Week 8 FCS Football Schedule, How To Watch

A look at the biggest games of the Week 8 FCS football schedule, how to watch and broadcast information.

The FCS Football Central Game of the Week is a massive SoCon matchup between No. 4 Furman and No. 8 Western Carolina. The Paladins have won six of the last seven matchups, including last year's 47-40 victory over the Catamounts. 

Another major Big Sky matchup will be live on ESPN2 as No. 2 Montana State travels to face No. 3 Sacramento State. It will be the first matchup between these two programs since 2019 as the Hornets have won the previous two games against the Bobcats.

Below are the biggest games of the Week 8 FCS football slate for the upcoming weekend.

Week 8 FCS Football Schedule

Ranked FCS Games On Saturday, Oct. 19:

No. 16 North Carolina Central at Morgan State (ESPNU, 6:30 p.m. CT)

Ranked FCS Games On Saturday, Oct. 21:

No. 1 South Dakota State at No. 12 Southern Illinois (ESPN+, 2 p.m. CT)
No. 2 Montana State at No. 3 Sacramento State (ESPN2, 9:30 p.m. CT)
No. 4 Furman at No. 8 Western Carolina (ESPN+, 1:30 p.m. CT)
No. 5 Incarnate Word at McNeese State (ESPN+, 7 p.m. CT)
No. 6 South Dakota at Indiana State (ESPN+, 12 p.m. CT)
No. 7 Delaware at Hampton (FloSports, 1 p.m. CT)
No. 11 North Dakota at Northern Iowa (ESPN3, 4 p.m. CT)
Towson at No. 13 William & Mary (FloSports, 2:30 p.m. CT)
Western Illinois at No. 14 North Dakota State (ESPN+, 2:30 p.m. CT)
Lafayette at No. 15 Holy Cross (ESPN+, 12 p.m. CT)
Charleston Southern at No. 17 UT Martin (ESPN+, 2 p.m. CT)
No. 18 Harvard at Princeton (ESPN+, 12 p.m. CT)
No. 19 Florida A&M at Texas Southern (ESPN+, 7 p.m. CT)
ETSU at No. 21 Chattanooga (ESPN+, 12 p.m. CT)
No. 24 Austin Peay at Southern Utah (ESPN+, 7 p.m. CT)
Illinois State at No. 25 Youngstown State (ESPN+, 1 p.m. CT)

Other Notable FCS Games On Saturday, Oct. 21:

Penn at Yale (ESPN+, 11 a.m. CT)
Merrimack at Long Island (NEC Front Row, 11 a.m. CT)
Richmond at North Carolina A&T (FloSports, 12 p.m. CT)
Monmouth at Elon (FloSports, 1 p.m. CT)
SEMO at Tennessee Tech (ESPN+, 1:30 p.m. CT)
Southeastern Louisiana at Northwestern State (ESPN+, 2 p.m. CT)
Jackson State at Mississippi Valley State (ESPN+, 2 p.m. CT)
Alcorn State at Arkansas Pine-Bluff (HBCU GO, 2 p.m. CT)
Bryant at Eastern Illinois (2 p.m. CT, ESPN+)
New Hampshire at Stony Brook (FloSports, 2:30 p.m. CT)
Rhode Island at UAlbany (FloSports, 2:30 p.m. CT)
Wofford at Mercer (ESPN+, 3 p.m. CT)
Maine at Campbell (FloSports, 3 p.m. CT)
Nicholls State at Texas A&M-Commerce (ESPN+, 3:30 p.m. CT)
Abilene Christian at Stephen F. Austin (ESPN+, 4 p.m. CT)
Drake at San Diego (ESPN+, 4 p.m. CT)
Eastern Kentucky at Gardner-Webb (ESPN+, 5 p.m. CT)
Utah Tech at North Alabama (ESPN+, 6 p.m. CT)
Weber State at Eastern Washington (ESPN+, 6 p.m. CT)