Five FCS schools from three different FCS conferences have added an FBS opponent for the 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029 seasons. Over 430 future FCS-FBS games are scheduled for the 2025 through 2034 season. A full list of those matchups can be found here. The Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (NEC) have added the Toledo … Read more
The 2024 NFL Draft is complete and over a dozen former FCS players are on their way to NFL careers. The advent of the transfer portal has allowed players maximum flexibility towards finding the right fit and FCS players often end up playing in the FBS before being drafted. 11 players were selected directly from … Read more
The University of Delaware is set to become the most recent FCS team to leave for the FBS. The Fightin’ Blue Hens will leave the Coastal Athletic Association and join Conference USA beginning with the 2025-26 academic year, according to Pete Thamel of ESPN. Delaware will be considered an FCS independent team for the 2024 … 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 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
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
Two perennial FCS playoff teams are headed to the FBS, joining James Madison as the third FCS team in a day to move up. Conference USA officially announced the additions of Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State along with FBS independents Liberty and New Mexico State. Both teams will join C-USA starting with the 2023-24 … 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
* Please note there will not be a week 9 Inside The Box Score as there are no FBS games. This series will return on Sunday, November 8 following the action from Week 10 of the college football season. * Week 8 delivered plenty of action including the season’s first FCS over FBS upset thanks … Read more
On the 26th try this fall, the FCS finally broke through against an FBS team courtesy of Jacksonville State’s 19-10 win at the Florida International Panthers. The Panthers tallied the first points of the game on a 37-yard field goal after five minutes of action. The Gamecocks responded in kind with a 30-yard field of … Read more