Future 2026 schedule and a 9 SEC slate

[Lord McBuckethead]

I am for it. I also would like to see one of the other ones have to be a BIG10 matchup home and away rotating. Set weekend time to do it every year.

For instance, all teams play week 3 against the BIG10.

[Todd4State]

I think that is what is inevitably going to happen.

[BravesDoggy]

Mississippi State, Arkansas and Vandy will get an annual rotation of Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon while Alabama, Georgia, and Texas will enjoy their annual matchups with Northwestern, Purdue, and Rutgers

[DownwardDawg]

If we play 9 SEC games, the other 3 games should be Umass, Jacksonville State, and Tulane.

[BravesDoggy]

If we play 9 SEC games, the other 3 games should be Umass, Jacksonville State, and Tulane.

I think the "free" FCS win games should be done away with. And if you are going to go with a 9 game league schedule and a mandantory BiG/SEC game, then the 6 win bowl mandate should be dropped. We are barely fielding enough bowl eligible teams anyway so who cares if a 5-7 SEC or Big Ten team plays in the Tiddlywink Bowl.

[DawgFromOxford]

I think the "free" FCS win games should be done away with. And if you are going to go with a 9 game league schedule and a mandantory BiG/SEC game, then the 6 win bowl mandate should be dropped. We are barely fielding enough bowl eligible teams anyway so who cares if a 5-7 SEC or Big Ten team plays in the Tiddlywink Bowl.

This. I'd rather watch us play 12 P4 opponents that are fun match ups than us beat a team like MTSU 3 or 4 times a year.

[Political Hack]

I like the "only one FCS team per year" rule towards bowl eligibility. They should do the same with non-P4 schools. You only get 1 per year. That would give teams 1-2 "warm up" games per year to get film and work out kinks before hitting the conference schedule. With the addition of playoff games and conference championship games, having 1-2 lighter weeks throughout the season (e.g., game 1 and Homecoming) gives the players bodies a little time to heal if needed.

[BravesDoggy]

I just think the FCS is so bad now at the bottom end. Now that teams like Liberty, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw, Sam Houston, etc have all moved to D1, you have a small tier of good teams and then total trash. Programs would be stupid to schedule a Montana or North Dakota State and we get absolutely nothing out of demolishing a SWAC team or East TN State. Nobody goes to the game and if you did away with the 6 win requirement that free FCS win is meaningless anyway. There are still enough teams at the bottom of the FBS that you could easily guarantee a win or 2.