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FCS champions year-by-year(STATS) - Year-by-year results of the NCAA Division I FCS championship game:2017: North Dakota State (coach Chris Klieman) 17, James Madison 132016: James Madison 28, Youngstown State 142015: North Dakota State (Chris Klieman) 37, Jacksonville State 102014: North Dakota State (Chris Klieman) 29, Illinois State 272013: North...

AP Sports WriterN Dakota St takes back FCS title, tops James Madison 17-13By SCHUYLER DIXONFRISCO, Texas (AP) Fargo to Frisco is a thing again at North Dakota State.Easton Stick threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Darrius Shepherd and the Bison took back the Football Championship Subdivision title, beating...

Florida State's McFadden, Tate leaving early for NFL draftTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State cornerback Tarvarus McFadden and wide receiver Auden Tates are entering NFL draft.McFadden made his announcement via a statement released by the university. He was a first-team selection to the AP Preseason All-America team after having...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=In epic FCS title game, Bison edge James Madison to regain throneBy CRAIG HALEYFRISCO, Texas (STATS) - They saved the best for last in the FCS this season.Add in the unmatched intensity and physicality and the thy FCS championship game showed why it was one of...

STATS Senior Writer=Usually mistake-free Dukes plagued by turnoversBy JEFF MEZYDLOFRISCO, Texas (STATS) - The sullen looks on the faces of the James Madison players were obviously understandable.Hopes of repeating as the FCS national champion were dashed but worse, perhaps, was knowing they failed to take advantage of the ample...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=In epic title game, Bison edge James Madison to regain FCS throneBy CRAIG HALEYFRISCO, Texas (STATS) - They saved the best for last in the FCS this season.Add in the unmatched intensity and physicality and the 40th FCS championship game showed why it was one of...

Saban: Injured Alabama guard Lester Cotton out of title gameATLANTA (AP) Alabama guard Lester Cotton is expected to miss the national championship game with a knee injury.Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Saturday that Cotton won't play Monday night against Georgia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.Cotton has started every game...

University of Houston hires Kendal BrilesHOUSTON (AP) Kendal Briles, who was part of his father's Baylor football staff when the program was rocked by a sexual assault scandal, has been hired by the University of Houston.Coach Major Applewhite announced Saturday the hire of Briles as the associate head...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=In epic FCS title game, Bison edge James Madison to regain throneBy CRAIG HALEYFRISCO, Texas (STATS) - They saved the best for last in the FCS this season.Add in the unmatched intensity and physicality and the 40th FCS championship game showed why it was one of...

Mullen adds another Mississippi State assistant to UF staffGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida coach Dan Mullen has added another Mississippi State assistant to his staff.Mullen announced Friday that Christian Robinson has joined the Gators after one season in Starkville, Mississippi.Robinson, a former Georgia linebacker, previously spent two years (2015-16)...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Can Smart take down Saban? Check back in a few yearsBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) When Kirby Smart returned to his alma mater, he already had a pretty good template for success.He might as well have been wearing a wrist band with the letters ''WWND.''What Would...

AP Sports WriterNo mystery: Georgia, Alabama like running, stuffing the runBy JOHN ZENORATLANTA (AP) There's no mystery in what the Georgia and Alabama offenses do best: Run the ball.Stopping them is harder to manage, though both defenses do that quite well, too.The third-ranked Bulldogs pound away with Sony...