Below is a list of all 13 conferences and 128 teams scheduled to compete in the FCS for the 2025 season. Clicking on each conference in the top table will bring you to a detailed list of teams in that conference. Both the conferences and teams are listed in alphabetical order and each table can be sorted. Clicking on a team’s name will open a new tab and bring you to the team’s football website. Clicking on the conference name above each table will bring you to the standings for the latest season except for FCS Independents. A full list of 2024 changes can be found here with future moves scheduled for 2025 also included. The information below is subject to change until the start of the 2025 FCS Season.
An alphabetical list of all teams can be found here near the bottom of this post. Additional information on former FCS teams can be found here while additional information on FCS conferences since the Division I split in 1978 can be found here. A timeline of current FCS teams can be found at the bottom of this page. Please note the map, conferences, and teams listed below are subject to change.
Big Sky Conference
Coastal Athletic Association (Formerly Colonial Athletic)
The CAA played its first season in 2007 under the Colonial Athletic Association banner. The 2007 membership was essentially the Atlantic 10 football conference but the CAA and A10 operate as separate entities. In 2023, the CAA changed its name from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Coastal Athletic Association.
FCS Independents
Teams are typically classified as FCS independents when moving into or out of the subdivision but this can also occur when moving between FCS conferences (i.e. North Dakota in 2019).
Ivy League
The Ivy League became part of the FCS in 1982 when Division I formalized requirements to be in the FBS (then called Division I-A). The Ivy League, Southern Conference, and Southland Conference all moved to the FCS (then I-AA) before the 1982 season in one of the larger expansions of FCS membership.
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Missouri Valley Football Conference
The Missouri Valley Football Conference began playing football in 1985 under the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference. The name was changed to the Gateway Football Conference in 1992 and renamed to the current Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2008.
Northeast Conference
OVC-Big South Football Association
The Big South-OVC Football Association began in 2023 when the Big South and Ohio Valley Conferences combined football members into one conference to compete for an automatic qualifying bid to the FCS playoffs. For the 2023 and 2024 seasons, it was known as the Big South-OVC Football Association. Starting with the 2025 season, it was renamed the OVC-Big South Football Association.
Patriot League
The Patriot League began competition in the 1986 season as the Colonial League. The conference’s name was changed to the Patriot League in 1990.
Pioneer Football League
Southern Conference
Like the Ivy League, the Southern Conference became part of the FCS in 1982 when Division I formalized requirements to be in the FBS (then called Division I-A). The Ivy League, Southern Conference, and Southland Conference all moved to the FCS (then I-AA) before the 1982 season in one of the larger expansions of FCS membership.
Southland Conference
Like the Ivy League and Southern Conference, the Southland Conference became part of the FCS in 1982 when Division I formalized requirements to be in the FBS (then called Division I-A). The trio of conferences and most of its members all moved to the FCS (then I-AA) before the 1982 season in one of the larger expansions of FCS membership.
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The SWAC is currently the only FCS conference to separate its teams into divisions, which is used to determine the participants in the SWAC Championship Game. The SWAC is also the only FCS conference that currently contests a Championship Game annually.
United Athletic Conference
The United Athletic Conference was formed in 2023 when the ASUN and Western Athletic Conferences combined its football-playing members into one conference to compete for an automatic qualifying bid to the FCS playoffs.