Albany and Texas Southern Add FBS Opponents for 2025; Northwestern State, SFA Have New Rivalry Trophy

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

Richmond, Southeast Missouri State, and Stephen F. Austin Add Future FBS Opponents

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

FCS Teams Set Numerous Matchups for 2025, 2026, and 2027 Seasons

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 Moves 2024 Opener; Eastern Illinois and Illinois State Extend Series

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

Two FCS Home-and-Home Series Scheduled; Western Carolina Adds Cincinnati for 2026

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

Montana State Makes 2024 Schedule Change

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

FCS Changes for the 2024 Season

Editor’s Note: This post has been 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 few months away from kickoff and there are numerous changes to go along with it. As we have done with the … Read more

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

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

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

The ASUN and WAC Form Football-Only United Athletic Conference

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 … Read more