How Does the Big South Conference Approach Realignment Right Now?
College sports realignment can be cruel in the best of times and in the worst times it can lead to a conference disbanding altogether like it did to the Southwest Conference in the 1990s or the current challenges faced by the Pac-12 2Pac. Realignment can…
NCAA Sets New Requirements For FBS Teams
The NCAA has adopted a new set of Division 1 membership requirements that will have an impact on future realignment changes at the Football Bowl Subdivision level as well as impacts on current FBS teams. The NCAA has increased the application fee from…
College Realignment Report for September 30, 2023
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since September 15 and provide updates on previously discussed…
College Realignment Report for September 15, 2023
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since August 31 and provide updates on previously discussed topics.…
Are the New Rules Shortening College Football Games in 2023?
Editor’s note: A 2024 version of this post has been published that looks at the impact of the two-minute warning on college football game length. The start of the 2023 college football season was marked by two big themes: realignment and new rules.…
How Do FCS-to-FBS Teams Perform?
With a new season upon us and two new teams in the FBS, we look at how teams coming from the FCS perform. We’ve researched this topic once before back in 2018 but we wanted to provide an updated article for a few reasons. First, there are more data…
College Realignment Report for August 31, 2023
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since August 15 and provide updates on previously discussed topics.…
15 Predictions for the 2023 College Football Season: 5 Through 1
We’re back with some predictions for the 2023 season as previously done in 2021, 2017, and 2016 although we have decided to provide 15 this year instead of 25 26. The first five predictions covering the Group of 5 conferences for the 2023 season…
College Realignment Report for August 15, 2023
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since July 31 and provide updates on some previously discussed topics.…
15 Predictions for the 2023 College Football Season: 10 Through 6
We’re back with some predictions for the 2023 season as previously done in 2021, 2017, and 2016 although we have decided to provide 15 this year instead of 25 26. The first five predictions covering the Group of 5 conferences for the 2023 season…
