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FCS Changes for the 2024 Season
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated as of Thursday, November 7 to reflect Texas A&M-Commerce changing its name to East Texas A&M. This post was previously updated as of Tuesday, August 27 to include the proposed NCAA changes to the Transfer Portal and waiver blanket for redshirt rules. The 2024 FCS season is a…
Stephen F. Austin Leaving WAC to Rejoin Southland Conference in 2024
Stephen F. Austin is leaving the Western Athletic Conference to return to the Southland Conference beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. The football team will leave the United Athletic Conference to rejoin the Southland with the SLC expected to play a 7-game conference schedule in 2024. SFA became a member of the FCS – then…
Bucknell Replacing Football Field
The Bucknell Bison will be trampling over a new football for the 2024 season. The football team shared a post on social media indicating work was underway to replace its previous turf field. Bucknell originally installed FieldTurf back in 2001 to replace its grass field in Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. The FieldTurf was replaced again in…
Tennessee State Renovating Stadium and Replacing Field
Tennessee State will renovate Hale Stadium as it looks to make more frequent appearances on the field that hosted numerous football games in the last half of the 20th century. Since 1999, the Tigers have primarily called Nissan Stadium in Nashville home for its football games alongside the NFL’s Tennessee Titans. TSU signed a 30-year…
Richmond Football Leaving CAA for Patriot League
The Richmond Spiders are on the move after the school decided to leave the Coastal Athletic Association to join the Patriot League as a football only member beginning with the 2025-26 academic year. The news was first reported by the Richmond-Times Dispatch and confirmed shortly after by the school. Richmond was a football-only affiliate in…
Missouri State Jumping to FBS and Conference USA in 2025
The FCS is losing another member to the FBS with Missouri State joining Conference USA beginning with the 2025-26 academic year. Missouri State will be the fifth FCS program to move to the FBS and Conference USA since 2023. Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State joined C-USA in 2023, Kennesaw State is joining in 2024,…
2024 FCS NFL Draft Selections
The 2024 NFL Draft is complete and over a dozen former FCS players are on their way to NFL careers. The advent of the transfer portal has allowed players maximum flexibility towards finding the right fit and FCS players often end up playing in the FBS before being drafted. 11 players were selected directly from…
FCS Playoffs to Seed 16 Teams Starting in 2024
The NCAA Board of Governors has approved the request that allows the Division I Football Championship Committee to seed 16 teams in the FCS Playoff bracket beginning with the 2024 season. The use of 16 seeds has happened before in the FCS. From 1995 through 2000, the committee ranked all 16 teams in the FCS…
Mississippi Valley State Replacing Football Field
The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils will play on a new turf field in the fall. MVSU is replacing its grass field with FieldTurf as part of a broader upgrade to several athletic facilities including a new scoreboard. The new surface is expected to be ready before the start of the 2024 campaign. The Delta…
NCAA Adopts New Transfer and NIL Policies
In an attempt to prevent more legal challenges, the NCAA is set to implement new transfer and NIL policies. Athletes will now be permitted unlimited transfers as long as they meet academic requirements. In addition, schools will now be able to assist athletes in finding NIL deals that are $600 or higher. The Division I…