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There will be 129 FCS programs in the 2024 season. [1] Conference affiliations are current for the 2024 season. The teams in this subdivision compete in a 24-team playoff for the NCAA Division I Football Championship. All leagues allow scholarships with the exception of the Ivy League and Pioneer Football League.
The list of current Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) schools that have participated in the playoffs leading to the NCAA Division I Football Championship stands at 92. Known as Division I-AA from 1978 through 2005 , it was renamed FCS prior to the 2006 season.
The FCS has held a post-season playoff to award an NCAA-sanctioned national championship since its inception in 1978. The size of the playoff bracket has increased from 4 teams in 1978 to 24 teams in the 2020 season. This makes the FCS the highest level of college football with an NCAA-sanctioned national championship.
The FCS again features a 24-team postseason bracket: 10 teams decided via automatic bids issued to conference champions, and 14 at-large bids (see above). Where previously the top eight teams were seeded, the top 16 teams were seeded this year, a change from the 2023 season. [3]
The University of Rhode Island is back climbing this week’s FCS football polls after a Saturday escape against Albany. ... and the Rams are the only team that could draw even with one game left ...
Ivy League football teams will have a chance to compete for the FCS national title starting in 2025. ... the winner of the conference will receive an automatic bid to the 24-team FCS playoffs. In ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (I FCS) includes 128 teams. Each team has one head coach. [1] As of the upcoming 2023 season, Division I FCS is composed of 13 conferences: the Big Sky Conference, the Big South–OVC Football Association, CAA Football, Ivy League, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Missouri Valley Football ...
In April 2023, the partnership was formally rebranded as the United Athletic Conference (UAC), a football-only league separate from the two conferences. [6] The NCAA denied the UAC's request to be classified as a single-sport FCS football conference, [7] but continued to recognize the organization as an extension of the WAC-ASUN Challenge.