Idaho to drop from FBS to FCS, sources say

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The University of Idaho will drop from the Football Bowl Subdivision level to the Football Championship Subdivision, sources told ESPN’s Brett McMurphy, confirming multiple reports. The Vandals will become the first school to make the drop.

Idaho has scheduled a news conference with president Chuck Staben, athletic director Rob Spear and football coach Paul Petrino for Thursday. Footballscoop and the Idaho Statesman reported the Vandals will return to the Big Sky, where they played from 1963 to ’95.

The conference already is home to Idaho’s other athletic teams.

The Sun Belt Conference announced March 1 that it would drop Idaho and New Mexico State, who are both midway through four-year associate memberships, after the 2017 season. At the …

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