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NDSU Joins Mountain West in 2026, Starts Two-Year FBS Transition

NDSU Joins Mountain West in 2026, Starts Two-Year FBS Transition

NDSU will join the Mountain West, pay a $12.5M conference entry fee plus a $5M NCAA reclassification fee, and begin a two-year FBS transition while playing a full 2026 Mountain West schedule.

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Sacramento State to Join MAC, Move to FBS in 2026 for $23M

Sacramento State to Join MAC, Move to FBS in 2026 for $23M

Sacramento State will pay roughly $18M to join the MAC plus a $5M NCAA transition fee, moving its football program to th...

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How Nonconference Scheduling Shapes FCS Playoff Resumes, TV Visibility, Recruiting

How Nonconference Scheduling Shapes FCS Playoff Resumes, TV Visibility, Recruiting

Nonconference scheduling - especially FCS vs FBS "money games" and marquee FCS-FCS matchups - directly alters playoff re...

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FCS Realignment Trends Reshaping Programs, Coaches and Recruiting Landscape

FCS Realignment Trends Reshaping Programs, Coaches and Recruiting Landscape

FCS conference realignment over the past several years has been driven primarily by schools' ambitions to move up and pe...

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FCS Quarterbacks Can Earn NFL Draft Attention With Proper Development

FCS Quarterbacks Can Earn NFL Draft Attention With Proper Development

Cam Miller is pegged as the next NDSU QB in a pipeline that produced Carson Wentz, Easton Stick and Trey Lance, undersco...

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Illinois Hires Bobby Hauck as Defensive Coordinator, Ending Brief Retirement

Illinois Hires Bobby Hauck as Defensive Coordinator, Ending Brief Retirement

Illinois has hired 61-year-old Bobby Hauck as defensive coordinator, five days after he announced his retirement at Mont...

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FCS Mid-Majors Prioritize Transfer Targets Under 63-Scholarship Limit

FCS Mid-Majors Prioritize Transfer Targets Under 63-Scholarship Limit

FCS programs face a hard cap: a 63-scholarship-equivalents model that makes roster construction and transfer-portal stra...

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Sacramento State to Join MAC Football in 2026, Faces $23M Entry Cost

Sacramento State to Join MAC Football in 2026, Faces $23M Entry Cost

Sacramento State will join the MAC as a football-only member in 2026 and faces $18M to the conference plus $5M to the NC...

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Weber State hires Corner Canyon’s Eric Kjar as Wildcats head coach

Weber State hires Corner Canyon’s Eric Kjar as Wildcats head coach

Weber State hired Corner Canyon coach Eric Kjar as head coach, a move that prioritizes Utah high school talent and resha...

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Montana LB Solomon Tuliaupupu Granted Ninth Year, Will Return 2026

Montana LB Solomon Tuliaupupu Granted Ninth Year, Will Return 2026

Montana linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu was granted a ninth year of NCAA eligibility and will return for the 2026 season, ...

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Yale Power Back Josh Pitsenberger Brings Run-Game Punch to 2026 Draft

Yale Power Back Josh Pitsenberger Brings Run-Game Punch to 2026 Draft

Yale power back Josh Pitsenberger finished with 3,435 rushing yards and 41 TDs, entering the 2026 draft as a between-the...

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Monmouth's only head coach Kevin Callahan retires; Jeff Gallo promoted

Monmouth's only head coach Kevin Callahan retires; Jeff Gallo promoted

Kevin Callahan, Monmouth’s only head coach in program history, has retired after 33 seasons; longtime assistant Jeff Gal...

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Taron Dickens, Top FCS Quarterback, Commits to Tarleton State

Taron Dickens, Top FCS Quarterback, Commits to Tarleton State

Taron Dickens is reported to have committed to Tarleton State, a move that matters after his 2025 breakout (3,508 yards,...

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Coach-Focused Offseason Plan Builds FCS QBs' Lower-Body Power and Prospects

Coach-Focused Offseason Plan Builds FCS QBs' Lower-Body Power and Prospects

A coach-led 6-9 month offseason program targets lower-body power to boost FCS quarterbacks' pocket presence and reduce i...

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Samford Fires Chris Hatcher After 11 Seasons in Sunday Announcement

Samford Fires Chris Hatcher After 11 Seasons in Sunday Announcement

Samford fired head coach Chris Hatcher after 11 seasons as the program seeks a reset following a 1-9 slide and a 38-14 l...

