Quote Originally Posted by DFW HOYA View Post
How many non-Pioneer, non-Ivy teams are not scheduling a I-A team in 2017?

Wagner plays a MAC team, Georgetown travels to Campbell...
Northeast Conference teams have begun to add FBS opponents to their schedule. Central Connecticut was the first NEC program to play a FBS opponent in 2009 (at Western Michigan) as a "non-counter." Wagner has had at least 1 FBS opponent on their schedule beginning in 2012, has a FBS opponent scheduled through 2019; and was the first NEC program to schedule a "Power Conference" FBS team.

In 2017, only CCSU (at Syracuse) and Wagner (at Western Michigan) have a FBS team on this schedule.

In 2018, CCSU (at Ball State), Duquesne (at Hawaii), and Wagner (at Syracuse) will play a FBS opponent.

In 2019, Robert Morris (at Buffalo) will face their first FBS opponent. Wagner (at UConn) also has a FBS opponent scheduled. CCSU and Duquesne are likely working to add FBS opponents in this season as well.

In total, 4 of the 7 current NEC schools will have scheduled a FBS opponent - only Bryant, Sacred Heart, and Saint Francis have yet to schedule a FBS opponent.