The FCS will have 127 teams in 2023 with a 128th team (Kennesaw State) playing as an independent as it transitions to the FBS. The subdivision lost two members from the 2022 season with Sam Houston and Jacksonville State going FBS.
In 2023, there are two instances of two conferences combining to form one league for one playoff auto-bid — the ASUN and the WAC, and the Big South and the OVC.
Here’s a look at the 2023 FCS conference membership:
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Big Sky: 12
Cal Poly, Eastern Washington, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Sacramento State, UC Davis, Weber State
Big South-OVC: 10
Big South – Bryant, Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, Robert Morris
OVC – Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, SEMO, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin
CAA: 15
UAlbany, Campbell, Delaware, Elon, Hampton, Maine, Monmouth, New Hampshire, North Carolina A&T, Rhode Island, Richmond, Stony Brook, Towson, Villanova, William & Mary
Ivy: 8
Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale
MEAC: 6
Delaware State, Howard, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina Central, South Carolina State
MVFC: 12
Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Murray State, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, Western Illinois, Youngstown State
NEC: 8
Central Connecticut State, Duquesne, Long Island University, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, Saint Francis U, Stonehill College, Wagner
Patriot: 7
Bucknell, Colgate, Fordham, Georgetown, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh
Pioneer: 11
Butler, Davidson, Dayton, Drake, Marist, Morehead State, Presbyterian, San Diego, St. Thomas, Stetson, Valparaiso
SoCon: 9
Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, Furman, Mercer, Samford, The Citadel, VMI, Western Carolina, Wofford
Southland: 8
Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar, McNeese, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana University, Texas A&M-Commerce
SWAC: 12
Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Grambling State, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Prairie View A&M, Southern, Texas Southern
United Athletic Conference: 9
ASUN — Austin Peay, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, North Alabama
WAC — Abilene Christian, Southern Utah, Stephen F. Austin, Tarleton State, Utah Tech
Independent: 1
Kennesaw State
