The University of Richmond football team is checking the boxes one at a time.

What a time to be alive. The temperature is dropping, the leaves are changing, the football is... footballin'.

Younger brothers often follow the example their older siblings set. For Monmouth’s Derek Robertson, the guidance of his brother Jimmy has helped the Hawks quarterback make program history multiple times over in just four games.

The first week of conference play was completed in the Coastal Athletic Association last week, which consisted of four conference matchups.

We saw a six-touchdown game on 25 involved plays from a quarterback and a five-score day from a wide receiver who did it on just nine catches.

Home-field advantage was good to Coastal Athletic Association teams in Week 1 of the 2024 college football season. CAA members who opened on the road hope to keep the positive vibes of playing on campus going into Week 2.

The first in-season college football polls have been released, and both the AFCA Coaches Poll and Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Rankings show some early shifts and trends in the FCS landscape.

The wide-open Coastal Athletic Association kicks off its 2024 season with a Week 1 that features a bevy of marquee FCS vs. FCS matchups. Getting things started with a bang is a rematch of a 2023 Playoffs encounter, as preseason CAA favorite Villanova welcomes Youngstown State back to the Mainline for the second time in nine months.

The Rhode Island Football team has not reached the playoff in nearly 40 years, but the Rams hope to end that drought following a 6-5 season in 2023.

A season ago, Monmouth was second in scoring (32.5) and yards per game (431.5) in the Coastal Athletic Association, but that didn’t translate to victories. Only New Hampshire scored more points per game (37.5) and had more yards (434.4), but that didn’t help Wildcats either.

The Maine football team has terrific offensive weapons in wide receiver Joe Gillette and tight end Cooper Heisey, who both were preseason All-CAA honorable mentions, while the Black Bears were slated to finish 13th in the 16-team conference.

The first wave of preseason college football accolades and polls are steadily being released, and now we have one of the first preseason All American lists from Phil Steele and DraftScout.

SDSU football continues their reign at the top. Stats Perform perched them at No. 1 overall in one of the first FCS Top 25 polls of the preseason. South Dakota State received 52 of the 56 first-place votes.

The 1st Round of the 2023 FCS Playoffs features a pair of games involving Coastal Athletic Association teams: Delaware hosts Patriot League champion Lafayette, while Richmond welcomes North Carolina Central to Robins Stadium.

Monmouth is hosting Lehigh, who will travel to West Long Branch, New Jersey, in Week 5 for the final nonconference game of the 2023 season for both teams. The matchup will take place at Monmouth’s 4,200-seat Kessler Stadium.