With all the past two week’s headlines of teams moving up to the FBS level, it might get lost that the FCS level has seen a recent influx of some new programs as well. That’s a good thing.
With conferences like the WAC losing the likes of Sam Houston State in the near future, new blood needs to come in somewhere. As you might expect, the FCS does what everyone else as of late has been doing: dip down a level and see who fits the bill to come up. Enter the Dixie State Trailblazers.
Now, Dixie State actually moved up from the Division II ranks last season and have already begun competing in the FCS.