Who is the home team in 2027?

harvard

Sweet!

Still super cool.

Awesome schedule pickup. One quirk of the FCS is that we don't get many opportunities to have road trips to major cities. Boston/Cambridge could be a great experience for the team in addition to the east coast recruiting potential

Could be?

I think we have to thank Rocko for this due to his east coast experience at UMass. In addition to his overall success at UC Davis.

"Game added as Pending"

This is an intriguing matchup if it happens. Probably looking at a touchdown or less of separation on the scoreboard. High quality, FCS playoff-caliber opponent. A chance to play at the venerable old Harvard Stadium - priceless. Academic opportunities with the trip to Boston - take a couple extra days. This is a nice little opportunity in my opinion.

Indeed but I'd be sad if this replaces any of the NDSU home-home announced last Fall.

Good point, but I don't see any future schedules on a quick glance at the NDSU football site. They do have several trips to CA on the '26 schedule (Sac & SJSU).

Hopefully Davis is smart enough to play only one FBS game, as long as they are FCS. More hurts playoff chances. They could play two if the games were both against lesser FBS programs. I'd rather they play NDSU than SMU, but they play the FBS game for cash, and NDSU isn't going to be a big check.

See y'all in Cambridge.

I went to grad school in Boston. This should be so much fun. I'll be there!

Among a small sample of my millennial friends in the area I'm noticing a change in attitude/interest about this matchup compared to others. Let's face it, for folks who don't follow D1 ball there are really only a handful of household name programs you cans schedule at either level and this is the gold mine of them all basically.

It’s now a home-home series. 9/18/2027 there, 9/20/31 here.

If we are still FCS in 2031

what's the % that is the case you think? FCS in 2031?

FCS Football - Facebook:

"If you've wondered whether Ivy League programs will seek tougher nonconference games to bolster playoff resumes, Harvard has moved its chess piece:

2027 Season
vs. UC Davis

2028 Season
at Montana State
vs. Wofford

2031 Season
at UC Davis
vs. Richmond

2032 Season
at Richmond"

https://www.facebook.com/100064683403509/posts/pfbid0sUpG5FzFmNtBZGMTy9FWcBktoGCHg2VwyDDMnoSKkFUy9fwajvfbKn96CkMLAQm5l/?mibextid=CDWPTG

Wow the Ivys playing a tough non con could easily be a two bid league most years.

Agree 100%. It's good to finally see them escalate. Everyone thinks they're non-scholarship, and while it is hard to get into those places, there are plenty of players on all their rosters paying $0 to attend (or with the money to pay full boat). Same with the Pioneer schools; the top of that conference gets very creative with financial aid

boy, i have no idea what the college football landscape will look like in the next 5 years. I think our success in the Mountain West in other sports the next couple of seasons will either accelerate or decelerate the effort for football.

You don’t have to be very creative with student aid when tuition is free for students families making less than $200,0000 and families making less than 100,000 get everything free. Harvard's policy.

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