2024-25 FCS National Championship Game: Date, Time, TV Channel, History
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2024-25 FCS National Championship Game: Date, Time, TV Channel, History

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Here’s a quick guide to the 2024-25 FCS National Championship Game, including the schedule, TV network and team picks.

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When is the 2024-25 FCS National Championship Game?

The 2024-25 FCS Championship will take place on Monday, January 6, 2025.

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How to watch the 2024-25 FCS Championship

The title game airs at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN. You can stream the game by clicking or tapping here.

Where will the 2024-25 FCS Championship take place?

The championship game will be played at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. This will be the 15th time the FCS Championship Game has been played in Frisco.

When will the 2024-25 FCS Championships be selected?

Bracket picks were announced Sunday, Nov. 24 on ESPNU.

What does the 2024-25 FCS bracket look like?

The 2024-25 FCS Playoffs will feature 24 teams, with the top 16 seeds and the top eight seeds receiving automatic byes to the second round. The remainder of the 24-team field (the remaining 16 teams) will play in the first round.

The first round matches are regionalized, with numbers 9 to 16 playing against unseeded teams to allow teams to travel as little as possible. Likewise, the first round will try to avoid meetings with conference teams that have already played against each other.

Minimum bids continue to apply for the staging of games. If the seeded team makes a viable bid in the first round, the higher seeded team will be given the opportunity to host.

Click or tap here for an interactive bracket.

How are FCS championship teams selected?

Twenty-four teams will play for the 2024-25 FCS Championship. At the end of the regular season, 10 conferences (or conference partnerships/alliances) will receive automatic bids to the playoffs. The FCS Championship Committee will select the remaining 14 overall applicants. The committee will also seed the top 16 teams, with the top eight teams receiving a bye in the first round.

What is the current FCS football table?

Click or tap here to view the current FCS football standings, which will be updated throughout the season.

Former FCS champions from 1978 to today

Here are the previous winners of the FCS Championship Game, which began in the 1978 season.

YEAR CHAMPION TRAINER SCORE SECOND WEBSITE
2023 State of South Dakota Jimmy Rogers 23-3 Montana Frisco, Texas
2022 State of South Dakota John Stiegelmeier 45-21 State of North Dakota Frisco, Texas
2021 State of North Dakota Matt Entz 38-10 State of Montana Frisco, Texas
2020 Sam Houston KC Keeler 23-21 State of South Dakota Frisco, Texas
2019 State of North Dakota Matt Entz 28-20 James Madison Frisco, Texas
2018 State of North Dakota Chris Klieman 38-24 Eastern Washington Frisco, Texas
2017 State of North Dakota Chris Klieman 17-13 James Madison Frisco, Texas
2016 James Madison Mike Houston 28-14 Youngstown State Frisco, Texas
2015 State of North Dakota Chris Klieman 37-10 Jacksonville State Frisco, Texas
2014 State of North Dakota Chris Klieman 29-27 State of Illinois Frisco, Texas
2013 State of North Dakota Craig Bohl 35-7 Towson Frisco, Texas
2012 State of North Dakota Craig Bohl 39-13 Sam Houston State Frisco, Texas
2011 State of North Dakota Craig Bohl 17-6 Sam Houston State Frisco, Texas
2010 Eastern Washington Beau Baldwin 20-19 Delaware Frisco, Texas
2009 Villanova Andy Talley 23-21 Montana Chattanooga, Tenn.
2008 Richmond Mike London 24-7 Montana Chattanooga, Tenn.
2007 Appalachian State Jerry Moore 49-21 Delaware Chattanooga, Tenn.
2006 Appalachian State Jerry Moore 28-17 Massachusetts Chattanooga, Tennessee
2005 Appalachian State Jerry Moore 21-16 UNI Chattanooga, Tennessee
2004 James Madison Mickey Matthews 31-21 Montana Chattanooga, Tennessee
2003 Delaware KC Keeler 40-0 Colgate Chattanooga, Tenn.
2002 Western Kentucky Jack Harbaugh 34-14 McNeese State Chattanooga, Tenn.
2001 Montana Joe Glenn 13-6 Furman Chattanooga, Tenn.
2000 Georgia South Paul Johnson 27-25 Montana Chattanooga, Tenn.
1999 Georgia South Paul Johnson 59-24 Youngstown State Chattanooga, Tenn.
1998 Massachusetts Mark Whipple 55-43 Georgia South Chattanooga, Tenn.
1997 Youngstown State Jim Tressel 10-9 McNeese State Chattanooga, Tenn.
1996 Marshall Bob Pruett 49-29 Montana Huntington, W.Va.
1995 Montana Don Read 22-20 Marshall Huntington, W.Va.
1994 Youngstown State Jim Tressel 28-14 Boise State Huntington, W.Va.
1993 Youngstown State Jim Tressel 17-5 Marshall Huntington, W.Va.
1992 Marshall Jim Donnan 31-28 Youngstown State Huntington, W.Va.
1991 Youngstown State Jim Tressel 25-17 Marshall Statesboro, Georgia.
1990 Georgia South Tim Stowers 36-13 Nevada Statesboro, Georgia.
1989 Georgia South Eric Russell 37-34 Stephen F Austin * Statesboro, Georgia.
1988 Furman Jimmy Satterfield 17-12 Georgia South Pocatello, Idaho
1987 Louisiana Monroe PatCollins 43-42 Marshall Pocatello, Idaho
1986 Georgia South Eric Russell 48-21 State of Arkansas Tacoma, Washington.
1985 Georgia South Eric Russell 44-42 Furman Tacoma, Washington.
1984 State of Montana Dave Arnold 19-6 Louisiana Tech Charleston, SC
1983 Southern Illinois Rey Dempsey 43-7 West Carolina Charleston, SC
1982 Eastern Kentucky Roy Kidd 17-14 Delaware Wichita Falls, Texas
1981 State of Idaho Dave Kragthorpe 34-23 Eastern Kentucky Wichita Falls, Texas
1980 Boise State Jim Criner 31-29 Eastern Kentucky Sacramento, California.
1979 Eastern Kentucky Roy Kidd 30-7 Lehigh Orlando, Florida.
1978 Florida A&M Rudy Hubbard 35-28 Massachusetts Wichita Falls, Texas

* – Stephen F. Austin’s participation in the 1989 championship was revoked.

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