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The Southern Illinois Salukis and Wisconsin Badgers have agreed to a contest on Saturday, September 4, 2027 to replace the lost matchup this season. Southern Illinois announced the news on Tuesday. Southern Illinois and Wisconsin were originally intended to play this season on Saturday, September 12 but the Big Ten’s decision to play a conference … Read more
The Mountain West Conference will become the second FBS conference to cancel its fall football season according to Brett McMurphy. The Mountain West’s move follows the MAC’s decision on Saturday to cancel fall sports. The Mountain West confirmed an indefinite postponement of all fall sports in a release news on Monday evening. The MAC’s decision … Read more
The Tarleton State Texans will not be playing FCS football this fall as the school announced it would seek to play a spring season. The Texans had three games officially canceled for its 2020 season. Those three games were against Texas-Permian Basin (9/19), Eastern New Mexico (10/3), and Bethune-Cookman (10/31). The remaining 8 games featured … Read more
The Illinois State Redbirds and Illinois Fighting Illini have agreed to play a 2028 contest as a makeup for the lost 2020 contest. The game is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 2 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. Illinois State was scheduled to play at Illinois on Friday, September 4 for the upcoming season … Read more
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) became the first conference at the FBS level to cancel its fall season on Saturday. The MAC decided to postpone its fall sports and will consider playing in the spring of 2021. Seven FCS games featuring MAC opponents had already been canceled before the most recent news. Now, three more games … Read more
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has decided against a fall football season as the conference will move its conference slate to the spring of 2021. The MVFC will attempt an 8 game conference schedule in the spring and hope that the FCS Championship will be moved to the spring as well. The non-conference games are … Read more
The Central Arkansas Bears, Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, and Houston Baptist Huskies have all scheduled FBS opponents for the 2020 season as replacement games for previously canceled contests this week. Central Arkansas will take on Arkansas State on Saturday, September 19 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. This will be a replacement for the Missouri contest on September … Read more
The Big Sky Conference and Pioneer Football League have both announced they will not be playing a conference schedule for the 2020 season. As a result, the 2020 FCS Playoffs are in serious jeopardy of not being contested as 50% of the eligible teams have to be playing in the fall for the championship to … Read more
The Houston Baptist Huskies and Rice Owls announced the scheduling of a one-game series for 2026. The Owls will host the Huskies at Rice Stadium on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Despite the close proximity of the two schools, this will be the first meeting of the two schools in football. Rice has future FCS opponents … Read more
The FCS level takes another hit this week after decisions by the Southeastern Conference and Northeast Conference led to more cancellations. The SEC will reportedly shift to a 10-game, conference only schedule, which will not only cause cancellations but may also impact the athletic departments of the schools playing SEC programs this season. An additional … Read more