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Illinois State climbs into the Top 3, South Dakota makes a massive jump and Stony Brook enters the poll after knocking off Rhode Island. See the complete FCS Nation Week 4 Top 25.

Montana State escaped Central Connecticut State, Stony Brook throttled Rhode Island and Southeastern Louisiana added another FCS-over-FBS win as the FCS Nation Top 25 heads into Week 4.

After stops at Miami, Missouri, East Carolina and Michigan, Jake Garcia has landed at Furman. Head coach Clay Hendrix joins FCS Nation to talk Garcia’s development, the Paladins’ identity and what’s ahead in the SoCon.

Week 3 gives the Southland Conference a loaded slate of FBS opportunities, nonconference road tests and crucial early-season matchups. Here’s what to watch across the conference.

MEAC football enters a measuring-stick Week 3 with South Carolina State-Furman, Hampton-Norfolk State, NCCU-Gardner-Webb and more.

Stephen F. Austin made a statement, Tarleton State survived a scare and Austin Peay continued to turn heads. We break down the latest UAC action and look ahead to a Week 3 slate with plenty left to prove.

The top of the FCS has been dominant through three weeks, complete with FBS wins and seven teams ranked inside our Top 13. So let’s play a hypothetical: If the best programs in the region formed an FCS super conference, just how well could they compete against the FBS?

The wait is over. All eight Ivy League teams finally take the field Saturday, with Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth and the rest of the Ancient Eight beginning their 2026 campaigns. We break down every matchup and what to watch in Week 1.

Illinois State makes a major jump after beating FBS Northern Illinois, Montana State holds No. 1, Tarleton stays put and Furman enters the FCS Nation Top 25.

Stephen F. Austin has established itself as the early team to beat, but Week 2 brings ranked road tests, conference openers and opportunities for the rest of the Southland to make a statement.

Preview the biggest UAC football Week 2 matchups, including Stephen F. Austin at Abilene Christian, Tarleton State at McNeese, Chattanooga at Eastern Kentucky and more.

Week 2 brings the first multi-game conference slate of the 2026 SoCon season, headlined by Furman’s trip to two-time defending champion Mercer. We break down every matchup, key player and prediction across the Southern Conference.

The MVFC’s top teams are beginning to show both their strengths and their flaws. We recap Week 1 and preview a Week 2 slate headlined by #8 Illinois State’s FBS opportunity at Northern Illinois.

The Patriot League hits the heart of its nonconference schedule with five teams taking on FBS opponents—but the biggest game of the weekend may be an all-FCS battle as #20 William & Mary visits #9 Lehigh with major early-season stakes.

Week 1 brought a little bit of everything in the Southland: SFA stayed perfect, McNeese exploded offensively and several programs got an early reality check against FBS competition. Here’s everything that happened around the league.

Blowouts, an FBS upset, lightning and a nonconference game between league foes highlight Week 1. Week 1 of Southern Conference football had nearly everything. It was indeed almost all here, even if the tagline of the former commissioner for the league is looking for new employment. Even though everyone had already played a game, the first full week of the season saw the league go 5-5 (including the nonconference game between Chattanooga and Tennessee Tech as 1-1), which would

West Florida is 2-0 in its first FCS season, three FCS programs knocked off FBS opponents, and now Montana State and Illinois State enter the weekend favored against FBS teams. Week 2 is getting interesting.

Patriot League Week 1 was a tale of two afternoons. Early blowouts gave way to a dramatic evening slate as Lehigh and Colgate took control atop the standings, William & Mary and Richmond improved to 2-0 and Villanova survived Bucknell.

Week 1 brought FBS upsets, statement wins and two new teams into the rankings. Montana State remains No. 1 in the FCS Nation Week 2 Top 25, while Idaho State makes a major jump and West Florida and Campbell crash the poll.

Western Carolina and Campbell bring two red-hot quarterbacks into a fascinating matchup. Furman walks into Neyland Stadium. Chattanooga gets a major test against Tennessee Tech. Mercer gets another shot at Presbyterian. And that’s only part of a loaded SoCon Saturday.