Charleston Southern, SC State, UTRGV Add FBS Foes; Houston Christian, UTRGV Add NAIA Opponents

Charleston Southern (Big South-OVC) and Vanderbilt (SEC) have scheduled a 2025 matchup, according to FBSchedules. The two schools will meet on Saturday, August 30 for the second time. Vanderbilt survived the first matchup in 2014 after holding a 21-10 halftime lead followed by 10 unanswered points from the Buccaneers. CSU forced a turnover down 21-20 … Read more

Charleston Southern, Elon, and Incarnate Word Schedule Future Games Versus FBS Opponents

The Charleston Southern Buccaneers (Big South-OVC) and Elon Phoenix (CAA) have both scheduled a future game against the Charlotte 49ers (American), per FBSchedules. Elon will match up first against Charlotte on Saturday, September 11, 2027, and will receive $315,000 for the contest. The teams have split the two games played all-time with Elon winning 20-13 … Read more

Five Future FCS-FBS Matchups Announced; Three Date Changes for 2024

It was another busy week for FCS versus FBS game announcements with five games added between 2024 and 2030 and three additional date changes for the 2024 season. A table is provided at the end of the article summarizing the changes. Delaware State announced its 2024 schedule, which includes a game at Hawaii in Week … Read more

FCS Changes for the 2023 Season

Editor’s note: This post was updated on Thursday, July 20 to reflect the CAA’s new name and on August 10 to include the 12-game schedule allowance for the 2024 and 2025 seasons along with Bryant’s move to the CAA in 2024. This post was further updated on September 8 with the news of West Georgia … Read more

Southern Conference Postpones Fall Sports

The Southern Conference has decided to push its conference football schedule to the spring on Thursday. The SoCon will still allow members to pursue non-conference games if they so choose. An additional 50 games could be canceled or postponed by the decision. 14 non-conference games, which are still eligible to be played, are marked with … Read more

Big South Postpones Fall Sports to Spring

The Big South Conference has become the 10th at the FCS level to postpone or cancel its fall season. The Big South will attempt to play its conference schedule in the spring. The Big South will allow each member institution to pursue up to four non-conference games. Two Big South schools – Hampton and Monmouth … Read more

More FCS Games Canceled by SEC, NEC Decisions

The FCS level takes another hit this week after decisions by the Southeastern Conference and Northeast Conference led to more cancellations. The SEC will reportedly shift to a 10-game, conference only schedule, which will not only cause cancellations but may also impact the athletic departments of the schools playing SEC programs this season. An additional … Read more

Monmouth Football Season Canceled

Monmouth University announced the decision to cancel all fall sports on Monday. Monmouth is the second Big South school to cancel its fall sports schedules after Hampton. Nearly half of Monmouth’s football schedule had already been canceled. They were slated to face Rutgers (9/5), Albany (9/12), Maine (9/19), and Fordham (9/26) in September. The Rutgers … Read more

Four Additional Games Involving FCS Teams Canceled

Two decisions from Division II conferences over the past week have resulted in the cancellation of four games featuring FCS opponents. The Gulf South Conference and South Atlantic Conference both decided to move to conference only schedules. Thus, three opening week games and an additional contest in week three against FCS opposition were canceled by … Read more

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 … Read more