Abilene Christian announced the addition of New Mexico State to its 2024 schedule. The two schools will meet on Saturday, November 23, 2024 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The teams have met once before on the football field. New Mexico State survived 34-29 in 2013, but not before a late rally from the Wildcats. John … Read more
The Texas State Bobcats will play Nicholls on Saturday, September 20, 2025 according to FBSchedules. Nicholls will receive a $300,000 guarantee according to the contract with this being a one-time matchup in San Marcos, Texas. Texas State and Nicholls have met 31 times since 1980 when the Colonels won 24-21 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The latest … Read more
Tarleton State, another new FCS member in 2020, has scheduled five opponents in the future schedules per FBSChedules. The added teams were Dixie State, South Dakota State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Western New Mexico, and Western Oregon. As announced earlier this year, Dixie State was scheduled to face South Dakota State on November 14, 2020. However, Tarleton … Read more
The University of Texas at Arlington hasn’t played a snap of football in nearly four decades and the first step to bringing it back has been taken. Students at UT Arlington participated in Student Government elections with a referendum on the ballot that would begin the process of funding a football team. UT Arlington football … Read more
The Dakotas dominated the 2022 season with North Dakota State making its 10th title game appearance in 12 seasons but it was a different Dakota team that came out on top. 2022 FCS Over FBS Victories (8) Playoff Bracket, Notes, and National Champion The FCS Playoff format did not change in 2022 with the 24-team … Read more
This post was edited on August 3, 2022 to reflect the news of Lamar returning to the Southland Conference starting in 2022 and Campbell joining the CAA in 2023. This post was updated on September 21, 2022 after Houston Baptist changed its name to Houston Christian. This post was further updated on October 14, 2022 … Read more
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 1 landscape. The Cardinals left the Division 2 Lone Star … Read more
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 … Read more
The 2021 season has plenty of opportunities to watch our beloved FCS teams square off against FBS foes. In fact, there are 117 such games scheduled for the upcoming season. We’re excited to see these games back on the docket so let’s take a look at 10 of the FCS versus FBS games that we … Read more
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 … Read more