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The 2010s FCS Playoff Bracket

HERO Sports by HERO Sports
March 20, 2020
The 2010s FCS Playoff Bracket

The great thing about the FCS is the 24-team playoff bracket. While the format has its flaws, it does crown a true national champion.

So what would it look like if we did an ultimate 24-team bracket of teams in the 2010s? Well, we're all in some need of distractions, so I took the time to build one out.


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The Teams

To hit 24 teams, every national champion and runner-up from 2010-2019 are automatic qualifiers. Then there will be four at-large bids from very deserving semifinal teams.

Team Finish Record
2019 NDSU Champ 16-0
2019 JMU Runner-up 14-2
2018 NDSU Champ 15-0
2018 EWU Runner-up 12-3
2017 NDSU Champ 14-1
2017 JMU Runner-up 14-1
2016 JMU Champ 14-1
2016 YSU Runner-up 12-4
2015 NDSU Champ 13-2
2015 JSU Runner-up 13-2
2014 NDSU Champ 15-1
2014 Illinois St. Runner-up 13-2
2013 NDSU Champ 15-0
2013 Towson Runner-up 13-3
2012 NDSU Champ 14-1
2012 SHSU Runner-up 11-4
2011 NDSU Champ 14-1
2011 SHSU Runner-up 14-1
2010 EWU Champ 13-2
2010 Delaware Runner-up 12-3
2016 EWU No. 2 seed, lost 40-38 to YSU in semis 12-2
2016 NDSU No. 1 seed, lost 27-17 to JMU in semis 12-2
2014 UNH No. 1 seed, lost 21-18 to ISU in semis 12-2
2012 Georgia Southern No. 5 seed, lost 23-20 to NDSU in semis 10-4

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The Format

I'll stick with the FCS playoff bracket that we all adore so much. (Because if I seed 1-24, it'd be hard not to go chalk, right?) So that means there will be eight seeds with first-round byes. And there will be 16 unseeded teams who play in the first round. First-round matchups will be based on the geographical factors that we all adore so much, BUT the same programs cannot be matched up against each other in the first round. 

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The Bracket

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Final Thoughts

"Yay, just another way to recognize NDSU's dominance!" you're probably sarcastically typing on your keyboard right now.

Well, yes, this is hard to do without it being NDSU heavy. But what else do you think about when it comes to FCS football in the 2010s? It was a decade of dominance.

So there's a lot of "NDSU" throughout this bracket. But it's also interesting to see which runner-ups could have beaten past NDSU title teams. For example, and this is all my opinion, of course, I think the 2019 JMU team would have beaten the 2012 NDSU team.

Figuring out which NDSU teams should be seeded and where was the hardest. But I like the Top 4 seeds there and how it played out in the bracket. The 2013 team, to me, is the best team during this run. Just so incredibly loaded at every position. The 2018 team isn't far behind, but I'd take the 2013 squad in a fantasy matchup scenario. 

The 2019 squad went 16-0 and statistically was as dominant as any other Bison team. I give the edge to 2018 and 2013 due to experience. And you have to throw in the 2019 JMU team in the Top 4. The Dukes were right there with the 2019 Bison, a team that's in the discussion for top FCS teams of all team.

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