Alabama A&M (SWAC) has scheduled a game against Arkansas (SEC) for August 30, 2025, as reported by Whole Hog Sports. The matchup replaces a game scheduled between Arkansas and Missouri State on the same day, which has been canceled due to Missouri State’s move to Conference USA in 2025. Alabama A&M and Arkansas have not … Read more
The Missouri Valley Football Conference will begin the search for its second commissioner as Patty Viverito has announced her retirement following the 2024-25 academic year. Viverito confirmed the news at the MVFC’s media day event on Tuesday. Viverito has been the conference’s only commissioner since its formation in 1982 with football sponsorship beginning in 1985. … Read more
The NCAA released its Academic Progress Rate (APR) on Tuesday, which measures the academic success of a school and its various athletic programs. Failure to obtain a rating over 930 can lead to penalties, such as the penalty 7 FCS member institutions face based on the APR scores from the 2019-20 academic year through the … Read more
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated as of Thursday, November 7 to reflect Texas A&M-Commerce changing its name to East Texas A&M. This post was previously updated as of Tuesday, August 27 to include the proposed NCAA changes to the Transfer Portal and waiver blanket for redshirt rules. The 2024 FCS season is a … Read more
The FCS is losing another member to the FBS with Missouri State joining Conference USA beginning with the 2025-26 academic year. Missouri State will be the fifth FCS program to move to the FBS and Conference USA since 2023. Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State joined C-USA in 2023, Kennesaw State is joining in 2024, … Read more
The 2022 college football season will feature a record number of FCS-FBS matchups with 119 games and that provides plenty of games with intrigue. As we did last year, we will provide our list of ten (or so) FCS-FBS games that we are looking forward to watching this season. As a friendly reminder, this is … Read more
The Hampton Pirates became the 10th FCS program to opt-out of playing football in the spring. Hampton suspended all spring programs but will continue to forge ahead with modified men’s and women’s basketball schedules. Hampton became the second FCS program this week alone to pass on the spring season. Bethune-Cookman suspended all athletic activities for … Read more
Week two of the college football season is complete after six FCS teams took on FBS schools on Saturday. Below are some observations and trends from week two of the FCS season. Date Away Home Score 9/12 Eastern Kentucky West Virginia 10-56 9/12 Campbell Georgia Southern 26-27 9/12 Austin Peay Pittsburgh 0-55 9/12 The Citadel … Read more
All FCS conferences may have moved their conference schedule to the spring but some teams have elected to play non-conference games this fall. Below are the teams and games that are still scheduled to play or happen. These lists and tables will continue to be updated as changes occur. 19 programs have scheduled a game … Read more
The Big 12 became the latest conference at the FBS level to change its scheduling format for the 2020 season. The Big 12 has opted to employ a 9 + 1 model in which 9 conference games and 1 non-conference game can be played by each team. Below were the 7 games left remaining between … Read more