West Florida added to the 2027 schedule

[Znelson15]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2074197240067801480

 

[grizband]

They were the 2019 Division II national champions and now play in the UAC alongside teams like Abilene Christian, Austin Peay, and Central Arkansas. 2026 will be West Florida's first season playing in the UAC, and their first playing at the FCS level.

 

[Da Boyz Mom]

$300,000 seems like a lot to pay a school that just became FCS. But admittedly I don't really know much about what the normal payouts are.

 

[Griz til I die]

FBSchedules is legit. They do a great job of uncovering non-conference games. West Florida will be in their first FCS season this year joining the UAC. They have a recent D2 national title within the last decade, and they're going to be building a new stadium. This is a good add. Still have one hole to fill in 2027 but Lehigh and West Florida are solid non-conference games!

 

[Znelson15]

FBSchedules is legit. They do a great job of uncovering non-conference games. West Florida will be in their first FCS season this year joining the UAC. They have a recent D2 national title within the last decade, and they're going to be building a new stadium. This is a good add. Still have one hole to fill in 2027 but Lehigh and West Florida are solid non-conference games!

The new stadium looks awesome. I really like the combo of Lehigh and west florida coming here for 2027 as well

 

[DoubleNicks]

According to https://goargos.com/news/2026/4/2/uwf-athletics-announces-move-to-ncaa-division-i-athletics-joins-atlantic-sun-conference-united-athletic-conference.aspx this will be their first year in the UAC and will be playoff eligible in 2029.

 

[Da Boyz Mom]

It's cool to start playing some of these newer teams that we've never seen before.

 

[DoubleNicks]

Wow, I'm struggling trying to post on my phone haha

 

[Griz til I die]

That leaves one hole to fill on 9/11. We host Lehigh on 9/4 and we host West Florida on 9/18. One important note is that in 2027 we only have 4 home conference games. So we will have 5 road conference games as the Big Sky plans to rotate that each year. So do the Griz decide to schedule all home games for non-conference to ensure another season of 7 home games? I tend to think they will. This gives us the minimum requirement of 6 home games that the AD looks for, but after 3 consecutive seasons of at least 7 home games, I'd imagine they'd like to keep that going. So I say look for one more home game on 9/11.

 

[GriznMN]

Still have one hole to fill in 2027 but Lehigh and West Florida are solid non-conference games!

Drake in Des Moines, IA? Asking for the Liechti family.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

Drake in Des Moines, IA? Asking for the Liechti family.

Might as well wish for a game in Whitehall.