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Here’s a quick guide to the 2024-25 FCS National Championship Game, including the schedule, TV network and how teams are selected.
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The 2024-25 FCS Championship is on Monday, January 6, 2025.
The title game will air on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET. You can stream the game by clicking or tapping here.
The championship game will be played at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. It will be the 15th time the FCS Championship Game will be played in Frisco.
The bracket selections were revealed on Sunday, Nov. 24 on ESPNU.
The 2024-25 FCS playoffs have a 24-team bracket that have the top 16 teams seeded and the top eight seeds receiving automatic byes to the second round. The rest of the 24-team field (the remaining 16 teams) will play in the first round.
First round matchups are regionalized with the No. 9 to No. 16 seeds playing unseeded teams to ensure the least travel for teams as possible. Likewise, the first round will try to avoid any matchups featuring conference teams that have played each other.
When it comes to hosting games, there will still be minimum bids required. In the first round, if the seeded team puts in a viable bid, the higher seed will get the opportunity to host.
Click or tap here for an interactive bracket.
Twenty-four teams will play for the 2024-25 FCS Championship. At the conclusion 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 at-large bids. The committee will also seed the top 16 teams, with the top eight seeds receiving a first-round bye.
Click or tap here to view the latest FCS football standings, which will be updated throughout the season.
Here are the previous winners of the FCS Championship Game, which started in the 1978 season.
* — Stephen F. Austin’s participation in 1989 championship vacated.
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Stan Becton joined NCAA.com in 2021 and has since served as an FCS, track and field, cross country and HBCU beat reporter. He has covered numerous NCAA championship events, including the FCS Championship, DI Track & Field Championships and Men’s Frozen Four. Additionally, he has covered the 2022 College Football Playoff’s Peach Bowl and HBCU sporting events like the Celebration Bowl and Legacy Classic. Stan graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, earning a degree in Professional Writing and playing football as a five-year letterman. You can follow him on Twitter @stan_becton.
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