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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
The MEAC announced a few crucial details on Thursday alongside its spring football schedule. The MEAC originally released major details in August but have since clarified some points. On Thursday, the MEAC stipulated that the Northern Division teams – Delaware State, Howard, Morgan State, and Norfolk State – will play each other twice. Meanwhile, the … Read more
The Dixie State Trailblazers have become the latest FCS team to postpone its fall season to the spring. The school announced the news on Wednesday. Dixie State already had 5 of its games canceled or postponed against Western New Mexico (9/12), Drake (9/26), Azusa Pacific (10/24), Western Colorado (11/7), and Tarleton State (11/28). The first … Read more
The Tarleton State Texans will not be playing FCS football this fall as the school announced it would seek to play a spring season. The Texans had three games officially canceled for its 2020 season. Those three games were against Texas-Permian Basin (9/19), Eastern New Mexico (10/3), and Bethune-Cookman (10/31). The remaining 8 games featured … Read more
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has decided against a fall football season as the conference will move its conference slate to the spring of 2021. The MVFC will attempt an 8 game conference schedule in the spring and hope that the FCS Championship will be moved to the spring as well. The non-conference games are … Read more
The Big Sky Conference and Pioneer Football League have both announced they will not be playing a conference schedule for the 2020 season. As a result, the 2020 FCS Playoffs are in serious jeopardy of not being contested as 50% of the eligible teams have to be playing in the fall for the championship to … Read more
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
The Pioneer Football League announced on Monday afternoon that it will not have non-conference games and its conference only slate will begin no earlier than Saturday, September 26. “The Pioneer Football League’s Presidents Council has determined PFL fall schedules will not include any non-conference competition and, if conducted, a conference-only schedule will not begin before … Read more
The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) has suspended all fall sports until after November 30. The announcement means that three football games featuring FCS opponents are now canceled. Two of those contests were scheduled to take place opening week on Saturday, September 5. Western Oregon was slated to visit Idaho while Central Washington had a … Read more
The 2020 FCS season is currently up in the air, but there are still changes taking effect whether or not the games are played. Below is a list of changes for the FCS level for the upcoming season and beyond. New Programs The duo of Dixie State and Tarleton State enter the ranks of the … Read more