Idaho State and Weber State are bringing back the Train Bell Trophy beginning with the 2024 matchup. The two Big Sky rivals used an old locomotive bell as the trophy from 1964 through 1973. Following the completion of this year’s game, all previous matchups will be placed on the trophy along with logos to represent … Read more
Lafayette (Patriot League) and Oregon State (Pac-12) are also adding a 2025 FCS-FBS matchup, per Oregon State’s 2025 scheduled release. Lafayette will visit Corvallis, Oregon on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in what is set to be the first matchup between the two schools. Lafayette also has a contest against Bowling Green (MAC) scheduled to open the 2025 season. … Read more
Albany (CAA) and Iowa (Big Ten) have scheduled a 2025 matchup, according to FBSchedules. The Hawkeyes were set to host Florida Atlantic on August 30, 2025, but have moved that to the 2030 season to add Albany. The Great Danes will travel to Iowa City on August 30, 2025 and receive $500,000 for the matchup. … Read more
Stephen F. Austin (Southland) and Kansas (Big 12) have agreed to cancel the matchup scheduled for August 30, 2025, per FBSchedules. The cancellation was expected after SFA and Houston (Big 12) agreed last week to a matchup that will take place on the same day. The Lumberjacks have not faced Houston or Kansas in football … Read more
Abilene Christian has added two games to its 2025 schedule as reported by FBSchedules. The Wildcats (United Athletic) will face off against Tulsa (American Athletic) on Saturday, August 30, and Incarnate Word (Southland) four weeks later on Saturday, September 27. ACU has never faced Tulsa in football and they own a 7-5 lead over UIW … Read more
Stephen F. Austin’s (Southland) 2024 season opener against North American University (SAC – NAIA) has been moved to Thursday, August 29 with kickoff scheduled for 8 PM Eastern Time. The game was previously scheduled for Saturday, August 31. North American University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Sooner … Read more
Stephen F. Austin and Abilene Christian have announced a home-and-home series for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. This series replaces SFA’s home-and-home series against Montana State for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which was canceled by the Lumberjacks in May. SFA will host the 2024 contest on Saturday, November 23 while Abilene Christian will host … Read more
The scheduling dominos from Stephen F. Austin’s move back to the Southland Conference have started. SFA informed Montana State that the two schools will not meet in 2024 or 2025 as originally planned. SFA was scheduled to play at Montana State on Saturday, September 14, 2024 but that game has been canceled and MSU will … Read more
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated as of Thursday, November 7 to reflect Texas A&M-Commerce changing its name to East Texas A&M. This post was previously updated as of Tuesday, August 27 to include the proposed NCAA changes to the Transfer Portal and waiver blanket for redshirt rules. The 2024 FCS season is a … Read more
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 … Read more