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The college football week gets underway with three games on Friday night, followed by a huge 75-game slate on Saturday. Over-all, 29 of those games are FBS matchups with FCS schools.
There are 52 additional games in the FCS with 16 of those featuring games against D2 programs while one school, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, faces an NAIA school (Arkansas Baptist).
All eight Ivy League remain idle with their season set to begin September 21. Stonehill and Marist both see their first action this week.
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In the FCS, the Coaches' Poll ranked battles have No. 20 North Dakota hosting No.4 Montana, while No. 11 Incarnate Word goes to Brookings to battle the two-time defending national champion and currently top-ranked South Dakota State Jackrabbits.
One of the more enticing FCS games to watch is member West Georgia going to Abilene Christian. The Wolves opened their first FCS season with a 38-29 upset of Samford while ACU had Texas Tech on the ropes until deciding to go for two points in the first overtime and falling 52-51.
Kennesaw, which moved up from the FCS this season, will host its first game as a FBS program when the Owls take on Louisiana-Lafayette.
The FBS programs are 60-1 against the FCS schools. They were 114-4 last year. Over-all, the FBS is a collective 1,860-153 (.924) since we began tracking this in 2003.
In 2024, there are 121 scheduled scheduled matchups between FBS and FCS schools with 119 schools playing one such game, while Hawaii and UMass each play two.
This year, 15 schools do not play a FCS opponent and 5 are in the B1G (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, USC and UCLA). Texas is the only school in the SEC that will not play a FCS program. The same is true for Virginia Tech in the ACC. In fact, Texas and Virginia Tech, along with Michigan and Houston, are repeats from last year's list of schools that played all FBS programs.
2024 FCS wins vs. FBS:
August 24: Montana State 35, New Mexico 31
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - Won 29 straight vs FCS teams, 21 straight home, 17 straight conference games, 8 straight FCS road games.
Last: The Jackrabbits lost 44-20 at Oklahoma State (FBS) on Thursday, August 31
Next: Host Incarnate Word on Saturday, September 7.
FLORIDA A&M - Won 13 straight over-all, 21 straight home games, 16 straight conference games (2nd longest)
Last: 22-18 at home over South Carolina State on Saturday, August 31.
Next: at Miami (FBS) on Saturday, September 7.
WESTERN ILLINOIS - Lost 25 straight over-all, 18 straight conference games, 11 straight home games, 16 road games.
Last: Lost 54-15 at Northern Illinois (FBS) on Saturday, August 31
Next: at Indiana (FBS) on Friday, September 6.
CAL POLY - Lost 17 straight true road games.
Last: Lost 27-21 at San Diego on Saturday, August 31.
Next: at Stanford (FBS) on Saturday, September 7.