UC Riverside moved up to D1 BEFORE Davis! Bakersfield moved to D1 at basically the same time as Davis! The only D2 school to move up in the Big West was UC San Diego, since Davis has been a member. This move by Davis is an eye towards the future. They can move football to FBS and are already in a FBS football conference
Congratulations to UC Davis for gaining an invite to the Mountain West. I believe the move buys them time to plan on expanding UC Davis Heatlh Stadium so it can be meet the requirements for an FBS Stadium. They have the leadership and many heavy hitter donors to make a move to the FBS possible. The only issue I'm seeing is when the process can start and how long it would take. With regard to Sacramento State, I think their future lies in going back to Division II, where they belong. They should just drop football along with at least five other sports. Then whatever is left can join the California Collegiate Athletic Association with rivalries like Chico State, Stanislaus State, Sonoma State and Cal State East Bay awaiting their arrival. Sac State has always been Sacramento's red-headed stepchild even before the Kings arrived. While UC Davis is an important part of Davis' culture and identity, the same cannot be said for Sac State being part of the Sacramento community. I really believe that Sac State is in over its head trying to elevate itself as a viable Division I athletic program when nobody in Sacramento has ever cared about anything they've done. So let's just face reality and send them back to where they need to be, in Division II.
The PAC needs another football team by 2026 or they lose playoff eligibility. When Sac St moves to FBS, it will take 2 to 3 years to transition. This will miss the 2026 deadline.
There is a 2 year transition process going from FCS to FBS. During the 2 year transition the team is ineligible for a FBS bowl game. However, does this mean the FCS transitional team does not count against the 8 team requirement in the second year of transition?
UC-Davis is in the FCS football championship playoffs. If the UC-Davis moved up to FBS football status in 2026 now,, they would lose being in the FCS championship playoffs in 2024, and possibly 2025. Something UC-Davis at this time doesn't desire. Having said that UC-Davis COULD more up to FBS football status in 2026, announce it then, and keep their FCS football championship status until then. Furthermore, there are other items that have to be upgraded which I am sure UC-Davis would have no problems meeting with some investment. Surely the Mountain West will be more lucrative than the present Big West, noticed Hawaii did so with all of the other sports after having already done so with football... I haven't a clue whether UC-Davis would do this later, or be able to finance the investment, but they could... I do know UC-Davis football stadium isn't large enough, but I do know it could be expanded easily, with investment...
You guys should do some more homework instead of idle speculation. RE: Davis or Sac moving up to FBS. The NCAA now charges FCS schools wanting to move up, $5M dollars! That replaces the old fee of $5,000.00 which was a mere pittance. They are trying to do two things: 1). Slow the migration of FCS schools to FBS as a means of protecting the FCS conferences and at the same time make sure schools wanting to move up have the financial wherewithal to operate at the FBS level. They are hoping to weed out "weak sisters" that can't afford the full cost of going D1. 2). Both the BIG 10 and the SEC have publicly stated they oppose the creation of more FBS schools. In their self-interest they see more FBS schools (G5's) as more mouths to feed with distributions from the CFP. Their has been open speculation within the two conferences about the two of them breaking away from the NCAA and forming their own college football system. The NCAA seems to be willing to give the two super conferences whatever they want as a means of preserving the current structure of college football. From a facilities standpoint, Davis needs D1 quality training facilities (they don't yet have) and the stadium would need to be expanded from its current 10k seats to at a minimum 20k. The facility was designed to be able to go to 30k seats max. The stadium is less than 20 years old and is a pretty nice facility for what it is. Sac St. needs to spend a lot more money on facilities to get to where Davis is right now. They need a new on-campus arena and they need a new stadium. Those two items alone could be a $300M - $500M price tag. Where's the money coming from? Davis will be D1 in football before Sac State. Of course, more FCS to FBS migration will likely only happen if Congress inserts themselves into the college football business and starts looking at the anti-trust implications of what the big schools are doing. If Congress creates some rules that the biggest schools have to live by, we will likely see more FCS schools migrate to FBS. Congress getting involved would likely preserve the power of the NCAA as well and it would put the brakes on a lot of the conference realignment etc. that is currently going on.
UC Riverside moved up to D1 BEFORE Davis! Bakersfield moved to D1 at basically the same time as Davis! The only D2 school to move up in the Big West was UC San Diego, since Davis has been a member.
