CAA Football Three Things To Watch - August 29-31
Rob Washburn
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The 2024 CAA Football season kicks off on Thursday night with 15 games spread over three days. Highlighting the slate is #6
Villanova hosting #25 Youngstown State on Thursday in a rematch of last year's second-round FCS playoff game won by the Wildcats, 45-28. League newcomer
Bryant visits
Delaware in a non-conference contest on Thursday.
William & Mary (VMI),
Maine (Colgate),
Hampton (Morgan State),
Rhode Island (Holy Cross) and
UAlbany (LIU) face FCS opponents at home, while
Monmouth makes its farthest trip in program history at Eastern Washington.
There are also seven games against FBS opponents in Week 1 as CAA schools face three foes from the ACC (
North Carolina A&T/Wake Forest,
Elon/Duke and
Richmond/Virginia), two from the Big XII (
UNH/UCF and
Towson/Cincinnati), Conference USA (
Campbell/Liberty) and the Sun Belt (
Stony Brook/Marshall). CAA Football has posted 42 wins over FBS foes in its history and has won at least one game against an FBS team in 12 of the past 16 years.
To get ready for all of the Week 1 action, check out the latest edition of Three Things To Watch.