2023 FCS Versus FBS Matchups

The 2023 season is approaching and that means plenty of FCS versus FBS matchups are on tap with 118 this season. There will not be a record number of games featuring FCS teams against FBS opponents as we saw in both 2021 and 2022. This season will also mark the sixth time in the last eight seasons that the FCS and FBS will have at least 110 games in a season. Since 2012, only two seasons – 98 in 2017 and 36 in the pandemic-ravaged 2020 season – featured fewer than 100 FCS-FBS matchups.

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 2023 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	8/26	0	0
1	8/31 – 9/2	42	0
2	9/7 – 9/9	38	3
3	9/14 – 9/16	21	1
4	9/23	4
5	9/30	3
6	10/7	2
7	10/14	0	0
8	10/21	0	0
9	10/28	0	0
10	11/4	3
11	11/11	1
12	11/18	4
13	11/25	0	0
Totals		118	4

Week 1

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
8/31	7 PM / ACCN	Elon	17	Wake Forest	37
8/31	7 PM / ESPN+	Rhode Island	35	Georgia State	42
8/31	7 PM / ESPN+	St. Francis (PA)	17	Western Michigan	35
8/31	8 PM / SECN	South Dakota	10	Missouri	35
8/31	8 PM / ESPN+	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	7	Tulsa	42
8/31	8 PM / ESPN+	North Carolina A&T	6	UAB	35
8/31	10 PM / PAC12	Southern Utah	21	Arizona State	24
9/1	6:30 PM / ESPN+	Howard	23	Eastern Michigan	33
9/1	8 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Missouri State	17	Kansas	48
9/2	12 PM / ESPN+	Long Island	10	Ohio	27
9/2	1 PM	Robert Morris	7	Air Force	42
9/2	2 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Mercer	7	Ole Miss	73
9/2	2 PM / ESPN+	East Tennessee State	3	Jacksonville State	49
9/2	2 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Northern Iowa	9	Iowa State	30
9/2	3 PM / PAC12	Portland State	7	Oregon	81
9/2	3:30 PM / NBC	Tennessee State	3	Notre Dame	56
9/2	3:30 PM / BTN	Towson	6	Maryland	38
9/2	3:30 PM / ACCN	Wofford	7	Pittsburgh	45
9/2	3:30 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Eastern Kentucky	13	Cincinnati	66
9/2	3:30 PM / ESPN+	Gardner-Webb	24	Appalachian State	45
9/2	4 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Western Carolina	13	Arkansas	56
9/2	4 PM / SECN	SE Louisiana	7	Mississippi State	48
9/2	4 PM / ESPN+/ACCN+	Colgate	0	Syracuse	65
9/2	4 PM	Bryant	14	UNLV	44
9/2	6 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	UT Martin	7	Georgia	48
9/2	6 PM / ESPN+	South Carolina State	3	Charlotte	24
9/2	6 PM / ESPN+	Monmouth	20	Florida Atlantic	42
9/2	6 PM / ESPN+	The Citadel	0	Georgia Southern	34
9/2	6 PM / ESPN+	Bucknell	3	James Madison	38
9/2	6 PM / ESPN+	Albany	17	Marshall	21
9/2	6 PM / ESPN+	Maine	12	Florida International	14
9/2	7 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	SE Missouri State	0	Kansas State	45
9/2	7 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Alabama A&M	13	Vanderbilt	47
9/2	7 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Central Arkansas	13	Oklahoma State	27
9/2	7 PM / ESPN+	Bethune-Cookman	14	Memphis	56
9/2	7 PM / ESPN+	Alcorn State	14	Southern Miss	40
9/2	7 PM / ESPN+	Stephen F. Austin	30	Troy	48
9/2	8:30 PM / ESPN+	Northwestern State	13	Louisiana	38
9/2	9 PM / ESPN+	Western Illinois	21	New Mexico State	58
9/2	9 PM / ESPN+	Incarnate Word	14	UTEP	28
9/2	10 PM / PAC12	Northern Arizona	3	Arizona	38
9/2	10:30 PM / CBSSN	Idaho State	28	San Diego State	36

