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

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

Repping Bull City on the front bumpers. (image via Duke Football)

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.

Honoring the late coach Schnellenberger. (image via Canes Football)

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.

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

Navy will finally don Marine-inspired uniforms this year. (image via Navy Football)

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.

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.

Sharp new front bumpers for Iowa State. (image via Cyclone Equipment)

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.

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

“Forward” uniforms for the Badgers against Notre Dame. (image via David Stluka)

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.”

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

Everyone loves powder blue. (image via ODU Football)

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.

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.

Special patch honoring seniors. (image via Bobcats Football)

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.

Mountain West

Air Force

The Falcons will wear B-52 inspired uniforms against Navy. (image via Air Force Football)

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.

Silver helmets have a new metallic-flake finish. (image via Nevada Football)

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.

Pac-12

Arizona

Old is new and new is good. (image via Arizona Football)

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.

Ducks fly with new threads. (image via Oregon Football)

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.

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 looks good once again. (image via Missouri Football)

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.

Details on Vandy’s new threads (image via Vanderbilt Football)

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.

Independents

BYU

As BYU should look. (image via BYU Football)

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.

A Green Bay uniform for Notre Dame in Chicago. (image via ND Football)

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

New white helmets with red C logo for the Raiders. (via Colgate Football)

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

Celebrating 50 years. (image via JMU Football)

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

Adore the creativity for the Lumberjacks (image via NAU Football)

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

Incredible set of new logos for the Lions. (image via SLU Athletics)

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

Joe Bosack & Co. with another hit. (image via The Citadel Athletics)

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.

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

Family on the chest. (image via Bearcat Football)

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.

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

Who doesn’t love a good pirate logo? (image via SWU Athletics)

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.

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!

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With football season just about to start, many teams looking to upgrade their uniforms one way or another. While previous seasons have seen major changes in uniform design for teams, this year consists more of minor tweaks and template changes. Even though there are a lot of teams listed here, most will look fairly similar to last year.

2018 marks the fifth anniversary of the Auburn Uniform Database, but the seventh NCAA CFB Uniform Recap that I have compiled. Each edition has been bigger than the previous, incorporating over 120 teams last season. This edition will also surpass the 120 mark.

This season also marks the 150th year of college football. The 100th anniversary was a huge deal in 1969, with a majority of teams wearing a 100 decal prominently on their helmets. Don’t expect the same celebration this time around, sadly. Team branding is too much of a priority nowadays that there’s no way any school will abandon their logo for something like this. I personally think we will be lucky to even see it as a decal on the backside of the helmets.

ACC

• Clemson

The Tigers inked a new 10-year, $58 million extension with Nike that now runs through the 2027-28 athletic season.

• Duke

Minor change for Duke with a big impact, as the Blue Devils have updated to the Nike Vapor Untouchable template.

• Florida State

FSU showcased an alternate black uniform design when they revealed the current set back in 2014. That design was shelved for a long time, only making a few appearances. With new coach Willie Taggart coming from Oregon, there’s a possibility we’ll see many more combinations going forward. According to some social media posts by a few players, it is expected that the Seminoles will wear their black jerseys with their gold pants for the opening game against Virginia Tech.

• Georgia Tech
  

  GT’s new stinger-inspired uniforms are a great evolution of their uniforms. (image via Georgia Tech Athletics)

Gone is Russell Athletic and in is adidas. With the change came a branding refresh including a new custom font. Georgia Tech’s new Primeknit A1 uniforms are one of adidas’ best jobs over the last few years. The stinger-style striping works really well. I love the idea of the two white jerseys – gold numbers for home games, navy for road trips. The white helmet feels out of place with the striping. The striping also looks terrible on the back end. All in all, it’s a great look for the Yellow Jackets. No navy uniforms were revealed, as they’ll probably be shown off before a bowl game.

• Louisville

The Cardinals have updated to the new Primeknit A1 template from adidas. The wing design on the shoulders has also seen an update. They’re also placed at a steeper angle, which effects the TV numbers. No idea why they decided to place them at an angle rather than straight on, but it was the wrong decision.  The side of the jerseys also feature a circle of stars from the city flag. Louisville’s new uniforms would have been really nice if it weren’t for that.

• Miami (FL)

Minor change for the Hurricanes, but one that improves the look tremendously. Miami has updated to adidas’ new Primeknit A1 template that removes the insane tiretread pattern. The U logo is now placed on the collar, the adidas logo has swapped sides on the pants, and the nameplate font has received a makeover. All help Miami look just as good as they always should. The Hurricanes will also be sporting special environmentally friendly uniforms for the opening game against LSU. About 70% of the uniform is made from recycled material. The shoulder caps contrast with the body, and the numbers feature green stitching, which is apparently a prominent feature of the Parley shoe line. The neat aspect of this marketing campaign is the uniforms will be auctioned off with proceeds going to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science to help fund educational research.

• NC State

After wearing simple and rather plain uniforms the last few years, North Carolina State is changing things up in 2018. The shoulder stripes used on the black alternate last season is now being used across the board. The stripes are bold and I think they work quite well. I like having a new design on the shoulders like this, rather than recycling the same stripe designs that have been used for years. Sadly, the pants are pretty weird and have Wolfpack placed down the left leg, with the right leg blank. The previous set of striped pants would really complete this uniform.

• Virginia
  

  Virginia will continue to get compared to Auburn with their latest set of uniforms (that’s not a bad thing). (image via UVA Media Relations)

The Cavilers have dabbled in new uniform designs the last few seasons with Bronco Mendenhall as head coach. This year, Virginia will be sporting a really nice new set of uniforms, with double striping on the helmet, jersey, and pants. The attention to detail is impressive, with a few hidden keys located across the uniform. The number font features notches that match the design of the V in the primary logo. The inner collar of the blue jersey features 10 stars to represent Virginia being the 10th state in the U.S. Union. Virginia will have three helmets to select from, which will hopefully keep the team looking good all season long. Unfortunately, the helmets will only feature the V-saber logo on one side, with the player number on the other. This silly trend is the only detail to detract from a really great look overall.

• Virginia Tech

VT is no secret to new uniforms, having tried many different designs over the years and breaking out a multitude of alternate designs. The Hokies will be debuting a brand new set of uniforms this upcoming season that are actually rather similar to their previous design. After sporting a really nice UCLA-stripe design for many years, the new uniforms have tweaked them with a bit of an angle. The new style will be a little off-putting for some who were accustomed to the classic look. I think it does a great job of representing the school’s previous design and making it more modern. The numbers feature a sublimated brick pattern that was used with the Hokie-stone helmet and uniforms in previous seasons. The unfortunate aspects of this design are the plain, stripeless pants (which is another bad trend in uniform design) and the tapering stripes on the helmet. Copy the stripes from the jerseys, even at an angle on the pants, and this set could look much better.

AAC

• Cincinnati

Small change for the Bearcats, who look to have removed the striping from their helmets. True shame, really, as the striping worked well.

• Connecticut

UConn is expected to have new uniforms for the 2019 season. For this season, though, the Huskies will be sporting the old block-C helmets for six games. That leads me to think the new uniforms next year could very well feature the old logo full time. The block-C logo was used until 2012 when the school unified all the athletic teams under a single brand.

• East Carolina

After switching to adidas a few season ago, East Carolina is now taking the opportunity to update their look. Teaming up with adidas, ECU has revealed a new pattern to be used in many applications. The pattern features six different icons that represent different aspects of the university and branding. The pattern will be used on the pants, and the primary pirate head logo will be boldly represented on the shoulder caps. The new adidas Primeknit A1 template helps with the new look.

• Memphis

No official word from Memphis, but it looks like the Tigers have yet another new set of uniforms. From the rough videos shared, the white jerseys have only grey details and the grey uniforms have blue details.

• South Florida

USF is one of a many teams that changed uniform providers this season. The Bulls dumped Under Armour for adidas, and the uniforms suffered. After sporting a rather nice look the last few years, the new design is nothing more than a template design from adidas. For some reason, adidas has not been very good at providing teams with the newest template. South Florida is one of multiple new teams that will be wearing older templates. The Shockweb 2.0 template, complete with the infamous tiretreads, does not look good in USF’s dark green. The numbers, chestmark, and shoulder logos are all gold and applied with adidas’ “shiny duct tape” look. It’s hard not to see this as a massive downgrade from the Under Armour era. The black set carries the “Irish rainbow” gradient from previous years. USF has now also been outfitted by Nike, Under Armour, and adidas over the last twelve years. That’s a lot of change for a team that has only been around since 1997.

• Temple

Temple has a new set of uniforms for this season, coming in cherry, white, black, and grey. The jerseys feature the school’s iconic pattern in a stripe across the collarbones. The pattern was previously set on the shoulders. The Owls thankfully will still carry the pattern as well. The one drawback is that they placed “Temple Tuff” on the knee stripe. I’m not too keen on a higher education facility publishing “Tuff” in any fashion. Two extra helmet options will be in the rotation this season also, with the script wordmark having an opportunity to replace the T logo. I do love honoring an athlete’s work in the classroom, and Temple has added a special academic patch. Why is it on the back? According to head coach Collins, “academic success is representative of student’s family name.”

• Tulsa

New Primeknit A1 uniforms for the Golden Hurricanes. The jerseys will feature gold a lot more than red like previously. It also looks as though Tulsa has removed the striping from the helmets.

Big 12

• Baylor

No uniform changes as of now for the Baylor Bears, but they did sign on with VICIS to outfit a majority of their team with the Zero1 helmet. According to the press release, 80 of the 115 members of the team readily selected the helmet, which has been rated at the top of multiple safety tests.

• Iowa State
  

  The Cyclones made one of the biggest changes in uniforms from 2017 to 2018, and it might have paid off. (image via Iowa State Athletics)

The Cyclones have had issues trying to separate themselves brand-wise from other red and yellow teams. They once added blue and quickly removed it. Black is the new blue, apparently, as Iowa State has revealed three new uniforms for the upcoming season. The set comes with red, white, and black helmets, jerseys, and pants. There might be a yellow set in the future. The numbers feature a unique curve to resemble a cyclone. While I will miss the UCLA-striped set, I think these have potential. The white jerseys are gorgeous and balance the red and yellow perfectly. The other two jerseys can’t say that. The red top has a black collar, which doesn’t match anything else on the set. The number font is interesting enough without being overboard. It won’t be visible from far away anyways. I think it could use some tweaking and color balancing all around, but it’s a start. It’s hard to move away from what they had, though.

