Get ready for this week’s FCS action with the ultimate viewing guide for the biggest games.
The “notable games” are from a national landscape perspective. The games below include teams ranked in the top 25, teams in the playoff picture, intriguing non-conference games, intriguing FCS vs. FBS or games involving two teams at the top of their conference. It’s essentially a viewing guide for games to pay attention to that are the biggest in the national FCS landscape.
Week 1
Thursday, September 1
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5 — The Citadel at Campbell (ESPN+)
6 — Monmouth at New Hampshire (FloSports)
6 — No. 8 Kennesaw State at Samford (ESPN+)
6 — No. 22 Rhode Island at Stony Brook (FloSports)
6 — South Carolina State at UCF (ESPN+)
6:30 a.m. — Western Illinois at No. 18 UT Martin (ESPN)
6:30 a.m. — Mars Hill at No. 11 ETSU (ESPN+)
6:30 a.m. — VMI at Wake Forest (Red ACC)
7 – Western Oregon at No. 20 Weber State (ESPN+)
7 — Missouri State No. 5 at Central Arkansas (ESPN+)
7 — Alabama A&M at UAB (CBS Sports Network)
9 — Northern Arizona in the state of Arizona (Red Pac-12)
9:30 a.m. — Cal Poly at Fresno State (Fox Sports 1)
9:30 a.m. — Portland State at San Jose State (Red Mountain West)
Friday, September 2
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5 — Lehigh at No. 6 Villanova (FloSports)
6 — Eastern Kentucky at Eastern Michigan (ESPN3)
6 – No. 16 Holy Cross at Merrimack (NEC Front Row)
6 — William and Mary in Charlotte (ESPN3)
7 — Tennessee Tech at Kansas ESPN+)
Saturday, September 3
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11 — Sam Houston at Texas A&M (SEC Network)
11 – No. 19 Delaware in the Navy (CBS Sports Network)
11 — No. 2 South Dakota State at Iowa (Fox Sports 1)
11 — West Carolina at Charleston Southern (ESPN+)
11:30 a.m. — No. 24 Richmond at Virginia (ESPN3)
12 – No. 21 Northern Iowa in Air Force (Mountain West Network)
1 — Davidson at Jacksonville State (ESPN+)
2 — Northwest State at No. 3 Montana (ESPN+)
2:30 — Drake at No. 1 in North Dakota State (ESPN+)
2:30 a.m. — North Dakota at Nebraska (Big Ten Network)
3 — Tennessee State at No. 13 Eastern Washington (ESPN+)
3 – No. 25 UC Davis at California (Pac-12 Red)
4 — Nicholls in South Alabama (ESPN3)
5 — Wofford at No. 12 Chattanooga (ESPN+)
6 — No. 23 Mercer at Auburn (ESPN+)
6 — Elon at Vanderbilt (ESPN+)
6 – No. 10 Stephen F. Austin at Alcorn State (TBD)
6 — No. 9 Southern Illinois at No. 14 UIW (ESPN+)
6 — Presbyterian at Austin Peay (ESPN+)
6 – No. 17 University of Southeastern Louisiana at Louisiana (ESPN+)
6 — South Dakota at Kansas State (ESPN+)
6:30 a.m. — North Carolina A&T vs. NC Central (ESPN3)
7 — McNeese at Montana State No. 4 (ESPN+)
7 – Maine in New Mexico (Mountain West Network)
8 — Utah Tech at No. 7 Sacramento State (ESPN+)
8:30 a.m. — Idaho at Washington State (Pac-12 Network)
Sunday, September 4
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2 — Florida A&M vs. No. 15 Jackson State (ESPN2)