SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The NCAA has rejected a waiver request from
“Sacramento State has met every meaningful benchmark for FBS membership, and we believe our university, our students, and the entire Sacramento region deserve major college football,” Wood wrote in a statement posted to X. “We’re full steam ahead and we still plan to be playing FBS football in 2026.”
Wood did not provide details of potential next steps. Boise State law professor Sam Ehrlich said on X that legal action could be an option.
“This will lead to litigation. Forcing a school to rely on the whims of conferences (to) let them compete for the economic benefits of a higher division is just the sort of arbitrary gatekeeping that draws harsh antitrust scrutiny,” Ehrlich wrote.
