For the 2025 FBS season, see 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, will be organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The regular season will begin on August and end in November. The postseason will begin in November and end in January 2026 with the 2026 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Notable headlines

On December 12, 2024, the Ivy League announced that starting with the 2025 football season; the Ivy League champion will compete in the FCS playoffs. This will be the first time that conference has participated in post season play, since the conference was founded in 1954. [2]

Conference changes and new programs

School 2024 conference 2025 conference Ref
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens CAA CUSA (FBS) [3][4]
Missouri State Bears MVFC CUSA (FBS) [5][6]
Richmond Spiders CAA Patriot [7]
UTRGV Vaqueros Exhibition Team Southland [8][9]

Conference standings

2025 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Cal Poly   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Eastern Washington   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Idaho   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Idaho State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Montana   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Montana State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Northern Arizona   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Northern Colorado   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Portland State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Sacramento State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
UC Davis   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Weber State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Albany   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Bryant   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Campbell   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Elon   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Hampton   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Monmouth   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Maine   0 – 0     0 – 0  
New Hampshire   0 – 0     0 – 0  
North Carolina A&T   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Rhode Island   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Stony Brook   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Towson   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Villanova   0 – 0     0 – 0  
William & Mary   0 – 0     0 – 0  
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Ivy League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Brown   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Columbia   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Cornell   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Dartmouth   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Harvard   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Penn   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Princeton   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Yale   0 – 0     0 – 0  
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Delaware State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Howard   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Morgan State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Norfolk State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
North Carolina Central   0 – 0     0 – 0  
South Carolina State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Illinois State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Indiana State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Murray State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
North Dakota   0 – 0     0 – 0  
North Dakota State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Northern Iowa   0 – 0     0 – 0  
South Dakota   0 – 0     0 – 0  
South Dakota State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Southern Illinois   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Youngstown State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Northeast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Central Connecticut   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Duquesne   0 – 0     0 – 0  
LIU   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Mercyhurst*   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Robert Morris   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Saint Francis (PA)   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Stonehill*   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Wagner   0 – 0     0 – 0  
  • * – Mercyhurst and Stonehill are ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II.
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 OVC–Big South football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Charleston Southern   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Eastern Illinois   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Gardner–Webb   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Lindenwood*   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Southeast Missouri State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Tennessee State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Tennessee Tech   0 – 0     0 – 0  
UT Martin   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Western Illinois   0 – 0     0 – 0  
  • Note: Lindenwood ineligible for OVC–Big South title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II.
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Patriot League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Bucknell   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Colgate   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Fordham   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Georgetown   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Holy Cross   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Lafayette   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Lehigh   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Richmond   0 – 0     0 – 0  
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Butler   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Davidson   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Dayton   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Drake   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Marist   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Morehead State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Presbyterian   0 – 0     0 – 0  
St. Thomas (MN)*   0 – 0     0 – 0  
San Diego   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Stetson   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Valparaiso   0 – 0     0 – 0  
  • * – St. Thomas (MN) ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division III
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Chattanooga   0 – 0     0 – 0  
East Tennessee State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Furman   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Mercer   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Samford   0 – 0     0 – 0  
The Citadel   0 – 0     0 – 0  
VMI   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Western Carolina   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Wofford   0 – 0     0 – 0  
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Southland Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Texas A&M   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Houston Christian   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Incarnate Word   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Lamar   0 – 0     0 – 0  
McNeese   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Nicholls   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Northwestern State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Southeastern Louisiana   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Stephen F. Austin   0 – 0     0 – 0  
UT Rio Grande Valley   0 – 0     0 – 0  
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Alabama A&M   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Alabama State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Bethune–Cookman   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Florida A&M   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Jackson State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Mississippi Valley State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
West Division
Alcorn State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Grambling State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Prairie View A&M   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Southern   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Texas Southern   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Championship: December 6, 2025
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 United Athletic Conference standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Abilene Christian   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Austin Peay   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Central Arkansas   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Eastern Kentucky   0 – 0     0 – 0  
North Alabama   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Southern Utah   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Tarleton State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Utah Tech   0 – 0     0 – 0  
West Georgia*   0 – 0     0 – 0  
  • Note: West Georgia is ineligible for the UAC title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II.
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll
2025 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Merrimack   –     0 – 0  
Sacred Heart   –     0 – 0  
As of March 2, 2025
Rankings from STATS Poll

Playoff qualifiers

Postseason

Kickoff games

The regular season begins on Saturday, August 23 in Week 0:

References

  1. ^ "FCS Championship: Future dates and sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Play by Play: How Student-Athletes Ended Ivy League Football's 80-Year Ban on Postseason Games | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  3. ^ "CUSA Adds Delaware, Blue Hens to Join in 2025". conferenceusa.com. November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Delaware Accepts Invitation to Join Conference USA as Full Member". University of Delaware Athletics. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "CUSA Adds Missouri State, Bears to Join in 2025". conferenceusa.com. May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Missouri State Accepts Invitation to Join Conference USA". Missouri State University Athletics. May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "Richmond Football to Move to Patriot League Following 2024 Season" (Press release). Richmond Spiders Athletics. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  8. ^ "UTRGV announces approval of football, women's aquatics, band, spirit programs" (Press release). UTRGV Vaqueros. November 18, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  9. ^ "UTRGV Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25" (Press release). UTRGV Vaqueros Athletics. March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season
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