The third season of United Athletic Conference Football (UAC) kicks off featuring a full slate of action during College Football's Week One, with games scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. Conference squads are set to battle against FBS teams from the SEC, ACC, American and C-USA along with ranked FCS opponents.
NOTEWORTHY
- All nine teams in the UAC will take the gridiron this weekend with only two squads (Southern Utah, Utah Tech) opening their 2025 campaigns on their home turf
- Week One action begins Thursday (Aug. 28) with a pair of contests as
Central Arkansas visits Missouri (SEC) and
West Georgia travels to Samford, for a rematch of their Division I debut victory from a year ago
- On Friday (Aug. 29),
No. 8/10 Tarleton State looks to build on its season opening win at Portland State when the Texans face off with Army (American) on the historic campus at West Point... Tarleton will be concluding a season opening road trip that saw them play games on both coasts
- Saturday's competitions get rolling in early afternoon when
EKU meets in-state foe Louisville (ACC) followed by a twinbill of match-ups versus Conference USA opponents, pitting
North Alabama at Western Kentucky and
Austin Peay at MTSU...
No. 16 Abilene Christian opens its season on the road at Tulsa (American)... A pair of "Beehive State" battles wrap up the debut week as
Southern Utah welcomes Idaho State and
Utah Tech hosts No. 7/8 UC Davis.
- For a third consecutive season the UAC had a member squad compete in Week 0 on national television as No. 8/10 Tarleton State blanked Portland State, 42-0, on ESPN2. The win marked the first shutout performance for an FCS team in Week 0 history... The league owns a 2-2 mark in Week 0 play
- Heading into the 2025 season, UAC lineups include a trio of players listed on national award watch lists with Tarleton State QB Victor Gabalis named to the Walter Payton Award list along with a pair of defensive standouts, Lando Brown of Southern Utah and Abilene Christian's Will Shaffer, part of the Buck Buchanan Award list... Gabalis (Offensive) and Shaffer (Defensive) were tabbed the preseason Player of the Year choices by the conference coaches.
- In its brief two-year history, UAC Football has already produced an FCS over FBS win (Southern Utah topped UTEP, 27-24 in OT last season) and a win over a ranked non-conference FCS foe (EKU defeated #16 SEMO, 41-38, in 2023)... Additionally, the league boasts a pair of FCS Playoff wins