It’s August, yes. Is it too early to try and predict the FCS playoff bracket? Yes. Are we going to do it anyway? Yes.
The field is back to 24 teams after a 16-team spring bracket. There will be 11 auto-bids with the addition of the AQ7 and 13 at-large bids. Eight teams will be seeded.
The national championship game is scheduled for Jan. 8 in Frisco, Texas.
Below are predictions for the seeds, auto-bids, at-large bids, and which teams are on the bubble.
The Field
Seeds
1. Sam Houston
2. JMU
3. SDSU
4. NDSU
5. Weber State
6. Montana
7. Monmouth
8. Delaware
Auto-Bids
AQ7 – Sam Houston
Big Sky – Weber State
Big South – Monmouth
CAA – JMU
MVFC – SDSU
NEC – CCSU
OVC – Austin Peay
Patriot – Holy Cross
Pioneer – Dayton
SoCon – VMI
Southland – SLU
At-Large Bids (Ranked from most likely to least likely to get in)
12. NDSU
13. Montana
14. Delaware
15. SIU
16. Montana State
17. Central Arkansas
18. UND
19. Chattanooga
20. Villanova
21. NC A&T
22. Sac State
23. Nicholls
24. Florida A&M
Bubble Teams Left Out
25. Missouri State
26. EWU
27. Jacksonville State
28. Richmond
29. UNI
The Bracket
Since we made it this far, we might as well form the field into a bracket.
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