The best time of year quickly approaches once again. The college football season is on the horizon – it’s almost here!

As is tradition here at the Auburn Uniform Database, it’s time to break down every single uniform, field, and logo change for the upcoming season. We tackle every single level of NCAA football, from the Power 5 conferences through Division III, so long as we were able to find the news.

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ACC • American • Big 10 • Big 12 • C-USA • MAC • Mountain West • Pac 12 • SEC • Sun Belt • Independent • FCS • D2 • D3

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ACC

For many years now, all ACC teams have worn the conference logo on the nose bumper, the front white padded area where the facemask meets the helmet shell. Teams are no longer required to follow suit, so you will see many ACC programs introducing their own branding back to the front bumper this season.

Boston College

As Under Armour’s financial situation creates more turmoil, more teams continue to jump ship. Boston College made the move to New Balance for the majority of teams over the summer, but that deal didn’t include football. The football team signed a shorter deal with Adidas. As the Eagles announced the Adidas deal in late April, that didn’t leave much time to design and create uniforms that were anything more than incredibly simple. Because of that, BC will be sporting white and maroon jerseys that feature the throwback logo on the sleeves and chest.

It looks as though the helmets will remain sans-stripe and logo, which is a shame as the single red stripe is such a good look. The shell itself has received a slight makeover, going with a richer shade of gold.

Despite the simplistic look, expect to see a full redesign next season once Adidas has time to create something new for the Eagles.

Clemson

Clemson will have a new 3D front bumper on their helmets this year now that the ACC logo has been removed across the league. Even though it would probably be logo overkill with the rest of the uniform, I’d still love to see a 3D tiger paw here instead.

Duke

The Blue Devils’ new front bumper will feature the “Bull City” hand sign, an ode to Durham’s nickname.

Florida State

The Seminoles will be celebrating their 75th anniversary this season. FSU announced that the commemorative logo will be on display around the stadium, but there is no confirmation that the team will wear the logo yet. The team will also be wearing “Noles” on the front bumpers if practice photos are anything to go off of.

With legendary head coach Bobby Bowden passing away on August 8th, expect the team to wear a memorial patch or decal in his honor. The women’s soccer team is already wearing a patch with Bowden’s familiar hat and signature.

Georgia Tech

Rather than adding a school-specific logo to their helmet bumpers, Georgia Tech is going all-in on their Atlanta-based branding. The new ATL bumpers highlight the T for Tech in a contrasting color.

Uni-Watch reported that the Yellow Jackets will continue to wear the social justice unity patch from last year.

Louisville

After a five-year stint as the Miami Hurricane’s coach, Howard Schnellenberger spent a decade coaching Louisville’s football team. The Cardinals will wear a memorial decal on their helmets all season with other special celebrations scheduled throughout the year.

Miami (FL)

The Hurricanes will honor legendary coach Howard Schnellenberger with a memorial decal on the back of their helmets this season

Miami has also made a few small tweaks to the jerseys. The U logo at the collar is now placed in a badge as it previously warped during the game. The number change also changed from a block font to a classic Miami look. Oddly enough, both tweaks mimic the Nike days for the Canes.

The front bumper on the helmets will also have the school name.

NC State

NC State has enjoyed playing around with different helmet designs over the past few years. Old logos like Tuffy have been brought back to much fanfare. This year, the Wolfpack are going another step and sporting the “Slobbering Wolf” logo that looks like it’s straight out of a classic early Mickey Mouse cartoon.

The logo looks incredible on the helmet, which features a new red shell with thin black lines that are meant to mimic the red bricks used throughout the campus’s architecture. The brick lines feel a bit overbearing in the close-up photos. I’m curious to see how noticeable they are on camera during the game.

North Carolina

UNC has replaced the conference logo on the front bumper with the Tar Hell logo.

Pittsburgh

Pitt has had some notable uniform-related items over the last few years. The new throwback colors and script logo were brought back a few years ago, then the blue pants were leaked when a coach dressed up in full uniform for a scare prank video. And now a recruit leaked new white pants.

The Panthers have worn yellow pants since the rebrand and of course added blue trousers soon after. Now, white leggings return. Oddly enough, the panther head logo is placed on the hip – like most team logos – but is comically small in size. It’s unfortunate that these white trousers don’t carry the same stripes as the other designs.

