📸: Charlie Ramirez New Mexico and Minnesota are two out of state programs that have some of the most Arizona HS football alumni on their current and future rosters, so it is only fitting that the 9-3 Lobos faced the 7-5 Golden Gophers in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Chase Field in Phoenix. In what almost felt like a home game for New Mexico, the Lobos and Gophers had answer for each other for the entire game.

In Year 3 of the Brian Wright era at Northern Arizona, the Lumberjacks have lured in their highest ranked high school recruiting class in school history after compiling a 15-10 record and one playoff appearance in his first two seasons with two of the toughest schedules in FCS.

Northern Arizona put on an absolute clinic in their dominant 49-10 win over Northern Colorado on Homecoming Day. The Lumberjacks did it with a lot of Arizona HS Football alumni making key contributions.