liberty on Saturday. James Madison forced Liberty into a fourth-and-2 dec ision with 2:16 left in the fourth quarter before breaking up a pass to the outside. Evans rushed for 23 yards on the next play and the Dukes were able to run out the clock on three more run plays in front of 25,035 fans.Evans was 7-of-9 passing f or 61 yards and he ran it nine times for 69 yards for JMU, which improved to 14-6 in the series to earn the Battle of the Blue Ridge trophy. Evans found Corey Scott for a 5-yard touchdown late in the first half for a 17-3 lead. Eleven of the previous 20 games between the two schools have been decided by one score. Deshawn Purdie threw for 230 yards and a touchdown for Liberty, which was making its first trip to Harrisonburg since the 2014 season. The Dukes are coming off a 12-2 season, which ended with the program's first Sun Belt Conference title and an appearance in the College Football Playoff. - James Madison/AP College Football
rSo/2029 QB JC Evans, James Madison
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It was a thrilling way to open the 2026 season and the Eric Kjar era. Weber State blocked an extra point with three seconds left that sealed a 30-29 win over Northern Colorado Friday night at Nottingham Field, in what was the first name game in Greely. T he Wildcats led by 10 points twice in the second half before Northern Colorado rallied in the fourth quarter. The Bears scored a touchdown with three seconds remaining to pull within one, but freshman Zach Smith blocked the ensuing extra point to preserv e the Weber State victory. It was the second blocked extra point as Ashden Oberg also blocked an extra point late in the first half.Weber State finished with 370 yards of total offense, with 233 passing yards and 137 rushing yards. The Wildcats ha d 20 first downs, converted 4 of 11 third downs, and scored on all four of their trips to the red zone. Weber State was also penalized just twice for 10 yards. Fifth-year senior quarterback Devin Brown completed 10 of 20 passes for 179 yards and two touc hdowns. He also rushed for 34 yards. Brown left the game in the third quarter with a dislocated finger in his right hand. - Weber State football
rSr/2027 QB Devin Brown, Weber State
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Kaytron Allen ran for a career-high 226 yards and a touchdown as Penn State beat Rutgers 40-36 for the 18th straight time to become bowl eligible after a tumultuous season. The Nittany Lions (6-6, 3-6 Big Ten) retook the lead for good when linebacker Ama re Campbell raced 61-yards with a fumble with 7:27 to play. Rutgers quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis lost the ball without being touched. Rutgers (5-7, 2-7 Big Ten) had moved ahead 36-33 early in the fourth quarter on a 46-yard TD pass from Kaliakmanis to A ntwan Raymond. Raymond ran for 189 yards and Kaliakmanis passed for 338 yards and three TDs. There were four lead changes in the second half. Rutgers turned the ball over on downs with 3:55 to go when Kaliakmanis lost a yard on fourth-and-1 on the Penn S tate 27-yard-line on a read-option play. "One of the things we learned tonight was how to end the game on our terms," said Penn State interim coach Terry Smith. "The defense struggled all night. It was not pretty, but they figured out a way. That's footb all. "We ended the game on our terms." Rutgers lost three of its last four games, giving up at least 35 points in all of them. Campbell led Penn State with 14 tackles. "He (Campbell) deserves a lot of credit, and he plays really hard," said Smith. "He is very productive, solid, and consistent. I don't know what we would do without him. He is a stable piece in the middle for us. Just a tremendous effort tonight." Penn State hasn't missed a bowl game since 2020 when the non-College Football Playoff bowl g ames were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.After losing to Notre Dame in the semifinals of the CFP last season, the expectations for Penn State were high. The Nittany Lions began the season ranked No. 2 and were led by quarterback Drew Allar, who was headed for a Heisman-caliber season before a season-ending leg injury in Week Six against Northwestern. The following day coach James Franklin was fired after Penn State lost its first three Big Ten games, including back-to-back games in which t he Nittany Lions were favored by 20-plus points. Penn State would lose six straight before turning its season around by winning its last three games. Penn State hasn't made a decision on its next coach, but Smith remains confident in the job he did turni ng around the Nittany Lions' season. - Penn State/AP College Football
Sr/2026 RB Kaytron Allen, Penn State
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Nicholas Singleton broke ties with Saquon Barkley to claim the school career rushing TD record with his 44th and 45th, career total touchdowns at 55 and all-purpose yards with 5,586. - AP College Football
Sr/2026 RB Nicholas Singleton, Penn State
