FBS Teams on Upset Alert vs. FCS Opponents in 2016

Posted by Brian Pedersen on June-30-2016 Add Comments

College football's top division split into two in the late 1970s, and ever since it's been the drive of FCS teams to show they can still compete with the big boys. They don't happen often, but whenever a lower-division team is able to knock off an FBS opponent, it's cause for celebration.

Last year saw FCS teams go 9-96 against the FBS. Though most of the victims were from the bottom of the FBS barrel—Washington State lost at home to Portland State to open the season and went on to win nine games. That was one of two FBS teams that Portland State knocked off, also beating North Texas four weeks later by a score of 66-7.

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