With five weeks of games remaining before the announcement of the 24-team FCS playoffs, here’s how Selection Sunday might look like if the bracket was finalized today.
The FCS playoff selection committee’s first public in-season Top 10 rankings will be announced on Tuesday.
Given all the chaos of this weekend’s games, we’re here to give the bigwigs a cheat sheet so they can decompress and take the next couple of days off. All they have do is copy and paste our FCS playoff bracket predictions.
We’ll even share the bracketology with the FBS level. Apparently, it’s trying to learn about a 24-team playoff.
FCS Playoffs: Projected Bids by Conference
*-Automatic qualifier (11 overall); other teams projected as at-large selections (13 overall)
Big Sky (4): Montana, Montana State, *Northern Arizona, Weber State
CAA Football (2): Campbell, *Monmouth
Ivy League (1): *Harvard
Missouri Valley (5): Illinois State, North Dakota, South Dakota, South Dakota State, *Youngstown State
Northeast (1): *LIU
Ohio Valley (1): *Southeast Missouri
Patriot League (1): *Lehigh
Pioneer League (1): *Marist
Southern (3): *ETSU, Mercer, Tennessee Tech
Southland (2): Lamar, *Stephen F. Austin
United Athletic (3): *Abilene Christian, Austin Peay, Tarleton State
First Four Teams Out: Southeastern Louisiana, Chattanooga, Northern Iowa, Wofford
Projected Pairings
Weber State at No. 16 seed Montana, winner at No. 1 seed Tarleton State
Southeast Missouri at No. 9 seed Tennessee Tech, winner at No. 8 seed South Dakota
Marist at No. 12 seed Harvard, winner at No. 5 seed Northern Arizona
Monmouth at No. 13 seed Lehigh, winner at No. 4 seed Youngstown State
Abilene Christian at No. 14 seed Illinois State, winner at No. 3 seed Montana State
Mercer at No. 11 seed Campbell, winner at No. 6 seed North Dakota
ETSU at No. 10 seed Austin Peay, winner at No. 7 seed South Dakota State
LIU at No. 15 seed Lamar, winner at No. 2 seed Stephen F. Austin
2026 Key Dates to Know
ESPN Networks; Times ET
Selection Committee Top 10 Rankings: Oct. 20 and Nov. 5 (2 p.m. on “College Football Live,” ESPN2)
Playoff Selection Show: Nov. 22
First Round: Nov. 28
Second Round: Dec. 5
Quarterfinals: Dec. 11 (9 p.m., ESPN) and 12 (noon, and 8 p.m., ESPN; TBD, ESPN+)
Semifinals: Dec. 19 (4 p.m., ABC; 8 p.m., ESPN2)
Championship Game: Jan. 11 (7:30 p.m., ESPN) at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee
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