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American

Cincinnati

The Bearcats have replaced the turf at Nippert Stadium and will include permanent black endzones for the first time in program history.

East Carolina

After a few years wearing a uniform with unique pirate-related icons, East Carolina has scrubbed them entirely from their newest uniforms.

The Pirates are going back to basics with much simpler threads. The jerseys come in purple and white (for now) with the pirate head logo on the shoulders. Pants are available in purple, white, and yellow with large stripes down the legs. The yellow pants are the best of the bunch, but it’s clear ECU will be mixing these elements throughout the year.

East Carolina has been happy to add new uniforms and helmet designs in the past, so don’t be surprised if you see new elements introduced during the season.

Houston

The Cougars have a new 75th-anniversary logo for the season. It has yet to be seen if it will be worn on the uniforms, however.

Navy

The military academies have always shown out when it comes to special occasion uniforms. Navy will shine once again this season as they wear US Marine Corps.-inspired uniforms for their September 11th matchup against Air Force.

The uniforms will resemble the Marine’s Dress Blues, with a navy jersey and with pants in a lighter shade of blue. The blue is accented by the standard red and tan across the uniform. The helmets come in white with navy facemasks with the Marines logo on one side, player number on the back. The logo is also placed on the pants and shoulders of the jersey. The helmets feature a really nice detail on the top that mimics the braids on top of the Dress Blues’ caps.

Navy will go all-in on the Marine theming with Semper Fi being placed on the nameplate and rear bumper, while the iconic “oo-rah” battle cry adorns the front bumper.

The Marine uniforms will be worn against Air Force for the September 11th game which so happens to be the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Air Force will also sport special uniforms for the game.

The Midshipmen have also made adjustments to their primary uniforms, moving over to Under Armour’s latest “file tab” template. With the change comes longer shoulder stripes, a larger chestmark, and the TV numbers being replaced with the anchor logo.

SMU

SMU struck gold with their City of Dallas uniforms that debuted in 2019. Now, the Mustangs have a matching blue set to be worn at home.

The new blue tops sadly don’t carry the same shoulder stripes as the white colorway. The biggest difference otherwise is the number font. The white style has a blocker style while the new tops have a rounded font with notches. These new jerseys look really nice but it’s tough to think they wouldn’t look better as a complete copy of the white versions.

Tulsa

New 3D bumpers this year for the Golden Hurricanes. The front bumper will have the school name rather than the hurricane warning double-red flags. The backside will have “Hurricanes.” Tulsa previously had blank rear bumpers, a rarity in the sport nowadays.

UCF

UCF has really taken hold of being a “space school” as the university was founded in conjunction with NASA. Each season since 2017, the football team has sported new space-themed uniforms. This year will be the 5th edition with the mission name “Discovery.”

The Knights typically unveil the uniform design a week or two before the game, so keep an eye out for photos in early October.

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Big 12

Iowa State

Minor tweak for the Cyclones as they’ve added the Jack Trice vertical striping pattern to the front bumpers. Iowa State has worn throwback uniforms with the pattern in the past.

Texas

The newest SEC member Texas Longhorns have replaced the turf at their stadium. The new carpet includes the state of Texas behind the midfield logo, though it may not be very visible at times.

The endzone font is also slightly different, but the biggest design change – outside of the midfield state image – is that the endzone is now outlined in orange as opposed to white.

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Big 10

Illinois

Minor change for the Illini who have added the block-I to the pants.

Iowa

The Hawkeyes have named the field at Kinnick Stadium after Duke Slater, the legendary Black Iowa football player from the 1920s that led the team to an undefeated season in 1921. Slater’s name will be placed on the 25 yardlines.

Maryland

The Maryland Teripens are two years behind their Under Armour counterparts in wearing the latest template from their uniform provider. The Terps will wear the new “file tab” jersey template for the upcoming season.

Michigan State

Michigan State wore white helmets for the first time in 2017. Those helmets featured the traditional primary logo on the sides.

For 2021, the Spartans will be mixing it up a bit and swapping decals. The Spartan-head logo will be replaced with the State script wordmark that the basketball team has sported for decades.

