Image courtesy of the RIIL By Charlie Adams NEFJ Correspondent The 2025 season comes down to this weekend at Cranston Stadium, with five championship games set to kick off and all of the top seeds still in play. Rhode Island’s biggest prize is on the line Friday for the state championship at 7 p.m., followed by doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday. Division IV starts Saturday at noon, before Division I……
Well, this is it. For 14 of the 17 New England D1 programs, the regular season ends this Saturday. URI, CCSU, Harvard, Yale and UNH can all clinch postseason berths, although UNH might need a little help. BC is on a bye, UMass played on Tuesday night and UConn wraps up against FAU with a nine-win regular season on the line. New Haven finished its first D1 season two weeks…
By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff The state semifinals are here. Only 32 teams are in action this weekend and 22 of those teams are in this week’s New England Football Journal top 25. This week’s new entrants are Duxbury, Norwell, Fairhaven, Amesbury and North Reading. The top seven from last week’s top 25 remains unchanged. Here’s how things look before Super Bowl matchups are determined: 1. St. John’s Prep (10-0)…
Image courtesy of Holy Cross Athletics The Holy Cross program and its fan base find themselves in unfamiliar territory heading into Thanksgiving. Usually – at least for the last six years – Holy Cross was battling for the Patriot League title, or already making plans for the postseason. But, 2025 has been a rare down year and there will be no playoff appearance for Dan Curran’s crew after this Saturday….
It sort of feels like a win-and-in situation for UNH this weekend. But, if they can beat rival Maine convincingly – much like URI did a week ago – then it should almost guarantee them a spot in the FCS playoffs. The Wildcats are 7-4, 5-2 in the ultra-competitive CAA and looking to make it 17 of the last 21 seasons in the postseason. UNH has also won four straight…
It’s pretty simple. After making the playoffs last year for the first time in three decades, No. 9 Rhode Island has a chance to make it back-to-back years on Saturday. If the Rams (9-2, 7-0 CAA) can take care of business against 2-9 Hampton, they would clinch conference title outright and the automatic berth into the FCS 24-team bracket. There’s a good chance the Rams would still get an at-large…
Image courtesy of ESPN By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff Kickoff: The UMass Minutemen head to Athens, Ohio to take on the Ohio Bobcats in what will be their final road trip of the season. On the heels of another blowout 45-3 loss last week against Northern Illinois, the Minutemen have just two opportunities left to notch a win this season. 1st Down: The quarterback carousel continued its everspinning wheel last week with…
By Rob Gullo & Andy Close NEFJ Correspondents With just one game left in the regular season in Connecticut, teams are furiously jockeying for playoff position. There was minimal movement in the Top 10 this week, although St. Joseph did bump up to No. 3 following their 24-12 win over Wilton. Here are this week’s rankings. 1. New Canaan (9-0): Another week, another blowout win for New Canaan, as they…
Usually, the Patriots would have Monday off aside from a meeting here or there and some treatment. But, players were back in the building this Monday ready to go after playing on Thursday night and earning a few days off over the weekend. Some guys spent time with family (and pets), some got to know Boston a little better, while others took in the Celtics game on Sunday night. Mike…
Some big time performances this past weekend as teams battle down the stretch for their playoff lives. Others set records despite playing out the string. Here’s the best of the best from Week 12: Lewis Bond gets to start this one off. Bond caught eight balls for 106 yards in the BC loss to Georgia Tech, breaking the single-season catch record of 78 and the all-time receptions record that stood…