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FCS Changes for the 2026 Season
The 2026 FCS season is closing in and that means new homes for some schools. As we have done with the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 seasons, below is a list of all the changes for the 2026 season and beyond. There’s a summarized list at the end of the article if you prefer…
Ohio Valley Brings Back Football Ending OVC-Big South Naming Convention
The Ohio Valley Conference will sponsor football again for the first time since 2022. The ongoing naming convention between the OVC and the Big South Conference has ended, with all eight remaining football teams playing under the OVC banner for the 2026 season. The two conferences arranged the agreement to ensure all football teams had…
West Florida Moving to NCAA Division I, Football Joining UAC
The University of West Florida is moving up from the NCAA Division II Gulf South Conference to join NCAA Division I. The Argonauts will join the Atlantic Sun Conference in all sports except football, which will compete in the United Athletic Conference. West Florida’s football program played its first season in 2016. The Argonauts posted…
Sacramento State Joins FBS, MAC
The Sacramento State Hornets are leaving the FCS to join the Mid-American Conference as a football-only affiliate starting in 2026. Sacramento State will pay an $18 million entrance fee, as well as the $5 million FBS entry fee. The Hornets are the second team to leave the FCS this week, following North Dakota State‘s football-only…
North Dakota State Joining FBS, Mountain West
North Dakota State, the most successful FCS program in history by national championships, is leaving to join the FBS beginning with the 2026 season. The Bison will leave the Missouri Valley Football Conference to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member. The school will reportedly pay around $12 million to the Mountain West…
Chicago State Officially Launching Football in 2026
The Chicago State Cougars will officially kick off its football program in 2026. The first game is set for Saturday, August 29, 2026, against an opponent to be named later. Chicago State will play the 2026 season as an independent team and join the NEC in 2027. The movement towards a football program has been…
2025 FCS Playoff Bracket
Editor’s Note: The bracket will be updated as the playoff games are completed. The 2025 FCS Playoff bracket is set, with North Dakota State expected to take the top spot. Montana State is likely the second overall seed. Those two met in the previous FCS National Championship in January 2025, with NDSU winning a thriller…
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…
FCS Moves to a Single Transfer Window
The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee, now the NCAA Division I Cabinet, voted to change the transfer window to a single timeframe. The vote comes after the FCS Oversight Committee recommended the change in September. The new rule will see the transfer period open from January 2 through January 16. The previous rules had two…