In 2025, I was invited to vote in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 for the first time. I was beyond thrilled to accept the invitation, and like many others, I take the opportunity seriously. I am a returning voter in 2026 and, as part of the weekly process, I will provide some thoughts, reasoning, and transparency…
In 2025, I was invited to vote in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 for the first time. I was beyond thrilled to accept the invitation, and like many others, I take the opportunity seriously. I am a returning voter in 2026 and, as part of the weekly process, I will provide some thoughts, reasoning, and transparency…
A pair of Texas football programs extended their head coaches this week. The Abilene Christian Wildcats and the UTRGV Vaqueros each agreed to three-year extensions with their top coaches. Keith Patterson and ACU could stay together through the 2029 season. Patterson has led the Wildcats to back-to-back United Athletic Conference titles in 2024 and 2025….
For the first time, I was invited to vote in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 for the 2025 season. I was beyond thrilled to accept the invitation, and like many others, I take the opportunity seriously. As part of the weekly process, I will provide some thoughts and reasoning for my top 25. Below…
As an old high school football coach, there’s a popular mantra within the coaching ranks that it takes three years to make a real impact on any football program, whether at the high school or collegiate levels. For some programs, success sometimes shows its face in increments, and for others, it shows up in leaps and…
The 2025 FCS season is only weeks away and the current realignment cycle is still producing numerous changes that will impact the upcoming season. As we have done with the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 seasons, below is a list of all the changes for the 2025 season and beyond. There’s a summarized list…
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) will have new turf fields at Sams Memorial Stadium in Brownsville, Texas, and Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium in Edinburg, Texas. Installation of the Edinburg field is nearing completion, while the Brownsville field saw a delay due to conflicting scheduling arrangements. The September 13, 2025, matchup against…
The UTRGV Vaqueros (Southland) completed their inaugural schedule for a second time. UTRGV will play against the Langston Lions on Saturday, September 13, as reported by FBSchedules. Langston is a member of the NAIA’s Sooner Athletic Conference. UTRGV was previously scheduled to face North American University on September 13 but NAU discontinued its football program…
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 63 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…
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…