Minnesota

PJ Fleck strikes again. The Golden Gophers will forego their namesake color for the season opener against Ohio State and wear black uniforms with maroon and white details. The helmets will be maroon but with black decals. Two interesting notes here: the number font is different than the rest of the uniform set, and the team already has an anthracite/grey uniform in the rotation.

Wisconsin

The Badgers will have a new alternate white uniform this season. Wisconsin was originally going to wear these for the Notre Dame game at Lambeau Field last season, but that game was rescheduled for a future season.

The new white uniforms feature a new number font, two thin stripes across the shoulder and helmet, and six stars above the nameplate. The stars are meant to resemble the plaque on display at the famous archway near the football stadium. The stadium grounds were once used as a training site during the Civil War and the arch was erected as a memorial.

The stadium memorial continues onto the helmet, where the Roman numerals “MDCCCCXII” are placed on the rear bumper – again, a reference to the archway’s plaque. The helmet logo is a different twist on the traditional Motion-W, with a banner reading “Forward” placed over the W logo. The Wisconsin state motto is simply “Forward,” meant to “reflect Wisconsin’s continuous drive to be a national leader.”

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C-USA

Charlotte

The Charlotte 49ers have repurposed their gold chrome helmet shells to feature the new C-pick logo. It previously was adorned with the former swinging pick logo.

The university also announced that they were adopting the newer C-pick logo as the primary design for the entire institution. The school is also working to further establish itself simply as “Charlotte” rather than the full name of “The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.”

The 49ers will also be playing on a new turf field this year. The new field has the C-pick logo at midfield with light green endzones. The old design had black endzones and the swinging pick logo at midfield.

Florida Atlantic

FAU has named the field at their stadium after the late legendary Howard Schellenberger.

The Owls are also adding a new red jersey to the collection. It will have blue and white UCLA stripes and match the other jerseys.

Old Dominion

Everyone loves powder blue and Old Dominion is no exception. The Monarchs will sport a full light-blue uniform for the upcoming season and will no doubt look incredible doing so. With the uniform’s light shade of blue, let’s hope they try and wear them for a road game or two and we get a color-on-color matchup with this wonderful shade.

Rice

New turf field at Rice Stadium this season. The new field features 5-yard stripes and “Rice Owls” in both endzones which doesn’t leave a lot of empty space like the previous design.

Southern Miss

Southern Miss has bounced back and forth from horrendous uniforms and somewhat respectable designs for years now. This season, the Golden Eagles will have another new set that may place on the good side of that gauge.

USM will have new black, gold, and white jerseys and pants to mix and match throughout the year, along with a white helmet for possibly the first time in program history. Each of the jerseys and pants has a double stripe across the sleeve and down the legs. The biggest detractor is with the yellow tops – those white numbers are going to be difficult to read and maybe deemed illegal. A black outline would have gone a long way here. The black jerseys are the best of the bunch.

UAB

The Blazers are leaving the legendary Legion Field for a new stadium. Protective Stadium, named after Protective Life Insurance based in Birmingham, will be located closer to campus near the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center downtown. UAB has an inaugural season logo for the new 45,000 seat facility, though it’s unclear if the team will wear it in any capacity.

UTSA

New grey uniforms are on tap for the Roadrunners this season.

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Mid-American

Akron

The Zips have moved away from Adidas and signed with Nike over the summer. The football team hasn’t shown off much of the new uniforms, just showcasing the new white jerseys for the MAC media days.

The new jerseys are incredibly simple – white base, blue collars and sleeve cuffs, one-colored numbers on the chest, back, and shoulders, and the kangaroo-head logo at the base of the collar. It looks as though Akron will continue to wear the script gold helmets, but we will have to wait to see the rest of the uniform come gameday.

Bowling Green

The Falcons have a new set of pants to better match the jersey stripes. Bowling Green had been wearing pants that were leftover from the previous uniform set.

Miami (OH)

The Redhawks have removed the contrasting shoulder yoke stripes for 2021. The new jerseys are a much simpler and pleasing look. The pants retain the single red stripe, but it appears to be thinner than previously and without the hip logo.

Ohio

The Bobcats are honoring those athletes that have chosen to stick around and use their extra year of eligibility at Ohio with a special patch. The patch is in the shape of Ohio, had a large S in the middle, with “senior” written across the center alongside two thin white stripes.

