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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Dixie State Trailblazers have become the latest FCS team to postpone its fall season to the spring. The school announced the news on Wednesday. Dixie State already had 5 of its games canceled or postponed against Western New Mexico (9/12), Drake (9/26), Azusa Pacific (10/24), Western Colorado (11/7), and Tarleton State (11/28). The first…
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…
Former Weber State and Utah quarterback Zach Hymas will remain in-state as he will transfer to Southern Utah for the 2020 season. He will be a walk-on. Hymas began his collegiate career in 2017 as a redshirt freshman at Weber State while he did not make any appearances in 2018. He then decided to transfer…
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…
