Atlantic Sun Conference (FCS)
Overview: The Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun) is undergoing numerous changes long before beginning its second season of play within the FCS ranks. In November 2021, the Jacksonville State University Gamecocks announced their intentions to leave the FCS and A-Sun and join the FBS and Conference USA in time for the 2023 season. That will leave the fledgling circuit with just five teams taking the field this fall in Austin Peay, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Kennesaw State, and North Alabama.
For the second straight season, the A-Sun will join forces with another relative newcomer to the FCS ranks in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Like the A-Sun, the WAC will have just five squads playing football this season, with Abilene Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar, Stephen F. Austin, and Southern Utah squaring off for supremacy on that side of the alliance. Also, the WAC will lose one of its charter members to the FBS ranks, as Sam Houston State will join Jacksonville State in moving to Conference USA in 2023.
For those fans looking for a favorite to finish in first place in a five-team A-Sun Conference this fall, Kennesaw State (11-2 overall) appears to be that team, as the Owls hope to advance to the FCS playoffs for the fifth time in the last six seasons dating back to the 2017 season. However, they must push their way past a tough early-season schedule that includes visits to Samford and defending American Athletic Conference (AAC) champion Cincinnati during the first two weeks of 2022.
NOTE: If the link to the team's schedule is not highlighted, the team has not submitted its schedule for the 2022 season. When the team's schedule is submitted, the link (s) will appear in each blog post. Also, please visit the RFC blog at realfootballcentral.blogspot.com for schedules, schedule updates, preseason previews, and much more.
2022 Schedules (Teams listed in alphabetical order, click the links below to access to find the schedules)
NOTE: If the link to the team's schedule is not highlighted, the team has not submitted its schedule for the 2022 season. When the team's schedule is submitted, the link (s) will appear in each blog post. Also, please visit the RFC blog at realfootballcentral.blogspot.com for schedules, schedule updates, preseason previews, and much more.
*-Ineligible for the conference title and postseason play, transitioning to the FBS.
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