The Bryant Bulldogs will join the Coastal Athletic Association as a football-only member starting with the 2024 season. Bryant is a full member of the America East Conference. The 2023 season will mark Bryant’s only season in the newly named Big South-OVC Football Association. The Bulldogs previously joined the Big South in football starting with … Read more
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 and Bryant’s move to the CAA in 2024. This post was further updated on September 8 with the news of West Georgia moving … Read more
Editor’s Note: On October 4, 2023, the NCAA formally adopted the requirements outlined below. The application fee increase was effective immediately while the scholarship funding changes will be effective starting in the 2027-28 academic year. The NCAA has proposed new requirements for schools that would like to move from the Football Championship Subdivision to the … Read more
Western Illinois will leave the Summit League after the 2023-24 academic year to become a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. The Leathernecks will play the 2023 FCS season as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and join the OVC in 2024. The move by WIU may help them become more competitive on … Read more
After two seasons and two different names, the ASUN and WAC football schools will compete in a newly named United Athletic Conference. The 9 members will compete under the UAC brand for the FCS Playoff automatic qualifying spot given to the conference winner. The ASUN and WAC have partnered up in football since 2021 when … Read more
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has officially announced the start of a football program. The Vaqueros will kick off for the first time in the 2025 season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. Per the release, UTRGV will be fully eligible for the NCAA Playoffs and play a full WAC schedule … Read more
The Kennesaw State Owls will leave the FCS and ASUN conference to join the FBS and Conference USA in 2024. The move was originally reported a week prior by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. By the time the Owls join C-USA, they will have gone from not having a football team to the FBS within a decade. … Read more
Campbell University announced they will leave the Big South Conference and join the Colonial Athletic Association starting in 2023. The Camels are the latest in a string of additions made by the CAA. The CAA has been aggressive in expanding its membership as they will have 15 football members in 2023 after Hampton, Monmouth, and … Read more
Lamar University has returned to the Southland a year earlier than planned in a surprise announcement by the Southland Conference. Lamar was originally planning to rejoin the Southland in 2023. The sudden move will have numerous impacts in 2022. The ASUN-WAC football alliance was going to feature 5 teams from each conference but that has … 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