2021 FCS Versus FBS Matchups

The 2021 season is approaching quickly and with it are a record number of FCS versus FBS matchups. In total, 117 such matchups are scheduled to take place, which is three more than the previous record of 114 set in 2019. Furthermore, three of the last four seasons and four of the last six seasons have seen at least 110 or more FCS-FBS matchups played.

Below is a table giving an overview of each week and the number of games scheduled for that week. Clicking on the week in the left-most column of the table will bring you down to that specific week’s set of games. This post will be updated as the 2021 season unfolds and reflect any additional changes. Please note that all kickoff times below are listed in Eastern Time.

Week	Dates	Scheduled Games	Number of FCS Wins
0	8/28	1	0
1	9/1 - 9/4	38	6
2	9/10 - 9/11	37	2
3	9/18	21	2
4	9/25	9	0
5	10/2	0	0
6	10/9	0	0
7	10/16	1	0
8	10/23	1	0
9	10/30	0	0
10	11/6	2	1
11	11/13	3	1
12	11/20	4	0
13	11/27	0	0
Totals		117	12

Week 0

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
8/28	10 PM CBSSN	Southern Utah	14	San Jose State	45

Week 1

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
9/1	7:30 PM ESPN	Jacksonville State	0	UAB	31
9/2	7 PM ESPN3	Long Island	10	Florida International	48
9/2	7 PM ESPN+	Western Illinois	21	Ball State	31
9/2	7 PM ESPN	Wagner	7	Buffalo	69
9/2	7 PM ESPN+	The Citadel	14	Coastal Carolina	52
9/2	7:30 PM ESPN+	UC Davis	19	Tulsa	17
9/2	7:30 PAC12	Weber State	17	Utah	40
9/2	8 PM ESPN+	UT Martin	21	Western Kentucky	59
9/2	10 PM	Eastern Washington	35 (2 OT)	UNLV	33
9/2	10:30 PM PAC12	Southern Utah	14	Arizona State	41
9/3	7 PM ESPN3	St. Francis (PA)	15	Eastern Michigan	35
9/2	7 PM	Houston Baptist	17	New Mexico	27
9/3	8 PM Big12/ESPN+	South Dakota	14	Kansas	17
9/3	9 PM PAC12	Northern Colorado	7	Colorado	35
9/3	9 PM FS1	South Dakota State	42	Colorado State	23
9/4	12 PM ACCN	Colgate	0	Boston College	51
9/4	12 PM CBSSN	Holy Cross	38	Connecticut	28
9/4	12 PM BTN	Fordham	7	Nebraska	52
9/4	2 PM	Lafayette	14	Air Force	35
9/4	4 PM	Montana State	16	Wyoming	19
9/4	4:30 PM Big12/ESPN+	Northern Iowa	10	Iowa State	16
9/4	6 PM ESPN3	Campbell	7	Liberty	48
9/4	6 PM ESPN3	Gardner-Webb	25	Georgia Southern	30
9/4	7 PM SECN/ESPN+	Eastern Illinois	0	South Carolina	46
9/4	7 PM ESPN3	Monmouth	15	Middle Tennessee	50
9/4	7 PM Big12/ESPN+	Missouri State	16	Oklahoma State	23
9/4	7 PM ESPN+	Nicholls	17	Memphis	42
9/4	7 PM ESPN+	Abilene Christian	9	SMU	56
9/4	7 PM ESPN3	Norfolk State	10	Toledo	49
9/4	7 PM ESPN3	Central Arkansas	21	Arkansas State	40
9/4	7 PM ESPN3	Southern	3	Troy	55
9/4	7:30 PM ESPN3	Northwestern State	14	North Texas	44
9/4	7:30 PM ESPN3	William & Mary	0	Virginia	43
9/4	8 PM SECN/ESPN+	East Tennessee State	23	Vanderbilt	3
9/4	7 PM Big12/ESPN+	Duquesne	3	TCU	45
9/4	8 PM PAC12	Montana	13	Washington	7
9/4	9 PM ESPN3	Bethune-Cookman	28	UTEP	38
9/4	11:59 PM	Portland State	35	Hawaii	49

