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Stephen F. Austin Leaving WAC to Rejoin Southland Conference in 2024

Fear The FCSMay 24, 2024May 24, 202402 mins

Stephen F. Austin is leaving the Western Athletic Conference to return to the Southland Conference beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. The football team will leave the United Athletic Conference to rejoin the Southland with the SLC expected to play a 7-game conference schedule in 2024. SFA became a member of the FCS – then…

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UTRGV To Join Southland in 2024

Fear The FCSMarch 20, 2024May 27, 202402 mins

The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is leaving the Western Athletic Conference to join the Southland Conference beginning with the 2024-25 academic year according to Pete Thamel. UTRGV will pay a $2 million exit fee to the WAC. The Vaqueros announced the start of a football program in late 2022 and were…

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Students Say No to Football at New Orleans

Fear The FCSNovember 9, 2022November 9, 202201 mins

The most important vote in the United States this week happened at the University of New Orleans on Wednesday. The students held a vote that would have allowed the University to add a football program at the cost of an additional $400 per semester for each full-time student. The students soundly rejected the Student Experience…

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Lamar Moves Back to Southland Effective Immediately

Fear The FCSJuly 11, 2022May 27, 202402 mins

Lamar University has returned to the Southland a year earlier than planned in a surprise announcement by the Southland Conference. Lamar was originally planning to rejoin the Southland in 2023. The sudden move will have numerous impacts in 2022. The ASUN-WAC football alliance was going to feature 5 teams from each conference but that has…

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Incarnate Word Reverses Course, Will Stay in the Southland Conference

Fear The FCSJune 24, 2022June 7, 202402 mins

Incarnate Word has decided that it will remain in the Southland Conference instead of moving to the WAC. The Cardinals previously announced they would join the WAC starting with the 2022-23 academic year. The recommitment by UIW gives the Southland 6 eligible Division I members for 2022 combined with the newcomer Texas-A&M Commerce for a…

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Lamar Returning to Southland Conference

Fear The FCSApril 9, 2022May 26, 202502 mins

Lamar University has decided to return to the Southland Conference for a third time beginning with the 2023-24 academic year. Lamar previously left to join the WAC in July 2021 but that stay will last only 2 seasons. Lamar was a founding institution of the Southland Conference in 1963 and remained a member until the…

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Incarnate Word Leaving Southland to Join WAC

Fear The FCSNovember 12, 2021May 27, 202402 mins

The University of the Incarnate Word has accepted an invitation to join the WAC. The Cardinals will leave the Southland Conference after this academic year and become a member of the WAC on July 1, 2022. UIW is a relatively recent addition to the Division I landscape. The Cardinals left the Division II Lone Star…

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Texas A&M-Commerce Reportedly Moving to Southland Conference

Fear The FCSSeptember 25, 2021May 27, 202402 mins

Editor’s Note: Texas A&M-Commerce and the Southland Conference confirmed the news on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. The Southland Conference’s first move to replenish its declining football membership will be inviting Division II Texas A&M-Commerce to join the league, per Dan Wolken of USA Today. The Southland Conference was hit hard by the recent realignment news…

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FCS Playoff Format and Dates Finalized; Southland Spring Schedule Released

Fear The FCSSeptember 22, 2020May 26, 202502 mins

The FCS Playoffs set to take place next spring, already a tough ticket for teams, got even tougher on Tuesday. The Division I Board of Directors approved the plan for fall championships to be played in the spring. The dates were originally revealed last week, but the finalized details today provided some additional insights. The…

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Southland Conference Moves Football to the Spring

Fear The FCSAugust 13, 2020August 18, 202003 mins

The Southland Conference will reportedly be moving the conference schedule to the spring as they will cancel fall sports according to Randy McIlvoy of KPRC2. The Southland members can pursue a non-conference schedule this fall if they so choose, a move that has also been allowed by the Big South and Missouri Valley Football Conference….

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