• Kansas

Kansas has updated to the new Primeknit A1 template from adidas for this season. The Jayhawk and adidas logos swap placements now as well.

• Oklahoma

Oklahoma underwent a brand refresh earlier in the season. The primary logo has been tweaked a bit and the helmet will now reflect the change. A new font is being used for the numbers and wordmarks. The Sooners are also one of the latest teams to join the Jordan Brand team. The Rough Rider alternate uniforms have also seen some tweaks, with the “wheel spokes” on the previous template being removed and traditional pant stripes being added over the short style.

• Texas

Very small change for the Longhorns, as Texas has tweaked the wordmark on the front chest. The “Texas” lettering has been widened to take up more real estate  on the jersey. It had been the same style for many years prior. The Longhorns have also announced they will be wearing black socks and cleats this year.

• West Virginia

New Vapor Untouchable jerseys for WVU. It looks as though the armpit stains have been removed, which is always an improvement. They’re due for a redesign; hopefully it comes sooner than later. West Virginia has also added some really cool “Country Road” rear bumpers to their helmets.

Big 10

It’s not every day you see linemen like #53 Nick Allegretti model new uniforms. (image via Illinois Athletics)

• Illinois

A brand simplification and uniform redesign a few years ago was not good enough for Illinois. The Illini will be wearing a new set of uniforms this season with a much simpler design. The Grey Ghost uniforms have also returned. I liked the previous look and thought they were a few tweaks away from being really good. The new look is a little empty, but I think is another good design. The overall design is based off the Dick Butkus era, which explains the solid colors, lack of stripes, and lack of contrasting outlines. One unique aspect are the vertical lines set in the numbers and sides of the jerseys, which are meant to resemble the columns at the school’s football field, Memorial Stadium. The columns were built to honor Illinois soldiers that had lost their lives.

• Indiana

Minor changes for the Hoosiers. Indiana has upgraded to the new Primeknit A1 template for starters. The chestmark no longer reads “Hoosiers” but now “Indiana.” The shoulder caps have utilized the candy stripes well, having them in a tone-on-tone application. Though the pants no longer have traditional stripes, they also carry the candy stripes in a sublimated pattern. I wish they had them bolder, but I like this style. Indiana will also wear memorial decals for former coach Bill Mallory, who passed away in May.

• Iowa

Last season, Iowa wore alternate grey and black uniforms against Ohio State. Looks like some elements stuck with the Hawkeyes, as they have updated their primary uniforms – also now on the Vapor Untouchable template – with the font used on the alternates. I think it works better on the Steelers-clones, and helps differentiate themselves from Pittsburgh.

• Maryland

The Terps have made a few tweaks to their uniforms this season. The black stripe on the jerseys that separated the body color from the Maryland flag pattern has now been removed. The pants will also not have the kneecap stripe. The hip logo used to be the Maryland flag but is now the school’s M logo. The helmets used to have “Maryland” written in large letters on the back, but that has also been removed. Players will also wear a #79 decal on their helmets to honor Jordan McNair, who died this summer from heat stroke after a workout.

• Michigan
  

  Chrome helmets are among the many new additions to PJ Fleck’s newest team.(image via Minnesota Athletics)

Michigan is making a change to the Big House. The end zones on the field will now be blue, rather than the previous green. The blue end zones were used for bowl games in the past.

• Minnesota

PJ Fleck strikes again. The new Golden Gopher coach has attacked the university’s branding standards and substituted his own brand. The “Row the Boat” mantra and trademark Fleck had at Western Michigan has transitioned about 500 miles northwest and infiltrated Minneapolis. Fleck had thrown boat oars on Western Michigan’s uniforms years ago, and the Gophers have contacted the same disease. The collars and numbers feature a sublimated oar pattern and an oar even adorns the helmets as a stripe. The new maroon, white, and grey uniforms will also have a gold chrome helmet in the rotation. No gold elements were revealed and it would be an even bigger downgrade if they leave it out altogether. The previous set was so good, too.

• Nebraska

New Primeknit A1 uniforms are on tap for Nebraska. The lack of tiretreads has helped every team. Very few changes were made with the Huskers. The biggest adjustment is the “winning tradition” patch moved to the upper left chest since the adidas logo was moved from the center of the chest. It also looks like the red pants have lost the stripe, and the same is possible for the white ones.

• Purdue

Looks as though Purdue has new matte gold helmets for this season. The Boilermakers are no stranger to alternate helmets, having worn black and chrome helmets recently.

• Rutgers

Rutgers has a new look for this season. The Primeknit A1 template was the right opportunity to change up the design. Where Rutgers wore some pretty bland and empty uniforms last year, they now have stripes. Northwestern stripes don the shoulders and pants, with the latter being cut off at an odd shape. Rutgers has always been an odd case for me, never really looking great. I don’t think these stripes fix that completely. It feels unbalanced with the empty helmet as well.

C-USA

• Marshall

The Thundering Herd have made minor adjustments to their uniforms, mainly with upgrading to the Vapor Untouchable template. The chestmark also pops a lot more with the new black outline.

• North Texas

North Texas tried to jump in on the Fortnite craze during the summer, by showing off all the uniform combos in a menu that mimics the game. Those images showcased what looked to be a new set of grey pants to match the jerseys worn last year. Looks as though the Mean Green will also have a new turf design this year, which features the state outline at midfield and white lettering in the green endzones. The previous design had green lettering in the unpainted endzones.

• Old Dominion

Template upgrades are in order for the Monarchs. Old Dominion took the opportunity to finally upgrade from the “double stitch” template and removed the previously shortened shoulder stripes. The new uniforms feature the school shield logo on the shoulders.

• Rice

The Owls have new adidas uniforms and they’re…odd. The design is rather similar – plain and simple, blue and white. But it’s the template that causes the confusion. While most teams are jumping on board with the latest and greatest styles, Rice went with the Techfit Hyped jerseys, which feature a large collar and more panels and ventilation areas than adidas has used in years. The move is an odd one – unprecedented, for sure – for an FBS level school. I originally thought they might be preparing to move on from adidas, as Michigan and UCLA both wore lower level style jerseys the last year of their deals. But Rice signed an extension with adidas back in April through the 2023-24 season.

• Southern Miss

One of the final Russell Athletic hold outs has moved on to adidas. The new Shockweb 2.0 uniforms are rather simple, but are a nice, clean look for Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles will once again have gold, black, and white uniforms to mix and match. They will also be wearing special helmet decals to honor OB Bowen, who passed away in January from cancer. Bowen was a longtime assistant coach with the Golden Eagles and considered a legend around Hattiesburg.

• UTEP
  

  UTEP’s new orange is a bit different, but the new uniforms look great. (image via UTEP Athletics)

The Miners have always bounced around between good and not so good uniform designs. This year’s new uniforms swing back to the good side. The three new uniforms feature a really nice set of stripes on the shoulder caps. Something does seem to be missing, though, as there isn’t enough contrast, especially on the orange jerseys. The pants are mostly blank, minus the white pants which feature the school name on the right leg. UTEP has also tweaked their orange helmets, removing the stripes.

• Western Kentucky

New 100 years of football logo of the Hilltoppers. It will be worn as a patch on the jerseys.

Independent

• Liberty

The newest team to join the FBS ranks is Liberty University. The Flames have revealed a new logo to commemorate their first year in the upper ranks. Liberty is reportedly having issues finding a conference to join.

• Notre Dame

It’s starting to become a trend where college programs mimic a professional team’s uniform for a one-off game. Notre Dame, one of the biggest brands in all of collegiate athletics, will be wearing pinstriped uniforms based on the famous New York Yankees’ (one of the biggest brands in all of sports) uniforms as they play their annual Shamrock Series game in Yankees Stadium. The uniform is a bit divisive, featuring pinstripes on the shoulder caps, entire pants, and on the special helmet logo. The chestmark is written in script like the Yankees, and the number font is meant to also mimic that used by the Bronx Bombers. The matte blue helmet is such a divergence from the classic gold shells that it alone nearly ruins this uniform for me. I’m really not a fan of schools abandoning their branding, which takes a ton of time and money to establish, to simply copy someone else’s work. Notre Dame is also marketing “Irish Wear Green” for their season opening game against Michigan. Many believe that green jerseys will make an appearance.

(image via Notre Dame Athletics)

MAC

• Ball State

Ball State has new white jerseys that feature a really great set of UCLA stripes on the shoulders.

• Bowling Green
  

  Hard not to love the Falcon’s new helmets, especially that orange shell. (image via Bowling Green Athletics)

The Falcons have made a few changes to their helmets this season. The new orange shells feature a metallic finish and it pops quite nicely. The annual military appreciation helmet will be white this season. I’m not always keen on these kind of designs, but love how Bowling Green does it. The center stripes feature the names of 111 Bowling Green State University students that lost their lives serving our country. There is also a 111 decal on the back of the helmet.

• Ohio

Looks as though the Bobcats have transitioned to a new adidas template. With that, the UCLA stripes have been replaced with shoulder stripes. Ohio had tweaked their white jerseys previously, so now the two match again.

Mountain West

• Air Force
  

  Air Force never ceases to amaze with their alternate uniforms. (image via Air Force Equipment)

Air Force strikes again with a great alternate uniform. There’s no need to craft a story from scratch when you have the history the Air Force Academy holds. This year the Falcons will be honoring the AC-130 gunship. The helmets will feature a nice artistic design of the gunship on the left side, similar to how Navy featured ships in the fleet a few years back. The other side of the helmet and the right shoulder cap will feature squadrons responsible for flying the AC-130. Air Force also made some minor tweaks to their logo this offseason.

