Tarleton State (United Athletic) will open the 2025 season on the road at Army (American Athletic), according to FBSchedules. The two teams will meet for the first time on Saturday, August 30, in West Point, New York. Tarleton will receive $250,000 for the contest. Tarleton State was expected to play at Texas A&M in 2025 … Read more
The Texas A&M Aggies (SEC) have switched FCS opponents for the 2025 season. Instead of the Tarleton State Texans from the United Athletic Conference, the Aggies will play against the Samford Bulldogs out of the Southern Conference on Saturday, November 22. Samford and Texas A&M have never met in football. Samford is 1-29 against FBS/I-A … Read more
Editor’s Note: The bracket will be updated as the playoff games are completed. The 2024 FCS Playoff bracket has been revealed and Montana State took the top spot, which is the first time they’ve been the #1 overall seed. Behind them are a trio of MVFC teams and an additional Big Sky team that will … Read more
One of the opening FCS games of the 2024 season has seen its broadcast network change. The McNeese (Southland) at Tarleton State (United Athletic) matchup taking place on Saturday, August 24 at 3:30 PM Eastern Time will be shown on ESPN2. The game was previously scheduled to be broadcast on ESPNU. The Cowboys and Texans … Read more
Grambling State and Ohio State will meet for the first time on Saturday, September 6, 2025. The 2025 matchup will also be the first time that Grambling State has played a Big Ten opponent. The contest came to fruition after Ohio State and Connecticut agreed to cancel the 2025 matchup with Grambling set to receive … 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
Tarleton State has extended the contract for head coach Todd Whitten through the 2027 season, pending approval from the Texas A&M Board of Regents. Whitten has a long history as Tarleton State’s head coach going back to 1996, albeit a history with several breaks between his separate tenures. He was named head coach of the … Read more
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
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
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