Welcome back to the fifth edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. The previous editions can be found here. With the FCS versus FBS matchups slowing down drastically around this time of the season, we have combined weeks five and six into one post. The same format will be applied for weeks 10,…
The NCAA has approved new requirements for FBS programs that will have a direct impact on current FCS schools looking to move up. The NCAA has increased the FBS application from $5,000 to $5 million, effective immediately. The NCAA also eliminated the attendance requirements for FBS schools effective immediately, which is a pyrrhic victory for…
Welcome back to the fourth edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. It was a much quieter week compared to the first three weeks with only 4 games played between FCS and FBS teams. The previous weekly recaps for week 1, week 2, and week 3 are linked here. Any insights or nuggets…
The FCS may have another new team in the next few years. Chicago State is in an all-out fundraising blitz with the ultimate hope of adding a football team as soon as the 2025 season. In January 2023, Chicago State formed an exploratory committee to look at adding football. Fast forward eight months and the…
Welcome back to the third edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. The week 1 recap can be found here while the week 2 recap is here. We will provide numerous graphs and statistics for the 21 FCS versus FBS matchups played in week three of the college football season. Any insights or…
Welcome back to the second edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. We will provide numerous graphs and statistics for all FCS versus FBS matchups during the second full week of the college football season. In all, 38 FCS versus FBS games were played during week two. Any insights or nuggets of information…
The University of West Georgia is moving up to the FCS ranks. The Georgia Board of Regents approved the move on Friday and the school will begin the four-year transition process to the ASUN beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. West Georgia’s football team will play in the United Athletic Conference, which is comprised of…
Welcome to the first edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. We will provide numerous graphs and statistics for all FCS versus FBS matchups that took place during the first full week of the college football season. In all, 42 FCS versus FBS games were played in the opening week. Any insights or…
Welcome to the All-FCS version of our annual FCS versus FBS article. Each year, we list 10 games that we like featuring FCS teams taking on the FBS and for this year we decided to look at FCS versus FCS matchups as well. We will not be using any FCS-FBS matchups in this article. In…
The 2023 college football season will feature 118 FCS versus FBS games, which means many potentially exciting matchups. As done in 2021 and 2022, we will provide our list of ten (or so) FCS-FBS games we look forward to watching this season. As a friendly reminder, this list is not solely comprised of the best…
