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When it comes to FCS vs FBS games, it's a necessary evil in the eyes of the college football world. FCS opponents help FBS teams fill in schedule gaps, are cheaper to schedule than other FBS teams and add home games without having to deal with a return trip.
Each season, FCS teams travel to these games with dreams of pulling a shocker. And every year, these upsets happen. In 2014, there were seven such upsets. In 2013, 15 FCS teams claimed an FBS scalp.
2015 features 107 of these matchups. Below the teams are grouped into five tiers by how likely it is the FCS team could win, The games in each team aren't ranked by any likelihood of winning, but rather when the game happens.
Tier 1 - Very Possible
- South Dakota State vs Kansas
- Northern Iowa vs Iowa State
- Presbyterian vs Charlotte
- William & Mary vs Virginia
- Liberty vs Georgia State
Tier 2 - Eyebrow Raiser
- New Hampshire vs San Jose State
- Illinois State vs Iowa
- Maine vs Boston College
- Sam Houston State vs Texas Tech
- Florida A&M vs South Florida
- Youngstown State vs Pittsburgh
- Western Illinois vs Illinois
- Indiana State vs Purdue
- Wofford vs Idaho
- Maine vs Tulane
- James Madison vs SMU
- Portland State vs North Texas
Tier 3 - If The Ball Bounces Right...
- Villanova vs Connecticut
- UC Davis vs Nevada
- Fordham vs Army
- Stony Brook vs Toledo
- Weber State vs Oregon State
- Portland State vs Washington State
- Wagner vs Rice
- Presbyterian vs Miami (OH)
- Southern Illinois vs Indiana
- Gardner-Webb vs South Alabama
- Tennessee Tech vs Houston
- Charleston Southern vs Troy
- Southeastern Louisiana vs Ohio
- Idaho State vs UNLV
- Austin Peay vs Vanderbilt
- North Carolina Central vs Florida Intl
- UC Davis vs Hawaii
- Bucknell vs Army
Tier 4 - Doubtful But Possible
- Elon vs Wake Forest
- VMI vs Ball State
- Southern Utah vs Utah State
- Abilene Christian vs Fresno State
- Rhode Island vs Syracuse
- Norfolk State vs Rutgers
- Richmond vs Maryland
- Wofford vs Clemson
- Albany vs Buffalo
- Howard vs Appalachian State
- North Dakota vs Wyoming
- Missouri State vs Memphis
- Howard vs Boston College
- Sacramento State vs Washington
- Austin Peay vs Southern Mississippi
- Eastern Illinois vs Northwestern
- Eastern Kentucky vs NC State
- Nicholls State vs Louisiana Monroe
- Norfolk State vs Old Dominion
- Central Arkansas vs Oklahoma State
- Murray State vs Western Michigan
- The Citadel vs South Carolina
Tier 5 - No Chance
- Tennessee-Martin vs Ole Miss
- Colgate vs Navy
- Morgan State vs Air Force
- Grambling State vs California
- Lamar vs Baylor
- Bethune-Cookman vs Miami (FL)
- Towson vs East Carolina
- Alcorn State vs Georgia Tech
- Savannah State vs Colorado State
- McNeese State vs LSU
- San Diego vs San Diego State
- Mississippi Valley State vs New Mexico
- Southeast Missouri State vs Missouri
- Alabama A&M vs Cincinnati
- Prairie View A&M vs Texas State
- Southern vs Louisiana Tech
- Jackson State vs Middle Tennessee State
- South Dakota vs Kansas State
- Eastern Washington vs Oregon
- Stephen F Austin vs TCU
- Jacksonville State vs Auburn
- Liberty vs West Virginia
- Idaho State vs Boise State
- Monmouth vs Central Michigan
- Murray State vs Northern Illinois
- Savannah State vs Akron
- Furman vs Virginia Tech
- North Carolina Central vs Duke
- North Carolina A&T vs North Carolina
- Delaware State vs Kent State
- Northwestern State vs Louisiana Lafayette
- Cal Poly vs Arizona State
- Norfolk State vs Marshall
- Northwestern State vs Mississippi State
- The Citadel vs Georgia Southern
- Furman vs UCF
- Missouri State vs Arkansas State
- Western Carolina vs Tennessee
- Northern Arizona vs Arizona
- Nicholls State vs Colorado
- Delaware vs North Carolina
- Incarnate Word vs UTEP
- Samford vs Louisville
- Eastern Kentucky vs Kentucky
- Wagner vs BYU
- Tennessee-Martin vs Arkansas
- Southern vs Georgia
- Western Carolina vs Texas A&M
- Charleston Southern vs Alabama
- Chattanooga vs Florida State