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Ten of the 130 FCS members opened their 2022 season in 'Week Zero'. For everybody else except Lindenwood and the eight Ivy League members, the fun begins over the Labor Day holiday. Two teams that opened this past Saturday are also idle - Idaho State and Morehead State.
Of the 119 FCS schools seeing action, 37 will face a FBS program and all but one will be the underdog. The Congrove Computer Rankings at CollegeFootballPoll.com have a very rare situation where an FCS team is actually favored on the road against a FBS program as Bryant gets a 3.75-point edge at FIU in Miami on Thursday.
Another 9 FSC schools will play a D2 opponent, while San Diego will open against D3 member La Verne, and 4 other schools will face program from the NAIA ranks.
There are 34 head-to-head matchups between FCS programs in the Congrove Computer Rankings.
Two of the three new programs in the FCS, Texas A&M Commerce and Stonehill, will be in action this week. The third, Lindenwood, will open next week.
No. 2 South Dakota State at Iowa
No. 5 Kennesaw Stat at Mo. 36 Samford
No. 7 Sam Houston State at Texas A&M
No. 9 Missouri State at No. 34 Central Arkansas
No. 10 Jackson State vs. Florida A&M in Miami
No. 11 Southern Illinois at No. 23 Incarnate Word
No. 13 South Dakota at Kansas State
No. 14 Mercer at Auburn
No. 17 UC Davis at Cal
No. 22 Northern Iowa at Air Force
No. 24 Southeastern Louisiana at Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns
No. 25 Eastern Kentucky at Eastern Michigan
No. 26 Monmouth at No. 105 New Hampshire
No. 33 Rhode Island at No. 52 Stony Brook
No. 64 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 90 North Carolina Central in Charlotte
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2 teams played 2 FCS teams last fall (UConn and UMass), and 115 teams played 1 FCS school for a total of 117 such matchups. FBS teams finished the 2021 season 105-12 vs. the FCS,
There will be 118 FBS vs. FCS matchups this season with App State, Army and Marshall each playing two such games, and 115 other FBS schools playing one apiece.
Jacksonville State has victories at Florida State (2021) and FIU (2020) over the last two seasons and visits Tulsa this season. The Gamecocks will move up to the FBS next season and join Conference USA, along with Stephen F. Austin. Jacksonville State hired former West Virginia/Michigan/Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez steer the move.
Another traditional FCS heavyweight, James Madison, has made that switch for this season as a new member of the Sun Belt.
There were 4 FBS-FCS games on Saturday. Western Kentucky downed Austin Peay 38-27, UNLV dumped Idaho State 52-21, Florida State routed Duquesne 47-7, and UNC wore down Florida A&M 56-24.
That made the FBS 4-0 for the week and 1,578-140 (.919) since we began tracking this in 2003.
These were the FCS wins in 2021:
September 2: UC Davis 19, Tulsa 17
September 2: Eastern Washington 35, UNLV 33 (2 OT)
September 3: South Dakota State 42, Colorado State 23
September 4: Holy Cross 38, UConn 28
September 4: Montana 13, Washington 7
September 4: ETSU 23, Vanderbilt 3
September 11: Duquesne 28, Ohio 26
September 11: Jacksonville State 20, Florida State 17.
September 18: Incarnate Word 42, Texas State 34.
September 18: Northern Arizona 21, Arizona 19
November 6: Rhode Island 35, Massachusetts 22
November 13: Maine 35, Massachusetts 10
This was the only FCS win vs. the FBS in 2020:
October 23: Jacksonville State 19, FIU 10
Note: in the 2020 Covid season, 30 FBS teams played a total of just 34 games against FCS schools and the FCS won just 1 game (1-33).
In 2019, FBS teams were 111-3 (.974) in such games. These were the only FCS wins that season:
August 29: Central Arkansas 35, Western Kentucky 28
September 7: Southern Illinois 45, Massachusetts 20
September 14: The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24 (OT)
SAN DIEGO - Won 7 straight over-all (FCS longest)
Last: Won 41-16 at Stetson on Saturday, Nov. 20.
Next: Hosts D3 member La Verne on Saturday, September 3.
ALCORN STATE - Won 13 straight home games (FCS longest).
Last: Lost 24-10 at Jackson State on Saturday, Nov. 20.
Next: Hosts Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, September 3.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE - Won 12 straight conference games (FCS longest).
Last: Won Celebration Bowl 31-10 over Jackson State on Saturday, December 18.
Next: at UCF on Thursday, September 1.
DARTMOUTH - Won 11 straight road games (FCS longest).
Last: Won 52-31 at Brown on Saturday, Nov. 20.
Next: Hosts Valparaiso on on Saturday, September 17.
TEXAS SOUTHERN - Lost 18 straight road games (FCS longest).
Last: Lost 24-21 at Alabama State on Saturday, Nov. 20.
Next: at Prairie View A&M on Saturday, September 3.
WAGNER - Lost 20 straight overall, 14 straight conference games, and 10 straight at home (all are FCS longest).
LAST: Lost 44-0 at home vs. Duquesne on Saturday, Nov. 20.
Next: Hosts Fordham on Thursday, September 1.