This move by Davis is an eye towards the future. They can move football to FBS and are already in a FBS football conference
let's do it. SJSU, UC Davis, Sac State, UNR - this is like the HWY 80 division..
Congratulations to UC Davis for gaining an invite to the Mountain West. I believe the move buys them time to plan on expanding UC Davis Heatlh Stadium so it can be meet the requirements for an FBS Stadium. They have the leadership and many heavy hitter donors to make a move to the FBS possible. The only issue I'm seeing is when the process can start and how long it would take. With regard to Sacramento State, I think their future lies in going back to Division II, where they belong. They should just drop football along with at least five other sports. Then whatever is left can join the California Collegiate Athletic Association with rivalries like Chico State, Stanislaus State, Sonoma State and Cal State East Bay awaiting their arrival. Sac State has always been Sacramento's red-headed stepchild even before the Kings arrived. While UC Davis is an important part of Davis' culture and identity, the same cannot be said for Sac State being part of the Sacramento community. I really believe that Sac State is in over its head trying to elevate itself as a viable Division I athletic program when nobody in Sacramento has ever cared about anything they've done. So let's just face reality and send them back to where they need to be, in Division II.
How well will UC Davis be in Mountain West co-ed volleyball?
It would also cost $5 million to move from FCS to FBS.
The PAC needs another football team by 2026 or they lose playoff eligibility. When Sac St moves to FBS, it will take 2 to 3 years to transition. This will miss the 2026 deadline.
There is a 2 year transition process going from FCS to FBS. During the 2 year transition the team is ineligible for a FBS bowl game. However, does this mean the FCS transitional team does not count against the 8 team requirement in the second year of transition?
Northern Illinois is the football program. Sac st isnt a candidate
UC-Davis is in the FCS football championship playoffs. If the UC-Davis moved up to FBS football status in 2026 now,, they would lose being in the FCS championship playoffs in 2024, and possibly 2025. Something UC-Davis at this time doesn't desire. Having said that UC-Davis COULD more up to FBS football status in 2026, announce it then, and keep their FCS football championship status until then. Furthermore, there are other items that have to be upgraded which I am sure UC-Davis would have no problems meeting with some investment. Surely the Mountain West will be more lucrative than the present Big West, noticed Hawaii did so with all of the other sports after having already done so with football... I haven't a clue whether UC-Davis would do this later, or be able to finance the investment, but they could... I do know UC-Davis football stadium isn't large enough, but I do know it could be expanded easily, with investment...
Sac State needs to build facilities before talking about moving up. See Davis.
You guys should do some more homework instead of idle speculation. RE: Davis or Sac moving up to FBS. The NCAA now charges FCS schools wanting to move up, $5M dollars! That replaces the old fee of $5,000.00 which was a mere pittance. They are trying to do two things: 1). Slow the migration of FCS schools to FBS as a means of protecting the FCS conferences and at the same time make sure schools wanting to move up have the financial wherewithal to operate at the FBS level. They are hoping to weed out "weak sisters" that can't afford the full cost of going D1. 2). Both the BIG 10 and the SEC have publicly stated they oppose the creation of more FBS schools. In their self-interest they see more FBS schools (G5's) as more mouths to feed with distributions from the CFP. Their has been open speculation within the two conferences about the two of them breaking away from the NCAA and forming their own college football system. The NCAA seems to be willing to give the two super conferences whatever they want as a means of preserving the current structure of college football.
From a facilities standpoint, Davis needs D1 quality training facilities (they don't yet have) and the stadium would need to be expanded from its current 10k seats to at a minimum 20k. The facility was designed to be able to go to 30k seats max. The stadium is less than 20 years old and is a pretty nice facility for what it is.
Sac St. needs to spend a lot more money on facilities to get to where Davis is right now. They need a new on-campus arena and they need a new stadium. Those two items alone could be a $300M - $500M price tag. Where's the money coming from?
Davis will be D1 in football before Sac State. Of course, more FCS to FBS migration will likely only happen if Congress inserts themselves into the college football business and starts looking at the anti-trust implications of what the big schools are doing. If Congress creates some rules that the biggest schools have to live by, we will likely see more FCS schools migrate to FBS. Congress getting involved would likely preserve the power of the NCAA as well and it would put the brakes on a lot of the conference realignment etc. that is currently going on.