• Hawai’i

The Rainbow Warriors have revealed a new set of uniforms that take a lot of inspiration from those worn during one of the most successful tenures in program history. Back in 2007, Hawai’i had a blonde haired quarterback by the name of Colt Brennan who helped lead his team to a WAC championship and a Sugar Bowl bid versus Georgia. The uniform then seems to be the basis for the new design. A tribal pattern dons the left shoulder and thigh, much like a decade ago. Under Armour tried to implement more of a floral pattern with the last set, having it sublimated across the pants, but it didn’t seem to catch on. Black helmets also make their return to the rotation. The new design looks much cleaner and stronger on the new textiles than they did on the shiny and baggy Nike uniforms. It’s a great look with a lot of history for the Warriors. I really hope they have a new rainbow throwback in the works for this season.

• Nevada

After a lengthy stay with Nike, Nevada has jumped ship to adidas. The new uniforms are incredibly bland being just navy and white. And grey with the pants, an odd choice. The more odd aspect is that Nevada willingly chose a template from adidas that is two generations obsolete. There’s no reason any team in FBS football, let alone any new team for adidas, to be wearing this template. It’s really a shame, too, because Nevada actually looked pretty good last season, sticking with the minimalist look and grey pants. They didn’t replicate that this time around.

• Utah State

Upgrade for the Aggies, who have taken the move to Nike’s Vapor Untouchable template as an opportunity to tweak the uniforms. The jerseys and pants have a new striping pattern that looks to have some Native American inspiration. The numbers no longer have an imprinted pattern.

• Wyoming

A few seasons after revealing new Nike uniforms, the Cowboys have switched over to adidas. Their new uniforms are rather similar to the last set, but with a few differences. The shoulder stripes are now more “valley” like, as they curve down in the middle. The pants also have a new stripe pattern. Thankfully they kept the number font and look to have even improved it.

Pac 12

• Arizona State
  

  Never question Arizonians’ love for their state flag imagery. (image via Arizona State Athletics)

New coach Herm Edwards was not a fan of the Sun Devils’ uniforms when handed one during his introduction press conference. Edwards was even quoted asking if the game jersey was “a girl’s jersey,” and being appalled at the idea of game jerseys being so small and stretchy. From Pac 12 Media Days, it looks like Herm has made some adjustments to Arizona State’s uniforms for his first season. The pitchfork is now gone from the shoulders. “Sun Devils” is placed on both pant legs. As much as I liked what Nike did with the pitchfork in 2013, I thought adidas did it better. I’m ok with the removal of the pitchfork is that means Sparky is back more. I do love the subtle design element of the state flag being sublimated on the chest. I am interested to see how prevalent it is during the games, though.

• Oregon

The darlings of college football uniforms are at it again. Oregon revealed four new uniforms, in the expected colors of green, yellow, white, and black. The unexpected part, however, was the restraint seen with the design. Oregon has worn some very loud, unexpected, and revolutionary uniforms over the years, but these will not be in that category. The uniforms showcased feature the return of the winged helmets – although mostly in a tone-on-tone fashion – blank plants with the only flare being a large O logo, and jerseys with their own mystique. The tops have few elements that scream Oregon football – no stripes, no wings, in fact, nothing on the shoulders at all. Large numbers are used on the jerseys, which has honestly been the biggest point of discussion. A military-style name badge is located on the chest, very similar to what the Jacksonville Jaguars had originally planned for their previous uniform set. Contrasting colored nameplates have been commonplace in hockey, but not so in football. Oregon looks to be changing that. Personally, I think these uniforms are rather underwhelming for Oregon’s standards, but a quality look overall. I surprised myself when I determined the black with neon green details was my favorite of the bunch. My biggest gripe is that Oregon has always been the one to set trends for uniform designs. This set doesn’t do that. It simply follows the minimalist trend that many other teams have been following.

Simple is bold, for once, with Oregon’s new uniforms. (image via Oregon Athletics)

• Oregon State

“Retro Benny” has been reinstated as a secondary logo at Oregon State. The Beavers will don the vintage logo on their black helmets on October 20th versus Cal.

• Stanford

Subtle changes for the Cardinal this season, as they have changed to the Vapor Untouchable template, added a black outline around the numbers, and added a white facemask to the helmets. Stanford has done great over the last few years slightly tweaking their uniforms but leaving the overall aesthetic the same. I hope they keep the cardinal facemask and just plan to rotate it in with the whites.

• Utah

The Utes will be celebrating 125 years of Utah football this season and have a special logo for the occasion. It will be worn as a patch on the jerseys.

• Washington

The Huskies announced they will be switching to adidas following this football season. Washington was apparently a hot commodity over the offseason, and adidas won the bidding process by a good bit.

SEC

• Arkansas

The Razorbacks have upgraded their uniforms with the change to the Vapor Untouchable. The “tusks” that didn’t really represent solely Arkansas have been removed. The pants stripe now connects to the belt loop and no longer floats. Gone are the matte helmets for the traditional “pearl cardinal” finish. All in all these are upgrades across the board. Arkansas will look their best in a long time this season.

• Auburn

Auburn added 3D bumpers to the front of the helmet last year. The plan was to add the rear bumper for this upcoming season, but they went ahead and did so for the bowl game. Both front and rear 3D bumpers will be used for the 2018 season.

• Florida
  

  A simple logo change, especially to the Jumpman, can make a world of difference. (image via Florida Athletics)

Florida is one of the two teams this year to join Jordan Brand. As Jordan is just a subset of Nike, not much changes outside of the logos. One potential change looks to be to the alternate white helmets. The Gators have worn these helmets the last few years with the Gators script on one side, and the F logo on the other. Hopefully this image is true and the script will be on both sides.

• LSU

LSU is celebrating 125 years of football this season. The Tigers revealed a special logo to commemorate, and the team will wear it as a patch throughout the season. LSU is no stranger to these anniversary patches, as they wore a 150 year logo for the university in 2010 and a 50th anniversary patch honoring the 1958 national championship team in 2008.

• Ole Miss

Ole Miss is embracing their “Land shark” moniker to start the season, wearing all white for the first time against Texas Tech. The Rebels/Black Bears/whatevers are planning to sport brand new white helmets and white facemasks. I’m one that thinks Ole Miss should never waiver from their navy and powder blue helmets. This alternate look for the Rebels fails to showcase any of the school’s navy color, and is incredibly lackluster to me. Ole Miss also revealed a new mascot along with a new logo hierarchy, which includes “landshark” style designs.

• Mississippi State

The Bulldogs have updated to the Primeknit A1 template from adidas and it has improved an already great look for State. Auburn Uniform Database friend Hail State Unis has much more coverage of the details, and you see side-by-side view of the changes here. I have really enjoyed the throwback look that Mississippi State has worn the last few years, and each tweak seems to improve it. This template, especially with the adidas logo moving from the center chest to the side, does wonders for it.

• Missouri

Mizzou looks to have a new white helmet option for 2018. This new design features the round tiger logo. They have previously worn a chrome silver tiger head logo on the white shells.

• Tennessee

According to friend of the Auburn Uniform Database Chad Fields, Tennessee will be making minor but impactful changes to their uniforms under first year head coach Jeremy Pruitt. The checkerboard striping on the helmet and pants legs that Nike implemented a few years back are expected to be replaced with the traditional solid striping. While this move is more traditional and historic for the Volunteers, the character of the checkerboard stripes will greatly be missed. The divisive Smokey Grey alternate uniforms will also not be worn going forward.

• Texas A&M

One of adidas’ premiere teams has upgraded to the newest Primeknit A1 template. The SEC logo has swapped to the left chest with the adidas logo moving to the right side.

Sun Belt

• Louisiana-Lafayette

The Ragin’ Cajuns have designated their primary and secondary helmets. The changes come with the 3D bumpers on the front and back, the EmbossTech American flag from Green Gridiron, and a special custom made warning decal in the shape of the state of Louisiana.

• Louisiana-Monroe
  

  I love the new ULM logo, hearkening back to a previous design with the old Indians nickname. (image via Louisiana-Monroe Athletics)

UL-Monroe sported throwback uniforms last season to celebrate the anniversary of their 1987 FCS national championship. Those uniforms were apparently a big hit and will now be the primary uniforms. The university underwent a brand refresh last year and created a new logo, which was worn on the helmets last season. That was the basis for making last year’s throwbacks the new primaries.

• New Mexico State

The Aggies will reportedly have new white uniforms for the upcoming season. According to Paul Lukas, the home uniforms will go unchanged. Now the two uniforms no longer match.

• South Alabama

USA is moving to adidas after being with Nike the last seven years. With the move, South Alabama will be wearing the oldest template still offered by adidas, the Shockweb 1.0. The Jaguars will wear it for only a season due to adidas inventory issues and sake of consistency. The design is rather similar to the Nike uniforms, minus the pant stripes and a slightly different number font. Don’t expect South to continue to mix and match much this year as they did the previous two seasons. New head coach Steve Campbell is reportedly much more traditional in uniform tastes and will keep it more simple.

FCS Teams

• Abilene Christian

Slight changes for ACU football as the Wildcats are switching to matte purple helmets from gloss. They will also be paired with grey facemasks rather than black. The white helmets will also see a change, being paired with grey facemasks as well and adding a purple stripe down the center.

• Alabama A&M

The Bulldogs from Huntsville have revealed their first Nike uniforms, after wearing Russell Athletic for a long time. The new look is rather simple, with just a loop stripe on the shoulders and stripes on the pants, but it works well. The logo on the collar and pants and the large numbers are a big plus. Having the chestmark and the logo both might be too much, but I kind of like it here.

• Alabama State

With Russell Athletic exiting the uniform provider industry, SWAC teams were left to find new manufacturers. Alabama State signed with adidas.

• Cal Poly

The Mustangs are celebrating their 100th season of football. The logo will be worn on the jerseys as a patch.

• Central Arkansas

After wearing adidas uniforms for many years, Central Arkansas has switched to Nike. The new look features contrasting collars and shoulder caps (black on the purple jerseys, purple on white) with a Baylor-style set of stripes on the pants. The best photo shared so far is actually being modeled by the mascot.

• Davidson

New helmets are on tap for Davidson. The new satin red helmets are such a good look. I love the sheen of satin and it looks best on red. These compliment the previous black helmets quite well.

• Eastern Illinois

EIU has a new set of grey helmets and pants for 2018. The Panthers had previously worn black.

