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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles will move from the Ohio Valley Conference to the Southern Conference beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. Tennessee Tech plays football in the OVC-Big South Football Association. The Golden Eagles joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 1949. Tennessee Tech won or shared 9 OVC football titles between 1952 and 1975….
