Fear The FCS 2025 Week 10 Media Ballot
For the first time, I was invited to vote in the Stats Perform FCS Top…
2025 FCS Matchups Versus Non-Division I Opponents
Each year, some FCS members look outside the Division I umbrella to fill out their football schedules and the 2025 season will be no different. FCS teams are slated to play 63 games against non-Division I opponents in 2025 with matchups versus NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, NCCAA, and a handful against non-affiliated…
2025 FCS Versus FBS Matchups
Another season, another record number of FCS versus FBS matchups. 126 FCS versus FBS games are scheduled for 2025, currently five more than the previous record of 121 set in 2024. The last five seasons from 2021 through 2025 have featured the five highest number of FCS-FBS matchups since the NCAA Division I split into…
Fear The FCS 2025 Week 10 Media Ballot
For the first time, I was invited to vote in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 for the 2025 season. I was beyond thrilled to accept the invitation, and like many others, I take the opportunity seriously. As part of the weekly process, I will provide some thoughts and reasoning for my top 25. Below…
HBCU Fab Five and Flop Five: Halloween Edition
Who’s ready for some college football tricks or treats? Well, ready or not, it’s that time of year again. The weather’s finally getting cooler, the leaves are changing, and college football conference races are tightening up as the finish line to the FCS postseason is already starting to take shape. This past Saturday, both the MEAC and SWAC…
Fear The FCS 2025 Week 9 Media Ballot
For the first time, I was invited to vote in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 for the 2025 season. I was beyond thrilled to accept the invitation, and like many others, I take the opportunity seriously. As part of the weekly process, I will provide some thoughts and reasoning for my top 25. Below…
HBCU Fab Five and Flop Five: The 2025 MEAC and SWAC Season Races are Taking Shape
If you’re like most Americans, this time of year is a magical time for sports fans. The World Series is about to start, college football is reaching its zenith, and the NFL is in full force. The NBA opened this week and the NHL has been playing games since the early part of October. Alas, the end…
2025-26 FCS Coaching Changes
It’s already that time of the year when the coaching carousel will be in full swing for the 2025-26 FCS offseason. The 2024-25 offseason saw 23 head coaching changes, which was down from the 31 witnessed during the 2023-24 FCS offseason. There are numerous reasons for a coaching change; the table below will keep track…
Terrence Graves Out as Southern Head Coach
Southern University has fired head coach Terrence Graves after less than two seasons in charge. Graves went 10-11 in his season and a half with the Jaguars. Fred McNair will be the interim head coach for the rest of the 2025 season. Graves was named Southern’s head coach in December 2023 after serving as the…
Fear The FCS 2025 Week 8 Media Ballot
For the first time, I was invited to vote in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 for the 2025 season. I was beyond thrilled to accept the invitation, and like many others, I take the opportunity seriously. As part of the weekly process, I will provide some thoughts and reasoning for my top 25. Below…
Delaware State is Stirring Up a Hornet’s Nest on the Ground This Season
If you’ve been around football for a while, the phrase “three yards and a cloud of dust” invokes a certain type of fondness for “old school” football, where the whole offensive playbook consisted of a few run plays designed to generate simple gains on the ground. The concept of actually throwing the football, let alone…
UTRGV Football Inaugural Season 2025: Making an Impression in the Southland Conference
As an old high school football coach, there’s a popular mantra within the coaching ranks that it takes three years to make a real impact on any football program, whether at the high school or collegiate levels. For some programs, success sometimes shows its face in increments, and for others, it shows up in leaps and…
Fear The FCS 2025 Week 7 Media Ballot
For the first time, I was invited to vote in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 for the 2025 season. I was beyond thrilled to accept the invitation, and like many others, I take the opportunity seriously. As part of the weekly process, I will provide some thoughts and reasoning for my top 25. Below…
