Citing scheduling flexibility the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference released a joint statement on Thursday announcing a proposal for a permanent move to 12 games for FCS teams. The proposal will be submitted into the upcoming legislative cycle and a decision is likely many months away.
With only 12 weekends between Labor Day weekend and the third week of November, the last of the FCS regular season, FCS teams are restricted to only 11 games during most seasons. The only exception are years where there are 13 weekends in that same time period, i.