Western Michigan

In December, the university revealed a new primary logo that featured the usual block-W logo encased in a brown circle. The new logo is also accompanied by a new wordmark. Both were designed by a group of alumni touting “over 200 years of professional graphic design experience” – no, really.

The new branding package comes with a slightly updated horse logo. The Circle-W logo has been used by other teams and will be worn on the football team’s new jerseys. The white jerseys were worn during the conference’s media days, though the program hasn’t revealed the full sets just yet.

You can read more about the changes and reasoning here and here.

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Mountain West

Air Force

Said it before but the service academies always nail the alternate uniforms. Air Force will be sporting new threads honoring the historic B-52 bombing planes, specifically those that flew during Operation Linebacker II in North Vietnam.

Starting from the top: the helmets are painted in a camo design and feature “USAF” on the right side with the stars and stripes roundel logo on the left, mimicking the planes’ paint schemes. The white jerseys have a Strategic Air Command patch on the right chest with camo shoulder caps matching the lids. The nameplate is outlined in orange and has the airport codes for Andersen AFB and U Tapao, two locations that launched B-52s, separated by the 7th Bomber Wing patch. The player numbers also have a camo pattern.

The pants are black with the left leg featuring 11 B-52s to represent the 11 days of bombing as the right side will showcase the plane’s tail flash and the player’s number – a first for Air Force. Unfortunately, photos of that detail were not shown.

The Falcons will debut the B-52 uniforms on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks as they face Navy, who will sport their own special uniforms for the game.

Colorado State

As the Rams celebrate Ag Day this year, they’ll be sporting a new helmet design to go with the classic orange jerseys. The white shell will feature green and orange stripes with the vintage sailor-capped ram logo on the sides.

Colorado State also has a new football design this year featuring two rams nearly butting heads.

Fresno State

Fresno State is celebrating the 100th season of athletics this year. To commemorate, the Bulldogs have a new 100 years logo. The report indicated that the logo would be worn on official athletic apparel, though no photos have been shared with the logo adorning the football jerseys.

Hawaii

Hawaii is the latest team to jump to from Under Armour as the Rainbow Warriors signed with Adidas over the summer. The team will have new white and black uniforms with green details. The front of the jersey has an oddly arching wordmark, though I think it works well. The back of the jersey features the Hawaiian islands above the nameplate similar to what the team has worn on the helmets the last few years.

Nice touch by Hawaii to use Colt Brennan’s name and number on the reveal jerseys as the former quarterback passed away this summer.

The football team will also be playing their games on campus this year, as their former home was deemed unsafe for use.

Nevada

The Wolf Pack have updated their silver helmets to include a new metallic flake finish with chrome facemasks. The shells will retain the script Pack logo on one side with the player number on the other.

Nevada will also reinstate white helmets to the rotation, keeping the same asymmetric design.

San Diego State

The Aztecs have worn incredible helmets for many years featuring the Aztec Sun Stone, but the thin details and glossy finish made it difficult to decipher from afar. It appears that SDSU has made a few tweaks and potentially made the helmet matte to better showcase the details on the field.

Wyoming

The Cowboys are celebrating the 125th season of football this year. No word if the logo will be worn or used on the field.

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Pac-12

Arizona

The Arizona Wildcats have had the worst case of identity crises in all of college football over the last decade or so. They have simply been entirely lost on what an Arizona football team actually looks like. Thankfully, they finally remedied this glaring issue and finally look like a respectable football team once again.

After bringing back the “Desert Swarm” uniforms in 2019, fans clamored for the design to return full time. And they got their wish. The classic blue and red stripes return to the helmet and jersey sleeves. In a nice attention to detail touch, the team has stayed true to the time period with the script Cats logo being placed on the pants.

These Arizona uniforms make for the biggest turnaround in uniform aesthetics we have seen this year and many previous years.

Oregon

The Ducks have once again revealed a new set of uniforms to be worn for the season. At launch, Oregon showcased new apple green and yellow helmets, jerseys, and pants with a white jersey that has apple green details. They teased a few more options coming later, presumably some dark green or black options.

The biggest details with these uniforms are on the shoulders. A new unique pattern lays across both shoulders and sleeve caps with a three-pointed design layered over them. The “Mercedez logo” pattern, as some have called it, is meant to resemble the diamond-plate uniforms from the mid-2000s.

