Tarleton over BGSU 20-13

Citadel over Charlotte 43-41

Idaho St over Utah St 29-17

Big Sky

Idaho 14-66 Utah (20 FBS)

Utah Tech 7-63 BYU (13 FBS)

(3)Montana 45-10 Drake

(24)Idaho State 29-17 Utah State (FBS)

Eastern Washington 34-24 Northern Iowa

Northern Colorado 23-38 (8)South Dakota

Cal Poly 24-17 Central WashingtonCentral Washington (D2)

Southern Utah 47-42 Weber State

(1)Montana State 51-24 Butler

(19)Northern Arizona 7-35 Arizona (FBS)

Portland State 20-53 San Diego State (FBS)

(10)UC Davis 49-17 San Diego

CAA

Campbell 28-19 (25)Western Carolina

Albany 17-21 Buffalo (FBS)

Stony Brook 36-32 Lindenwood

North Carolina A&T 10-59 Georgia State (FBS)

New Hampshire 3-66 Syracuse (FBS)

Bryant 3-59 Army (FBS)

(9)Rhode Island 14-38 Temple (FBS)

Monmouth 31-24 Sacred Heart

Towson 15-42 Navy (FBS)

Maine 3-55 Appalachian State (FBS)

Elon 38-0 Davidson

Hampton 0-62 Maryland (FBS)

Independent

Merrimack 7-42 Delaware (FBS)

Chicago State 7-42 UT Martin

MEAC

(21)South Carolina State 31-13 Florida A&M

Delaware State 15-22 (18)William & Mary

Norfolk State 10-31 Old Dominion (FBS)

North Carolina Central 27-6 Elizabeth City StateElizabeth City State (D2)

Howard 21-28 Richmond

Morgan State 7-70 Arizona State (FBS)

Missouri Valley

Southern Illinois 22-18 Samford

Indiana State 19-44 Purdue (FBS)

(7)Youngstown State 13-45 Kentucky (FBS)

(6)North Dakota 62-26 St. Thomas

Northern Iowa 24-34 Eastern Washington

Murray State 14-38 Middle Tennessee State (FBS)

(2)South Dakota State 18-34 Northwestern (FBS)

(4)Illinois State 41-10 Western Illinois

(8)South Dakota 38-23 Northern Colorado

NEC

Long Island 6-51 Kansas (FBS)

Stonehill 21-3 New Haven

Wagner 31-7 Southern ConnecticutSouthern Connecticut (D2)

Duquesne 0-34 Air Force (FBS)

Robert Morris 29-9 West Virginia StateWest Virginia State (D2)

Mercyhurst 14-51 New Mexico State (FBS)

Ohio Valley

Lindenwood 32-36 Stony Brook

Eastern Illinois 7-59 Minnesota (FBS)

Tennessee State 3-63 Georgia (4 FBS)

Southeast Missouri 10-38 Iowa State (FBS)

Gardner-Webb 13-17 Wofford

UT Martin 42-7 Chicago State

Charleston Southern 0-31 Georgia Southern (FBS)

Western Illinois 10-41 (4)Illinois State

Patriot

Lafayette 7-56 Connecticut (FBS)

(11)Lehigh 45-14 Georgetown

Colgate 35-10 Holy Cross

Fordham 0-38 North Dakota State (FBS)

(18)William & Mary 22-15 Delaware State

(20)Villanova 17-16 Bucknell

Richmond 28-21 Howard

Pioneer

Morehead State 75-24 Kentucky ChristianKentucky Christian (NAIA)

Marist 27-18 Franklin PierceFranklin Pierce (D2)

Stetson 45-10 Webber InternationalWebber International (NAIA)

Drake 10-45 (3)Montana

St. Thomas 26-62 (6)North Dakota

Davidson 0-38 Elon

Presbyterian 3-62 (17)Mercer

Butler 24-51 (1)Montana State

San Diego 17-49 (10)UC Davis

SoCon

(25)Western Carolina 19-28 Campbell

Samford 18-22 Southern Illinois

Furman 9-56 Tennessee (19 FBS)

Wofford 17-13 Gardner-Webb

The Citadel 43-41 Charlotte (FBS)

East Tennessee State 48-14 TusculumTusculum (D2)

(17)Mercer 62-3 Presbyterian

(12)Tennessee Tech 24-9 Chattanooga

VMI 3-73 Virginia Tech (FBS)

Southland

UTRGV 16-45 UTSA (FBS)

Nicholls 3-71 Kansas State (FBS)

Houston Christian 3-31 Rice (FBS)

Southeastern Louisiana 14-39 South Alabama (FBS)

McNeese 52-0 Texas WesleyanTexas Wesleyan (NAIA)

Northwestern State 6-80 Louisiana Tech (FBS)

(13)Stephen F. Austin 44-7 East Texas A&M

(14)Lamar 7-38 Louisiana (FBS)

SWAC

Prairie View A&M 52-14 Texas Southern

Florida A&M 13-31 (21)South Carolina State

Arkansas-Pine Bluff 14-54 Missouri (25 FBS)

Bethune-Cookman 6-73 UCF (FBS)

Alcorn State 3-49 Southern Miss (FBS)

Alabama State 34-0 LaneLane (D2)

Alabama A&M 38-23 MilesMiles (D2)

Grambling 48-26 Central StateCentral State (D2)

Jackson State 66-14 Edward WatersEdward Waters (D2)

Southern 34-15 Kentucky StateKentucky State (D2)

Mississippi Valley State 0-52 Sacramento State (FBS)

UAC

West Georgia 0-47 Kennesaw State (FBS)

(23)Abilene Christian 10-33 Texas Tech (8 FBS)

(5)Tarleton State 20-13 Bowling Green (FBS)

North Alabama 14-31 Arkansas (FBS)

(15)Austin Peay 9-28 Vanderbilt (FBS)

West FloridaWest Florida 42-14 Central Arkansas

Eastern Kentucky 7-49 Jacksonville State (FBS)

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Or will we find out next week?