•  Elon
  

  Satin is such a great finish for football helmets. (image via Florida A&M Athletics)

The Phoenix have new maroon and white jerseys this year, which basically just removed the side panels from 2017.

• Florida A&M

New satin orange helmets on tap for the Rattlers. The return of the striping is a really nice touch.

• Georgetown

The Hoyas have added new white helmets to their rotation this season. The bulldog logo is large on one side with the player number on the other.

• Grambling

HBCU teams are revealing new uniforms across the country as Russell Athletic, who had conference-wide apparel deals, has dropped out of the uniform game. Grambling has signed with adidas and revealed multiple new uniforms. The base black, gold, and white uniforms look really nice. The red set is where it might get a little divisive. Red has been a longtime tertiary color for the Tigers, as it has been used to represent the “blood of people of African decent.” The all red isn’t a terrible look, but it doesn’t work well when mixed with the other colors.

• Hampton

Hampton moves from the MEAC to the Big South Conference this season. The Pirates also signed a full partnership with Under Armour. Under Armour had provided uniforms the last few seasons, but Hampton had a shoe deal with Nike still.

•  Howard

The Bison are celebrating their 125th season of football. Unlike other teams who have worn a patch, Howard is wearing special decals on the side of the helmet. The look is really different have has a ton of empty space for a helmet, but I really like this unique approach.

• Lafayette College

New uniforms for the Leopards, which have been upgraded to a new Nike template. The design is ultimately the same from last year. The helmets received an upgrade also, with chrome decals and 3D bumpers on the front and back.

• Maine

One of the best upgrades this season came from the northeast. The Black Bears are sticking with New Balance (a rarity) but dumped the piping for a fantastic set of stripes. The tapered pants stripe is the biggest drawback, but I’m a big fan of these otherwise.

• Mississippi Valley State

MVSU has a new helmet design this season, with the VS logo on the side with a flame stripe down the middle. The Devils have previously worn the V-State logo and a script Valley on the helmets.

• Montana State

UCLA stripes are a great way to make your uniforms look good. That’s what Montana State did when they upgraded their uniforms this season. Both the white and blue versions look fantastic and much better than the armpit/collarbone stripes.

• North Carolina A&T

New uniforms this season for the Aggies feature a heavy dose of anthracite. The two new jerseys and helmets feature very little blue. I imagine these will be used alongside the blue and yellow sets from last season.

• Penn

The Quakers have updated their white jerseys to match the navy set worn last year. The previous version, worn on an older template, had single colored numbers and had “Pennsylvania” written across the chest.

• Prairie View A&M

No more Russell Athletic uniforms for the Panthers, as they’ve revealed their new adidas uniforms. The purple numbers across the board are nice for consistency, but there’s no way they are legal on the grey and especially the purple tops. Also unfortunately, the yellow helmet has a really rough gradient fade to purple in the back.

• South Dakota State

New blue uniforms for the Jackrabbits this season. They moved the stripes from the shoulders to the collarbones to better match the white jerseys.

• Southeast Missouri State
  

  Good striping and great colors make for a good uniform. (image via Southern Athletics)

The Redhawks have signed a multi-year deal with Under Armour after previously wearing Nike. They have yet to reveal their new uniforms.

• Southern

After years of Russell Athletic uniforms, the Southern Jaguars will wear Under Armour going forward. The collarbone stripe design isn’t anything new, but it looks fantastic in Southern’s light blue and yellow colors.

• Southern Illinois

The Saluki football team has new white helmets this season featuring the S logo on the left side and player number on the right. This will be the first white helmet option for SIU since 2011. Southern Illinois won a national championship, five conference titles, and made eight playoff appearances while wearing white helmets.

• Texas Southern

With Russell Athletic exiting the uniform business, SWAC teams were left to find new apparel providers. The Tigers signed on with Under Armour and revealed new maroon and white uniforms. Texas Southern also revealed a white helmet that will be worn this season.

•  Towson

The Towson Tigers have signed a five year deal with Under Armour.

• UT-Martin

The Skyhawks have inked a new multi-year deal with Under Armour.

• Weber State

Weber State has new black helmet design and pants to match the black jerseys from last year. The Wildcats will debut the all black look on September 15th versus South Dakota. They will also be wearing some interesting throwback jerseys on September 22nd that feature two distinct styles of stripes.

• William & Mary

The Tribe has revealed a new branding style complete with new logos. The football helmets will reflect the logo change for the upcoming season.

•  Wofford

The Terriors have signed a new deal with adidas through the 2024-25 season.

• Youngstown State

Small change for the Penguins who have added a stripe to their previously blank white pants.

Division 2 Teams

• Bowie State

New Under Armour uniforms with a great shoulder design for Bowie State. Looking at previous Russell Athletic designs, they’re no stranger from having interest shoulder cap uniforms.

• Central State

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has signed a league-wide apparel contract with Nike. The Marauders of Central State have showcased their new Nike threads. They previously wore Russell Athletic uniforms.

• Colorado School of Mines

New throwback-inspired jerseys for the Orediggers with UCLA stripes along the shoulders.

• Millersville

The Marauders will be wearing new Under Armour uniforms this season, complete with a nice set of UCLA stripes on the shoulders and stripes across the front of the pants. Last year’s uniforms saw stripes that went from the collar around the chest to the armpit.

• Morehouse

The SIAC conference has agreed to a conference-wide deal with Nike after Russell Athletics exited. The Maroon Tigers revealed two new uniforms to mix and match. Both the black and white jerseys feature maroon collars and shoulder caps. The pants have stripes that bend backwards at the top.

• Northern Michigan 

Green and yellow make for a great color combination. The Northern Michigan Wildcats have been able to wear it as well as anyone else. And the new throwback-style jerseys are fantastic. The template even makes these feel old-school without all the bells and whistles that Nike likes to throw in.

• Northwest Missouri State

The Bearcats have added new Missouri-shaped warning decals to their helmets.

• Oklahoma Baptist

The Bison have revealed a new anthracite uniform for this season. The shoulder stripes look a lot better than the previous set.

• Quincy

New uniforms for 2018 for the Quincy Hawks that are rather simple. The previous version had contrasting shoulder caps and stripes on the jerseys. The new tops have removed the small stripes on the shoulders and made the chest mark much larger. The white helmet looks to be new, and fades to yellow in the back.

• Shaw

Another case of Russell Athletic leaving an opening for new HBCU uniforms. The Shaw Bears have jumped on with Under Armour and went with a really classy simple uniform design. It’s a rather big departure from their look last season.

• Shorter

The Hawks from Rome, Georgia, will have a new pearly white helmet this season. Shorter had worn blue helmets in many iterations over the years. They will also be sporting new adidas uniforms this season, in blue, white, and black editions.

• Virginia State

Say goodbye to Russell Athletic and hello to Under Armour. The Trojans’ new uniforms sport a large set of stripes on the shoulders and a truncated stripe on the white pants.

• West Chester

When your nickname is the Rams, it’s hard not to mimic the shoulder horns of the NFL franchise. That’s what West Chester has done previously. This year, they’ve introduced a new white helmet that more so mimics LSU’s styling.

• West Georgia

West Georgia has jumped from Nike to adidas this off season. The new uniforms feature the UWG logo on the shoulder caps and a nice set of stripes on the pants.

• West Liberty

It’s not often teams will wear jerseys with entirely different designs. But the Hilltoppers are doing so this season. The yellow jerseys have a great set of shoulder stripes. They’ve actually worn this style before, but have tweaked (downgraded) the template. The new grey tops feature a new striping pattern, going across the chest.

Division 3 Teams

• Alfred State (Alfred, NY)
  

  I love the new ox logos from Alfred State. I wish they would have mirrored the decals for the right side of the helmets though. (image via Alfred State Athletics)

The Pioneers have revealed a new brand in July, complete with brand new logo sets. The ox logo is fantastic! That change is reflected with the new helmets featuring the ox head. New Under Armour uniforms are on tap as well, with the ox head on the back as well. There’s even a new ox mascot for Alfred State.

• Alvernia (Reading, PA)

The Alvernia Golden Wolves are playing in their inaugural season of football. The Wolves will be have white jerseys and maroon pants, as well as an all grey set. Interesting that the grey uniform looks to be their designated color set. I would imagine they would have a maroon set as well, if not in the near future.

• Anna Maria College (Paxton, MA)

New white helmets on tap for the Amcats. The A logo will be placed on both sides. They have previously worn red helmets with player numbers and grey shells with a paw print decal.

• Augsburg (Minneapolis, MN)

The Auggies (great nickname) have switched from Nike to adidas for 2018. The new look will be a lot simpler, with only the maroon uniforms having shoulder stripes.

• Bethel (McKenzie, TN)

The Wildcats have a new look this season. The new Nike uniforms feature white helmets with player numbers, purple and white jerseys with a nice set of stripes, and white and yellow pants.

• Christopher Newport (Newport News, VA)

New Under Armour uniforms with a great shoulder cap design are on tap for the Captains this year. They wore Russell Athletic uniforms last season.

• Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)

The Red Devils have seemingly tweaked their white helmet, going from a red-outlined pitchfork to a red logo outlined in black.

• Endicott (Beverly, MA)
  

  Eagle wings, nice color scheme, and the beach. Perfection. (image via Endicott Athletics)

The Gulls will be wearing a new white helmet this season with a nicely colored version of the Philadelphia Eagles wing decals this season. They’ve worn blue shells in the past.

•  Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden Sydney, VA)

New black uniforms are on tap for the Tigers this season. The numbers seem to have a sublimated pattern similar to the shoulder caps on their garnet set.

• MacMurray College (Jacksonville, IL)

The Fighting Highlanders have teased their new white Under Armour uniforms, but haven’t actually shown off the entire look just yet. I like the red tops that were worn last year. The white jerseys needed an upgrade, but I don’t believe they are going to match the reds.

• Marietta College (Marietta, OH) 

The Pioneers have a new turf field design this year, featuring grey and dark grey field lines and navy endzones.

• McMurry University (Abilene, Texas)

The War Hawks are moving on from Russell Athletic as they have now signed with adidas. They’re new threads look to be a very simple approach, with some shoulder design (maybe wings?). Unfortunately there was only a single photo available at the time of publishing.

