![]() Appalachian State won at least 10 games five times during a seven-season stretch (2015-21) and outright won or shared four Sun Belt titles, three under Scott Satterfield and one in Eli Drinkwitz’s lone season in Boone. Indeed, a perennial power in the FCS has been a model of success since moving up. Last year’s 6-6 showing was the worst since the Mountaineers elevated to the FBS. 3, 2022 (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. The program, which was launched in 2010 under Bill Curry’s direction, lost 24 of its first 25 games as an FBS member.Īppalachian State set a school attendance mark when 40,168 packed Kidd Brewer Stadium for North. The Panthers have been to five bowl games (3-2) with the last four under Shawn Elliott. The best season was 2021 when the Panthers went 8-5, including a Camellia Bowl win over Ball State. Prior to last year’s 4-8 showing, which included losing their last three games by a total of 10 points, GSU had winning seasons in four of the previous five years. For Miami coach Larry Coker got the program off the ground and coached the Roadrunners for six seasons. The program, which won the C-USA title in 2021, is looking for its first bowl win after four losses. They arrive in the American having won 23 games the last two years under Jeff Traylor, and being ranked as high as No. The Roadrunners spent the last 10 years in Conference USA and 2023 will be their first as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The first (2011) was as an FCS independent before jumping to the FBS in 2012 as a member of the WAC. Texas-San Antonio has been playing football for only 12 seasons. Kinne makes his FBS head-coaching debut this season in San Marcos. Hence, they have yet to taste postseason play. The Bobcats were passed over for a bowl that year. A 4-8 showing each of the past two seasons represents the high-water mark since going 7-5 in 2014, the program’s only winning season since moving up. The Bobcats have been a member of the Sun Belt since 2013 after spending their first season of FBS affiliation in the WAC, which had its last season as an FBS conference in 2012. The previous high for wins was six on three occasions. It was not until last year, Kane Wommack’s second as coach in Mobile, that the Jaguars had their first winning season (10-3) as an FBS member. After one season in the FCS, it was off to the Sun Belt in 2012. The first two years, 20, USA won all 17 of its games while playing as an unclassified program and with a schedule that included prep schools, JUCOs and Division III teams. South Alabama has been playing football for only 14 seasons and took a very quick and unusual route to the FBS. He previously led the then-FCS program for five seasons (2004-2008) and took it the FCS title game in 2006 while a member of the Atlantic-10. Long-time defensive coordinator Don Brown returned to Amherst in November 2021 to take over the coaching duties. UMass, which became an independent in 2016 after four years in the MAC, is 21-103 as an FBS member. The Minutemen have lost 39 of their last 42 games, including three to FCS opponents, and have not won more than four games in any of their 11 seasons since elevating to the FBS. Here is a look at how the Dukes and other teams that recently made the jump to college football’s highest level have fared. James Madison joined the FBS in 2022, the first program to elevate from the FCS in four years. The Gamecocks, who will receive a reported $1.3 million in a meeting of Gamecocks at South Carolina on November 4, are 7-22 against FBS opponents. Keeler, whose first head-coaching job was at Rowan (NJ) University, has a career mark of 259-100. ![]() He won a national title at UD in 2003 and took the Blue Hens to the national title game in 20. Keeler, who succeeded Fritz in 2014, is 85-27 in nine seasons in Huntsville after arriving from Delaware, his alma mater. They won it all during the revamped 2020 season, which was pushed back to spring 2021 due to the pandemic. Starting with a 14-1 campaign under Willie Fritz in 2011, the Bearkats went to the FCS playoffs nine times in an 11-year stretch. Sam Houston State was an FCS power for much of the past decade. Rodriguez, whose coaching timeline includes stints at Arizona (2012-17), Michigan (2008-10) and West Virginia (2001-07), has a career mark of 172-121-2. Last season was Rich Rodriguez’s first in northeast Alabama, which resulted in a 9-2 campaign. The Gamecocks played for FCS supremacy in 2015, losing to North Dakota State. Starting with Bill Clark’s lone season as coach in 2013 and continuing through the end of John Grass’ tenure in 2021, JSU had six seasons of at least 10 wins. Both programs have enjoyed much recent success. ![]()
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