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…
William & Mary will leave the Coastal Athletic Conference (CAA) and join the Patriot League as a football-only affiliate member beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. The news comes after rival Richmond made the same move last May. William & Mary’s other sports will remain in the CAA. The Patriot League is up to 9…
The 2025 NFL Draft is complete and over two dozen former FCS players heard their names called. The advent of the transfer portal has allowed players maximum flexibility towards finding the right fit, with FCS players often ending up in the FBS before being drafted. In 2024, 11 players were selected straight from an FCS…
The William & Mary Tribe (CAA) announced future games against Richmond (Patriot League) and Stanford (ACC), as well as confirmed previously known games against FBS opponents. The Tribe and Richmond agreed to a five-year extension of the “Capital Cup” series with Richmond from 2026 through 2030. Richmond holds a slight advantage in the series at…
Cal Poly (Big Sky) and Fresno State (Mountain West) will meet in 2028, according to Fresno State’s recent release of future non-conference games. Cal Poly will travel to Fresno on Saturday, September 16 for the matchup. Fresno State leads the all-time series 34-10-2 including 9 victories in a row. Fresno State also confirmed previously known…
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its ESPN lineup for the 2024 season. The SWAC will have 34 games shown on ESPN networks including a Week 0 game involving Florida A&M and Norfolk State on ABC. On September 1, ESPN will broadcast North Carolina Central versus Alabama State. The SWAC schedule ends with three nationally…
Welcome back to the fifth edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. The previous editions can be found here. With the FCS versus FBS matchups slowing down drastically around this time of the season, we have combined weeks five and six into one post. The same format will be applied for weeks 10,…
The Colonial Athletic Association is the latest conference to call off its football season according to Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports. The CAA confirmed the news on Friday afternoon while also mentioning the possibility of a spring season. The CAA is now the fourth FCS conference to cancel or suspend its football season. The Ivy…
The barrage of bad news continues for college sports fans. According to Jon Rothstein, the Patriot League will follow in the Ivy League by canceling fall sports. The Patriot League confirmed the news shortly after the reports surfaced regarding the cancellation of fall sports. The Patriot League may try to move fall sports to the…
Editor’s note: The Pac-12 officially announced it would move to a conference only schedule on Friday, July 10. Following in the footsteps of the Big 10, the ACC and Pac-12 Conference are also reportedly moving to conference only schedules. Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic reported both the Big Ten and Pac-12 news but also cautioned…
