2026 Week 0 FCS Football Schedule: Kickoff Times and How To Watch

The 2026 FCS football season is finally here! It’s officially time to shift our focus to a loaded slate of Week 0 games across the country.

Due to multiple conferences moving to a 9-game conference schedule, there are multiple key conference matchups that will kick off the season, including William & Mary-Villanova, Lehigh-Holy Cross, Eastern Washington-Northern Arizona, Montana-Southern Utah, and Stephen F. Austin-McNeese.

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We have two Top 25 matchups that will headline Week 0, starting with No. 15 Abilene Christian traveling to No. 20 Lamar. It’s a postseason rematch from last season, in which the Wildcats eliminated the Cardinals in the first round of the playoffs. No. 14 Tennessee Tech will also host No. 22 Monmouth as the Golden Eagles look to live up to lofty preseason expectations, while the Hawks enter Year 1 of the Jeff Gallo era.

Below are the biggest FCS games on the Week 0 schedule, including every matchup that features a Top 25 program.

Thursday, August 27

Maine at Towson (6 pm ET, FloSports)

Mercyhurst at No. 9 Youngstown State (6 pm ET, ESPN+)

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Stony Brook at Delaware State (6 pm ET, ESPN+)

Virginia-Lynchburg at Hampton (6 pm ET, FloSports)

Ohio Dominican at Morehead State (6 pm ET, ESPN+)

UVA-Wise at Presbyterian (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Winona State at St. Thomas (7 pm ET, MidCoSports+)

Glenville State at Elon (7 pm ET, FloSports)

Northwestern (IA) at Western Illinois (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Lafayette at Georgetown (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Houston Christian at No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Eastern Illinois at Murray State (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Mississippi Valley State at Nicholls (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

No. 16 Southern Illinois at West Florida (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

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Gardner-Webb at No. 17 Austin Peay (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Chattanooga at West Georgia (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Charleston Southern at Lindenwood (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Concord at Davidson (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Anderson at Furman (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

South Dakota Mines at Drake (7:30 pm ET, ESPN+)

Central Arkansas at No. 23 UT Martin…

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