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2024 FCS Football Playoff Brackets Revealed: Here's Who Made It In

2024 FCS Football Playoff Brackets Revealed: Here's Who Made It In

View the teams that made the 2024 FCS playoffs bracket and see who will play who en route to the championship.

Nov 24, 2024 by Andy Schamma
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The 2024 NCAA FCS Football Playoff Selection Show is one of the most highly anticipated events for college football fans and is streaming live on Sunday, November 24. It defined the path that teams have to take en route to the 2025 D1 Football Championship Game at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, TX on Monday, January 6.

As teams from across the country fought all season for a spot in the playoffs, fans will finally be able to find out if their team made the cut.

The Selection Show provides crucial information about the playoff field including the seeding, matchups, and teams that earned automatic bids through conference championships.

Only 24 teams moved into the playoffs and fight it out in the five-round tournament.

2024 FCS Football Playoff Bracket

View the teams that made the 2024 FCS playoffs bracket and see who will play who en route to the championship. The top eight seeds received automatic byes to the second round. The remaining sixteen teams will play in the first round on Saturday, Nov. 30.

First Round - Saturday, Nov. 30

  • 12 p.m. - No. 12 Illinois State at Southeast Missouri State
  • 12 p.m. - Central Connecticut State at No. 10 Rhode Island
  • 1 p.m. - UT Martin at No. 16 New Hampshire 
  • 2 p.m. - Lehigh at No. 9 Richmond
  • 2 p.m. - Eastern Kentucky at No. 11 Villanova 
  • 3 p.m. - Northern Arizona at No. 15 Abilene Christian
  • 3 p.m. - Drake at No. 13 Tarleton State
  • 10:15 p.m. - Tennessee State at No. 14 Montana | ESPN2

Second Round - Saturday, Dec. 7

  • 2 p.m. | Winner of Eastern Kentucky/No. 11 Villanova at No. 6 UIW
  • 2 p.m. | Winner of Central Connecticut State/No. 10 Rhode Island at No. 7 Mercer
  • 2 p.m. | Winner of Tennessee State/No. 14 Montana at No. 3 South Dakota State
  • 3 p.m. | Winner of UT Martin/No. 16 New Hampshire at No. 1 Montana State
  • 3 p.m. |Winner of Northern Arizona/No. 15 Abilene Christian at No. 2  North Dakota State
  • 3 p.m. | Winner of Drake/No. 13 Tarleton State at No. 4 South Dakota
  • 4 p.m. | Winner of No. 12 Illinois State/Southeast Missouri State at No. 5 UC Davis
  • 9 p.m. | Winner of Lehigh/No. 9 Richmond at No. 8 Idaho

2024 FCS Championship Schedule

  • First round: Saturday, Nov. 30
  • Second round: Saturday, Dec. 7
  • Quarterfinals: Friday, Dec. 13 through Saturday, Dec. 14
  • Semifinals: Saturday, Dec. 21 
  • National championship: Monday, Jan. 6 on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET

Here's What The NCAA FCS Playoffs Look Like

The NCAA FCS football playoffs consist of 24 teams in a single-elimination bracket, including: 

  • 10 automatic qualifiers: Ten teams automatically qualify for the 2024 playoffs by winning their conference. The conferences include: ASUN-WAC, Big Sky, Big South-OVC, CAA, MVFC, NEC, Patriot, Pioneer, SoCon, and Southland. Five of the conference champions have already been determined before the last week of play takes place on Saturday, Nov. 23.
  • 14 at-large bids: The FCS Playoff Committee determines which 14 teams should advance to the playoffs based on a combination of overall record, record against Division I opponents, record against FBS opponents, head-to-head, and other comparative data.

The teams that have already earned automatic bids are: Abilene Christian, Montana State, Richmond, Mercer, and UIW.

How Are Teams Seeded For The FCS Playoffs?

Once the field is set and the 24 teams have been decided, the committee seeds the top eight teams and submits them to the top eight pool. A team must receive at least 30 percent of the votes to be included in the seed pool.

Once that is completed, each member ranks the teams in the seed pool via poll vote. After reviewal and further discussions, the seeds are then finalized. These eight teams receive a first-round bye, while the remaining 16 are paired according to geographic proximity and placed in the bracket according to geographic proximity to the top eight seeds.

How To Stream The FCS Playoff Selection Show Live

The NCAA Division I Football Championship bracket will be announced on Sunday, November 24 and will be streamed live on ESPNU at 12:30 p.m. ET.

When Do The 2024 FCS College Football Playoffs Start?

The FCS playoffs begin on November 30, 2024.

The 2024 Division I FCS College Football Championship game will be played on January 6, 2025, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

What Are The Top Conferences In The FCS?

Curious about the top performers and strongest conference within the FCS ranks? We’ve got you covered.

See the FCS conferences ranked using a unique system that was originally developed for chess.

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