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2026 Football Schedule Thread

Agree.. we should be competitive season 1 in MAC. If ZO is going to succeed he needs to use the collective experience of strong coaching staff to start & finish strong.
I like ZO passion. Pray for his team to thrive. But I hope they as a staff GEL quickly and prepare for the season. In my opinion 7-5 minimum in 2026 is a solid start first yr HC.
I’m very excited to be in the MAC.
 
Anything less than 2-2 in OOC play + 2-6 in MAC would be total disaster. 4-8 in first FBS season would be minimally acceptable record IMO.

It's hard to say not knowing our full OOC, and MAC schedule, but man 5-7 or 6-6 would be incredible.

Winning 4 or 5 FBS games in year one would be huge.
 
Above .500 first year FBS, when the jump was not planned, would be an unheard of. Sure 8 MAC games is easier than 7 Pac-12 games. But the MAC still have dominated their FCS opponents. There are 4-10 FCS over FBS every year.

www.ncaa.com

FCS wins vs. FBS teams: All-time victories, upsets, wins vs. ranked teams

FCS (and I-AA) programs have upset FBS (I-AA) teams time and again through the years. Here's a list of the FCS stunners against FBS teams.
www.ncaa.com www.ncaa.com


It’s an FCS roster, with momentum for improvement in the program, but there’s a reason there are only a handful of FCS over FBS every year. The lines between FBS and FCS are blurred with NIL and revenue sharing, but I don’t think there’s a huge shift in resources that would predict SAC to be above .500
 
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