Atlantic Sun conference to sponsor FCS football.

[ISUBU]

Central Arkansas, Jacksonville State, and EKU are going to join the new FCS Atlantic Sun in 2022. This further weakens the Southland (which is also losing teams to the new WAC) and is a big hit to the OVC.

The new ASun is looking for one more team, which will then give it enough to gain an autobid. So when these two new conferences are up and running, that'll be two fewer at-large bids available. Will EIU return to the top of the OVC?

 

[topiarydan]

Wow that is a hit big time.

 

[glenn_ma]

The MVC is looking to add one more team with the addition of North Dakota. Is there any better team other than EIU that is a good fit for illinois state?
Travel/cost as well as the game with EIU will no longer be a non confrence game.

 

[Redbird222]

The MVC is looking to add one more team with the addition of North Dakota. Is there any better team other than EIU that is a good fit for illinois state?
Travel/cost as well as the game with EIU will no longer be a non confrence game.

How about Murray St. MSU and Belmont leave Ohio Valley and join MVC .... maybe?

 

[ISU86]

How about Murray St. MSU and Belmont leave Ohio Valley and join MVC .... maybe?

Belmont/Murray State would keep the private/public balance the MVC seems to need to keep.