What is Needed to MOVE From the FCS to FBS? 

What College football team do you root for?

North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Montana State, and Montana, should all be FBS teams

2 years later and they are doing just fine....

I think both JMU and Sam will of course struggle at first in the FBS but they are both strong programs that will adapt to higher level comp and both schools have good fan bases. As a former BearKat I look forward to Sam Houston in CUSA and will also follow JMU in the Sunbelt.

What do you think about jmu KILLING mtsu who won their bowl game, then mtsu Beating Colorado state by a lot?

Actually Sam Houston won the fcs title in 2020.

Go Bison!

Is it smart for a school to move from the FCS to FBS?

How does Kennesaw State move up with a stadium of only 8300?

If you require 15,000 average in football how does Sam Houston qualify? Are they building a new stadium?

Bring the fcs and fbs together

JMU did well in football this past year, but they just lost their football coach. I believe that they will be OK moving forward, but they will find that FBS is not all milk and honey. They will be tested, both financially and on the field. Another school that moved up with JMU and Sam Houston was Jacksonville State. They also had an excellent season, though not as good or as noticed as JMU. I believe that they will also struggle a bit, but will make it work. They also will probably lose their coach. Eventually, I believe that they will make it work. Finally, Sam Houston competed hard, but did not have much success on the scoreboard. I believe that they will improve, but they will go through a few years catching up to the FBS. They will struggle, although perhaps the new CFP-ESPN TV money will be enough to save them. Since you did this video 2 more teams will be joining FBS, Kennesaw State in 2024, and Delaware in 2025. Kennesaw is interesting because its enrollment is so large, and it sits in the Atlanta metro area, but its football field only seats 8,000. Huge potential, but they also need to make major facility upgrades. Delaware would seem like it has a solid foundation, and it has time to prepare, so maybe they will be OK. Looking into the future, and not considering President Baker's proposed new subdivision, the next targets for FBS look to be schools in the Big Sky, if the Mountain West should lose schools. Schools in the MVC like the Dakotas are probably not going to be targets because they are not close to FBS conferences looking to add schools.

How about fbs to fcs like Idaho

Yeah, JMU and SHSU. Those are the only teams moving up, smh

Several of these of these teams couldn't beat NDSU on a regular basis. JMU lost 3 out of 4 times to NDSU. COASTAL CAROLINA the same thing. It's like we can't beat the BISON, so let's just move on.

Fcs should move up

Fbs should go up against fbs fcs should go up against fcs

Why is NDSU not moving on up?? Havent they won the FCS like the last 5 years or something?? LOL