The one-time 2021 FCS spring season won’t be without its hiccups as the country still deals with COVID. Cancellations and postponements are happening every week.
We’ll track many games have been played, how many games have been impacted due to COVID, and how many games have been canceled due to midseason opt-outs.
Tracker:
- 240 games played
- 57 COVID-related cancellations/postponements
- 12 postponements rescheduled & played
- 19 cancellations due to opt-outs
COVID Postponements & Cancellations
Week 2 (Feb. 20 weekend):
VMI @ Chattanooga (Canceled)
WIU @ South Dakota (Canceled)
Week 3 (Feb. 27 weekend):
Rhode Island @ Bryant (Canceled)
Cal Poly @ UC Davis (Played: March 20)
MVSU @ Jackson State (Played: March 14)
Week 4 (March 6 weekend):
Weber State @ Cal Poly (Canceled)
Wagner @ Merrimack (Canceled)
ETSU @ Wofford (Canceled)
Alabama A&M @ MVSU (Canceled)
Howard vs. SC State (Canceled)
Week 5 (March 13 weekend):
Fordham @ Bucknell (Played: April 10)
W&M @ JMU (Canceled)
Idaho @ NAU (Played: April 17)
Monmouth @ Robert Morris (Canceled)
Week 6 (March 20 weekend):
Robert Morris @ Charleston Southern (Played: April 10)
Monmouth @ Gardner-Webb (Played: April 3)
Richmond @ JMU (Played: April 17)
Fordham @ Holy Cross (Played: March 27)
Alabama A&M @ Prairie View A&M (Canceled)
Delaware @ UNH (Canceled)
Lehigh @ Colgate (Canceled)
Lehigh @ Holy Cross (Canceled)
Lafayette @ Bucknell (Played: March 27)
Week 7 (March 27 weekend):
Prairie View A&M @ Jackson State (Canceled)
Holy Cross @ Colgate (Canceled)
UNH @ Villanova (Canceled)
Kennesaw State @ Gardner-Webb (Canceled)
Delaware State @ Howard (Played: April 3)
Grambling @ Alabama A&M (Canceled)
Drake @ Stetson (Canceled)
UND @ YSU (Canceled)
NDSU @ USD (Canceled)
Sacred Heart @ Wagner (Canceled)
Week 8 (April 3 weekend):
Grambling @ Texas Southern (Canceled)
Missouri State @ UND (Canceled)
W&M @ Elon (Canceled)
Alabama A&M @ Prairie View A&M (Canceled)
SDSU @ NDSU (Played: April 17)
Lehigh @ Lafayette (Played: April 10)
JMU @ Richmond (Canceled)
UNI @ USD (Canceled)
UNH @ Rhode Island (Canceled)
Week 9 (April 10 weekend):
Howard vs. SC State (Canceled)
Southern @ Prairie View A&M (Canceled)
Elon @ JMU (Canceled)
USD @ SDSU (Canceled)
Maine @ Rhode Island (Canceled)
Holy Cross @ Colgate (Canceled)
Austin Peay @ Eastern Illinois (Canceled)
Richmond @ William & Mary (Canceled)
Week 10 (April 17 weekend):
Rhody @ Stony Brook (Canceled)
Stetson @ Davidson (Canceled)
Mississippi Valley State @ Texas Southern (Canceled)
Monmouth @ Robert Morris (Canceled) (Due to limited student-athlete availability within the RMU program)
Week 11 (April 24 weekend):
Prairie View A&M @ Jackson State (Canceled)
Alabama A&M @ Mississippi Valley State (Canceled)
Texas Southern @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Canceled)
Cancellations Due To Opt-Outs
19 games canceled due to midseason opt-outs
Week 7 (March 27 weekend):
SDSU @ Illinois State (ISU Opt-Out)
Week 8 (April 3 weekend):
SIU @ Illinois State (ISU Opt-Out)
Cal Poly @ NAU (Cal Poly Opt-Out)
Chattanooga @ WCU (UTC Opt-Out)
Albany @ Delaware (Albany opt-out)
Week 9 (April 10 weekend):
UND @ Illinois State (ISU Opt-Out)
UC Davis @ Cal Poly (Cal Poly Opt-Out)
Samford @ Chattanooga (UTC Opt-Out)
Villanova @ Albany (Albany Opt-Out)
Wofford @ WCU (Wofford Opt-Out)
WIU @ SIU (WIU Opt-Out)
Stony Brook @ UNH (UNH Opt-Out)
Week 10 (April 17 weekend):
Illinois State @ Mo State (ISU Opt-Out)
Weber State @ Cal Poly (Cal Poly Opt-Out)
Chattanooga @ ETSU (UTC Opt-Out)
Wofford @ Furman (Wofford Opt-Out)
WIU @ USD (WIU Opt-Out)
UNH @ Maine (UNH Opt-Out)
UND @ YSU (YSU Opt-Out)
