The Football Bowl Division era at Coastal Carolina begins Saturday night against Massachusetts at Brooks Stadium.
The Chanticleers are moving up after 14 years of football at the Football Championship Subdivision, in which they went 44-6 over their final 50 regular season games.
Coastal is 0-7 all-time against FBS opponents, and was picked to finish last in the 12-team Sun Belt Conference.
“I feel like everyone will automatically pin us as an underdog because we have had success at the FCS level, but we have not played at the FBS level,” senior defensive tackle Dwayne Price said.