Week 2

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
9/10	8 PM ACCN	North Carolina A&T	17	Duke	45
9/10	9 PM CBSSN	North Dakota	24	Utah State	48
9/11	11:30 AM ESPN3	VMI	10	Kent State	60
9/11	12 PM SECN	Alabama State	0	Auburn	62
9/11	12 PM ESPN3	Kennesaw State	17	Georgia Tech	45
9/11	12 PM ACCN	Norfolk State	16	Wake Forest	41
9/11	12 PM BTN	Youngstown State	14	Michigan State	42
9/11	12 PM BTN	Indiana State	6	Northwestern	24
9/11	1 PM ESPN+	Morgan State	20	Tulane	69
9/11	2 PM ESPN3	Duquesne	28	Ohio	26
9/11	3 PM ESPN3	Robert Morris	0	Central Michigan	45
9/11	3:30 PM ESPN+	Murray State	7	Cincinnati	42
9/11	4 PM SECN	Mercer	14	Alabama	48
9/11	5 PM ACCN	South Carolina State	3	Clemson	49
9/11	5 PM Big12/ESPN+	Long Island	0	West Virginia	66
9/11	5 PM ESPN3	Illinois State	0	Western Michigan	28
9/11	6 PM ESPN3	Gardner-Webb	10	Charlotte	38
9/11	6 PM ESPN3	Lamar	0	UTSA	54
9/11	6 PM PAC12	Portland State	24	Washington State	44
9/11	6:30 PM ESPN+	North Carolina Central	10	Marshall	44
9/11	6:30 PM ESPN+	Bethune-Cookman	14	UCF	63
9/11	7 PM	Western Carolina	0	Oklahoma	76
9/11	7 PM ESPN3	SE Louisiana	42	Louisiana Tech	45
9/11	7 PM ESPN3	Hampton	7	Old Dominion	47
9/11	7 PM ESPN3	Grambling	0	Southern Miss	37
9/11	7 PM ESPN3	Eastern Kentucky	3	Louisville	30
9/11	7 PM Big12/ESPN+	Texas Southern	7	Baylor	66
9/11	7 PM Big12/ESPN+	Southern Illinois	23	Kansas State	31
9/11	7 PM Big12/ESPN+	Stephen F. Austin	22	Texas Tech	28
9/11	7 PM ESPN3	Nicholls	24	Louisiana	27
9/11	7:30 PM SECN/ESPN+	Austin Peay	17	Ole Miss	54
9/11	7:30 PM BTN	Idaho	14	Indiana	56
9/11	7:30 PM BTN	Howard	0	Maryland	62
9/11	8 PM SECN/ESPN+	McNeese	7	LSU	34
9/11	8 PM ACCN	Jacksonville State	20	Florida State	17
9/11	10 PM	Cal Poly	10	Fresno State	63
9/11	10:30 PM	Idaho State	10	Nevada	49

Week 3

Date	Time	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
9/18	12 PM SECN/ESPN+	Chattanooga	23	Kentucky	28
9/18	12 PM SECN/ESPN+	SE Missouri State	28	Missouri	59
9/18	12 PM SECN/ESPN+	Tennessee Tech	0	Tennessee	56
9/18	12 PM ACCN	Albany	24	Syracuse	62
9/18	3:30 PM BTN	Delaware	13	Rutgers	45
9/18	3:30 PM ESPN+	Long Island	7	Miami (OH)	42
9/18	3:30 PM ESPN3	Bryant	14	Akron	35
9/18	3:30 PM ESPN+	Elon	10	Appalachian State	44
9/18	3:30 PM	Idaho	0	Oregon State	42
9/18	4 PM	Sacramento State	30	California	42
9/18	5 PM ESPN3	Murray State	10	Bowling Green	27
9/18	6 PM ESPN3	Fordham	14	Middle Tennessee	45
9/18	7 PM ESPN+	Grambling	0	Houston	45
9/18	7 PM ESPN+	Florida A&M	17	South Florida	38
9/18	7 PM ESPN3	Incarnate Word	42	Texas State	34
9/18	7:30 PM ESPN3	Furman	7	NC State	45
9/18	7:30 PM PAC12	Stony Brook	7	Oregon	48
9/18	8 PM ESPN3	Jackson State	7	UL Monroe	12
9/18	8 PM ESPN3	Alcorn State	21	South Alabama	28
9/18	8 PM	South Carolina State	35	New Mexico State	43
9/18	10 PM PAC12	Northern Arizona	21	Arizona	19

Week 4

Date	Time	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
9/25	12 PM BTN	Villanova	17	Penn State	38
9/25	12 PM ACCN	Richmond	10	Virginia Tech	21
9/25	12 PM ESPN+	New Hampshire	7	Pittsburgh	77
9/25	12 PM ESPN+	Wagner	7	Temple	41
9/25	12:30 PM ESPN3	Central Connecticut	0	Miami (FL)	69
9/25	2:30 PM ESPN3	Maine	14	Northern Illinois	41
9/25	3:30 PM	Towson	21	San Diego State	48
9/25	6 PM ESPN+	Charleston Southern	28	East Carolina	31
9/25	6:30 PM	Texas Southern	34	Rice	48

Week 7

Date	Time	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
10/16	12 PM CBSSN	Yale	15	Connecticut	21

Week 8

Date	Time	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
10/23	12 PM SECN	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	3	Arkansas	45

Week 10

Date	Time	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
11/6	3 PM ESPN3	Idaho State	14	BYU	59
11/6	3:30 PM	Rhode Island	35	Massachusetts	22

Week 11

Date	Time	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
11/13	12 PM ESPN+/SECN+	Samford	52	Florida	70
11/13	12 PM	Maine	35	Massachusetts	10
11/13	12 PM CBSSN	Bucknell	10	Army	63

Week 12

Date	Time	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
11/20	12 PM ESPN+/SECN+	Charleston Southern	7	Georgia	56
11/20	12 PM ESPN+/SECN+	Prairie View	3	Texas A&M	52
11/20	12 PM ESPN+/SECN+	Tennessee State	10	Mississippi State	55
11/20	12 PM ESPN3	Wofford	14	North Carolina	34

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