The 2025 FCS Football Central Freshman All-American Team honors the best freshmen in FCS football, featuring 60 players from 45 different schools

Eight teams remain in the 2025 FCS playoffs. As the quarterfinals approach, the time is right to re-rank the teams left standing.

After outlasting Yale in the second round, the Bobcats are now set to welcome in the Southland Conference champions for a Friday night matchup.

Reigning FCS champion and top-ranked North Dakota State was stunned by Illinois State 29-28 in the second round of the FCS playoffs

To topple the Bison on their turf is incredibly difficult but to do it in the face of several mistakes is essentially impossible and that’s what Illinois State had to do over the weekend. In fact, it was a nightmarish start for the Redbirds as it took NDSU just one offensive play to get a 7-0 lead.

Caden Pinnick threw two of his five touchdown passes to Zach Jones, Jordan Fisher had 140 yards rushing, which included a 50-yard touchdown run, and UC Davis beat Rhode Island 47-20 in the second roun

BETHELHAM, Pa. — On Saturday, the 12th-seeded Villanova scored 14 unanswered points to seal a 14-7 upset win over fifth-seeded Lehigh at Goodman Stadium. The Wildcats (11-2) entered halftime in a scoreless tie for the first time since September 2004.

Each statistic is more mortifying than the last, thanks to aggressive Illinois State defense and sketchy NDSU offense that had no answers.

Tommy Rittenhouse came through when needed, throwing two touchdown passes in the final 3 minutes to beat the defending champions 29-28.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Indiana State football’s Nic Yatsko was named to the FCS Football Central Freshman All-American team as announced by the organization on Monday afternoon. Yatsko receives his first All-American nod as the 2025 Jerry Rice Award finalist finished seventh in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in tackles per game (7.

UC Davis will now host Illinois State in the NCAA FCS quarterfinals, set for Saturday, Dec. 13, with the game set for a 2 p.m. kickoff on ESPN+. It’s the first time the Aggies will host an FCS Quarterfinals playoff game and the first hosting of a quarterfinal game since 2001.