Scheduling News
Weber State to Play Arizona in 2025
A matchup of Wildcats will take place in 2025 according to FBSchedules. Arizona will welcome Weber State to Tuscon on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Weber State will reportedly receive a guarantee of $625,000 for the game. It will be the first matchup between the schools (page 57). This is the third opponent featuring Weber State…
Hampton Suspends Fall Sports
Hampton University has decided it will not have a fall sports season on Monday. The school announced it will consider moving all sports to spring 2021, if permitted. The Pirates play in the Big South Conference for football and were already impacted by previous cancellations. Games against Virginia Union on September 5 and Fort Valley…
Patriot League to Cancel Fall Sports
The barrage of bad news continues for college sports fans. According to Jon Rothstein, the Patriot League will follow in the Ivy League by canceling fall sports. The Patriot League confirmed the news shortly after the reports surfaced regarding the cancellation of fall sports. The Patriot League may try to move fall sports to the…
Additional FBS Versus FCS Games Possible for 2020 Season but Long-Term Uncertainties Remain
It has been a rough week for college football fans. Numerous conferences at the Division I. Division II, and Division III levels have canceled or suspended fall sports. Some conferences have or will move to a conference only football schedule. At the FCS level alone, 118 games have been impacted by the ongoing epidemic. But…
SIAC and CIAA Suspend Fall Sports; 12 Additional Games With FCS Opponents Canceled
In a day and week of constant bad news, two Division II conferences delivered some more. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) jointly announced the suspension of fall sports for 2020. Both conferences are willing to consider a move of football to the spring of 2021 but will ultimately…
ACC, Pac-12 Reportedly Moving to Conference Only Schedules
Editor’s note: The Pac-12 officially announced it would move to a conference only schedule on Friday, July 10. Following in the footsteps of the Big 10, the ACC and Pac-12 Conference are also reportedly moving to conference only schedules. Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic reported both the Big Ten and Pac-12 news but also cautioned…
Eight FCS Games Canceled by Big Ten’s Move to a Conference Only Schedule
The Big Ten will move to a conference only schedule for the 2020 football season, which impacts numerous games across the FBS and FCS. The Big Ten also confirmed the news in its own press release. Eight games featuring an FCS team are now canceled as a result of the Big 10’s decision. Those eight…
Butler, DePauw 2020 Matchup Canceled
Another day, another cancellation involving an FCS team. This time it is the Butler Bulldogs who will not play Division III opponent DePauw. The DePauw Tigers play in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), which released guidelines on Thursday as part of the conference’s return to athletic competition. Two of those guidelines impact the Butler…
Richmond, Saint Francis Move Season Opener to Saturday
The Richmond Spiders and Saint Francis Red Flash will now start the 2020 season two days later according to an announcement by Richmond on Wednesday. The teams were originally scheduled to start the season on Thursday, September 3 at 7 PM Eastern Time but the two schools mutually agreed to change the date to Saturday…
Ivy League Cancels Football for Fall 2020
The Ivy League will announce the fall 2020 college football season, as it relates to its members, will not happen according to a report by Mark Blaudschun of Sports Illustrated. The Ivy League will cancel all fall sports and no sports will take place prior to January 1, 2021. Blaudschun noted that a move to…