The television networks have made their early season selections for national broadcasts in the upcoming 2025 season. The FCS will have over two dozen regular season national TV appearances across the CW, ESPN, FOX, Fox Sports 1, and NBC networks. The FCS season will begin on Saturday, August 23, with a quartet of games. Tarleton … Read more
The 2025 NFL Draft is complete and over two dozen former FCS players heard their names called. The advent of the transfer portal has allowed players maximum flexibility towards finding the right fit, with FCS players often ending up in the FBS before being drafted. In 2024, 11 players were selected straight from an FCS … Read more
Sacramento State is attempting to move to the FBS as an independent team beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. If the waiver is approved by the NCAA, Sacramento State will remain a Big Sky team for the 2025 season. The Hornets would be ineligible for the postseason in the 2025 and 2026 seasons as part … Read more
Sacramento State (Big Sky) has hired UNLV (Mountain West) offensive coordinator Brennan Marion as its next head coach. Marion will replace Andy Thompson who left to join the Stanford Cardinal’s (ACC) coaching staff. Marion played collegiately at Tulsa from 2007 through 2008 and spent the summer of 2009 with the Miami Dolphins. He became a … Read more
Sacramento State (Big Sky) head coach Andy Thompson is leaving his position to join the Stanford (ACC) coaching staff. Thompson will be reunited with Troy Taylor, whom he served as the defensive coordinator from 2019 through 2022. Thompson was named head coach of Sacramento State in December 2022 following Taylor’s departure to Stanford. Taylor went … Read more
The Saturday, November 9 Southland Conference matchup between Northwestern State and Southeastern Louisiana has been moved up from 7 PM Eastern Time to 1 PM ET due to the potential impacts of Hurricane Rafael. Northwestern State is currently 0-9 overall and 0-4 in the Southland Conference while the Lions are sitting in second place at … Read more
Sacramento State is building a new football stadium with a seating capacity of 25,000 in a bid to bolster the school’s position for a possible FBS invitation. The Hornets currently play at Hornet Stadium, which was built in 1969 with a capacity of 6,000 and later renovated to fit over 21,000 spectators. The new stadium … Read more
A record number of FCS versus FBS games are on tap in 2024 with 121 matchups scheduled, which means there will be no shortage of potential FCS victories. This will be similar to previous entries we’ve done in 2021, 2022, and 2023 where we list ten(ish) FCS versus FBS games that provide some intrigue for … Read more
The Northeast Conference announced the four games that will be featured on ESPN+ for the 2024 season. One conference game from weeks three, six, seven, and nine will be shown while each NEC team will be featured once. A complete list of the matchups, kickoff time, and date are provided below. In other FCS scheduling … Read more
The Mountain West signed a TV rights deal with TNT Sports that will result in three more FCS versus FBS matchups being televised in 2024. The three matchups that will be broadcast on truTV and Max will feature Idaho, Sacramento State, and Texas A&M-Commerce. A total of 121 FCS versus FBS matchups are slated for … Read more