2026 Non-Conference Games

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Updates from the last 2 weeks:

W0 Chadron State (RMAC) at Northern State (NSIC)
W0 Emory & Henry (SAC) at Valdosta State (GSC)
W0 Erskine (CC) at Bluefield (NAIA)
W0 Florida Memorial (NAIA) at Edward Waters (SIAC)
W0 Fort Valley State (SIAC) at Elizabeth City State (CIAA)
W0 Tuskegee (SIAC) vs. West Alabama (GSC)
W0 West Florida (GSC) at Lenoir-Rhyne (SAC)

W1 Central Washington (LSC) at Cal Poly (FCS)
W1 Elizabeth City State (CIAA) at North Carolina Central (FCS)
W1 Florida Memorial (NAIA) at Allen (SIAC)
W1 Northwood (GMAC) at Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC)
W1 Ohio Dominican (GMAC) at Edinboro (PSAC)
W1 West Alabama (GSC) at Lenoir-Rhyne (SAC)

W2 Michigan Tech (GLIAC) at Emporia State (MIAA)
W2 Northeastern State (IND) at Truman (GLVC)
W2 Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC) at Hillsdale (GMAC)
W3 Wisconsin-La Crosse (D3) at Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC)
W4 Fort Valley State (SIAC) at West Georgia (FCS)
W4 Warner (NAIA) at Clark Atlanta (SIAC)
W4 Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC) at Quincy (GLVC)
W6 American International (NE10) at Central Connecticut (FCS)

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Also learned how to file Freedom of Information Act requests for game contracts recently, so no one* is safe >:)

*Unless you're a private university, are in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, or Tennessee, or your name is Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

[ctrabs74]

A couple notes:

• I have yet to see explicit confirmation that Monroe will join the NE-10 for football. I put them there for now because that's what all signs are pointing to, but if it turns out they're an independent or something, I'll update accordingly.
• I decided not to explicitly list every teams open date because I think especially this early on, it impedes readability of the post. Every conference has their expected number of non-conference games beneath their name, so if a team under a conference doesn't have that many, its safe to assume they have some open dates.

AIC is scheduled to play Monroe University in Week 0 in Springfield, Mass. It's possible that Monroe will compete as an independent this season if they are in fact moving up to D2 and may eventually play a full NE-10 schedule in 2027 or 2028.

[mavsfan98]

Updates from the last 2 weeks:

W0 Chadron State (RMAC) at Northern State (NSIC)
W0 Emory & Henry (SAC) at Valdosta State (GSC)
W0 Erskine (CC) at Bluefield (NAIA)
W0 Florida Memorial (NAIA) at Edward Waters (SIAC)
W0 Fort Valley State (SIAC) at Elizabeth City State (CIAA)
W0 Tuskegee (SIAC) vs. West Alabama (GSC)
W0 West Florida (GSC) at Lenoir-Rhyne (SAC)

W1 Central Washington (LSC) at Cal Poly (FCS)
W1 Elizabeth City State (CIAA) at North Carolina Central (FCS)
W1 Florida Memorial (NAIA) at Allen (SIAC)
W1 Northwood (GMAC) at Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC)
W1 Ohio Dominican (GMAC) at Edinboro (PSAC)
W1 West Alabama (GSC) at Lenoir-Rhyne (SAC)

W2 Michigan Tech (GLIAC) at Emporia State (MIAA)
W2 Northeastern State (IND) at Truman (GLVC)
W2 Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC) at Hillsdale (GMAC)
W3 Wisconsin-La Crosse (D3) at Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC)
W4 Fort Valley State (SIAC) at West Georgia (FCS)
W4 Warner (NAIA) at Clark Atlanta (SIAC)
W4 Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC) at Quincy (GLVC)
W6 American International (NE10) at Central Connecticut (FCS)

This is missing Mankato at Colorado-Mesa week 0 yet.

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AIC is scheduled to play Monroe University in Week 0 in Springfield, Mass. It's possible that Monroe will compete as an independent this season if they are in fact moving up to D2 and may eventually play a full NE-10 schedule in 2027 or 2028.

Saw that AIC posted it on their socials, but I was waiting for it to go up on their website to see whether Monroe was listed as a conference opponent or not. Looks like they put it there today though, and your theory seems to be correct

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This is missing Mankato at Colorado-Mesa week 0 yet.