• Moravian College (Bethlehem, PA)

The Grey Hounds will be wearing new white helmets with chrome blue decals this season. They previously wore matte grey lids.

• University of New England (Biddeford, ME)

2018 marks the first season of varsity football for the New England Nor’Easters. They will be playing on a new turf field that is a very rich shade of blue.

• University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX)

The UMHB Crusaders have new all-gold uniforms. The striping has changed a bit with the template upgrade.

• Waynesburg University (Waynesburg, PA)

The Yellow Jackets have debuted a new orange jersey for 2018 as well as a new helmet design, which is the “first major helmet overhaul in over a decade.” The new helmets look to be matte grey with orange stripes and features the Yellow Jacket logo on the sides. Waynesburg previously wore white helmets with orange W logos.

Another year and another large group of teams across the country making some sort of change. This year consisted more of tweaks and template changes, but for the most part, I think they were all for the better.

While the pendulum continue to swings away from the crazy, over-the-top designs back to simple and classic looks, it will be interesting to watch how the rest of the year – and the coming years – play out. The college football season is a long one, and there are plenty of opportunities for teams to break out alternates not mentioned here. Those could always push the envelope a bit more once again. They’ll be bound to create a conversation, as always.

Thanks as always to all the teams and equipment managers for sharing the images of their respective new uniforms. And for Uni-Watch and Sportslogos.net forums for helping showcase all the new details.

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• • The conference has released their new logo for the football championship game.

• Central Florida
  • The Knights have updated their uniforms this off season, to a design that easily trumps the previous set. The team revealed four helmets, jerseys, and pants that equal out to 64 total different combinations. For each there is a white, gold, anthracite,and pewter choice, which is a bit over kill. Anthracite and pewter are close enough in color to not warrant having both available. The helmets feature a larger than normal UCF logo, which looks great, and a sword-tip stripe. The jerseys, on Nike’s Mach Speed template, will feature a custom number font reminiscent of Michigan State’s ever popular typeface, as well as the Pegasus from the school’s academic logo on the shoulder caps. I’m typically not a fan of mixing academic and athletic logos, but I think it works well here. Player names will also don the back of the jersey for the first time since 2004. There is rumor of a possible alternate helmet featuring the black knight logothat has been floating around.
• Cincinnati
  • The Bearcats updated their end zone design. Sadly, it’s still turf. The more interesting news is that the entire athletic department has been working to have a red alternate jersey for many of their sports. The football program was obviously not left out. The team was surprised with a new red jersey that features black shoulder yokes and red shoulder caps. The design itself isn’t awful – shoulder yokes aren’t a great choice to begin with – but the Bearcat head logo on the sleeve is a really poor choice. The logo looks like it was meant more for a Kids’ Club than a uniform of any kind. Hopefully these will only be worn once. It’s a real shame after the uniform we saw last year, as loud as it was.
• East Carolina
  • The Pirates have switched from Nike to adidas, and of course have new uniforms. At this point, we’ve only seen a white and purple set of jerseys, both of which feature adidas’ horrendous Shockweb template. It also appears that they have a new custom font. Both also have the pirate logo on the shoulder caps. The team has also shown off a new purple helmet with oversized pirate logos. It’s not all that different, but at least there’s two logos instead of the player number on one side.
• Houston
  • Houston revealed new Nike Mach Speed uniforms this summer, which are big improvements over the previous set. Even though they’re pretty plain, it’s nice to see the Cougars wearing shoulder stripes again. Sadly, they dropped the ball a bit and failed to wear the best stripes they could.
• SMU
  • SMU will be sporting new striped uniforms come this fall. The new blue and white stripes on the red tops look great, and are a fantastic addition to the pants. The previous set was pretty simple, so stripes are a big improvement. Hopefully they do a good job of matching their numerous helmets this season.
• South Florida
  • USF has announced their uniform combination for game one, what they’re calling “SoFlo.” The uniforms aren’t new, but the helmet looks to be brand new.

Tulane has re-introduced their Angry Wave logo, and it is spectacular (image via Tulane Equipment)

• Tulane
  • After playing around with designs the last few years, Tulane has seemed to settle on one for now. After updating to Nike’s Mach Speed template with the newest jerseys, the Green Wave will be sporting green, blue,white, and grey uniforms. Each of the four jerseys feature a lovely set of shoulder stripes. The biggest attraction for Tulane is their new round table of helmets. There’s been many photos shown, but it’s difficult to know which are just prototypes and which will be worn. As long as we get a lot of Angry Wave, I’ll be perfectly content.
• Tulsa
  • The Golden Hurricanes have switched from Nike to adidas, and well, not much changed. The biggest changes are, of course, the template – the hideous Shockweb 2.0 template – and placing the Tulsa script on the chest. The font seems to have been rounded out a bit more than the previous set.

Atlantic Coast Conference

• Boston College
  • BC is one of those schools that hasn’t really figured out what they want to do with their look. They’ve tried to be classic, and crazy, and can’t seem to hit on anything. They’re trying something new this year, and I think it can work. Gone are the two-colored sleeve cuffs and stained-glass sublimated shoulders. Now the Eagles will be wearing striped shoulder caps and thigh stripes. The stripes include the stained-glass motif that BC has used over the last few years. I don’t think it’s a fantastic look, but it’s a big improvement over what they’re worn in the past.
• Clemson
  • Clemson has updated to the Mach Speed template this summer, and slightly tweaked the design. The paw logo has moved from the sleeves to the top of the shoulders and TV numbers will now don the sleeves. These changes were done to better represent teams of the past, specifically their 1981 National Championship team. Details on every change can be seen at Clemson’s fantastic breakdown.
• North Carolina
  • No changes to the uniforms have been announced, but the Tar Heels will be playing Georgia in Atlanta to start the season. Both teams will be wearing their colored tops, so it’ll be a wonderful looking game.
• North Carolina State
  • This season will mark 50 years for NC State’s football stadium, so the team will be wearing throwback uniforms for their October 8^th matchup against Notre Dame. The most obvious aspect of these is the helmet logo, the “diamond” logo that donned NC State’s helmets from 1986 to 1999.

Image via Piit Athletics

• Pittsburgh
  • It’s been a long time coming, but Pitt has finally returned to their script logo. The school held a big announcement party in April to announce the change. In May, the football program revealed their new uniforms. This new set was announced with mixed emotions. It was nice to see stripes added back to the uniforms. But not many people are fans of the number font. To have a square/boxy outer exterior and be rounded on the inside, it was an odd font and pretty off-putting. Turns out it’s based off a building on campus, but that’s just another example of Nike failing to push story on a uniform. August saw the team reveal their throwback uniforms that will be worn a few times this year. These constitute the color scheme of the 1980s. Again, mixed feelings were all over the internet. Many people enjoy the yellow and bluecolors, but some preferred the darker gold to the bright yellow. The lack of shoulder stripes was disappointing, but Pitt’s uniforms went through many changes of their own during the 1970s and 1980s. Overall, it’s an improvement. The script is truly exceptional – that change was long overdue. The biggest change I would make to the uniforms is fixing the number font. If that’s done, these would be a wonderful design.
• Virginia
  • This year will be Bronco Mendenhall’s first year as Virginia head coach. Mendenhall stated he wished to take the program back to a more traditional uniform look this season. The jerseys are simply recycled from previous years, with the blue tops being the old throwback jerseys. The helmets are the biggest change. They’re using the blue and orange shells from previous season, and adding a new white helmet. Each helmet has a really nice stripe over the top that does this uniform set wonders. The downside is the V-sword logo is only on one side, while the player number is on the other. It does go to show that even small changes can have a massive effect. Another cool change is that the football field will have diamond-painted end zones, a throwback to a classic era of the sport.
• Virginia Tech
  • Lots of news for the Hokies. First off, the entire athletic department went through a bit of a redesigning, with every sport now using a common typeface, wordmark, and number font. The football team updated to a new template – the same template that LSU used a few years ago. The new number font doesn’t look great, to me, on the football uniforms, but I seem to be in the minority online. With VT starting the season against Tennessee at Bristol, the Hokies revealed a new uniform for the big game. And it’s pretty awful. Remember those “Hokie Stone” helmets they wore a few years ago? They’ve taken that design idea and placed it everywhere. The stone design covers the entire jersey and the pant stripe, with the pants being a dark grey or black elsewhere. The helmet also features the stone pattern, but this time only within the VT logo and stripes. I personally think it might have looked better if they paired the original stone helmet with this look.

Big 10 Conference

 

Michigan’s new white Jordan Brand uniforms (image via Michigan Athletics)

