Montana State vs Illinois State In FCS National Championship
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The Falcons ended the 29-game winning streak of defending champion North Central for the program’s stunning first national title.
The 2026 CFP National Championship Game will take place Monday, Jan 19 at 7:30p ET. Teams are currently TBD. For the second year in a row, 12 teams were chosen to compete in the College Football Playoff, putting the National Championship Game in late January.
When and where to play the game are the biggest questions facing the title game of the Football Championship Subdivision.
North Central (Ill.) has been in six consecutive Stagg Bowls, winning three championships. It is 82-3 since 2019.
Once the doormat of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference but now a turbo-charged offensive powerhouse, River Falls laid claim to the NCAA Division III championship in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl on Jan. 4 with a 24-14 win over reigning champion North Central (Illinois) in Canton, Ohio.
The smallest football stadium in the SEC could make history Monday night when it hosts what might become the highest-attended FCS championship game ever in a showdown between MSU and Illinois State.
The only power conference school without an NCAA men's tournament win, Nebraska may finally snap its dreaded drought after starting the season 13-0.
Maryland scored two first-half goals and the fourth-ranked Terrapins shut out No. 13 UConn 3-0 in an NCAA tournament Round of 16 game at College Park, Md., on Saturday.
A winning streak that spanned nearly two full seasons came to an end Sunday night for the North Central College football team.