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2025 FCS NFL Draft Selections
The 2025 NFL Draft is complete and over two dozen former FCS players heard their names called. The advent of the transfer portal has allowed players maximum flexibility towards finding the right fit, with FCS players often ending up in the FBS before being drafted. In 2024, 11 players were selected straight from an FCS…
Sacramento State Trying to Join FBS
Sacramento State is attempting to move to the FBS as an independent team beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. If the waiver is approved by the NCAA, Sacramento State will remain a Big Sky team for the 2025 season. The Hornets would be ineligible for the postseason in the 2025 and 2026 seasons as part…
Saint Francis Leaving FCS for NCAA Division III
The Saint Francis Red Flash will leave NCAA Division I and the FCS‘ Northeast Conference to join NCAA Division III after the 2025-26 academic year. Saint Francis will move to the NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. Saint Francis was a member of NCAA Division III from 1978 through…
University of North Florida Not Considering Football
The University of North Florida Ospreys are not considering adding a football team, per Athletic Director Nick Morrow. Morrow cited the high costs associated with a football team and other institutional priorities but did not rule out a football team in the future if certain milestones are reached. Morrow told the UNF Spinnaker that UNF…
Prairie View A&M Replaces Canceled North American Matchup with Lincoln (CA) Contest
The Prairie View A&M Panthers (SWAC) have found a replacement opponent for its 2025 homecoming game on Saturday, October 25. The Panthers will now play the Lincoln (CA) Oaklanders instead of the North American Stallions. Prairie View was originally set to face the NAIA’s North American University but the Stallions discontinued the football team leading…
Tarleton State Replacing Football Field
The Tarleton State Texans (UAC) will have a new football field for the 2025 season. The school posted photos on social media showing the previous artificial surface being removed. The Texans play at Memorial Stadium in Stephenville, Texas, which first opened in 1951. Recent renovations worth $26 million saw the capacity expand to 24,000 while…
NCAA Reclassification Policy Change Paves Path for Quicker FCS Playoff Eligibility
The NCAA has changed its reclassification policy providing FCS programs a path to compete in the playoffs a year sooner. Schools will have to meet all the criteria in order to be granted the accelerated reclassification. The specific criteria have not been revealed as noted by St. Thomas, which anticipates compliance when the new rules…
Chicago State Aiming for First FCS Season in 2026
Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, February 11, Chicago State announced it would begin the search for its first head coach with the goal of completing the process in the spring of 2025. CollegeAD originally reported in early February on CSU’s plan to hire a coach in the spring of 2025. The article has been updated to…
Big Sky and ESPN Extend Media Rights Deal for Five Years
The Big Sky and ESPN have agreed to a five-year extension of its media rights deal that will run from the 2025-26 academic year through the 2029-30 academic year. Big Sky Commissioner Tom Wistrcill originally announced some of the details in July 2024. The Big Sky and ESPN began their partnership with the 2021-22 academic…
Hampton Placed on Probation by NCAA
Hampton University has been put on three years probation following an investigation by the NCAA into improper student-athlete certification. Hampton and the NCAA arrived at a negotiated resolution that will see the school on probation from December 18, 2024, through December 17, 2027. In 2021-22 and 2022-23, Hampton allowed four football student-athletes to compete without…