I've had it listed in the main post for a couple weeks, but I was waiting on official confirmation before I put it in an update post. I'll put it in the next one

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

I've had it listed in the main post for a couple weeks, but I was waiting on official confirmation before I put it in an update post. I'll put it in the next one

Colorado Mesa posted their schedule and made it official. https://cmumavericks.com/sports/football/schedule

[Tdobson]

Updates from the last 2 weeks:

W0 Chadron State (RMAC) at Northern State (NSIC)
W0 Emory & Henry (SAC) at Valdosta State (GSC)
W0 Erskine (CC) at Bluefield (NAIA)
W0 Florida Memorial (NAIA) at Edward Waters (SIAC)
W0 Fort Valley State (SIAC) at Elizabeth City State (CIAA)
W0 Tuskegee (SIAC) vs. West Alabama (GSC)
W0 West Florida (GSC) at Lenoir-Rhyne (SAC)

W1 Central Washington (LSC) at Cal Poly (FCS)
W1 Elizabeth City State (CIAA) at North Carolina Central (FCS)
W1 Florida Memorial (NAIA) at Allen (SIAC)
W1 Northwood (GMAC) at Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC)
W1 Ohio Dominican (GMAC) at Edinboro (PSAC)
W1 West Alabama (GSC) at Lenoir-Rhyne (SAC)

W2 Michigan Tech (GLIAC) at Emporia State (MIAA)
W2 Northeastern State (IND) at Truman (GLVC)
W2 Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC) at Hillsdale (GMAC)
W3 Wisconsin-La Crosse (D3) at Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC)
W4 Fort Valley State (SIAC) at West Georgia (FCS)
W4 Warner (NAIA) at Clark Atlanta (SIAC)
W4 Wayne State (MI) (GLIAC) at Quincy (GLVC)
W6 American International (NE10) at Central Connecticut (FCS)

Overall, how do D2 schools do when they face D3 schools in football?

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Updates from the past week:

W0 Chowan (CC) at West Virginia State (MEC)
W0 Concord (MEC) at Davidson (FCS)
W0 Kentucky Wesleyan (GMAC) at Kentucky Christian (NAIA)
W0 Minnesota State (NSIC) at Colorado Mesa (RMAC)
W0 Monroe (IND) at American International (NE10)
W0 Winona State (NSIC) at St. Thomas (FCS)

W1 Charleston (MEC) at California (PSAC)
W1 Erskine (CC) at West Florida (GSC)
W1 Tusculum (SAC) at East Tennessee State (FCS) [replaces Tusculum at Valdosta State same week]
W1 West Virginia State (MEC) at Robert Morris (FCS)

W2 Charleston (MEC) at North Greenville (CC)
W2 William Jewell (GLVC) at Kentucky Wesleyan (GMAC)
W3 American International (NE10) at Southern Connecticut (NE10)
W3 Shorter (CC) at West Florida (GSC)
W8 Monroe (IND) at West Virginia State (MEC)

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Overall, how do D2 schools do when they face D3 schools in football?

It's a little difficult to say, as there aren't nearly as many D2-D3 games as there are FBS-FCS, or even FCS-D2, so there's not as much data to go off of. It also depends a lot on who the opponents are; for instance, D2 teams went 1-3 against D3 teams this past season, but the 3 teams that lost had a combined record of 3-29 (and one of those wins was 2 of them playing against each other), so it's not exactly representative of the talent level in D2 as a whole.

I think overall D3 stacks up pretty well against D2, but I would give a slight edge to D2. I've only been following D2 football for a couple of years though, so I might not be the best person to ask on here

[Northeast01]

Also the D3 WIAC conference 1) plays the most games against D2 competition and 2) Is an atypical D3 conference, being comprised of public schools with enrollments that rival those in many D2 conferences

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Updates from the past 2 weeks

W0 Gannon (PSAC) at Davenport (GLIAC)
W0 Lane (SIAC) at Bethel (TN) (NAIA)
W0 Marian (NAIA) at Indianapolis (GLVC)
W0 Morehouse (SIAC) vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (FCS)
W0 UVA Wise (SAC) at Presbyterian (FCS)

W1 Chowan (CC) at UVA Wise (SAC)
W1 Southern Connecticut (NE10) at Wagner (FCS)
W1 Truman (GLVC) at Davenport (GLIAC)
W1 West Virginia Wesleyan (MEC) at Clarion (PSAC)

W2 Indianapolis (GLVC) at Davenport (GLIAC)
W2 Lincoln (PA) (CIAA) vs. Mississippi Valley State (FCS)
W3 Central State (SIAC) at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (FCS)
W3 Davenport (GLIAC) at Northern Michigan (GLIAC)
W3 Glenville State (MEC) at Mercyhurst (FCS)
W4 Kentucky Christian (NAIA) at Ferris State (GLIAC)
W7 Morehouse (SIAC) at Howard (FCS)

Michigan Tech also released their schedule, so I can confirm their Week 1 game against Midwestern State

[SW_Mustang]

8/27

VCSU @ SMSU
Colorado Mea @ Minnesota State Quincy @ Concordia St. Paul
Emporia State @ Minot
Chadron @ Northern State
Michigan Tech @ Bemidji
Northern Michigan @ Moorhead

8/29

Jamestown @ Upper Iowa

[ctrabs74]

East Stroudsburg (PSAC) at Pace (NE-10) confirmed for Sept. 4

[Brandon]

East Stroudsburg (PSAC) at Pace (NE-10) confirmed for Sept. 4

tHANKS. i had been looking for that.