• Michigan
  • What was the most anticipated unveil of the summer, Michigan’s new Jordan Brand football uniforms were nothing drastic. The uniforms will be on Nike’s Mach Speed template, but just showcasing the Jordan Brand Jumpman logo, a first for any football program. There are a few changes, though, but nothing too much. The biggest change is the number font. The font choice is actually a throwback itself to the 1934 team when a man named Gerald Ford sporting the maize and blue for Michigan. Speaking of maize, that name used for the yellow color used has changed. It’s now being called “Amarillo” but Nike. If we want to get technical, the old color was Pantone 116 C, and the new Nike color is Pantone 7406 C.  The helmet has also received a tiny change – it’ll now be a satin finish. When the news came out early August, there was a ton of debate and confusion over the difference between matte and satin, but the Michigan equipment manager twitter account did confirm it to be satin. Probably the biggest change is that the Wolverines would be sticking with the white pants on the road. Coach Jim Harbaugh brought these back last year, but rotated the classic yellow pants in. I hope they do the same at some point this year. I like the white pants as much as anyone, but the white jerseys and yellow pants was just typical Michigan to me.
• Nebraska
  • Sad news for Nebraska, with the passing of punter Sam Foltz and former Michigan State punter Mike Sadler. Both men died in a car wreck in July. To honor Foltz, Nebraska will be wearing memorial “SF27” decals on the back of their helmets. The team also revealed new alternate “Husker Chrome” uniforms to be worn against Northwestern on September 24. These actually look good, to me. I can do with the chrome striping at this point, but I love that matte white helmet. Maybe adidas just set the bar so lowin the past that anything decent is now good?
• Northwestern
  • A few years ago, Northwestern debuted their new uniforms featuring Northwestern Stripes (yes, that’s what they’re called) across the chest. This year, they’ve since updated those uniforms to Under Armour’s new template. Design changes include matching the collar to the body of the uniform (rather than contrasting like last year), and having the Northwestern stripes placed on the sleeve cuffs and thigh strap on the pants.
• Ohio State
  • Ohio State and Nike signed a $252 million extension in January shortly after the college football season ended. Besides that, the team will wear 1916 throwbacks against Nebraska on November 5^th.
• Purdue
  • The Boilermakers are another program I think has a great logo and great potential, but just fails to use it well on the gridiron. After years of sporting extremely plain uniforms, Purdue has upgraded this summer. Now using the Mach Speed template from Nike, the Black and Gold has taken the train from their logo and used the “cow catcher” as a motif across the board. The shoulders now feature sublimated grill lines to represent the front end of an old locomotive engine. The team will have black, white, and anthracite jerseys and pants available to wear. Unfortunately, the anthracite jersey has a black shoulder yoke on it. There’s also three helmets available. The traditional gold lid, and black helmet with train track striping (which again, has potential but doesn’t execute very well), and a white helmet featuring their amazing train logo, sadly only on one side. This will be the best Purdue has looked in a while, but it still feels empty with the how much better they could’ve been.
• Rutgers
  • When Chris Ash took over as the new football coach, he was told by many fans that something had to be done with the uniforms. Ash stated that he wanted to return to “a traditional Rutgers look” with the new uniforms. Nike unveiled a new logo and new uniforms for each of Rutgers’ teams at the school’s annual “R Awards.” The football uniforms will each use Nike’s Mach Speed template and feature shoulder stripes and sublimated chainmail detailing on the shoulder caps. The helmet is back to the older design prior to the most recent redesign – plain one-colored shell with the simple block R logo. The helmets also feature a “#BELIEVE” decal on the back, to honor former player Eric LeGrand, who was paralyzed after a brutal hit in a 2010 game. The pants are rather plain, simply featuring two stripes in the mesh side panels. Simple or not, it’s nice to see *something* on the pants after most of Nike’s uniforms didn’t have anything on the pants this summer. The team also revealed an all-black alternate uniform in August, one that is simply a recoloring of the other designs. The helmet is the most intriguing part, with the shell being matte black and the new knight logo donning the sides. It looks like it’ll be a good uniform, but we’ll have to see how it looks on the field.
• Wisconsin
  • The Badgers left adidas this summer for a new deal with Under Armour. July saw the reveal of the new Wisconsin uniforms (alongside new Notre Dame and Yale uniforms) at the Under Armour 20^th birthday party in Baltimore. The new uniforms are nearly identical to the previous design. The biggest changes come with the new number font that better resembles the motion-W logo, and the stripes all across the uniform. The stripes feature arrows that “reflect the idea of being ‘Forever Forward’ (the team’s new motto) inspired by our state motto: Forward.”

Big 12

• Iowa State
  • Iowa State revealed a new alternate helmet this June. The new white helmetsfeature chrome decals and a tapered stripe. These helmets look spectacular, and will look amazing with the all white road uniforms. They’re set to be worn “a couple of times” this season, and I can’t wait to see them.

Oklahoma State’s new orange uniforms (image via Oklahoma State Athletics)

• Oklahoma State
  • Oklahoma State was one of the early teams to hop on the new uniform train a few years ago. I, for one, always liked the old design, with the “barbed wire” stripe – it was simple and unique and I loved it. These new Mach Speed uniforms are pretty loud, in my opinion, but a fairly clean look overall. The first detail you’ll notice is the collar and sleeve details. The design is a custom-made collection of Oklahoma State details, including Barry Sanders’ famous #21, as a cowboy bandana. The thought behind this design is decent, but I’m not the biggest fan of it. The uniforms also feature a new custom font. The pants are extremely simple, just having “COWBOYS” in white or silver. My least favorite part of the design is the new sheriff’s badge on the chest. It’s a great looking design, but I adored this when team captains would wear one for the bowl game. The team showed off countless helmets in the promo photos, so fully expect the Cowboys to continue mix and matching lids this season.
• West Virginia
  • This year will mark the 125^thanniversary of West Virginia football, so the team will sport a special decal on the helmets this year. The Mountaineers were also spotted wearing merit decals in practice, but no word yet if those will translate over to the game helmets. The new 125^thanniversary logo will be worn on the helmet for the opening game, and it works wonderfully.

 

Conference USA

• Marshall
  • Marshall broke out new green jerseys last season. This year, they’ve added the M logo to the shoulder caps, and new green pants with matching black stripe. I still feel like these are a downgrade to the previous design, but whatchya gonna do. I still miss the peapods though.
• Old Dominion
  • Old Dominion has new white helmets this year, possibly replacing the previous Navy clones. These new lids will feature a unique helmet stripe and what seems to be chrome decals on the sides. The Monarchs also released a new all-black uniform, with a nice matte black helmet.

The Hilltoppers have a new set of uniforms (image via Western Kentucky Athletics)

• Western Kentucky
  • After a few seasons with a fairly unique uniform set, the Hilltoppers unveiled a new set this summer. Sticking with Russell Athletics’ latest template, these new uniforms feature a distinctive stripe on the shoulders that end at a point towards the chest. Much like the last set, the numbers will feature the school’s seal. The helmet stripes and base layer shirts will feature sublimated houndstooth patterns, which is to honor legendary head coach Jimmy Feix, who passed away in 2014.
• Louisiana Tech
  • Another school switching uniform suppliers, LaTech has left Nike to join adidas. The new football uniforms are not much different than the previous set. The biggest change throughout the uniforms is simply the matching of the stripes. The team has changed from Northwestern stripes, just dumping the middle white stripes and making everything more compact. The number font seems to be a bit smaller, and the team nickname has been added to the chest. Minor changes overall.

Mid-American Conference

• Akron
  • Smaller schools have a difficult time funding changing their uniforms every now and then, let alone every season like many Power 5 schools. That holds true with Akron, who has slowly changed their look in previous season. This year, they’ve changed from a very outdated adidas look to a new Shockweb 2.0 blue uniform. No word yet if the whites were also changed. The Zips also have a new white helmet with gold Z logo and facemask, and boy I hope we don’t see this one often.
• Ball State
  • The Ball State Cardinals have unveiled a few new helmet designs. The first is the Red,White & Blue design, featuring an American Flag motif in the cardinal logo and stripes. The other, a matte black helmet, comes with a new black alternate uniform. Also, for the fist time since 1970, the Cardinals will red helmets available in the rotation.
• Bowling Green
  • Bowling Green revealed a whole slew of new uniforms last season. This year, they’ve unveiled a new Military Appreciation helmet. The BG in the logo feature the stars and stripes while the eagle head has digi-camo theme. The cool feature of this design is in the stripe, where the team has placed the names of Bowling Green State University students that have passed in the line of duty, all 111 of them. Apparently there will be 12 different helmet stripes spread out across the entire team to accomplish supporting each family. As much as I dislike teams wearing military appreciation uniforms (and other noble “causes” out there), I really like the idea behind this helmet. If BG finds that the different logo decals are necessary to help accomplish the goal of this, then fine. The stripe alone does a fantastic job of honoring previous students.

The Buffalo Bulls have new blue, white, and black uniforms this year. (image via Buffalo Athletics)

• Buffalo
  • The State University of New York – Buffalo University of Buffalo has finally dumped their awful uniforms for a very simple set. After having that hideous chest patch, anything is an upgrade. The new Mach Speed uniforms come in white, blue, and black. The Bulls showed off three helmets with the promos. Sadly, it looks as though they’ll be focusing on black and white shells and decals. It would be nice to see their nice shade of blue pushed a bit more. Overall the design is bland as ever, but it’s a massive upgrade, which doesn’t say much. They’ll also be playing on a new turf field.
• Eastern Michigan
  • After a few years of wearing uniforms with ClipArt wings, Eastern Michigan will be wearing a much better design this year. The team revealed a new green jersey on adidas’ Shockweb 2.0 template that featured some nice silver shoulder stripes and diamond plate numbers. The helmet also matches with the striping and diamond plate on the E logo decal. It’s loud, but that’s adidas, but I think it’s a good lookfor them.
• Kent State
  • Kent State will now be wearing Under Armour uniforms. The new uniforms, on the new template, are rather simple, simply having a contrasting colored set of shoulder caps and the now-typical thigh stripes. The interesting part is that the left leg stripe has the school’s name written across, which I believe is the first time this has happened with this new template.
• Miami OH
  • After wearing one of the more unique designs in recent years, Miami has shelved the “bowling ball” uniforms for a much simpler design. The new design is rather Mississippi State-like with the single shoulder yoke stripe. The more interesting aspect is the two helmets shown off, with the white helmet – the better of the two – having a small red stripe towards the bottom, almost reminiscent of the Navy helmets. The red helmet fades to white towards the bottom.
• Ohio
  • No design changes for Ohio, but they have updated to the new Russell template. Looks like the Bobcats will be wearing some really poorly striped pants as well this year.
• Toledo
  • Per the internet, I’m in the minority for really liking Toledo’s uniform design. This year, they’ve added a new blue-fade-to-yellow helmet, which I’m not a fan of. They also have a new turf design.
• Western Michigan
  • Western Michigan’s head coach has been pushing “row the boat” as the team montra for the last few years now. They’ve worn some crazy uniforms resembling the phrase, but they have yet another set of uniforms. The design is pretty bad, all black with oars lining the numbers and sides of the jerseys and pants. The cool part is that head coach P.J. Fleck modeled the uniforms at practice, and even took part in some drills! The university also announced a brand refresh, taking the chance to clean up their logos and wordmarks.

