The NEWEST PROGRAM in FBS Football (Missouri State Is Next Up)

Conference realignment has gone crazy over the last few years and just a few days ago, we found out there will be a new FBS program as Missouri State has decided to make the move up to conference USA for the 2025 season. Today, I will talk about what this means, how it happened and what i think the future looks like for the Bears, enjoy!

[@ScottFisherCFB]

What team will be the next to move to the FBS?

[@Jmofromthebando7]

Dope work on the vids bro. You really help me learn extra stuff about players and smaller schools around the country

[@tip358]

Chattanooga

[@tip358]

SIU Carbondale Salukis

[@johnnyscarecrow71]

Tarleton State seems willing and ready to enter Conference USA in due time.

[@rngfootball759]

Idaho. Just cause of the Kibbie Dome. Not sure if they will to return to fbs.

[@Skipatronic]

Can't wait for Bordeaux to do a Missouri State Dynasty on NCAA 14

[@KaseyRacem]

As an Arkansas State fan/alumni I wish they came to the FunBelt because it would've been our version of Arkansas/Missouri

[@claytonwalde2103]

I was really wanting Missouri State to join the Sun Belt. Would’ve been great for basketball.

[@Lfg117]

The FCS 'ASU' - the Red Wolves, like Missouri St., were/r a quality prog. at a lower level. I loved watching ArkSt throw the ball around.

[@ArthurSanford3706]

Could be a group of 5 version of UF/FSU or UGA/GT

[@jeffslote9671]

Missouri State has multiple Final Four appearances in women’s basketball. They are a mid major powerhouse in it.

[@jacksonperry8283]

As a Liberty Flames fan, I’m excited to have MO State to join the CUSA!

[@QueenClaireVT]

as a Springfield resident, I'm pumped about this move!

[@Rand0mContnt]

As a Missouri State student, this is something I never thought I’d see. But honestly, we might have a better chance at success in the CUSA than the MVC.

[@claytonwalde2103]

I don’t think people realize the gauntlet that is the MVC.

[@stephenstaedtler6902]

@@claytonwalde2103 - It is the SEC of FCS football. Now, in other sports, CUSA is way better than the MVC, but in football, MVC is very good.

[@Lfg117]

💯

[@natnaelberhanu3024]

I remember when the CUSA started with 7 schools after several schools left for the AAC and Sun Belt but now it seems like they are expanding to 11 with KSU, Delaware, and Mizzou State joining.

[@jeffslote9671]

@@stephenstaedtler6902. No. Men’s and Women’s Basketball are much better in the MVC.

[@cbjm36]

Fan fact: Missouri State has one of the best club hockey teams out there. Maybe they’ll be the first C-USA school to form a D1 hockey team? Although, Liberty and Delaware could too

[@johnmackshighlights8103]

Liberty I don’t think will title 9

[@cbjm36]

@@johnmackshighlights8103 well they have a nice enough arena to make it happen

[@claytonwalde2103]

Keep in mind, they have Bass Pro and O’Reilys for NIL

[@jeffressteve87]

They really don’t. Neither company really does much for MO State

[@keatoncymbaluk5631]

Living in Springfield, I’ve been a fan of Mo State for quite some time. This is definitely the best move for the team. Have to keep the momentum the football program has going right now and get more people in the city interested. Also last year’s record wasn’t really as bad as it looked. We lost our starting qb 4 weeks in and still beat a couple playoff teams and hung on vs the national champions in the FCS

[@Cooljohn760]

Nice to see G5 schools making moves calling up FCS schools to officially be in the G5.

[@joshb2686]

Bears fans are pumped about this. Definitely not indifferent

[@HellbenderSTL]

This guy is absolutely clueless

[@sportshistorybuff319]

It would be great if Mizzou scheduled an annual in-state rivalry game with the Bears. It would bring revenue and exposure to MSU, as well as provide an even more attractive option for high school stars to stay in the Show Me State. Iowa and Iowa State do this even though they are in different conferences.

[@prisma8525]

it would just be a blowout every year. Iowa and Iowa State are both solid established FBS teams. Mizzou is a top 10 FBS school and Missouri State is probably going to be pretty close to the bottom of the rankings.

[@sportshistorybuff319]

@@prisma8525 Interesting. Do you not think that the prestige of being FCS would slowly draw better alumni support and better recruits wanting to start ASAP instead of going to Mizzou and sitting for 1-2 years? Like Texas State is slowly trying to swim with the big boys in the Lone Star State?

[@gavinwilliams3721]

Living in Springfield I’m really excited for the Bears

[@stephenstaedtler6902]

Central Arkansas, SFA, EKU, Chattanooga, were never nearly the option Missouri State was. None of them were serious candidates recently. You have to take into account other sports besides football, where Missouri State has been pretty good.

