North Dakota State and Mercer are the first to be qualified for the field of 24, but who else will be in? With many candidates to pick from, here’s a 2025 FCS playoff bracket projection.
There was North Dakota State at North Dakota. South Dakota State at South Dakota. Mercer at Western Carolina. Southeastern Louisiana at Lamar.
So many of this weekend’s key games matched the intensity level of the upcoming FCS playoffs that everybody’s anticipating Selection Sunday.
You’ve come to the right place for another early look. We’ve crunched the data, applied the eye test and, of course, ignored every email, text and social media post coming from the Griz fans.
Surely, though, it must have been all complimentary.
How does our FCS playoff bracket look after Week 11 games, and just two weeks from Selection Sunday? Here’s a projection for the Road to Nashville:
FCS Playoffs: Projected Bids by Conference
*-Automatic qualifier (11 overall); other teams projected as at-large selections (13 overall)
Big Sky (4): *Montana (10-0), Montana State (8-2), Northern Arizona (6-4), UC Davis (7-2)
CAA Football (3): *Rhode Island (8-2), Monmouth (8-2), Villanova (7-2)
Ivy League (1): *Harvard (8-0)
Missouri Valley (6): *North Dakota State (10-0), Illinois State (7-3), North Dakota (6-4), South Dakota (7-4), South Dakota State (7-3), Youngstown State (6-4)
NEC Football (1): *Central Connecticut State (7-3)
OVC-Big South (1): *Tennessee Tech (10-0)
Patriot League (1): *Lehigh (10-0)
Pioneer League (1): *Drake (6-3)
Southern (1): *Mercer (8-1)
Southland (2): *Stephen F. Austin (8-2), Lamar (8-2)
United Athletic (3): *Abilene Christian (6-4), Austin Peay (6-4), Tarleton State (9-1)
First Teams Outside the Bracket: Dartmouth (6-2), New Hampshire (6-4), Southeastern Louisiana (7-3), Sacramento State (6-4)
Projected Pairings
(Following selection committee criteria, Rhode Island and Abilene Christian seed lines are flip-flopped to avoid potential second-round pairing)
Drake at No. 16 seed Stephen F. Austin, winner at No. 1 seed North Dakota State
Austin Peay at No. 9 seed Mercer, winner at No. 8 seed UC Davis
Central Connecticut State at No. 12 seed Rhode Island, winner at No. 5 seed Tarleton State
Northern Arizona at No. 13 seed South Dakota, winner at No. 4 seed Lehigh
Lamar at No. 14 seed South Dakota State, winner at No. 3 seed Montana
North Dakota at No. 11 seed Abilene Christian, winner at No. 6 seed Tennessee Tech
Youngstown State at No. 10 seed Villanova, winner at No. 7 seed Harvard
Illinois State at No. 15 seed Monmouth, winner at No. 2 seed Montana State
FCS Playoff Bracket: 2025 Key Dates to Know
Playoff Selection Show: Nov. 23 (noon ET, ESPNU)
First Round: Nov. 29 (ESPN Networks)
Second Round: Dec. 6 (ESPN Networks)
Quarterfinals: Dec. 12-13 (ESPN Networks)
Semifinals: Dec. 20 (ESPN Networks)
Championship Game: Jan. 5 at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
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