Mountain West Conference

Air Force has one of the coolest helmets this season (image via Air Force Athletics)

• Air Force
  • Some of the best alternate uniforms come from the military academies. One of the typical favorites is the Air Force Thunderbird uniforms worn in 2010. Those may now be #2 for many people after the Air Force Academy revealed new Sharktooth uniforms, which feature amazing helmets that match the bombers. The all grey look is a divergent from the typical blue and grey, but it’s easy to give the academies a free pass. Plus these just look freaking awesome.
• Colorado State
  • In a bit of a surprise, the Colorado State Rams revealed new uniforms. The team last received new uniforms for the 2014 season. These new uniforms are set on Under Armour’s newest template, and aren’t a massive change from the last. The biggest change is the removal of the contrasting colored shoulder caps for the ram horn logo. The shoulder logo is a bit odd, and looks a little ClipArt-ish, but it would look much better if it matched the helmet horns a little better. The pants no longer feature a solid stripe, but rather have “RAMS” written across the left thigh, where Under Armour has loved to place stripes in the last few years.
• Fresno State
  • Nothing yet
• Hawai`i
  • The Rainbow Warriors wore new green uniforms last year, and this year they’ve added a new white set. The uniforms are simply a recolored version of last year’s home design, and I personally think they look wonderful. Hopefully we’ll get to see the rainbow throwbacks once again this season.
• Nevada
  • The Wolfpack has been doing their best to keep up with the changing uniform trend. Sadly, budget constraints has hurt their chances to do so. This season, the team has gone back to a matte blue helmet with silver facemask, and two different logos – the wolf logo on the left, the script Pack on the right.
• UNLV
  • I love the new matte grey helmet with mascot logo that UNLV will be wearing this year. It has so much character and I can’t wait to see it hit the field.
• Wyoming
  • One of the worst looking teams over the last many years, Wyoming has FINALLY updated from their hideous FlyWire shoulder uniforms. The Cowboys have upgrade to the Mach Speed template this year (they basically skipped five or six templates with this change) and they look so much better. They did a wonderful job matching elements from the typeface to the numbers and bringing out the “Old Western” look into this design. It would’ve been nice to see matching stripes on the pants, however.

 

 

Pac 12

• California
  • Cal has signed a deal with Under Armour worth $86 million in April. The contract won’t take over until the 2017-18 season, so they’ll still be with Nike for the upcoming season.
• Oregon
  • Oregon decided to try out the new Vicis ZERO1 helmet, a reimagined helmet that helps better protect from concussions, for the entire season, but they’ve since shelved them after complaints from players. Uniform wise, an all-black uniform was used for some promo photos showcasing Nike’s newest template, the Vapor Untouchable. Shockingly, there’s reportedly even more in the works for the Ducks, something that will even “break the internet.” There was a new jersey with new shoulder wings posted on a retail site, and many think this will be the new base design.
• Oregon State
  • The Beavers have worn one of my favorite helmets for the last few years. Now photos have surfacedthat look as though they have changed out the fantastic striped facemask for a plain black one. I’m hoping they’re just placeholders, as I would be very sad if they did make this change.

USC will be wearing their new white jerseys week one against Alabama (image via USC Athletics)

• Southern Cal
  • USC has ultimately worn the same uniforms since 2002, only making small changes like updating templates. This season will see USC’s biggest design change since 2001. The new Mach Speed uniforms will feature a Trojan-style pattern around the collar and sleeve cuffs. The white jersey will feature crimson trims for the first time with this design. They’re minor changes throughout, but it’s a good look. The white jersey looks to be in need of a bit more yellow, but that’s a terribly minor gripe.
• UCLA
  • UCLA signed with Under Armour in May, to the tune of 15 years and $280 million. The record deal won’t take place until next July. Because of that, the football team has moved away from adidas’ ugly templates, settling for a very simple template. Thankfully, the shoulder stripes are in a much better application, actually looking more than a simple stamp like on previous templates. The number font has also changed, and sadly it still isn’t Clarendon. These still aren’t perfect, but it’s nice to see no more tiretreads.
• Utah
  • No change to the uniforms, but the Utes have tweaked their helmets a bit. They split the red center stripe to create what they’re calling a “Utah Stripe.”
• Washington
  • Much like Oregon, Washington players were planning to test out the new Vicis ZERO1 helmet, but they scrapped that after similar complaints from the players.

 

 

Southeastern Conference

• Arkansas
  • Really cool change from Arkansas, where graduated student-athletes will now wear special SEC patches detailing their accomplishment.
• Auburn
  • No design changes, but it appears Auburn will be the latest team to join in on the treDCALS 3D logo thigh pads this season.
• Georgia
  • With a new head coach, there’s been rumors of returning to the black jerseys. The black jerseys debuted against Auburn in 2007, and haven’t been worn since 2008. A new set of black jerseys, with red collars and sleeve cuffs, is apparently going to be worn at some point this season.

Kentucky players model their new Nike uniforms (image via Kentucky.com)

• Kentucky
  • Kentucky updated their UK logo last season, but it took a while for it to be pushed out everywhere in the athletic department. This season, the football program has rolled out new Nike Mach Speed uniforms. The biggest change is that the checkerboard shoulder caps are much more defined now, which is sadly a downgrade for me. I thought the sublimated look was a much nicer look. The pants also have lost their double stripes, now featuring a colored mesh panel, which looks awfully cheap. Oddly enough, I think the new anthracite jersey looks better than the previous grey and black sets as the checkerboards actually blend better, rather than just being copy and pasted from the other sets. The helmets also look to have lost the single stripe, which seems as a downgrade right now. In addition to the new uniforms, Nike also revealed a new wildcat head logo, which can be seen on the pants’ hip. No official word if this will be worn on the helmets anytime soon, but rumors began to swirl shortly after the reveal. Overall, I think these uniforms would’ve looked a lot better if they didn’t proceed a pretty good design. They’re a solid look, but I still prefer the previous uniforms.
• Missouri
  • Nothing concrete yet, but a recruit tweeted out a photo of a brand new matte gold (it’s yellow though) helmet. Match the helmet to the right gold and it might work out.
• South Carolina
  • Last year, the Gamecocks decided to jump on the alternate uniform train, and broke out a few new helmets, including their throwback red lids. This year, the team will have three different helmets available – the usual white, throwback red, and new black. The team also has a new set of uniforms on Under Armour’s new template. The new template fits the shoulder stripes so much better this time around. Team seniors will reportedly vote on each week’s uniform combinations.
• Tennessee
  • To honor legendary Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt, who passed away earlier this season, the football team will wear special decals on the back of their helmets.

Sun Belt Conference

• Appalachian State
  • App State has a new set of jerseys, updating their looks to the new Mach Speed template. The white jersey was designed to match the black tops, simply copying the shoulder caps, which is an improvement over the last design. The white helmet looks to be new, as well.
• Georgia State
  • According to one of Georgia State’s assistant coaches, the Panthers will have two new helmets available for this season. The matte blue helmet shown is particularly bad. That shade of blue just doesn’t work well in that finish. The chrome helmet is in the same color and features the same panther head logo, but looks a lot better.

Idaho will wear new matte grey helmets and matching uniforms this year (image via Idaho Athletics)

• Idaho
  • Idaho has been stuck in time with their uniforms, struggling to fund new uniforms each year. After a generous donation last season, the Vandals will be sporting new silver alternates this year. The new uniforms will be on the Nike Mach Speed template and be completely silver. The helmets will be a matching silver with silver facemasks. According to the article on Idaho’s athletic site, the helmets with have “Vandals” on the side at home, and “Idaho” on the road. (The article wasn’t exceptionally written, so it’s possible the new silver helmets will only be worn on the road. It was difficult to tell by the article.)
• Louisiana-Lafayette
  • ULL hands-down had the greatest April Fools’ “prank” this year, when head coach Mark Hudspeth tweeted an image of a new helmet featuring lobster decals. Unfortunately is was proven to be a joke, but the internet fell in love with the design so there’s a (small) possibility of it becoming reality one day. Besides that, the team does have some new uniforms. A few years ago, the team wore fleur de lis on the shoulders, then replaced them with TV numbers. Now, the TV numbers have moved to the top of the shoulders and stripes now don the shoulders. They’ll also be sporting new helmets, both of which feature double striping and Ragin’ Cajuns on the side. It was mentioned online that they look an awful lot like Wisconsin from a few years ago. That’s not a bad thing, but I do wish they would use the fleur de lis a lot more.
• New Mexico State
  • Another team leaving their previous uniform maker, New Mexico State has changed from adidas to Under Armour. Thus far, we’ve only see an image of their new colored tops, which is already a big improvement. The new tops are on Under Armour’s new template, and feature black and white shoulder caps. I feel like this is one of the first times we’ve seen Under Armour provide uniforms with multiple colors in the shoulder cap area, and it’s a decent look. Hopefully the rest of the uniforms look good when they hit the field this season. The Aggies also quietly tweaked their logo this summer.
• Troy
  • According to the team’s equipment Twitter account, Troy will have new matte red and white helmets available. The Trojans will be sporting their chrome lids for the season opener.

 

Division I FBS Independents

Notre Dame will wear their new “Shamrock Series” uniforms in Texas against Army. (image via Notre Dame Athletics)

• Notre Dame
  • One of the smaller changes of the summer, Notre Dame slightly tweaked their logo. The outline was extremely large on the older version, and it’s been toned down a good bit. The football jerseys also experienced a minor tweak, as the player numbers were slimmed down a little. The big news come from the Under Armour birthday bash, where a new Shamrock Series uniform was unveiled. Since the Irish are playing Army for this year’s edition of the game, Notre Dame decided to “honor the military” by wearing dark green, reminiscent of some military uniforms. The connection with the school comes with from a special memorial on one of the school’s campus buildings. The entrance way features an amazing engraving with “God, Country, Notre Dame in Glory Everlasting” above the door. The memorial is meant as a way to honor the Notre Dame men that passed in World War I. The artwork is placed on the uniforms on the side of the hand painted helmets and on the shoulder caps. The unique Gothic-style font from the engraving translate over to the wordmark on the chest and the player numbers. I love using aspects of campus on a uniform like this – Northwestern did it perfectly a few years ago. But the drab green and gold really hurt this uniform for ND. I feel like this uniform has great potential, but the coloring does it zero favors in my book.

