The Big Sky Conference had a tremendous year in 2021. The league sent a record five teams to the postseason, saw one of its programs appear in the national championship and was home to the Walter Payton Award winner. It’ll be hard to top all that but, at the same time, the conference didn’t exactly get weaker since then.
In a modern college football world where re-alignment seems to be affecting everyone, the Big Sky came through relatively unscathed losing only Southern Utah. With 12 teams still in the fray, the league again looks to be one of the FCS’ best in 2022.