Each year some FCS members look outside the Division I umbrella to fill out their football schedules and the 2025 season will be no different. FCS teams are slated to play 49 games against non-Division I opponents in 2025 with matchups versus NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, NCCAA, and a handful against non-affiliated … Read more
The Prairie View A&M Panthers (SWAC) and UTRGV Vaqueros (Southland) will not be playing North American University in the upcoming 2025 season after NAU announced it has discontinued its football program. The Stallions played football as a member of the Sooner Athletic Conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). UTRGV was set to host … Read more
Charleston Southern (Big South-OVC) and Vanderbilt (SEC) have scheduled a 2025 matchup, according to FBSchedules. The two schools will meet on Saturday, August 30 for the second time. Vanderbilt survived the first matchup in 2014 after holding a 21-10 halftime lead followed by 10 unanswered points from the Buccaneers. CSU forced a turnover down 21-20 … Read more
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is not planning to add football according to recent statements made by athletic director Andrew Gavin. “Any future of football at SIUE? I can’t speak on forever. That’s not currently a discussion point for us,” Gavin said. SIUE has never fielded a varsity football program but does sponsor a club football … Read more
The Presbyterian Blue Hose and Western Carolina Catamounts have added a 2026 matchup with the Blue Hose set to receive a $105,000 guarantee, according to FBSchedules. Western Carolina will host Presbyterian on Saturday, September 19, 2026. The two schools have squared off 20 times previous between 1950 and 2022. The Catamounts lead the overall series … Read more
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has set its FCS debut, according to FBSchedules. The Vaqueros will play against the NCAA Division II program Sul Ross State on Saturday, August 30, 2025. SRSU is moving up from NCAA Division III to the Lone Star Conference beginning July 1, 2024. UTRGV is making its own … 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
Two 2024 FCS versus FBS matchups have seen a date change. The Eastern Illinois at Illinois game has been changed from Saturday, August 31 to Thursday, August 29. This is the second time the game has been moved this offseason. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, August 24 but moved back a week to … Read more
The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is leaving the Western Athletic Conference to join the Southland Conference beginning with the 2024-25 academic year according to Pete Thamel. UTRGV will pay a $2 million exit fee to the WAC. The Vaqueros announced the start of a football program in late 2022 and were … Read more
The FCS may have another new team in the next few years. Chicago State is in an all-out fundraising blitz with the ultimate hope of adding a football team as soon as the 2025 season. In January 2023, Chicago State formed an exploratory committee to look at adding football. Fast forward eight months and the … Read more