Fun with cfbtrivia, pt. 2

I’ve been crunching some numbers again.  It looks like there are 85 games this weekend involving an FBS team.  Of those 85, more than half (47) feature an FBS vs. FCS matchup.  And there are many more FBS-FCS games in the coming weeks.

Since 2006–when the regular season went to 12 games–the growing trend has been to play more FBS-FCS games, usually in the first few weeks of the season.  It’s a somewhat anti-climatic way to begin the season.  The plus-side is it means we get to see some pretty cool upsets every year.  And yes, they happen EVERY YEAR….

In 2011, six FBS teams lost to an FCS team.  Three of them were P5/BCS teams.

In 2012, ten FBS teams lost to an FCS team.  Two of them were P5/BCS teams.

In 2013, 16 FBS teams lost to an FCS team.  Four of them were P5/BCS teams (not including AAC schools, who were technically BCS at the time.  But for the record, three AAC teams lost to an FCS team that year).

2014, eight FBS teams lost to a FCS team.  Only one of them was a P5 team.

And in 2015, nine FBS teams lost to an FCS team.  Three of them were P5 teams.

This weekend, of the 47 FBS-FCS matchups, 22 involve a P5 team (including Utah vs. SUU).  Are we likely to see an FCS team upset a P5 team this weekend?  I say yes.  Will it be the Utah-SUU game?  Hell no.  

But definitely someone is about to get pantsed.

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