[@rproxide977]

As a UCA fan, I agree. They would not last at all even in the C-USA. even their football isn’t that good. Basketball is even worse. Their pipeline is practically Benton, Bryant, and Conway in Arkansas and don’t have the reach as most other FCS schools

[@rayflash3121]

I feel like more FCS schools are gonna follow suit in years to come especially with all the NCAA realignment

[@ripdippy6964]

Even if this video doesn’t get the desired views, it’s well made and it’s great content. Keep up the format fs

[@LeonardJosephWeirich]

I'd like ro see North Dakota State make it to FBS

[@Lfg117]

@Scott: '24 Texas St might be an interesting team to preview: early-season(week 3?), Tex St hosts struggling AzSt. Down in the state of Texas, cfb fans were already speculating rising star TX St hc Kinne Jr is a likely candidate to be new hc at Baylor in '25. 👀

[@jamesshively]

If Missouri State, Delaware, and KENNESAW STATE goes FBS, its insane that teams like Idaho (Who had a 33-6 win over a MW team this season and had 5 players go Pro, 4 to the NFL), Montana, Montana State, Sac State (Who beat Stanford), and the Dakota Schools stay FCS. (Idaho also beat a conference rival by leading 56-0 at HALF, put up 61 points in a Bowl game in 2016, and was an FBS team less than a decade ago)

[@joshsanders2820]

This is who I’m doing my college football 25 rebuild with lol. Might have to create them if they’re aren’t in the game

[@jabarijones8091]

Saying CUSA is the worst G5 conference is a stretch. They just had a team in a NY6 bowl game and a team to make it to the final four. Which the SBC has not had a team to do either.

[@Txstbobcats2013]

That final four team is in a different conference and that NY6 team played no one in the reg season and got absolutely thrashed lol. Cope harder

[@jabarijones8091]

@@Txstbobcats2013 You are making excuses. It does not matter, they were a CUSA team when they went to the final four. CUSA had a team to make it to a new year six bowl game and the SBC is the only conference that have not had a team to make it to a major bowl game and their fans are acting like they are better than everybody else and annoying the F out of fans since 2021.

[@Txstbobcats2013]

@@jabarijones8091 sorry our success is annoying you lol

[@Lfg117]

Some of the best cfb content - thank u. I mix up u & another great cfb KZbinr - you're the Mizzou fan (& the other strong content creator is an AzSt alum). U always bring substance.

[@Dimesprodz]

Congrats MS

[@nickflahive8903]

As a Wisconsin fan I wish there was another D1 team in the state, sort of like a pseudo rivalry even though if they ever played it wouldn't be competitive. It's really bizarre considering that the only FBS is team is a top 25 power 5 Wisconsin and then literally other school is D3. There's a few powerhouses like Whitewater that could D1 FCS if the wanted to but for some reason hasn't. Milwaukee is D1 in basketball and so is Green Bay.

[@johnberger8817]

Missouri St has 24k students. They should be DIV 1. On Wisconsin.

[@carsonwentz302]

After JMU’s success I think a few schools will definitely try to repeat thatb

[@dominicene3647]

KZbin recommended this video to me. You didn't get 1k views you got 8k views. Good job.

[@jackclark1227]

Great video bro, appreciate the smaller school exposure

[@johnberger8817]

It makes sense for Missouri St with the favorable NIL laws in Missouri & 24k students, that would be good for 6th in the SEC in enrollment. FB stadium holds 17k but that can be expanded. The bball prog has been decent. They just hired Cuonzo Martin format MIZ coach. Good move. MIZ!

[@MIA25NYC14]

Let's keep it 💯, Conference USA just like every other conference want an opportunity to compete.

[@Txstbobcats2013]

No one said otherwise

[@PrinceKross]

Both of my cousins play for them !!!

[@ZeusAmun-pt9dc]

Hell yeah

[@joshb2686]

No cost to leave the Valley

[@whoisbj_1516]

Regardless of how streaky you upload, your content is high quality always -auburn fan😂

[@toddalexander1903]

Missouri will now have multiple division 1 football schools 😭

[@toddalexander1903]

Wait Missouri has fun NIL laws to.. maybe... they will take advantage of that more?

[@danielburgnerjr]

I knew someone who was an alum of Missouri State. I am sure he will get a kick from his alma mater moving to greener pastures. I remember when my alma mater contacted Conference USA about joining twenty years ago. This after they shuttered their football program for "losing" 1 million/yr. Conference USA told them to pound sand.

[@joshb2686]

Everytime they play Mizzou they get blown out……last time we played mizzou was years ago and it was a competitive game for the majority of the time.

[@SirSci]

Ya, the only time the Bears have played at MU in the last couple decades was 2017. And though the Bears lost as you would expect, they did put up 43 points on the Tigers.

[@HellbenderSTL]

I don’t know what you’re talking about, some random KZbin content creator said it, so it must be true!

[@stephenstaedtler6902]

The MAC teams were rated slightly worse than CUSA in football last year and the AAC was barely better.

[@Rysofly]

Missouri will have to look over their shoulder.