 

NCAA Division I – Football Championship Subdivision

Big Sky Conference

• Montana
  • The Griz have new chrome red helmets that feature an obnoxious claw scratch decal on the top

North Dakora has a new nickname, logo, and matte green helmets (image via North Dakota Athletics)

• North Dakota
  • Previously the Fighting Sioux, North Dakota has finally rebranded themselves as the Fighting Hawks. The NCAA forced North Dakota to abandon their previous moniker back in 2012 due to the possible insensitivity to American Natives. The team revealed new matte green helmets to reflect the new logo, sadly only placing it on one side. They’ll also be wearing new grey uniforms this season.
• Portland State
  • The Vikings went through a school-wide redesign, revealing a new PS shield and Viking head logo. The new Mach Speed uniforms are pretty simple, but an improvement over the previous look. The PS shield looks a bit odd on the helmets, and I would love to see the Viking make an appearance.

 

Big Sky Conference

• Charleston Southern
  • The Navy alternate helmet from 2012 has been a very popular choice for numerous schools. The Buccaneers will be the latest to jump on the ship. The coloring isn’t bad, but the execution is. What is supposed to be a gold chrome stripe looks more like masking tape. We can only hope, if this helmets sees playing time, that they do the stripe justice.
• Monmouth (NJ)
  • The Monmouth Hawks will be sporting new white, purple, and grey uniformsthis season. Yea, they’re plain, but anything is better than piping.
• Presbyterian
  • The Blue Hose have new “Tartan Up” helmets that feature a shortened version of the school name, and a unique plaid patterned stripe.

 

Colonial Athletic Association

• Stony Brook
  • The Seawolves will be sporting new red Nike Mach Speed uniforms. The addition of the blue stripe looks better than the grey stripes.

 

 

Ivy League 

 

• Brown

• • The 4-time Ivy League champions will have a new alternate uniform this season. The black Nike uniforms feature brown shoulder caps with brown and white collarbone stripes. These feel like a big downgrade, especially with what their normal uniforms will look like.

Cornell’s new white Nike uniforms and matte red helmets (image via Cornell Football Equipment)

• Cornell
  • Cornell has a new white Mach Speed uniform, which looks pretty good. My favorite part of this set is that gorgeous matte red helmet. They’ll also be playing on new turf this season.
• Princeton
  • The Princeton Tigers will be wearing new Nike uniforms this season. The black and white uniforms are very similar to the historic look they’ve always worn. But the big news comes with the new all orange uniforms.
• Yale
  • After years of wearing Nike, Yale became the first Ivy League program to sign with Under Armour. The biggest design changes for the Bulldogs is a two-toned collar and normal pants striping.

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

 

• • Big news for the MEAC Conference, where the majority of the schools associated have signed individual apparel deals, ten of which signed with Nike, after the conference-wide deal with Russell Athletic expired last season.

Delaware State has new Nike uniforms this year (image via Delaware State Athletics)

• Delaware State
  • The Hornets moved away from Russell to Nike, and they’ll be sporting new collarbone striped uniforms. The design is pretty similar to the previous set, albeit the gradient numbers are pretty bad.
• Florida A&M
  • After years of wearing notoriously bad uniforms, the Rattlers have changed from Russell to Nike, and of course have new uniforms. The two sets revealed are extremely plain, with just the player numbers on the jerseys, and “STRIKE” on the pant legs. I’m pretty sure the white numbers on the white jerseys aren’t legal according the NCAA’s new uniform rules.
• Hampton
  • The Pirates were one of the few teams to sign with Under Armour. Their new uniformsaren’t a big change from their old set. The new striping pattern looks really good.
• Howard
  • After years of poaching the Buffalo Bills’ logo, Howard finally has their own set of logos. And they look good! The Bison signed with Under Armour, and their uniforms are extremely plain, a big change from the Russell uniforms.
• Morgan State
  • New orange adidas Shockweb 2.0 uniforms were shown off at MEAC Media Days. Their old uniforms were a doozy.
• Norfolk St
  • New Nike uniforms that are a blend between the Miami Hurricane collarbone stripes and Arizona gradient stripe were shown off a Media Days. They last wore Russell’s standard uniforms. The program also showed off what appears to be a new chrome helmet before switching from Russell.

Missouri Valley Football Conference

• South Dakota
  • The Coyotes will be wearing new “ghost” matte white helmets with chrome decals this season.
• Southern Illinois
  • The Salukis will be wearing new matte red helmets this season. They had previously worn matte black lids.
• Western Illinois
  • The Leathernecks’ have new adidas Shockweb 2.0 uniforms this season.       

Northeast Conference

• Sacred Heart
  • The Connecticut-based Pioneers will have new chrome/metallic helmet decals for the season.

Ohio Valley Conference

• Austin Peay
  • The Governors will be wearing white helmets for the first time in their program’s history. They normally wear red lids.
• Murray State
  • The Racers have a nice new uniform set this year. Last year, Murray State revealed a new set of logos, and this new set reflects that. The helmet features a tapering stripe with the blue and yellow checkerboard. The new M-Racer logo will be on the left side, while the player number will sadly be on the right. The uniforms are rather plain, with the blues having a white shoulder cap and the white tops being completely white.
• Tennessee Tech
  • Another Russell Athletic casualty, the Golden Eagles have signed with adidas. The new uniforms will resemble the striped design LSU has donned for decades. Thankfully we will never have to see these again.

UT-Martin will look a little less like Auburn this season (image via UT-Martin Athletics)

• Tennessee-Martin
  • Everyone’s favorite Auburn clone, UT-Martin has changed over to Under Armour from Russell. The biggest change for their uniforms is the basic jersey tops, now without any striping whatsoever. The pants striping now matches the helmet, something that many people would like to see Auburn change to.

Patriot League

• Colgate
  • New mattered and grey helmets for the Raiders.
• Fordham
  • Fordham revealed some nice new uniformsto the team. They’re a good upgrade from the previous look.

Georgetown will have two new helmets for this season (image via Georgetown Athletics)

• Georgetown
  • One of my favorite designs of the summer, Georgetown revealed new white Mach Speed uniforms. The jerseys, much like their blue set from last year, feature their infamous Kent Cloth pattern on the shoulder caps. The best part comes with the helmets, where the Bulldogs tweaked their grey lids to have some more detail, and they added an amazing matte blue helmet with the alternate bulldog logo.

Pioneer Football League

 

• Jacksonville (FL)
  • The Dolphins have a new set of green tops, gold pants, and white helmets.

 

Southern Conference

• The Citadel
  • Minor tweak for the Citadel, as the white jerseys now have the block C logorather the full school name.
• VMI
  • VMI has new Under Armour uniforms, and they look great. Both the white and red sets have gold shoulder caps with sleeve cuff stripes and a tapering stripe over the shoulder. The previous set was very plain, so these are a great upgrade.

Southland Conference

 

• Abilene Christian
  • Previously with adidas, the Wildcats have changed to Nike and revealed new uniforms this summer. The purple tops are the new catalog template resembling Nike’s newest Vapor Untouchable template, complete with the collarbone stripes. The whites, my personal favorite of the set, is on the Mach Speed template and includes purple shoulder caps with the ACU logo.
• Incarnate Word
  • The Cardinals will be wearing new matte red helmets with logo on one side, player number on the other.
• Sam Houston State
  • Sam Houston will be sporting new white uniforms this season, complete with brand new blue and orange pants. The orange tops were worn last year.
• SE Louisiana
  • The Lions have debuted a nice new white helmet. They previously wore yellow helmets.

 

Southwestern Athletic Conference

 

• Prairie View A&M
  • Prairie View has a “new” logo, in which they simply adjusted the coloring in the letters. The football team also has new Russell uniforms, a slight tweak from last year.

 

Division I FCS Independent

 

• Coastal Carolina
  • In their first year in FCS, Coastal Carolina has changed from Russell over to Under Armour. The new uniforms are on the new template, and feature contrasting colored shoulder caps with an interesting dotted-line stripe. The same stripe is placed on the thigh straps. It’s a good, clean look for Coastal, much better than the previous Russell uniforms.
• Wichita State
  • The Shockers last fielded a football in 1986. There’s been growing interest in bringing the team back in the short future. The school’s president shared a photo of a prototype helmet when the news began to circulate. The matte black helmet looks pretty interesting with the unique swooshes around the logo.

Division II

• Assumption College
  • The Massachusetts based Greyhounds will be sporting new Nike Mach Speed uniforms, a really nice look and massive improvement over the previous uniforms. Stripes make all the difference!
• Charleston
  • After breaking out new red uniforms last season, the Golden Eagles have revealed a new white jersey.
• Colorado Mesa
  • The Mavericks have received new white uniforms from Under Armour, featuring some interesting red, white, and gold stripes on the jerseys and pants.

I love Blaster the Burro, especially on this new helmet. (image via Colorado School of Mines Athletics)

• Colorado School of Mines
  • The Orediggers have new matte black helmets this season, with one of my favorite mascot logos, Blaster, in chrome on the sides.
• Kentucky Wesleyan
  • The Panthers have released a new set of logos for the future. The new logos, designed by KWC alums, will be soft-launched, and look amazing. They’ll no longer have to copy the old Jacksonville Jaguars logo.
• Malone
  • The Canton, Ohio, Malone University Pioneers will be wearing new helmets that resemble the ever-popular Navy helmet. They’ll also be wearing new adidas uniforms, which are a very different approach from the old UnderArmour design they previously wore.
• Saint Anslem
  • The Hawks from New Hampshire have a new white helmet with oversized logos on the sides and the UCONN-style front stripewith the hawk logo and some motivational words. The Hawks are no stranger to odd-concept helmets.

 

Division III

• Alfred State
  • The Pioneers’ Twitter account tweeted out in March two prototype helmets they were testing out. No word yet on which they chose.
• East Texas Baptist
  • The Tigers have revealed new black uniforms, with a rather unique helmet logo. Both are a pretty big divergence from the previous set.
• Mount Union
  • The defending DIII champions will be wearing new matte black helmets with chrome decals at some point during the season.
• Trinity College (CT)
  • The Bantams have a new gold jersey for this season
• Trinity University (TX)
  • The Tigers have revealed a new matte red helmet that features the same logo from their other helmets.

 

 

That does it for this season’s uniform changes. There’s no doubt going to be plenty more uniforms throughout the year. Stick with the Auburn Uniform Database for everything Auburn uniforms, and follow me on Twitter for even more uniform news!