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Ahmad Hardy ran for 149 yards and a touchdown while Jamal Roberts ran for another 100 yards and a score to lead Missouri to a 31-17 win over Arkansas on Saturday. Hardy, who entered the game third in FBS in yards rushing, gave the Tigers (8-4, 4-4 Southe astern Conference) the lead, 20-17, on a 57-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Missouri added a field goal and a 67-yard punt-return touchdown from Kevin Coleman Jr. in the fourth quarter to go ahead by two scores. Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz, an Arkansas native, had previously been bandied as a potential candidate for the Razorbacks' open head-coaching job. He signed an extension to stay at Missouri earlier in the week and beat Arkansas in a rivalry game for the fourth straight season. Missouri quarterback Beau Pribula threw for just 25 yards on 4-of-7 passing, but gained 78 yards on 16 carries, picking up Missouri's second-quarter touchdown that tied the game at 14. Arkansas (2-10, 0-8) had taken the lead on the previous possession after the b all slipped from Pribula's hands as he cocked his arm to pass.Linebacker Bradley Shaw grabbed the fumble and returned it 32 yards to give Arkansas a 14-7 lead. The Razorbacks managed just two drives that went for more than 26 yards. They finished with 246 yards of total offense, despite entering the game averaging 474 per game, good for 10th in FBS. Interim head coach Bobby Petrino started redshirt freshman KJ Jackson at quarterback and let him run the first two drives of each half before replaci ng Jackson with usual starter Taylen Green in each half. Jackson went 11-of-17 passing for 126 yards with a first-quarter touchdown pass to O'Mega Blake. Green completed 6 of 13 passes for 59 yards. Missouri's 322 yards rushing marked the second-highest total for the Tigers this season and the most in an SEC game. Petrino served as the Razorbacks' head coach from 2008-2011. He declined to comment on his job status after the game. - Missouri/AP College Football
Jr/2028 RB Ahmad Hardy, Missouri
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Thomas Gotkowski threw three touchdown passes, Braylon Isom caught two of them, and Miami (Ohio) beat Ball State 45-24 in a regular-season finale to clinch a trip to the Mid-American championship game for the third consecutive season. Gotkowski found Iso m for a 23-yard score at the 9:07 mark of the first quarter, and a 10-yard strike less than three minutes later. The RedHawks never trailed, and led from that point on. It's the fifth consecutive win for the RedHawks over the Cardinals.The RedHawk s finished the regular season 7-5 and 6-2 in the Mid-American Conference, and will face Western Michigan (8-4, 7-1) in the MAC title game, despite Ohio and Toledo also holding 6-2 conference records. Miami owns a tiebreaker between common opponents. Gotk owski's long came on a 55-yard touchdown to Kam Perry. He was 12-of-24 passing for 226 yards, with 44 yards on the ground. Jordan Brunson (54 rushing yards) and D'Shawntae Jones (47 rushing yards) both had rushing touchdowns, and led a RedHawks offense t hat combined for 234 rushing yards. Kiael Kelly was 14 of 23 for 177 yards with a pair of passing touchdowns for the Cardinals (4-8, 3-5). He added a game-high 61 yards on 11 attempts. The Cardinals allowed six sacks, and allowed a score on a fumble reco very return by Jermaine Agee with 2:11 left in the game. They entered the game with the second-most sacks allowed out of 136 teams in FBS football and finished with 49 allowed. - Miami OH/AP College Football
rSo/2029 QB Thomas Gotkowski, Miami (OH)
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Devin Farrell threw for 365 yards, including two first quarter touchdowns, and Rhode Island defeated Central Connecticut 27-19 on Saturday in a first-round game of the FCS playoffs. Ninth-seeded Rhode Island will play No. 8 UC Davis in the second round. The Aggies had a first-round bye. Farrell threw a touchdown pass on each of Rhode Island's first two possessions and his 54-yard connection with Omari Walker set up the Rams' third score on the way to a 24-7 halftime lead. The game tightened up in the fo urth quarter. The Blue Devils' Brady Olson threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Damani Williams to make it 24-13. The PAT was blocked by Dontay Bishop of Rhode Island and the missing point played a key role in strategy as the game wore on.Farrell thr ew an interception near midfield on the Rams' next possession and Dekavis Preston returned it 59 yards to the 7-yard line. On fourth down from the 1, the Blue Devils chose to kick a field goal that made the score 24-16. Rhode Island (11-2) then drove ins ide the 10-yard line and Garth White booted a 26-yard field goal that made it a two-score game (27-16) with 5 minutes remaining. It was Rhode Island's only points of the second half. The Blue Devils (8-5) reached the 11-yard line on the next possession b ut facing fourth-and-10, they again chose the field goal, making the score 27-19 with two minutes remaining. Central Connecticut got the ball back with about 90 seconds remaining but ran out of time after reaching the URI 40-yard line. Olson attempted 62 passes, completing 35 for 311 yards with the two touchdowns. Rhode Island defeated Central Connecticut 21-17 in the first round of the playoffs last year. - AP College Football
rSr/2027 QB Devin Farrell, Rhode Island
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2025 BIG SKY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Caden Dowler, DB, Montana State,...Justin Lamson and Caden Dowler, two of the heroes from MSU's 31-28 victory over Montana in last weekend's Brawl of the Wild, won individual honors partly for their ou tstanding play down the stretch. Lamson scored 26 touchdowns (17 passing, 9 rushing) in conference play alone, while Dowler had four interceptions and two interceptions returned for touchdowns in the final three games of the season. The Bobcats have now won back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year honors and three of the last five awards overall, as Dowler joins Brody Grebe in 2024 and Troy Andersen in 2021. The Newcomer of the Year recognition is the first for MSU since Sean Chambers won the same hono r in 2022. - Big Sky Football
