# 2025 NCAA Division I FCS 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.

## 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.

## Conference changes and new programs

| School | 2024 conference | 2025 conference |
| Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | CAA | CUSA (FBS) |
| Missouri State Bears | MVFC | CUSA (FBS) |
| Richmond Spiders | CAA | Patriot |
| UTRGV Vaqueros | Exhibition Team | Southland |

## Conference standings

2025 Big Sky Conference football standings :
| 2025 Big Sky Conference football standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll | 2025 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll | 2025 Ivy League football standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll |
| 2025 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll | 2025 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll | 2025 Northeast Conference football standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll |
| 2025 OVC–Big South football standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll | 2025 Patriot League football standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll | 2025 Pioneer Football League standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll |
| 2025 Southern Conference football standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll | 2025 Southland Conference football standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll | 2025 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings vteConf.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 championx – Division champion/co-championsy – Championship game participantAs of February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll |
| 2025 United Athletic Conference standings vteConf.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 February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll | 2025 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings vteConf.Overall Team W L W L  Merrimack   –  0 –0   Sacred Heart   –  0 –0   As of February 28, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll |

## Kickoff games

The regular season begins on Saturday, August 23 in Week 0:
* FCS Kickoff (Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama): Mercer vs. UC Davis
* MEAC/SWAC Challenge (Center Parc Stadium, Atlanta): North Carolina Central vs. Southern