Drake Changes Home Finale Kickoff Time; Illinois State, LIU, and South Dakota Announce 2025 Schedule Updates

The Drake Bulldogs announced a game time change for its final home game of the 2024 season against Morehead State. The new kickoff time will be 1 PM Eastern/Noon Central on Saturday, November 16. Drake is currently 5-1 overall and tied atop the Pioneer Football League standings with St. Thomas (MN) at 4-0 in the … Read more

Prairie View A&M Adds Baylor for 2026; Two Big Sky Teams Set Future Opponents

Prairie View A&M has added Baylor to its 2026 schedule, per FBSchedules. The two teams will meet on Saturday, September 12, 2026, with the Panthers set to receive $400,000 for the contest. The two schools have never met previously. There are 455 future games scheduled between FCS and FBS teams including 83 for the 2026 … Read more

West Georgia Adds 2024 Opponent; Northern Colorado Adds New Mexico in 2027

West Georgia has finalized its 2024 schedule by adding non-affiliated Lincoln University from Oakland, California. West Georgia will welcome Lincoln on Saturday, November 2. The Wolves are entering their inaugural season as an FCS member and will play 11 games including two against non-Division I foes with the other against NCAA Division II opponent Shorter … Read more

Southern Illinois and Purdue to Meet in 2025; Two FCS Series Scheduled

Southern Illinois and Purdue have scheduled a 2025 contest, according to FBSchedules. The two teams will meet on Saturday, September 6 with SIU set to receive $500,000 for the game. Purdue defeated the Salukies 35-13 in the lone previous matchup in 2014. SIU is also scheduled to meet Big Ten opponents in 2026 (Illinois) and … Read more

Big Sky, Pioneer Football League Not Playing Conference Schedules; FCS Playoffs in Peril

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

Fort Lewis, Northern Colorado Contest Canceled

The Fort Lewis Skyhawks and Northern Colorado Bears will no longer meet on Saturday, September 5 as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference delayed the start of its football season and moved to a conference only schedule. Fort Lewis plays at the Division II level and has updated its schedule to reflect the change. if Fort … Read more

Abilene Christian and Northern Colorado Schedule Home-and-Home Series

The Abilene Christian Wildcats and Northern Colorado Bears will play a home-and-home series in 2023 and 2024 according to FBSchedules. Abilene Christian is scheduled to host the first game on Saturday, September 2, 2023 while Northern Colorado will host the following year on Saturday, September 14, 2024. The two teams have met 17 times since … Read more

Former Michigan RB Tru Wilson Transfers to Northern Colorado

The Northern Colorado Bears announced the transfer of former Michigan Wolverines running back Tru Wilson on Saturday. Wilson confirmed the news with via Twitter with the caption “Let’s get to work! #NewEra”. Wilson will be eligible immediately this fall as a graduate transfer. Wilson played in 28 games over four seasons in Ann Arbor. He … Read more

Incarnate Word Announces Plethora of Future Opponents

The Incarnate Word Cardinals announced 21 games versus 13 non-conference teams through the 2027 season. The Cardinals scheduled home-and-home series against Northern Colorado, Prairie View A&M, Samford, Southern Illinois, and Southern Utah. They also scheduled a four game series against Northern Arizona from 2024 through 2027. The single-game series announced were against Baylor (2020), Presbyterian … Read more

Ed McCaffrey Hired As Northern Colorado Head Coach

Former Denver Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey has been hired as the head coach of the Northern Colorado Bears. McCaffrey had been the coach of the Valor Christian high school team for the past two seasons which included a state championship in 2018. McCaffrey spent 13 seasons in the NFL from 1991 through 2003 with … Read more