For context… SEC teams and FCS opponents (2026) • Alabama — Chattanooga (Nov. 21) • Arkansas — North Alabama (Sept. 5) • Auburn — Samford (Nov. 21) • Florida — Campbell (Sept. 12) • Georgia — Tennessee State (Sept. 5) • Kentucky — Youngstown State (Sept. 5) • LSU — McNeese (Oct. 3) • Mississippi State — Tennessee Tech (Nov. 21) • Missouri — Arkansas-Pine Bluff / UAPB (Sept. 3) • Ole Miss — Wofford (Nov. 21) • South Carolina — Towson (Sept. 12) • Tennessee — Furman (Sept. 5) • Texas A&M — The Citadel (Oct. 17) • Vanderbilt — Austin Peay (Sept. 5) Big Ten teams and FCS opponents (2026) • Illinois — Southern Illinois (Sept. 19) • Indiana — Howard (Sept. 12) • Iowa — Northern Iowa (Sept. 19) • Maryland — Hampton (Sept. 5) • Minnesota — Eastern Illinois (Sept. 3) • Nebraska — North Dakota (Sept. 19) • Northwestern — South Dakota State (Sept. 5) • Oregon — Portland State (Sept. 19 area) • Purdue — Indiana State (Sept. 5) • Rutgers — Howard (Sept. 25/26) • Washington — Eastern Washington (Sept. 19) • Wisconsin — Western Illinois (Sept. 12) Big 12 teams with FCS opponents (2026) • Arizona — Northern Arizona (Sept. 5) • Arizona State — Morgan State (Sept. 5) • Baylor — Prairie View A&M (Sept. 12) • BYU — Utah Tech (Sept. 5) • Cincinnati — Western Carolina (Sept. 12) • Colorado — Weber State (Sept. 12) • Houston — Southern (Sept. 12) • Iowa State — Southeast Missouri State / SEMO (Sept. 5) • Kansas — LIU (Sept. 4) • Kansas State — Nicholls (Sept. 5) • Oklahoma State — Murray State (Sept. 19) • TCU — Grambling State (Sept. 12) • Texas Tech — Abilene Christian (Sept. 5) • UCF — Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 3) • Utah — Idaho (Sept. 3) • West Virginia — UT Martin (Sept. 12) ACC teams with FCS opponents (2026) • Boston College — Maine (Sept. 19) • California — Wagner (Sept. 19) • Clemson — Charleston Southern (Oct. 17) • Duke — William & Mary (Sept. 26) • Florida State — Central Arkansas (Sept. 26) • Georgia Tech — Mercer (Sept. 19) • Louisville — Villanova (Sept. 11) • Miami — Florida A&M (Sept. 10) • NC State — Richmond (Sept. 12) • North Carolina — East Tennessee State / ETSU (Sept. 12) • Pittsburgh — Bryant (Sept. 26) • SMU — UC Davis (Sept. 12) • Stanford — Elon (Oct. 17) • Syracuse — New Hampshire (Sept. 5) • Virginia — Norfolk State (Sept. 12) • Virginia Tech — VMI (Sept. 5) • Wake Forest — Merrimack (Nov. 7) Texas and Ohio State of course would never play an FCS team. They schedule FBS power house teams like Texas Stat. UTSA, Ball State and Kent State. 😐