🏈 North Carolina's hidden gems: FCS schools produced elite talent in 2025

All-Americans, future Power 4 standouts developed in our state's small-college programs

14 hrs ago • Eric Lusk

🏈 Gardner-Webb names new coach, transfer portal fills to the brim, NC teams finish 2025 well

GWU turns to youth once again, naming Kris McCullough, 30, as new head of the program

Jan 8 • Eric Lusk

December 2025

🏈 Gardner-Webb coach steps down, NCHSAA crowns 8 state champs, first 2026 college schedules unveiled

Cris Reisert will leave Boiling Springs after two seasons to take OC job at Toledo in his home state

Dec 17, 2025 • Eric Lusk

November 2025

🏈 Happy Thanksgiving from NC Football News!

It's State-Carolina week! Duke hosts Wake, App State goes for bowl eligibility, ECU & Charlotte on the road

Nov 27, 2025 • Eric Lusk

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🏈 Monday Morning QB: Wild plays, playoff heartbreak and the end of the small-college football season in NC

Wingate, Johnson C. Smith bounced from playoffs; NCCU, Elon and Western Carolina finish strong in FCS

Nov 24, 2025 • Eric Lusk

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🏈 Monday Morning QB: A conference title 55 years in the making

Johnson C. Smith claims first CIAA championship since 1969, earns No. 2 seed for upcoming NCAA Division II playoffs

Nov 17, 2025 • Eric Lusk

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🏈 Monday Morning QB: Upset specials, gut-wrenching losses and the first NC head coaching change

Davidson, Wake Forest both beat nationally ranked foes Saturday; Winston-Salem State coach Robert Massey has resigned

Nov 10, 2025 • Eric Lusk

🏈 Monday Morning QB: NC State stuns GT, WCU makes SoCon history, high school playoff brackets unveiled

Recapping a busy weekend of football action in the Old North State

Nov 3, 2025 • Eric Lusk

🏈 UNC gets first ACC win, 22 North Carolina college football games on tap today

Former Jacksonville High standout Demon June powers Tar Heels past Syracuse on Saturday night, 27-10

Nov 1, 2025 • Eric Lusk

October 2025

🏈 Monday Morning QB: Wake Forest stock rising, NC A&T kick-return magic, D2 blowouts shape conference races

Takeaways, top performers and who won in Week 9 of the North Carolina college football season

Oct 27, 2025 • Eric Lusk

🏈 Crazy ball-control offense, a record-breaking FG, 200-yard rushers and one that got away

Recapping Week 7 of the North Carolina college football season

Oct 15, 2025 • Eric Lusk

🏈 WCU QB Breaks NCAA Record, More Belichick Drama at UNC, Catawba Rising

Taron Dickens completes 46 passes (!!) in a row in Catamounts' win at Wofford

Oct 10, 2025 • Eric Lusk