FCS teams in mix for fall nonconference games

(Stats Perform) – A small number of FCS nonconference games, including some against FBS programs, are scheduled to be played in the fall season after all 13 conferences postponed their league competition due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

All 127 FCS programs hope to play the majority of their schedule during the spring semester, but 18 programs – just over 14 percent – will play nonconference games or are exploring them for the fall semester. Austin Peay and Central Arkansas are scheduled to meet in college football’s first game Aug. 29 in the FCS Kickoff in Montgomery, Alabama.

While the fall nonconference schedule is evolving, most FCS games would be played in September.

Here are the schools in the mix:

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BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE

Campbell: Georgia Southern (Sept. 12), Appalachian State (Sept. 26)

Gardner-Webb: at Western Carolina (Sept. 19)

North Alabama: at Chattanooga (Sept. 19), at BYU (Nov. 21), Jacksonville State (likely in October)

MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

Missouri State: at Oklahoma (Sept. 12), at Central Arkansas (Sept. 26), Central Arkansas (Oct. 17)

Southern Illinois: No announced games, but nonconference being explored

Youngstown State: Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 19)

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE:

Austin Peay: Central Arkansas in Montgomery, Alabama (Aug. 29), at Cincinnati (Sept. 19)

Eastern Kentucky: Western Carolina (Sept. 3), at West Virginia (Sept. 12), at Youngstown State (Sept. 19)

Jacksonville State: No announced games, but nonconference being explored (likely at North Alabama in October)

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Chattanooga: North Alabama (Sept. 19)

The Citadel: No announced games, but nonconference being explored (likely at Clemson on Sept. 19)

Mercer: No announced games, but nonconference being explored

Western Carolina: at Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 3), Gardner-Webb (Sept. 19), at Liberty (Nov. 14)

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE

Abilene Christian: No announced games, but nonconference being explored

Central Arkansas: Austin Peay in Montgomery, Alabama (Aug. 29), at Arkansas State (Sept. 19), Missouri State (Sept. 26), at Missouri State (Oct. 17)

Houston Baptist: at North Texas (Sept. 5), at Texas Tech (Sept. 12), at Louisiana Tech (Sept. 19)

Lamar: at Rice (Sept. 26)

Stephen F. Austin: at SMU (Sept. 26)