The North Carolina A&T Aggies are set to change conferences again. The Board of Trustees at North Carolina A&T voted unanimously to join the Colonial Athletic Association for most sports beginning with the 2022-23 academic year. One program not joining the CAA immediately is football as the Aggies do not want to jeopardize the Big…
The Colonial Athletic Association announced the addition of three schools on Tuesday. Hampton University, Monmouth University, and Stony Brook will all leave their respective conferences to join the CAA beginning with the upcoming 2022-23 academic year. The CAA is already familiar with Stony Brook on the gridiron. The Seawolves have been CAA football members since…
The University of the Incarnate Word has accepted an invitation to join the WAC. The Cardinals will leave the Southland Conference after this academic year and become a member of the WAC on July 1, 2022. UIW is a relatively recent addition to the Division I landscape. The Cardinals left the Division II Lone Star…
Two perennial FCS playoff teams are headed to the FBS, joining James Madison as the third FCS team in a day to move up. Conference USA officially announced the additions of Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State along with FBS independents Liberty and New Mexico State. Both teams will join C-USA starting with the 2023-24…
James Madison cleared the final hurdle in its quest to become an FBS member. The Virginia Intercollegiate Athletics Review Commission voted unanimously to allow James Madison to leave for the Sun Belt. JMU could join the Sun Belt as early as 2022-23 for all sports. Friday’s vote caps a wild few weeks for the Dukes….
Editor’s Note: Texas A&M-Commerce and the Southland Conference confirmed the news on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. The Southland Conference’s first move to replenish its declining football membership will be inviting Division II Texas A&M-Commerce to join the league, per Dan Wolken of USA Today. The Southland Conference was hit hard by the recent realignment news…
The Austin Peay Governors have decided to leave the Ohio Valley Conference and join the ASUN. Austin Peay will become a full member of the ASUN starting in the 2022-23 academic year. Austin Peay joined the OVC in 1962 and was the fourth-longest tenured school at the time of departure. Nine full members remain in…
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will request a student referendum to increase the student fees that will allow for the school to establish a football program according to a report by Alex Del Barrio of KRGV Sports. The team would begin competition starting in the fall of 2025. It was reported earlier this…
A new season is nearly upon us and with the merry-go-round that is college athletics, that also means plenty of changes at the FCS level. Let’s take a look at what’s new for 2021 in the FCS. If you want a simple summary, please click here to go to the table at the end of…
We want to welcome you back to the latest iteration of Fear The FCS! We have swapped out the old navy and gold for what we believe is a much more appreciated color scheme and simplistic layout. We hope you enjoy this update but a new interface is not the only update we have made….