As is usually the case for Oregon uniforms, there are some odd additions. A gromet-looking set of air-holes are placed underneath the armpit that adds a very small bit of contrasting color to the uniform base. The pants leg also has a similar set of gromets – or whatever they are.

Overall, the designs are typical Oregon. The shoulders look to add interesting detail to a previously simple look. But those green helmets with wings fading to yellow are an incredible look.

UCLA

After an ugly breakup with Under Armour, UCLA jumped to Nike and will be the PAC-12’s lone Jordan Brand representative.

Thankfully, Nike kept the Bruins’ look rather untouched. The shoulder stripes are a little shorter than previously, but that’s just how Nike handles these now. The colors, fonts, and overall design stay the same.

The lone change looks to be with the helmet color which is now a richer shade of gold rather than more yellow as in previous years. The Bruins will continue to wear their gold facemasks, though. They’ve worn this color for a few years now after traditionally sporting grey masks.

Utah

The field turf Rice–Eccles Stadium has been replaced. The block-U logo used at midfield previously was swapped out for the traditional interlocking double-Us.

The Utes will also be sporting new uniforms for their November 20th matchup against Oregon honoring the USS Salt Lake City, a ship that fought throughout the Pacific during World War II. The shoulder and pant details match the scheme painted on the ship. The right shoulder will have a battle star. With 11 players on the field, there will be 11 battle stars featured to represent the battle stars awarded to the ship and crew – so the team claimed. Each hand-painted helmet depicts one of the battles the USS Salt Lake City was engaged in.

Washington

New turf field for the Huskies this year. The biggest difference is that the out-of-bounds outline is no longer all white, but features a purple border until the endzones. It looks better in person than in the mockups.

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SEC

Auburn

The Tigers experimented with new player numbers on the back of the helmets for the annual A-Day spring game in April, though it’s undetermined if they will continue to wear them during the season.

Auburn will also have a new football this year, moving from Wilson balls to Team Issue-branded footballs.

Missouri

Mizzou has flirted with more traditional-looking uniforms for a few years, but will now be going all-in with a new set of classically designed threads.

The new set includes black and white jerseys with three stripes across the sleeves. The Tigers have a new pair of gold pants that feature a different set of stripes, supposedly meant to represent a classic Missouri design. The white pants are held over from last season. The helmet retains the same three-stripe pattern that Mizzou has worn recently, minus the incredible diamond pattern in the center stripe.

The Tigers will also have a new turf playing surface for the season. The biggest change is that “Tigers” is added back to one endzone, as both have read “Mizzou” in recent years.

Texas A&M

The Aggies debuted new throwback-inspired primary uniforms last season but have made a small tweak for this year. The maroon jerseys now have contrasting white sleeve cuffs.

Texas A&M is also celebrating the 100th year of their 12th man tradition with a commemorative logo. No word if the team will wear it.

Vanderbilt

Another team that has struggled aesthetically for a number of years is Vanderbilt. And like other teams in that boat, the Commodores have fixed that issue.

Gone are the anchor stripes and even the iconic V-Star, being replaced with the throwback block V logo. The V-Star logo has donned Vandy helmets off-and-on since 1969. The block V has been worn in different iterations but hasn’t seen the field in this design since 1968.

The helmet logo aside, everything Vandy did here is an incredible upgrade. Traditional stripes are back on the helmet, sleeves, and pants. Jerseys come in black and white with two stripes on the sleeves each and the school name in gold on the chest (should be black for the white tops). Pants are available in black, white, and gold with a different striping pattern from the jerseys. Personally, I wish the jerseys had the pants stripes and I hope to see Vanderbilt sport the gold pants a lot this season.

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Sun Belt

Coastal Carolina

The defending Sun Belt championships have updated their black and white jerseys. The black tops feature teal numbers, collars, cuffs, and the Chanticleer logo on the sleeves. The previous style had teal shoulder caps with white dotted stripes.

The white jerseys also have teal details, but a curved stripe goes around the shoulder caps housing the mascot logo. The old white tops were rather similar but with the shoulder stripes not touching the cuffs and TV numbers rather than the logo.

