FCS Changes for the 2025 Season

The 2025 FCS season is only weeks away and the current realignment cycle is still producing numerous changes that will impact the upcoming season. As we have done with the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 seasons, below is a list of all the changes for the 2025 season and beyond. There’s a summarized list … Read more

Four Additional FCS Schools Eligible for 2025 FCS Playoffs

In January 2025, the NCAA amended its reclassification process, allowing schools to complete the process a year early. Four FCS members took advantage of the change and will be full Division I members for the 2025-26 academic year. As a result, East Texas A&M, Lindenwood, St. Thomas, and Stonehill are now eligible for the 2025 … Read more

St. Thomas Adds Northern Michigan for 2026 Matchup

The St. Thomas Tommies (PFL) will play at home against Northern Michigan on Saturday, September 12, 2026, as part of a home-and-home series. FBSchedules was the first to report the 2026 matchup. Northern Michigan is a member of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) located in Marquette, Michigan. The Tommies are … Read more

St. Thomas Adds Road Game at NCAA D-II Northern Michigan

The St. Thomas Tommies (PFL) announced their 2025 football schedule. The Tommies went 6-6 overall and 5-3 in the PFL during the 2024 season. The 2025 season will begin at home against Lindenwood (OVC-Big South) on Thursday, August 28, followed by a trip to Idaho (Big Sky) on Saturday, September 6. The Tommies will then … Read more

NCAA Reclassification Policy Change Paves Path for Quicker FCS Playoff Eligibility

The NCAA has changed its reclassification policy providing FCS programs a path to compete in the playoffs a year sooner. Schools will have to meet all the criteria in order to be granted the accelerated reclassification. The specific criteria have not been revealed as noted by St. Thomas, which anticipates compliance when the new rules … Read more

2024 FCS Matchups Versus Non-Division I Opponents

Each year some FCS members look outside the Division I umbrella to fill out their football schedules and 2024 is no different. FCS teams are slated to play 58 games against non-Division I opponents in 2024 with matchups versus Division II, Division III, NAIA, NCCAA, and even one against a non-affiliated team (Lincoln University from … Read more

10 FCS Matchups We’re Looking Forward to in the 2023 Season

Welcome to the All-FCS version of our annual FCS versus FBS article. Each year, we list 10 games that we like featuring FCS teams taking on the FBS and for this year we decided to look at FCS versus FCS matchups as well. We will not be using any FCS-FBS matchups in this article. In … Read more

FCS Changes for the 2023 Season

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 … Read more

FCS Changes for the 2022 Season

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 … Read more

FCS Changes for the 2021 Season

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 … Read more