Get ready for this week’s FCS action with the ultimate viewing guide for the most notable games.
“Notable games” are from a national landscape perspective. Games below include Top 25-ranked teams, teams in the playoff picture, intriguing non-conference games, intriguing FCS vs. FBS games, or games involving two teams at the top of their conference. It’s essentially a viewing guide of games to pay attention to that are most important in the FCS national picture.
Week 5
Thursday, Sept. 30
All times CT
6:30 — Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Prairie View A&M (ESPNU)
Friday, Oct. 1
All times CT
6 — Dartmouth at Penn (ESPNU)
Saturday, Oct. 2
All times CT
11 — Stony Brook at No. 21 Rhode Island (FloSports)
12 — Davidson at Stetson (ESPN+)
12 — Duquesne at Merrimack (NEC Front Row)
12 — Robert Morris at North Carolina A&T (ESPN3)
12 — Gardner-Webb at Monmouth (ESPN+)
12 — No. 14 Southeastern Louisiana University at McNeese (ESPN+)
12:30 — Western Carolina at Chattanooga (ESPN+)
12:30 — Harvard at Holy Cross (ESPN+)
1 — No. 16 Missouri State at Illinois State (ESPN+)
1 — Elon at No. 22 Richmond (FloSports)
1 — No. 18 VMI at The Citadel (ESPN+)
2 — Northern Colorado at No. 11 Montana State (ESPN+)
2 — Indiana State at South Dakota (ESPN+)
2 – No. 17 Jacksonville State at No. 20 Kennesaw State (ESPN+)
2 – UAlbany at No. 9 Delaware (FloSports)
2 — No. 5 North Dakota State at No. 10 North Dakota (ESPN+)
2:30 — No. 3 James Madison at No. 25 New Hampshire (FloSports)
2:30 — Wofford at No. 13 ETSU (ESPN+)
3 — Houston Baptist at Nicholls (ESPN+)
3 — No. 7 Southern Illinois at Western Illinois (ESPN+)
4 — No. 1 Sam Houston vs. Stephen F. Austin (ESPN+)
4 — Youngstown State at No. 15 Northern Iowa (ESPN+)
5 — Samford at Mercer (ESPN+)
6 — Dixie State at No. 2 South Dakota State (ESPN+)
6 — Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian (ESPN+)
6 — No. 24 UIW at Northwestern State (ESPN+)
7 — No. 19 Weber State at Cal Poly (ESPN+)
7 — Tennessee State at Austin Peay (ESPN+)
9 — Idaho at No. 8 UC Davis (ESPN+)
9:30 — No. 4 Montana at No. 6 Eastern Washington (ESPN2)
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