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

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.

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 teams seeded and the top eight teams 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 ensure minimal travel for teams. 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.

* – Stephen F. Austin’s participation in the 1989 championship was revoked.