[@keeganator2000]

im just glad to have fau out of conference usa for my wku hilltoppers

[@Lfg117]

Missouri State has been decent in cfb for a minute...

[@MD-2612]

They always have good attendance at their games so some of this is just assumptions you are making about them not caring about the team.

[@gs4395]

Officially, the CUSA is dping their job in poaching FCS potential. Missouri State is a goof school, with a goof culture. And their sports isnt particularly horrid. So this is the proper move for the CUSA

[@MIA25NYC14]

Also, everyone can't play at a Power 5 college or university.

[@nate10r02]

I wonder Why not like Montana or NDSU, SDSU

[@Txstbobcats2013]

Geography

[@jeffslote9671]

Population

[@jtvibe2k9]

Football team has been garbage for years. With NIL and the move to a better conference, i hope they can see some major improvements.

[@srami004]

You weren’t posting?!!! Oh no THEY GOT YOU TOO lol

[@Kingsized_Kevin]

And Sac State wont make the jump

[@HellbenderSTL]

All the random ass potshots, ‘as I scroll through Reddit (MSU has fans on Reddit? Lol)’, you saying MSU and Mizzou play each other every other year in football. I WANTED to like this video but it’s honestly trash.

[@robertsanders6858]

Montana, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Utah Tech, Montana State, Chattanooga, North Dakota, San Diego State, Idaho, East Tennessee State, Central Arkansas, Southern Utah and Western Carolina have all been rumored to be looking at moving up to the big time. Makes perfect sense. These schools could potentially make as much as 5 to 10 times as much in a conference like C-USA, Mountain West, Sun Belt or the MAC than they make in their current leagues

[@nelspas0191]

But schools like ndsu and sdsu are still fcs 🙄

[@claytonwalde2103]

There’s a lot of dumb rules that apply for jumping to FBS I think.

[@j.thompson9345]

Geography....they are out of the CUSA, SBC, AAC, etc footprint

[@jeffslote9671]

Ndsu is far away from everyone else and doesn’t reside in a state with a lot of people.

[@sirstewartwallace3917]

This is going to be a disaster. They were not good in FCS and it feels like the only person who wanted to make this move was the same person who wanted Petrino despite the objections of just about everyone else. They'd be better off discontinuing the football program and putting that $5 million into the basketball and baseball programs, two programs that actually have been competitive. As for a prediction in 2025, they'll be 0-12 easily. If they can't beat the Dakotas, they won't be able to beat even the mid-tier Conference USA teams.

[@Txstbobcats2013]

NDSU/SDSU would win CUSA. MSU might actually be okay.

[@jeffslote9671]

Missouri State is moving to a weaker football conference. They will win more games

[@johnberger8817]

NIL laws, Cuonzo as bball coach, 24k students. Makes perfect sense.

[@jamespyle777]

As a life long resident of the Ozarks, went to school and graduate from Missouri State, this isn't surprising. It is more like sad. This athletics program has never broke through ever and will always be mid and leaving the Missouri Valley will be a cultural shift from the Midwest to the South/Sun Belt region. My wishes for them is to fail to the utmost extent due to their greedy ways. I'd curse them and laugh whenever they lose.

[@SirSci]

Then you're not a Bears fan. Football "never broke through" but I guess you weren't watching when the Lady Bears were in Final Fours and Sweet Sixteens, or when the baseball team was hosting regionals, or when the men's soccer team started their run of being a consistently Top 25 ranked team.

[@moltenmetal5645]

Well at least Sam Houston State will not be the worst FBS team next year now.

[@PryorTravis]

SMSU will never get a piece of the pie. They've barely made a dent since they moved up from DII and would be better off playing CMSU and Northwest Missouri.

[@cooperhorsey8013]

Do your research on the other sports before you start talking about them. Missouri state fan here. Mizzou has completely ignored Missouri state constantly. All you do is talk about football. Don't talk about other sports unless you do the research first. Also I didn't know that Liberty was a random team as you said. Liberty is one of the biggest Christian colleges in the country. How do you call them a random team. You clearly need to do your research more before you talk about things. Also you clearly don't understand budgeting between conferences. You do realize that the bears are gonna get a 10 million dollar raise in their budget right? Also where do you get your quotes and facts from? You do realize that missouri state was already division 1 right? Missouri valley confrence is d1? And also Missouri state is not even close to a new school. Do research on topics before you talk about them. It's not that hard to wikipedia Missouri state.

[@JuanHernandez-rm5dm]

Seriously? With a massively watered down product, the thing we don't need is another marginally competitive team.

[@domtom9594]

Really want Montana state, Montana, NDSU, and SDSU to join FBS: Montana/Montana state going to mountain west NDSU/SDSU to MAC. And who knows realignment may add new conference: Big West conference: Washington state Oregon state Boise state Colorado state Utah state San Diego state San Jose state Fresno state South Dakota state North Dakota state Montana state Montana Idaho Wyoming Eastern Washington Air Force