rSr/2027 SS Caden Dowler, Montana State
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2025 CAA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Rhode Island senior linebacker A.J. Pena capped a record-setting career with a stellar senior season. The Rams' linebacker recorded 61 total tackles and led the CAA and ranked sixth in FCS with 17.5 tackle s for loss. His 9.5 sacks were tied for second in the conference, and he added 11 quarterback hurries and a forced fumble. Pena helped the Rams lead the CAA and rank in the top 20 nationally in total defense (312.4 ypg) and scoring defense (19.2 ppg). He holds URI records for career sacks (36.5) and tackles for loss (62). - CAA Football
Sr/2026 OLB A.J. Pena, Rhode Island
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WEEK 9 SWAC CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alabama State's Jalil Lenore registered four tackles, 1.5 sacks for 13 yards, and forced a fumble during Alabama State's 56-13 win over Alabama A&M. - SWAC Football
rSr/2026 ILB Jalil Lenore, Alabama State
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WEEK 13 FCS NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Caden Dowler, DB, Montana State, DB, Jr., 6-0, 205,...Dowler continued his sizzling play with six solo tackles and a pick-6 as Montana State won 31-28 at previously unbeaten Montana to secure the Big Sky championship. His 34-yard return late in the third quarter turned a 21-17 deficit into a 24-21 lead the Bobcats didn't relinquish. He's earned top Big Sky defensive honors in three straight weeks with four interceptions and 204 return yards, including a TD in back-to-back Top 10 wins. Honorable Mention: Lando Brown, DE, Southern Utah; Anthony Busa, DB, Stonehill; Chris Gales, LB, UAlbany; Keyshawn Johnson, OLB, UT Martin; Dorian Plumley, S, Abilene Christian; Dylan Rowsey, DB, Murray State; Dune Smith, LB, UIW. - Stats Perform FCS Football
rSr/2027 SS Caden Dowler, Montana State
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WEEK 13 BIG SKY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Caden Dowler, Montana State (DB, Jr., Billings, MT),...Caden Dowler had a momentum-swinging play that helped Montana State secure a 31-28 victory over previously undefeated Montana, while earning the first ro ad victory in the Brawl of the Wild since 2018 and the team's third Big Sky Championship in the last four seasons. Montana State's junior safety snared a pass from Montana's Keali'i Ah Yat late in the third quarter and dashed 34 yards for a touchdown to turn a 21-17 deficit into a 24-21 lead that the Bobcats would never relinquish. Dowler's history-making play marked his third-consecutive game with an interception and second-straight he's returned it for a touchdown, both coming against Top 10 opponents . Dowler also logged six solo tackles on Saturday, the second-most on the team. Others Nominated, Defense: Troy Bean (CP), Isaiah Perez (EWU), Rylan Leathers (ISU), Dominic Butts (UNC), Nate Rutchena (UCD), Sione Hala (WSU). - Big Sky Football
rSr/2027 SS Caden Dowler, Montana State
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WEEK 13 SEC CO-OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Isaia Glass, OT, Vanderbilt,...Credited with the Commodores' highest PFF pass and overall blocking grades following win over Kentucky..Did not allow a quarterback hit on 47 pass-block snaps..Helped Vandy set program record with 539 passing yards in a game..Led a line that helped the Dores finish contest with over 600 yards of total offense against an SEC opponent for the first time since defeating Tennessee on Nov. 26, 2016..Efforts helped Vandy control the ball for 36 minutes, 13 seconds, its 2nd-highest total of the season...Helped the Commodores win 9 games in a regular season for the first time since the 1915 campaign as well as their first undefeated record at home since 1982. - SEC Football
rSr/2026 OG Isaia Glass, Vanderbilt
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WEEK 13 BIG TEN CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kaytron Allen, Penn State, RB - Sr. - Norfolk, Va. - IMG Academy,...Recorded 25 carries for 160 yards and two touchdowns in Penn State's 37-10 win against Nebraska...Finished the game with 160 yards and 3, 954 career yards to become the all-time career rushing yards leader at Penn State, passing Evan Royster (3,932; 2007-10)...Allen is now 46 yards away from becoming the 23rd Big Ten player, since 1956, to reach 4,000 career rushing yards...Scored on a thr ee-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter and added a 13-yard touchdown rush in the fourth quarter...With 38 career rushing touchdowns, Allen is tied with Lydell Mitchell (38; 1969-71) for third all-time at Penn State...Last Penn State Offensive Pla yer of the Week: Kaytron Allen (Nov. 17, 2025). - Big Ten Football
Sr/2026 RB Kaytron Allen, Penn State
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WEEK 13 ACC OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Logan Parr, Gr., OG, SMU (Helotes, Texas),...Played 70 of 74 snaps for the SMU offense in the win over Louisville on Saturday...Posted an 83.2 pass block grade by Pro Football Focus (PFF)...Powered the way for t he team to record 485 yards of total offense (307 pass, 178 rush)...Did not allow a sack in the home win. - ACC Football
rSr/2026 OG Logan Parr, Southern Methodist
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