Underdog Daily

The rivalry between Troy and South Alabama will take center stage on Thursday Night on ESPNU. This game will feature two teams going in the complete opposite direction right now. The Jags of South Alabama are in a current free fall. After upsetting Mississippi State and #19 San Diego State, the Aztecs have yet to win a sun belt game (0-3), but are unbeaten in non-conference play. Clearly that puts them at 3-3 and in danger of missing a bowl game.  For Troy it has been a pretty good year. After being picked 5th in the Sun Belt coaches poll, the Trojans currently sit at 5-1 and a prefect 3-0 in conference play. In fact, Troy's only loss came to #4 Clemson in a thrilling 30-24 game in death valley. Both teams have very stellar defenses.  Troy is giving up just 19.7 points a game, while South Alabama has given up more than 24 points just once this year.  While Troy is able to keep up the consistency on offense this is where South Ba...

Every wonder who the best of the little guys are? Well here is our MAC/SunBelt/C-USA/Mountain West top 10 ranking jammed into one.  Once again, this list is released every Monday. 1. Western Michigan (7-0, 3-0): Not only did they beat Akron they all around destroyed them.  Reminder; this Akron team was 4-2 and 2-0 in the MAC.  The Zips also had a top 20 offense in the nation and the Broncos shut them out 41-0 as they overtook Boise for the top spot this week. NEXT vs #9 Eastern Michigan. 2. Boise State (6-0, 3-0): Boise faced their first deficit of the year as they trailed Colorado State 3-0 after one. As the game went on Jeremy McNicholas warmed up as Boise went up 28-3 and all seemed to be good.  Then the final 10 minutes of the fourth quarter came.  The Rams of CSU scored 20 straight points and all of a sudden Boise almost let the game slip away, but a forward lateral would end the game and seal a 28-23 Bronco win. NEXT vs. BYU 3....

Appalachian State 24 Louisiana Lafayette 0 : The Mountaineers improved to 2-0 with a convincing win over Lafayette on Saturday.  App State is ranked number 19 in the nation in scoring defense and the streak is now 9 quarter since they have given up a touchdown. Appalachian State (4-2, 2-0) NEXT vs. Idaho        Louisiana Lafayette (2-4, 1-2) NEXT @ Texas State Georgia Southern 24 Georgia Tech 35:  After a great effort, the Eagles fell to Georgia Tech in a battle of triple option offensives. GSU started 3-0, but have lost three straight.  With a game against #12 Ole Miss left plus Appalachian State and Troy, GSU could be in danger of missing out on a bowl game in year one of Tyson Summers. Georgia Southern (3-3, 2-1) NEXT @ New Mexico State Georgia State 21 Troy 31 : After entering as 20 point road underdogs Georgia State hung around and only trailed by three going into the 4...

Idaho's Kibbe Dome Recently in April Idaho announced they would be dropping down to the FCS level in college football with the Sun Belt not willing to strike a deal to keep them in the conference.  With the Sun Belt adding Coastal Carolina, Idaho was forced out.  The Vandals still had the option of staying on the FBs level as an independent, but Idaho AD said "that wasn't very attractive to us."  With the Mountain West conference denying Idaho, the AD announced this this will be their second last season on the FBS level and will join the Big Sky in 2018. With that being said, Idaho is still fighting for another chance to make another bowl appearance in the two seasons they have left.  Being road underdogs and flying across America the Vandals went in Louisiana Monroe and stole a 34-31 road victory in a game that senior kicker Austin Rehkow hit the game winning field goal. Idaho now sits at 3-3 on the season for a team that is averaging jus...