Week 6 FCS Football Schedule, How To Watch

Zachary McKinnell | Sep 30, 2025

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It's a massive weekend of FCS football with four ranked matchups headlining the Week 6 schedule. No. 1 North Dakota State travels to No. 6 Illinois, and No. 2 South Dakota State hits the road to face No. 24 Youngstown State; both games have major implications on the MVFC race.

No. 5 Montana State also travels to Flagstaff to face No. 13 Northern Arizona in a huge Big Sky matchup. The final ranked matchup is a UAC battle between No. 16 West Georgia and No. 22 Austin Peay.

Below are the biggest FCS games on the Week 6 schedule, including every matchup that features a Top 25 program.

Week 6 FCS Football Schedule

Friday, Oct. 3

No. 8 Rhode Island vs Brown (6 pm CT, ESPN+)

Columbia at Princeton (6:30 pm CT, ESPNU)

Saturday, Oct. 4

Yale at No. 9 Lehigh (11 am CT, ESPN+)

San Diego at Marist (11 am CT, ESPN+)

Richmond at Bucknell (11 am CT, ESPN+)

Sacred Heart at Central Connecticut State (11 am CT, NEC Front Row)

Stonehill at Duquesne (11 am CT, NEC Front Row)

Fordham at Lafayette (11:30 am CT, ESPN+)

Western Illinois at No. 11 Tennessee Tech (Noon CT, ESPN+)

Delaware State at No. 14 Monmouth (Noon CT, FloSports)

Dayton at Morehead State (Noon CT, ESPN+)

Dartmouth at Penn (Noon CT, ESPN+)

No. 18 Villanova at New Hampshire (Noon CT, FloSports)

Morgan State at Georgetown (Noon CT, ESPN+)

Valparaiso at Drake (Noon CT, ESPN+)

Long Island at Mercyhurst (Noon CT, ESPN+)

Robert Morris at Merrimack (Noon CT, ESPN+)

Charleston Southern at Gardner-Webb (12:30 pm CT, ESPN+)

Western Carolina at Wofford (12:30 pm CT, ESPN+)

Chattanooga at VMI (12:30 pm CT, ESPN+)

Campbell at NC State (1 pm CT, ESPN+)

ETSU at Furman (1 pm CT, ESPN+)

No. 25 Harvard at Holy Cross (1 pm CT, ESPN+)

UT Martin at Lindenwood (1 pm CT, ESPN+)

Maine at Bryant (1 pm CT, FloSports)

Colgate at Cornell (1 pm CT, ESPN+)

Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois (2 pm CT, ESPN+)

North Alabama at No. 19 Abilene Christian (2 pm CT, ESPN+)

Bethune-Cookman at Alabama State (2 pm CT, SWAC TV)

Murray State at No. 21 South Dakota (2 pm CT, ESPN+)

Florida A&M at Mississippi Valley State (2 pm CT, SWAC TV)

North Carolina A&T at William & Mary (2:30 pm CT, FloSports)

UAlbany at Stony Brook (2:30 pm CT, FloSports)

Samford at Mercer (3 pm CT, ESPN+)

Elon at Towson (3 pm CT, FloSports)

No. 16 West Georgia at No. 22 Austin Peay (3 pm CT, ESPN+)

Norfolk State at Hampton (3 pm CT, FloSports)

Prairie View A&M at Alcorn State (3 pm CT, SWAC TV)

Nicholls at No. 20 Lamar (3 pm CT, ESPN+)

No. 5 Montana State at No. 13 Northern Arizona (4 pm CT, ESPN+)

Utah Tech at Central Arkansas (4 pm CT, ESPN+)

No. 15 North Dakota at Northern Iowa (4 pm CT, ESPN+)

No. 17 Jackson State vs Alabama A&M (5 pm CT, HBCU GO)

No. 2 South Dakota State at No. 24 Youngstown State (5 pm CT, ESPN+)

Indiana State at No. 10 Southern Illinois (6 pm CT, ESPN+)

Portland State at Eastern Washington (6 pm CT, ESPN+)

Southern Utah at No. 3 Tarleton State (6 pm CT, ESPN+)

No. 1 North Dakota State at No. 6 Illinois State (6 pm CT, ESPN+)

Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese (6 pm CT, ESPN+)

Stephen F. Austin at Incarnate Word (6 pm CT, ESPN+)

East Texas A&M at Northwestern State (6 pm CT, ESPN+)

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Texas Southern (6 pm CT, SWAC TV)

No. 7 UC Davis at Cal Poly (7 pm CT, ESPN+)

Houston Christian at UTRGV (7 pm CT, ESPN+)

No. 4 Montana at Idaho State (7 pm CT, ESPN+)

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