South Alabama

The Jaguars have new white pants that feature red and blue stripes, a much-needed improvement over the plain pants worn the last few years.

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Independents

BYU

The winner of the offseason is no doubt BYU. The Cougars have bounced back and forth between navy and royal blue for years now. This season, they’ll be going all-in on both colors. BYU will now have four full uniform sets, including jerseys and pants in navy, royal blue, white with navy details, and white with royal details.

They will also have navy, royal, and white helmets to utilize as they please, each being able to change slightly with different decals and facemask colors. You can see more details of all 26 possible combinations here.

The Cougars have also updated the front bumpers of their helmets, moving from the Circle-Y logo to the BYU wordmark.

Notre Dame

The annual Shamrock Series returns this year for Notre Dame’s bout against Wisconsin at Soldier Field. The game was originally scheduled for last year in Green Bay but was rescheduled for a future season. Because of that, the Irish designed an alternate uniform based on the Packers’ uniforms, but have pivoted to make it seem more Chicago-based.

The jerseys feature gold and white sleeve stripes with the ND logo overlayed. The back of the collar has “Graduating Champions” for some reason – that’s usually a detail saved for the inside of the collar that is never seen during games. The pants also mimic the Packers’ design, adding a beautiful set of stripes to the Irish’s uniforms. In another attempt to Chicago-fy the uniform, the rear bumper on the helmets will feature the city flag.

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FCS

Abilene Christian

ACU changed from the Southland Conference to the Western Athletic Conference for this season. The Wildcats’ jerseys and field turf have been updated to reflect the change.

The team is also celebrating the 100th season of ACU football this year with a wonderful anniversary logo. No word if the logo will be featured on the uniforms this year.

Cal Poly

The Mustangs made a logo switch earlier this year, redesignating the CP logo as primary and the galloping horse design as the secondary logo.

Central Arkansas

The Bears’ famous purple and grey striped turf field has been replaced over the summer. The overall design stayed the same, but there were a few tweaks. The biggest feature is that the midfield logo is now the bear head on its own rather than having the UCA letters behind it. The bear claws in the endzone were removed and “Fear the Stripes” is now placed on the opposing team’s sideline. The school name previously donned both sidelines.

Charleston Southern

The Buccaneers also made a logo change, making the Bucky Head logo the primary with the CSU-swords design the secondary.

The team has also replaced the turf field that has the new primary logo at midfield.

 Colgate

Colgate looks to be sporting a newly designed white helmet featuring the C logo. They’ve traditionally worn “‘gate” decals.

Columbia

The Lions have retired their gradient-striped uniforms for new threads. The new design – in white and dark grey – features two solid stripes on contrasting shoulder caps. The white tops have light blue stripes on navy, as the greys have white stripes on light blue caps. The new white pants are plain, removing the stripe from the previous set. Both tops will carry #67 patches to honor Jackson Coker, a freshman wide receiver who died from a car accident in March.

Dayton

The Flyers will be sporting new UCLA striped uniforms this season. The home combo will include red tops with white/blue/white stripes and grey pants with an Ole Miss-like red and blue stripe. The white uniforms will have red/blue/red stripes on the shoulders and carry blue/red stripes down the pants, the inverse of the grey sets. The previous design had contrasting shoulder caps with some armpit striping.

Dayton will also sport a white helmet for the first time in decades. The primary Winged-D logo will don the right side of the shell as the player number will be placed on the left.

Florida A&M

FAMU has made the jump from the MEAC to the SWAC. The team’s turf field reflects the change. The Rattlers will also be sporting new white helmets this season, potentially the first in program history.

Florida A&M announced that they have enhanced their relationship with Nike by partnering with Lebron James’s King James brand. The release noted that teams would wear King James branded uniforms and apparel, though nothing has been revealed yet.

Harvard

The Crimson have new threads this year. The red and white tops both feature a beautiful font, supposedly meant to represent the curvatures of the stadium. After a few years of wearing matte helmets, the new shells return to a glossy finish with a white H logo. And the shoulders don the school’s traditional Veritas patch.

Indiana State

After losing out on a season last year, the Sycamores will debut new threads this season. The team showcased the new blue uniforms but they have a matching white colorway as well.