Week 2

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
9/7	7:30 PM / ACCN	Murray State	0	Louisville	56
9/8	7 PM / BTN	Indiana State	7	Indiana	41
9/9	12 PM / BTN	Youngstown State	7	Ohio State	35
9/9	12 PM / Peacock	Delaware	7	Penn State	63
9/9	12 PM / CBSSN	Delaware State	0	Army	57
9/9	12 PM / ESPN+/ACCN+	Holy Cross	28	Boston College	31
9/9	1 PM / ESPN+/ACCN+	South Carolina State	13	Georgia Tech	48
9/9	1:30 PM / ESPN+	New Hampshire	42	Central Michigan	45
9/9	2 PM / ESPN+	Eastern Illinois	15	Bowling Green	38
9/9	2:15 PM / ACCN	Charleston Southern	17	Clemson	66
9/9	3 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Eastern Kentucky	17	Kentucky	28
9/9	3 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Southern Utah	16	BYU	41
9/9	3:30 PM / BTN	Richmond	14	Michigan State	45
9/9	3:30 PM / CBSSN	Wagner	0	Navy	24
9/9	3:30 PM / ESPN+	Southern Illinois	14	Northern Illinois	11
9/9	3:30 PM / ESPN+	Texas Southern	3	Toledo	71
9/9	4 PM	Cal Poly	3	San Jose State	59
9/9	4 PM	Portland State	17	Wyoming	31
9/9	5 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Austin Peay	13	Tennessee	30
9/9	5 PM / ESPN+	SE Louisiana	17	South Alabama	35
9/9	6 PM / ESPN+/ACCN+	Lafayette	7	Duke	42
9/9	6 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Duquesne	17	West Virginia	56
9/9	6 PM / ESPN+	Morgan State	21	Akron	24
9/9	6 PM / ESPN+	Fordham	40	Buffalo	37
9/9	7 PM / ESPN+	Northwestern State	21	Louisiana Tech	51
9/9	7 PM / ESPN+	Houston Christian	22	Western Kentucky	52
9/9	7 PM / ESPN+	Florida A&M	24	South Florida	38
9/9	7 PM	Idaho	33	Nevada	6
9/9	7:30 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Grambling	10	LSU	72
9/9	7:30 PM / ESPNU	McNeese	7	Florida	49
9/9	7:30 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Furman	21	South Carolina	47
9/9	8 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Nicholls	6	TCU	41
9/9	8 PM / ESPN+	Lamar	14	UL Monroe	24
9/9	8 PM	Tennessee Tech	10	New Mexico	56
9/9	8 PM	Idaho State	28	Utah State	78
9/9	9 PM / PAC12	UC Davis	7	Oregon State	55
9/9	9 PM	Eastern Washington	31	Fresno State	34
9/9	11:59 PM	Albany	20	Hawaii	31

Week 3

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
9/14	7:30 PM / ACCN	Bethune-Cookman	7	Miami (FL)	48
9/16	12 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Long Island	7	Baylor	30
9/16	12 PM / ESPN+	Central Connecticut	10	Kent State	38
9/16	12 PM / FS1	North Dakota	18	Boise State	42
9/16	2 PM / PAC12	Weber State	7	Utah	31
9/16	2 PM / CW Network	VMI	7	NC State	45
9/16	2 PM / ESPN+	Norfolk State	9	Temple	41
9/16	2 PM / ESPN+	Indiana State	7	Ball State	45
9/16	4 PM / PAC12	Idaho	17	California	31
9/16	5 PM / PAC12	Northern Colorado	21	Washington State	64
9/16	5 PM / PAC12	North Carolina Central	7	UCLA	59
9/16	6:30 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Villanova	14	UCF	48
9/16	7 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Samford	13	Auburn	45
9/16	7 PM / ESPN+	Murray State	14	Middle Tennessee	35
9/16	7 PM / BIG12/ESPN+	Tarleton State	3	Texas Tech	41
9/16	7 PM / ESPN+	Prairie View	0	SMU	69
9/16	7 PM / ESPN+	Texas Southern	7	Rice	59
9/16	7 PM / ESPN+	Duquesne	7	Coastal Carolina	66
9/16	7 PM / ESPN+	Stony Brook	7	Arkansas State	31
9/16	8 PM / PAC12	Sacramento State	30	Stanford	23
9/16	8:30 PM / ESPN+	Jackson State	34	Texas State	77

Week 4

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
9/23	3:30 PM / ESPN+	Texas A&M-Commerce		Old Dominion
9/23	3:30 PM /ESPN+	Delaware State		Miami (OH)
9/23	6 PM / ESPN+	Gardner-Webb		East Carolina
9/23	7 PM / ESPN+	Nicholls		Tulane

Week 5

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
9/30	7 PM	Utah Tech		Colorado State
9/30	TBD	Abilene Christian		North Texas
9/30	TBD	Wagner		Rutgers

Week 6

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
10/7	3 PM	Howard		Northwestern
10/7	TBD	William & Mary		Virginia

Week 10

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
11/4	12 PM	Merrimack		Massachusetts
11/4	TBD	Campbell		North Carolina
11/4	TBD	Kennesaw State		Sam Houston State

Week 11

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
11/11	12 PM / CBSSN	Holy Cross		Army

Week 12

Date	Time and TV	Away	Away Points	Home	Home Points
11/18	12 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Chattanooga		Alabama
11/18	12 PM / ESPN+/SECN+	Abilene Christian		Texas A&M
11/18	12 PM	Sacred Heart		Connecticut
11/18	TBD	North Alabama		Florida State

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