Big Sky Receives Big News for 2024 and 2025 National Games; Three Future FCS Games Set

In late May 2024, ESPN announced that two Big Sky Conference games would be nationally televised this season but game times weren’t revealed. Those two games have received kickoff times and both will be shown on ESPN2. Idaho at Montana State on Saturday, October 12 will kick at 10:15 Eastern Time while UC Davis at … Read more

Three Sets of Future FCS Matchups Announced

Monmouth (CAA) and Montana (Big Sky) are set to face off in 2028, according to FBSchedules. Montana will host the Hawks on Saturday, September 2, 2028, and will pay Monmouth $285,000 for the contest. The two schools have met once previously in 2019 when Montana won 47-27 in Missoula. It was revealed last week that … Read more

Stetson Adds NAIA’s Warner University to 2024 Schedule

The Stetson Hatters released their full 2024 schedule on Wednesday including a pair of NAIA opponents. Stetson will start the season at home against Ave Maria University (Ave Maria, Florida) on Saturday, August 31 followed by Warner University (Lake Wales, Florida) on Saturday, September 7. The matchup against Warner was previously unknown. Stetson and Warner … 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

Four FCS Games Already Impacted by Hurricane Ian’s Presence

Four FCS games – Eastern Washington at Florida, South Carolina State at South Carolina, Campbell at North Carolina Central, and Stetson at San Diego – have been impacted by the impending arrival of Hurricane Ian on the gulf shores of Florida. Both Eastern Washington and South Carolina State saw their games moved from the original … Read more

Big Sky, Pioneer Football League Not Playing Conference Schedules; FCS Playoffs in Peril

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 … Read more

Presbyterian Cancels Two Additional Games

The Presbyterian Blue Hose announced a total of six cancellations on Monday afternoon. Some of those games were previously canceled due to decisions from other conferences. Games against Morehead State (9/3), Johnson C. Smith (9/12), Virginia-Wise (9/19), and Stetson (10/3) were previously known. Both Morehead State and Stetson are members of the Pioneer Football League, … Read more

Pioneer Football League Moves To Conference Only Slate

The Pioneer Football League announced on Monday afternoon that it will not have non-conference games and its conference only slate will begin no earlier than Saturday, September 26. “The Pioneer Football League’s Presidents Council has determined PFL fall schedules will not include any non-conference competition and, if conducted, a conference-only schedule will not begin before … Read more

NAIA’s Scheduling Decision Impacts 4 Opening Week Games

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) unveiled some new guidelines for the upcoming 2020 football season as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Included are guidelines that have new dates, which impact current games featuring FCS opponents. The NAIA has set a date of August 15 for the start of practice for all … Read more