While some schools have moved up from the FCS to the FBS, the winning schools were still in the FCS at the time of their victories. Eleven schools have moved up to FBS since 2008. Many teams aren’t going to win anything significant. It's enrollment of slightly less than 9,000 would be among the lowest in FBS. The Idaho Vandals will make an unprecedented drop from the FBS to the FCS and return to the Big Sky Conference. But that just continues the flow of cash from FBS on downward. Not in the last decade at least. The Dukes have been among the most successful FCS programs as of late and are eyeing a bump to FBS. They’re often the same ones in financial peril. Of course, FCS teams play DII teams sometimes (let me direct you to this Davidson-Guilford game that had a 91-61 final score and one team getting 964 yards of offense). There hasn’t been a major shortage in college football teams making the jump up to FBS. Northern Iowa Panthers. This is a list of the 130 schools in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. Making the move from FCS to FBS, Kansas State's Chris Klieman has unique insight on a large playoff Klieman leads North Dakota State into another FCS championship game on Saturday In this article, we'll examine the back end of the FCS Top 20 as there are a lot of names who have been bandied about for FBS expansion in the past as well. The school's profile most resembles that of a lower-level FCS school. 10. Three D2 Programs That Could Soon Make the Jump to D1 . Not in the last decade at least. I still think renaming them "FBS" and "FCS" was silly--especially now that FBS has playoff. This includes the FCS level. The conference already is home to Idaho's other athletic teams. Can someone give me a link or a list? Per a new report, North Carolina A&T could be yet another FCS program making the jump. There hasn’t been a major shortage in college football teams making the jump up to FBS. ***** FCS schools with FBS ambitions like James Madison, Liberty, Sam Houston State and Eastern Kentucky aren’t officially on the list of Big 12 targets, but the moves of the Big 12 might deeply affect their ambitions of moving to FBS. I'm writing a paper on the pros and cons of moving from the FCS to the FBS. Thank you! 5 College Football Teams Changing FCS Affiliations in 2018 By Craig Haley , 3/14/18, 9:30 AM EDT With a Division I drop, Idaho Vandals make the most visible move This is a list of games by season where a FCS/1-AA school defeated an FBS/1-A opponent. Per a new report, North Carolina A&T could be yet another FCS program making the jump. Welcome to a two part series where we take a look at how teams perform when they move from the FCS to FBS. Transitioning From FCS To FBS Part 1: Past History. I've been looking everywhere for a list of teams that have moved up, but I can't seem to find them anywhere. 23 Responses to “FCS Football: 10 Programs That Should Jump From FCS To FBS” I don’t see YSU moving up anytime soon. We took a look at some elite FCS programs in Part 1 of our look at who might be ready for the FCS-to-FBS jump. In total, 11 teams moved up from the FCS to the FBS between 1992 and 2000, with more than a dozen programs following in the first decades of the 21st century. I do believe there was at least one team, relatively soon after D1 was split into A & AA (late 70s), that had to move down due to not meeting requirements for A, but that was a while back. The list also includes ties between FCS& FBS teams before overtime rules were adopted in 1996. I still think renaming them "FBS" and "FCS" was silly--especially now that FBS has playoff. Akron and Kent want no part of YSU in the MAC because it will kill them in recruiting. I do believe there was at least one team, relatively soon after D1 was split into A & AA (late 70s), that had to move down due to not meeting requirements for A, but that was a while back. We went all the way back to 1987 when Akron made the jump from the the then named Division 1AA (now FCS) to Division 1A (now FBS). National powers could try their hand at new competition in the coming years FCS programs can split their 63 scholarships into a total of 85 "partial" scholarships, and even some FCS teams play non-scholarships football (anyone in the PFL), so its much more affordable than the FBS, where every scholarship is required to be a full-ride. FBS teams should balance out their FCS games by scheduling the Miami Dolphins. ... James Madison interested in moving up to FBS …