The jerseys have an interesting diagonal stripe design placed on contrasting-colored shoulder caps. The pants feature well-sized stripes that house the school name down the leg. Each jersey will carry the Indiana State Unity patch as well this year.

The old uniforms had contrasting shoulder caps and stripeless pants with the team name written on the left knee cap.

Jackson State

The Deion Sanders-led Tigers will have a new chrome helmet available this season. For the conference media days, the helmet was shown with asymmetric decals – the right side with a tiger claw and the left with “I Believe” and a J. Word is these decals will be worn for a single game, but the chrome shells are gonna be used throughout the season.

James Madison

James Madison is celebrating the 50th season of football this year and announced a special commemorative logo. The team did not announce if the logo would be worn during the season.

Lamar

Lamar is among the newest members of WAC this season and the Cardinals have updated the playing surface to reflect the change.

McNeese State

Hurricane Laura, a category 4 storm, hit Louisiana in August of 2020. Two months later, Hurricane Delta hit the same area. The storms devastated McNeese State’s campus and flooded the football stadium. The Cowboys have spent the last year cleaning up the damage and replacing the turf field.

Despite the necessity to replace the carpet, McNeese will keep the new turf’s design the same as the previous.

Montana

The Grizzlies revealed new uniforms back in November but didn’t wear them for the team’s spring season. The new uniforms feature dual stripes on the shoulders, where the former jerseys had the bear paw logo. Montana’s pants now feature matching stripes after going blank with the previous design.

Montana State

Montana State made a slight tweak to their jerseys, moving the stripes from the shoulder to the sleeves. The chestmark is also slightly smaller now.

North Alabama

The UNA Lions have new Adidas threads for the season. The team will have new purple and white colorways available, while still having the old gold pants to wear. The new white tops feature three stripes – an upgrade over the previous stripes – as the purple tops are blank. The home jerseys have seen the TV numbers moved from the sleeve cuffs to the shoulders.

Northern Arizona

The Lumberjacks may have just released the best uniforms of the year.

The new threads come in white and blue and both feature incredible details unique to NAU. The collars have a blue and yellow striped pattern, supposedly meant to resemble “the excitement and energy of the lumberjack.” The shoulders have an interesting “mountain hero” design, and the pants have an “NAU Heartbeat” stripe, which looks to include another mountain peak design.

The storytelling elements aside, it’s so nice to see a school include team-specific designs like this to make for such a unique uniform.

Richmond

The Spiders have moved from Nike to Adidas and, to their credit, kept the uniforms rather similar. The old Nike threads had great shoulder stripes, though the red and blue tops slightly differed from the white jerseys. The pants also had matching stripes.

The new Adidas uniforms have stripeless pants (a disappointment) but kept the striping on the tops. The Spiders have only shown off the blue jerseys, however. Hopefully, the striping is more consistent now.

Sam Houston State

The defending FCS National Champions have joined the Western Athletic Conference for 2021 and have updated their jerseys and field turf with the WAC logos.

Samford

The Bulldogs will be honoring the late Bobby Bowden with a memorial decal on the helmets this season. Bowden played three years at Samford and would start his coaching career in Birmingham.

Southeastern Louisiana

After years of using a rough lion mark and an oddly stylized S, Southeastern Louisiana has a new set of incredible logos to use moving forward. The new primary logo has SLU placed over the state of Louisiana and will be worn on the football helmets. A handsome forward-facing lion logo will be placed at midfield on the football field. The Lions also have a new stylized S design that is lightyears above the old look.

SLU also announced in July that they would start wearing Under Armour uniforms, though they haven’t shown them off just yet.

Southern

The Jaguars appear to have new grey uniforms. The jerseys have powder blue and yellow UCLA stripes with blue numerals outlined in yellow. The pants striping matches those of the jerseys.

Stephen F. Austin

The newest Western Athletic Conference member will have a new turf field to play on this season. The new field has the newer SFA-ax logo at midfield whereas previously the Texas state SFA logo was featured. The endzones also have a new font.

Stetson

Big upgrade for the Hatters this year, moving from green tops with white shoulder caps to featuring large white and bright green stripes with a large chestmark and giant numbers. You’ll be able to spot this team from miles away! The white colorway will feature a similar look.

The pants also change to a plain green pair, removing the large white stripe from the old set.

