The University of Michigan football team will face severe financial penalties for an illegal scouting scheme during the national championship season.

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UIW opened as a top-five team in the preseason STATS Perform Poll. The Cardinals are fresh off an FCS quarterfinals appearance and have six preseason FCS All-Americans. UTSA won’t be an easy win, as the Roadrunners are one of the teams projected to contend in the American, but top teams in the FCS should always have FBS teams on notice.

The last college football team on this side of the country to be allowed into the FBS was Boise State nearly 30 years ago in 1996. The last California program to be let in was San Jose State in 1993.

NCAA Committee on Infractions representatives attributed the decision to not vacate any wins from Michigan — including its 2023 College Football Playoff national championship — due to the NCAA’s “very quick” action opening an investigation into the program’s infamous sign-stealing scheme.