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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 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 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 ...
April 25 – The NCAA approved an increase in the number of seeded teams in the FCS playoff bracket from 8 to 16, effective for the 2024 season. The number of qualifying teams and the bracket format will remain otherwise unchanged.
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.
Pioneer Football League – Dayton Southern Conference – Marshall Southland Football League – Troy State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State Yankee Conference [12] – William & Mary. Marshall (2) Archie Amerson – RB (Northern Arizona) Dexter Coakley – LB (Appalachian State) 1997: Atlantic 10 Conference – Villanova
The conference is also adding FCS schools Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State as they move to the top level of college football. ... the number of teams in C-USA ahead of the 2023 football ...
This section lists instances of unranked teams defeating ranked teams during the season. During the regular season, 13 unranked teams defeated a ranked team. August 27, 2022 Jacksonville State 42, No. 10 Stephen F. Austin 17 (FCS Kickoff) September 1 Samford 27, No. 8 Kennesaw State 17; September 10 The Citadel 20, No. 9 East Tennessee State 17