FCS teams take on the FBS 127 times in the 2026 season.
There were 126 FCS vs. FBS games in the 2025 season, 121 games in 2024, 118 in 2023, 117 in both the 2022 and 2021 seasons, and 114 games were scheduled for 2020 until the season was disrupted by COVID. The 2019 season saw 114 of these matchups, while there were 111 in 2018 and 98 in 2017.
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Below is a list of every FCS vs. FBS game in 2026.
Week 1
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Missouri
Eastern Illinois at Minnesota
Idaho at Utah
UAlbany at Buffalo
Bethune-Cookman at UCF
Merrimack at Delaware
LIU at Kansas
Abilene Christian at Texas Tech
Alcorn State at Southern Miss
Austin Peay at Vanderbilt
Bryant at Army
Charleston Southern at Georgia Southern
Fordham at North Dakota State
Mississippi Valley State at Sac State
Duquesne at Air Force
Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State
Furman at Tennessee
Hampton at Maryland
HCU at Rice
Idaho State at Utah State
Indiana State at Purdue
Lafayette at UConn
Lamar at Louisiana
Maine at App State
Mercyhurst at New Mexico State
Morgan State at Arizona State
Murray State at Middle Tennessee
New Hampshire at Syracuse
Nicholls at Kansas State
Norfolk State at Old Dominion
North Alabama at Arkansas
North Carolina A&T at Georgia State
Northern Arizona at Arizona
Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech
Portland State at San Diego State
Rhode Island at Temple
South Dakota State at Northwestern
SEMO at Iowa State
Southeastern Louisiana at South Alabama
Tarleton State at Bowling Green
Tennessee State at Georgia
The Citadel at Charlotte
Towson at Navy
Utah Tech at BYU
UTRGV at UTSA
VMI at Virginia Tech
West Georgia at Kennesaw State
Youngstown State at Kentucky
Week 2
Florida A&M at Miami
Villanova at Louisville
Alabama State at Troy
Cal Poly at San Jose State
Campbell at Florida
CCSU at Toledo
Colgate at Central Michigan
ETSU at North Carolina
Fordham at Coastal Carolina
Gardner-Webb at Liberty
Grambling State at TCU
Holy Cross at Miami (OH)
Howard at Indiana
Illinois State at Northern Illinois
Lindenwood at Missouri State
Mercyhurst at New Mexico
Monmouth at Western Michigan
Montana State at Nevada
Norfolk State at Virginia
Northern Colorado at Wyoming
Prairie View A&M at Baylor
Richmond at NC State
Robert Morris at Akron
Sacred Heart at UMass
Southern at Houston
Southern Utah at Colorado State
Stony Brook at Ball State
Texas Southern at UTEP
Towson at South Carolina
UC Davis at SMU
UT Martin at West Virginia
Wagner at James Madison
Weber State at Colorado
West Georgia at Arkansas State
Western Carolina at Cincinnati
Western Illinois at Wisconsin
Wofford at Kent State
Week 3
Delaware State at USF
Duquesne at Washington State
East Texas A&M at Tulsa
Eastern Washington at Washington
Maine at Boston College
Mercer at Georgia Tech
Montana at Oregon State
Murray State at Oklahoma State
Nicholls at Sam Houston
North Dakota at Nebraska
Northern Iowa at Iowa
Portland State at Oregon
South Dakota at Boise State
Southeastern Louisiana at ULM
Southern Illinois at Illinois
Stonehill at UMass
UT Martin at Memphis
Wagner at Cal
Week 4
Bucknell at Pitt
Gardner-Webb at Marshall
Howard at Rutgers
HCU at North Texas
Robert Morris at Buffalo
UIW at Texas State
William & Mary at Duke
Central Arkansas at Florida State
NC Central at East Carolina
Stonehill at Ohio
Mercyhurst at WKU
Lindenwood at Eastern Michigan
LIU at FIU
Week 5
Texas Southern at FAU
McNeese at LSU
Samford at UAB
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Week 7
Charleston Southern at Clemson
The Citadel at Texas A&M
Elon at Stanford
Week 10
Merrimack at Wake Forest
Week 12
Tennessee Tech at Mississippi State
Wofford at Ole Miss
Chattanooga at Alabama
Samford at Auburn
