The 2024 FCS playoff bracket has 10 auto-bids from 10 conferences and 14 at-large bids.
Frisco, Texas, hosts the title game for the 15th season.
When Is The 2024 FCS Championship Game?
The 2024 FCS season’s national championship game is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. It will air on ESPN.
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FCS National Championship Viewership
2023 Championship:
SDSU vs. Montana (ABC, Sunday) — 1.04 million
2022 Championship:
NDSU vs. SDSU (ABC, Sunday) — 1.07 million
2021 Championship:
NDSU vs. Montana State (ESPN2) — 1.32 million
2021 Spring Championship:
SDSU vs. SHSU (ABC) — 905K
2019 Championship:
NDSU vs. JMU (ABC) — 2.68 million
2018 Championship:
NDSU vs. EWU (ESPN2) — 1.00 million
2017 Championship:
NDSU vs. JMU (ESPN2) — 1.52 million
2016 Championship:
JMU vs. YSU (ESPN2) — 1.56 million
2015 Championship:
NDSU vs. Jacksonville State (ESPN2) — 1.35 million
2014 Championship:
NDSU vs. Illinois State (ESPN2) — 1.44 million
2013 Championship:
NDSU vs. Towson (ESPN2) — 1.2 million
2012 Championship:
NDSU vs. SHSU (ESPN2) — 1.1 million
Past FCS Champions
Here are the past FCS champions in the Frisco era:
| Year | Champ | Opponent | Score |
| 2023 | SDSU | Montana | 23-3 |
| 2022 | SDSU | NDSU | 45-21 |
| 2021 | NDSU | Montana St | 38-10 |
| 2020-21 | SHSU | SDSU | 23-21 |
| 2019 | NDSU | JMU | 28-20 |
| 2018 | NDSU | EWU | 38-24 |
| 2017 | NDSU | JMU | 17-13 |
| 2016 | JMU | YSU | 28-14 |
| 2015 | NDSU | JSU | 37-10 |
| 2014 | NDSU | Illinois St | 29-27 |
| 2013 | NDSU | Towson | 35-7 |
| 2012 | NDSU | SHSU | 39-13 |
| 2011 | NDSU | SHSU | 17-6 |
| 2010 | EWU | Delaware | 20-19 |
