It is almost college football time, and the best matches for me are the FCS underdogs going up against FBS powerhouses. You never know when you are going to get a shocker, or an upset, so I figured we would showcase every FCS vs FBS football game this year in 2022 . Who do you think has the best chance to shock an FBS opponent?
Week 0
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Saturday, Aug. 27 Austin Peay Western Kentucky Duquesne Florida State Florida A&M North Carolina Idaho State UNLV
Week 1
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Thursday, Sept. 1 Alabama A&M UAB Bryant FIU Cal Poly Fresno State Eastern Illinois Northern Illinois Long Island University Toledo Northern Arizona Arizona State Portland State San Jose State St. Francis (PA) Akron South Carolina State UCF VMI Wake Forest Friday, Sept. 2 Eastern Kentucky Eastern Michigan Tennessee Tech Kansas William & Mary Charlotte Saturday, Sept. 3 Albany Baylor Bethune-Cookman Miami (FL) Central Connecticut State UConn Colgate Stanford Delaware Navy Elon Vanderbilt Grambling State Arkansas State Idaho Washington State Illinois State Wisconsin Maine New Mexico Mercer Auburn Morgan State Georgia Southern Murray State Texas Tech Nicholls South Alabama Norfolk State Marshall North Dakota Nebraska Northern Iowa Air Force Richmond Virginia Sam Houston Texas A&M South Dakota Kansas State South Dakota State Iowa Southeastern Louisiana Louisiana Southeast Missouri State Iowa State UC Davis California
Week 2
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Saturday, Sept. 10 Alabama A&M Troy Alabama State UCLA Alcorn State Tulane Central Arkansas Ole Miss Charleston Southern NC State Eastern Kentucky Bowling Green Eastern Washington Oregon Furman Clemson Gardner-Webb Coastal Carolina Holy Cross Buffalo Howard South Florida Idaho Indiana Idaho State San Diego State Incarnate Word Nevada Indiana State Purdue Kennesaw State Cincinnati Lafayette Temple Lamar SMU McNeese Rice Nicholls UL Monroe Norfolk State James Madison Northern Colorado Wyoming Portland State Washington Robert Morris Miami (OH) Samford Georgia Southeastern Louisiana FAU Southern LSU Southern Utah Utah Stephen F. Austin Lousiana Tech Tarleton State TCU Texas Southern North Texas Wagner Rutgers Western Carolina Georgia Tech Weber State Utah State Western Illinois Minnesota
Week 3
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Saturday, Sept. 17 Abilene Christian Missouri Arkansas-Pine Bluff Oklahoma State Bucknell Central Michigan Campbell East Carolina Duquesne Hawai’i Jacksonville State Tulsa Long Island University Kent State Maine Boston College Missouri State Arkansas Montana State Oregon State Murray State Ball State North Carolina A&T Duke North Dakota State Arizona Northwestern State Southern Miss Stony Brook UMass Southern Illinois Northwestern Tennessee State Middle Tennessee Towson West Virginia UT Martin Boise State Villanova Army Wofford Virginia Tech Youngstown State Kentucky
Week 4
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Thursday, Sept. 22 Chattanooga Illinois Saturday, Sept. 24 Fordham Ohio Houston Baptist Texas State Rhode Island Pittsburgh Sacramento State Colorado State Texas Southern UTSA
Week 5
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Saturday, Oct. 1 The Citadel Appalachian State Eastern Washington Florida Gardner-Webb Marshall New Hampshire Western Michigan North Alabama Memphis South Carolina State South Carolina Wagner Syracuse
Week 7
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Saturday, Oct. 15 Colgate Army Gardner-Webb Liberty
Week 8
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Saturday, Oct. 22 UT Martin Tennessee
Week 9
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Saturday, Oct. 29 Robert Morris Appalachian State
Week 11
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Saturday, Nov. 12 Lamar New Mexico State
Week 12
DATE FCS TEAM FBS TEAM Saturday, Nov. 19 Austin Peay Alabama Utah Tech BYU ETSU Mississippi State North Alabama Memphis
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