Final FCS Playoff Bracket Projection, 11/23/24
The FCS regular season has concluded, and based on the GPI and based on the results of the final weekend of games, here is CSJ’s projected bracket for 2024.
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The FCS regular season has concluded, and based on the GPI and based on the results of the final weekend of games, here is CSJ’s projected bracket for 2024.
Going into the final week of the regular season, the following would be the field of 24 teams for the 2024/25 Division I FCS Football Playoffs based on the College Sports Journal’s Gridiron Power Index (GPI) for the week of 11/21/2024.
Using the GPI for this week of 11/12/2024, the following would be the field of 24 teams for the 2024/25 Division I FCS Football Playoffs.
Using the GPI for this week of 10/30/2024, the following would be the field of 24 teams for the 2024/25 Division I FCS Football Playoffs.
While the top team of North Dakota State and much of the Top 10 did not change much in this week’s Gridiron Power Index, two newcomers in Stony Brook (22) and Harvard (25) added two Northeastern schools to the mix in the GPI this week.
Using the GPI for this week of 10/23/2024, the following would be the field of 24 teams for the 2024/25 Division I FCS Football Playoffs. North Dakota State would be the top seed using the rankings for this week, while Montana State would be the second seed. South Dakota State would be third, while South.
North Dakota State didn’t just reclaim the Dakota Marker for themselves with their 13-9 win over archrival South Dakota State – they also reclaimed the top spot in this week’s Gridiron Power Index (GPI).
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss: South Dakota State tops the inaugural 2024 version of the Gridiron Power Index, or GPI for short.
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The final autobids have been determined, and the final games have been played. At 12:30PM on ESPNU, FCS Nation will learn the official bracket for the 2023 FCS Playoffs, and about the only thing that can be said for sure is that there are going to be a lot of teams with uneasy sleeps tonight.
The final weekend is poised to have a lot of drama – more than most years. Only three out of the ten possible autobids have been positively determined and how those play out will determine how many spare at-large spots will be available.
If the GPI were being used to determine at-large capability outside of the Top 12, it would seem like very good news for Youngstown State (15), Albany (16), UT Martin (18) and Chattanooga (21), who are scoring well in the GPI with only two weekends of regular season football to go.
We come up with a composite list of 24 teams – teams based on CSJ’s staff picks on who we think will be in the field, not based on a formula, but who we project comes away with it. With the caveat that there is still everything to play for, and plenty can (and will) change, this is the field that we think, collectively, will be the field in November.
If the Gridiron Power Index were used to seed the teams in the FCS playoffs, this week’s rankings seem to indicate that the top seeds would be dominated by Big Sky and Missouri Valley Football conference teams.
The FCS playoff committee released its Top 10 rankings on Thursday, and absent was Southern Illinois, which was ranked No. 7 in the 10/23 release of the GPI this week.
Once again, a shift of power in the Missouri Valley Conference has rocked the GPI this week.
There was shuffling in the Top 10 of the Gridiron Power Index this week, with big movers Harvard, Youngstown State, Central Arkansas and NCCU making moves in the poll.
The Coyotes, who went from being unranked to 8th in the GPI, were one of four teams who appeared in the GPU for the first time this year, thanks to a cavalcade of massive upsets.
South Dakota State took the No. 1 spot in the official re-introduction of the Gridiron Power Index on September 27th, 2023.
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CHENEY, WA – With their thrilling 33-30 win over Weber State, Sacramento State (9-0, 6-0 Bib Sky) takes over the top spot in FCS Fans Nation’s media poll this week. Sacramento State’s victory made a change atop the standings, even though the Wildcats’ loss didn’t really harm their standings in the Top 25, keeping them.
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You can’t keep Elon out of the FCS Fans Nation Broadcast Media Top 25 this week yet again.
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CHENEY, WA – Chattanooga’s huge 41-21 win over Mercer lofted the Mocs (6-1, 4-0 SoCon back in to the FCS Fans Nation Broadcast Media Top 25 this week. The Mocs forced six turnovers while running back Ailym Ford surpassed 3,000 career rushing yards in a victory that impressed voters this week. Delaware (6-1, 3-1 CAA).
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The Colonial Athletic Association surged this week in the FCS Broadcast Media Top 25 in Week 5 of the FCS football season.
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There was only minor movement in the upper reaches of the FCS Fans Nation Broadcast Media Top 25 in Week 3 of the 2022 FCS football season.
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North Dakota State remains at No. 1 in the FCS Fans Nation Broadcast Media Top 25 in Week 2 of the 2022 FCS football season.
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With two weeks to go, no autobid has been determined for the upcoming FCS Playoffs, and without the FCS Playoff Committee releasing their working list of seeds, FCS fans have been left to the sift through the chaos as to what the heck the FCS Playoff bracket might look like.
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Last week was a real thriller with a lot of FCS Playoff implications. Montana State, Eastern Washington and North Dakota State had statement wins showing how they plan to be a part of these playoffs come Thanksgiving, while the SoCon’s title and autobid race seems as muddled as ever.
We’re almost at the midway point of the fall FCS football season, and it’s time to start thinking about what this November’s FCS Playoff field might look like. We polled the CSJ writers to find out who they thought would be in the field, and who might be on the bubble.
This was unquestionably “hard reset” week for the Top 25 as this was the first real slate of games that changed the way people thought about their ballots.
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