The Citadel

The always incredible Joe Bosack & Co. has assisted The Citadel in releasing a new identity for the school. The school previously used a block C logo – with or without the South Carolina outline joining – for years now.

The new primary logo will be a new block C with a star centered, with a strong bulldog head as the secondary logo. The Bulldogs will also have two new wordmarks – one in a block font to match the primary C logo and a beautiful script mark.

The new C logo will don the football helmet shells starting this season.

Towson

The Tigers have revealed new black and white jerseys to match the gold tops they wore two years ago. The old white tops had black shoulder caps as the black jerseys had gold collars and sleeve cuffs.

Valparaiso

Valpo retired their longtime “Crusaders” nickname earlier this year and announced that the new name will be “Beacons.” While the name fits the Christian university well, the logo they released alongside the name leaves a lot left to be desired.

Western Carolina

Formerly wearing Adidas uniforms, the Catamounts have signed with Nike moving forward and revealed their new white uniforms for the week one matchup against Eastern Kentucky. The team will also have purple jerseys and gold pants that will allow many combinations throughout the season.

Youngstown

The Penguins have changed from Under Armour to Nike this year. While the new uniforms are rather simple, they’re still an overall improvement from the last set. The new set comes with red and white jerseys along with red, white, and black pants making for multiple combinations to be worn this year.

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Division II

Clarion

The Golden Eagles have a new blue home jersey to match the white colorway. The previous design was a years-old Under Armour templated look.

Great Midwest Athletic Conference

Celebrating their 10th season as a conference, the GMAC will have a commemorative logo for the occasion.

Johnson C. Smith

After wearing Russell Athletic uniforms for many years, the Golden Bulls have moved over to Under Armour. The new jerseys feature a generic catalog design that includes a colorful starburst-like design. The yellow pants are plain but the navy pants have yellow stripes over the knees.

Northwest Missouri State

The Bearcats have updated to the latest Adidas A1 Primeknit template with their green and white uniforms. Both jerseys feature a custom Bearcat “family” patch. Interestingly, the patch and Adidas logo swap placements between the two tops. Northwest previously had the dreaded tire tread pattern.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

The Crimson Hawks have revealed a new uniform featuring a crimson top and grey pants with a classic design. The tops feature grey and white Northwestern stripes with a block font on the front, back, and shoulders. The pants are grey and carry a similar set of stripes in crimson and white. The previous style had a pointed font, no jersey stripes, and an odd stripe on the pants.

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The SIAC has revealed a new branding prior to the season. The new logo features strong letter marks on a background split in two colors with a white outline. For each of the conference’s 15 teams, the logo will change colors to match those of the institution. The previous logo had rounded letters with two outlines to tie it all together.

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Division III

College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin

The CCIW released a new brand identity. The primary logo has a split down the center to represent the border between Illinois and Wisconsin. The conference also has sport-specific designs that are really creative. It’s a quality upgrade over the previous logo.

Hardin-Simmons

New purple jerseys this season for the Cowboys, moving on from purple tops with black shoulder caps. The white pants shown are holdovers from previous seasons, though it’s difficult to know about the black and yellow pants.

Northwest Conference

The Northwest Conference has a new visual identity. The new primary logo is a badge featuring mountains, trees, and water iconography from the local geography. The conference introduced a really cool series of sport-specific badges playing off of the primary logo. It’s all-around a huge upgrade over the previous water-color painted design.

Southwestern

The Pirates recently revealed a new identity. The entire project was completed in-house by the university’s creative director and a football team member.

The new primary logo is a black, gold, and white Jolly Roger that resembles the school’s first athletic logo. The secondary logo is really cool – a ripped pirate flag that includes the state of Texas and the school’s founding year of 1840. The new wordmark is also a really clean look.

Southwestern was the first higher education school founded in Texas and participated in the first intra-collegiate athletic events in the state.

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There it is – a full breakdown of all the new uniforms, logos, and field designs throughout college football.

Despite the issues that teams and manufacturers have seen throughout the supply chain, over 150 teams and conferences were still featured here this year!

Thanks as always to all the teams and equipment managers for sharing the images of their respective new uniforms. Thanks also to Uni-Watch, SportsLogos.net, and College Sports Logos for helping showcase all the new details.

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