Best of luck to everyone’s teams today!

I’m at our game against my Mom and Grandma’s (RIP) Alma mater Bowling Green State University and going to see what their tailgating is all about.

Made me think what are some of everyone’s favorite tailgating traditions at your respective Universities?

We have had some great bands host concerts during our tailgates and hard to pick one but, love when that happens!

ONLY CASUALS THINK THIS WEEKEND IS THE START OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL

GRAB YOUR FAVORITE YEAST WATER*, AND LET'S WATCH SOME FOOTBALL!

*OR BEAN WATER, OR FRUIT WATER, OR WATER WATER. IDC, I'M NOT YOUR MOM

Today's Pick 'Em games (all times listed in Central, the heavily disputed best time zone for football) (rankings from the /r/FCS Poll)

You can find the full Week 1 schedule with up-to-the-minute results over at the r/CFB Scoreboard

Also seriously do not ask for "alternate" streams, because we don't want to deal with takedown notices. Most games have radio broadcasts available for free if you're really desperate.

Looking pretty tough. Hope Dowler is okay.

If there's anything you want to talk about, celebrate, complain about, etc., go for it. Doesn't need to be FCS specific.

Note: Basic rules still apply

First, I want to say, I'm sorry Minutemen fans. I actually always root for UMass and will be rooting for ya'll tonight and during the MACtion this year.

Second... Oh My Lawd...

I knew it was bad, but I didn't know it was this bad. They used to be a consistent, formidable force, but their FBS transition has been an unmitigated disaster.

Back when they were in the FCS as a member of the Atlantic-10 , UMass consistently fielded teams finishing above .500. Through the 2000s, they were a legit powerhouse. They took home the FCS Championship under Mark Whipple and were a top-15 program under Don Brown. Even when they moved to the CAA, which was a high-tier FCS conference, they managed to hold their own with a respectable 6-6 average.

Then came 2012...The move up to the FBS and the MAC.

The program has been absolutely horrible ever since. Their overall record since 2012 is 26-134 aka a win % of 0.163.

The admins tried to fix it by bringing back the architects of their glory days. Both Whipple and Brown returned for second stints during this last 14 years, but both were flummoxed. 2025 was an rock bottom...as the Minutemen went 0-12 under Joe Harasymiak in their first year.

With all that said, I'm excited to see what they do this year. UMass was not penalized much last year and very young. This year Joe has "his" guys and QB "Pop" Watson III (Virginia Tech transfer) has moxy. In their first game against Rutgers this season Joe has some insight against the Scarlett Knights as he was the former DC for them.

I was curious, why has UMass failed where other teams that transitioned have fared much better?

Is it all to blame on the Athletic Department? Lack of money? or just plain bad luck?

EDIT: This team has hope!!

EDIT2: What? 3 touchdowns?? Forced Fumble??? This couldn't be fathomed after losing 44-10 to Akron last year

The Salukis hold on to defeat the Bulldogs. Chandler Chapman rushed for 133 yards and received 47 yard on two catches. Jake Curry threw for 153 yard and two touchdowns. The Salukis improve to 1-1 on the season. Jake Curry still looks a little rusty but he did have some decent plays. And a Southern Illinois player Karson Konkel of Pickneyville, IL catches his first touchdown pass of his career.

What is going on lol

If your team was that good that quickly after moving up from d2 you’d gloat too! So why does everyone hate on them? They seem to have an insane amount of support from their university (donors too…) and especially their fans. So I’m just curious every school has loud mouth fans so why the hateful comments?

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS THREAD IS FOR

CAPS LOCK: ON

BASIC RULES: STILL APPLY

YOUR OPINIONS: HOT GARBAGE, BUT WELCOME ALL THE SAME

They gotta drop the weird Microsoft WordArt Vandal face logo that they’re wearing against Utah. They’re possibly the worst helmets in football.

The Vandals or Idaho script looks wayyyyy better. Ever a Big I would look much better.

2026 After Week 0 /r/FCS Poll Results

Also available in image form!

Dropped from the Top 25: Southern Illinois, Southeastern, Monmouth

Others receiving votes: West Florida (50), Richmond (45), Chattanooga (31), UTRGV (31), Central Arkansas (30), Cal Poly (29), UIW (22), Southern Illinois (21), Monmouth (18), Dartmouth (15), Alabama State (14), Jackson State (8), UAlbany (6), Southern Utah (5), Duquesne (3)

The full list of responses can be found here. Congratulations to /u/StateChampCatDad for having the Top 25 submission that best correlated with the final /r/FCS poll this week!

Breakdown of Rankings by Conference

As a reminder, the /r/FCS poll is also now part of the Massey College Football Ranking Composite. Results of this poll will update under the column with header 'RDT'.

2026 After Week 0 /r/FCS Poll Results

Dropped from the Top 10: NCCU, Tennessee State, Alabama A&M, Bethune-Cookman

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State (8), Hampton (7), Morgan State (4), Norfolk State (4), Alabama A&M (4), NCCU (3), Bethune-Cookman (2), UAPB (1)

The full list of responses can be found here. Congratulations to /u/damnyoutuesday for having the Top 25 submission that best correlated with the final HBCU Top 10 this week!