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MAC Votes to Add Sacramento State as Football-Only Member in 2026

MAC Votes to Add Sacramento State as Football-Only Member in 2026

MAC presidents voted to add Sacramento State as a football-only member starting in 2026, a coast-to-coast move that resh...

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UNI Freshman Tight End Parker Sutherland Dies; University Withholds Cause

UNI Freshman Tight End Parker Sutherland Dies; University Withholds Cause

UNI freshman tight end Parker Sutherland, 18, died; Cedar Falls Fire responded to a UNI-Dome "unconscious/fainting (non ...

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2026 Transfer Portal Update Lists Multiple FCS Moves Through Feb. 13

2026 Transfer Portal Update Lists Multiple FCS Moves Through Feb. 13

247Sports’ Feb. 13 portal tracker lists multiple FCS moves, including Western Carolina’s Taron Dickens to Tarleton State...

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NDSU's Barika Kpeenu Projects as Power-Playmaking Running Back for NFL

NDSU's Barika Kpeenu Projects as Power-Playmaking Running Back for NFL

Barika Kpeenu broke out at NDSU with a 20-touchdown, All-American season and the traits to project as a power-playmaking...

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ESPN Reveals 2026 FCS-FBS Slate Including Tennessee State at Georgia

ESPN Reveals 2026 FCS-FBS Slate Including Tennessee State at Georgia

ESPN unveiled a 2026 nonconference slate that loads early-season Power Five tests for FCS programs, headlined by Tenness...

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Why FCS' 63 Scholarship Equivalents Transform Roster Building and Offseason Coverage

Why FCS' 63 Scholarship Equivalents Transform Roster Building and Offseason Coverage

FCS programs can split 63 scholarship equivalents among more players, forcing creative roster math that reshapes recruit...

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Greg Gattuso Returns to Duquesne After 21 Years as Associate Defense Coach

Greg Gattuso Returns to Duquesne After 21 Years as Associate Defense Coach

Greg Gattuso returns to Duquesne as associate head coach - defense, 21 seasons after leaving his 1993-2004 run as the Du...

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North Dakota State in Talks to Join Mountain West as Football-Only Member

North Dakota State in Talks to Join Mountain West as Football-Only Member

North Dakota State is in serious dialogue to join the Mountain West as a football-only member, a move that could shift t...

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Essential resources and tools for following FCS football year‑round

Essential resources and tools for following FCS football year‑round

A compact primer of the must‑follow sites, social channels, and tactics to track FCS schedules, transfers, awards, and p...

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How the modern FCS playoffs work and how to follow

How the modern FCS playoffs work and how to follow

A practical primer on the 24-team FCS playoffs: how teams qualify, key timeline dates, and where to track scores, stats,...

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North Dakota State Moves Football to FBS, Joining Mountain West in 2026

North Dakota State Moves Football to FBS, Joining Mountain West in 2026

North Dakota State football is moving from FCS to FBS to join the Mountain West in 2026, a shift that reshapes midmajor ...

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UND Focuses Inward After NDSU 2026 Mountain West Move, Chaves, Jackson Comment

UND Focuses Inward After NDSU 2026 Mountain West Move, Chaves, Jackson Comment

North Dakota State announced a football-only move to the FBS Mountain West in 2026; UND responded that it will "focus in...

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How FCS Playoffs Work: Postseason Qualification and Automatic Bids

How FCS Playoffs Work: Postseason Qualification and Automatic Bids

The FCS used a 24-team playoff field with 11 automatic qualifiers and 13 at-large spots; bracket announced Nov. 23 and t...

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South Dakota Coyotes finalize 2026 non-conference slate, season opens Aug. 29

South Dakota Coyotes finalize 2026 non-conference slate, season opens Aug. 29

South Dakota finalized a four-game nonconference slate announced Feb. 12, with the season opener Aug. 29 at the DakotaDo...

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On3's 2026 FCS Transfer Portal Rankings Use Performance Score, NIL Valuations

On3's 2026 FCS Transfer Portal Rankings Use Performance Score, NIL Valuations

On3's new FCS transfer rankings combine a performance score and adjusted NIL valuations to rank portal classes, highligh...

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