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2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season
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The 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Championship Game was played on January 11, 2020, in Frisco, Texas.[1] Defending champion North Dakota State completed the regular season undefeated,[2] then won their eighth championship in nine seasons, defeating James Madison, 28-20, for the title.[3]
All FCS teams were allowed to schedule 12 regular season games in the 2019 season. A standard provision of NCAA bylaws allows for 12 regular season games during years having 14 Saturdays in the period starting with the Labor Day (first Monday in September) weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November. This next occurred in 2024.[4]
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Conference changes and new programs
+ Following the 2018–19 academic year, Long Island University merged the athletic programs of its two campuses—the Division I non-football LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and Division II football-sponsoring LIU Post Pioneers—into a single Division I program rebranded as the LIU Sharks. The Sharks inherited LIU Brooklyn's membership in the Northeast Conference, with the former Post football team joining the NEC alongside most of LIU's other sports.
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FCS team wins over FBS teams
August 29: Central Arkansas 35, Western Kentucky 28
September 7: Southern Illinois 45, UMass 20
September 14: The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24 OT
Conference standings
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Playoff qualifiers
Champions of the following 10 conferences automatically received playoff bids:[5]
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Abstentions
- Ivy League – Yale and Dartmouth (co-champions)
- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina A&T
- Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State
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Postseason
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A 24-team single-elimination tournament bracket culminated in the 2020 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game. Teams were announced in a selection show on November 24, with the top eight teams seeded and receiving first-round byes.[6]
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NCAA Division I playoff bracket
First Round November 30 Campus sites | Second Round December 7 Campus sites | Quarterfinals December 13/14[a] Campus sites | Semifinals December 21 Campus sites | National Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota State | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls | 24 | Nicholls | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota State | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Central Arkansas | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Southeast Missouri State | 6 | Illinois State | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota State | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Montana State | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Sacramento State | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 42 | Austin Peay | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Montana State | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Montana State | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Albany | 42 | Albany | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota State | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Central Connecticut | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | James Madison | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | James Madison | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth | 44 | Monmouth | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | James Madison | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | South Dakota State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 17 | Northern Iowa | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | James Madison | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Weber State | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Weber State | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 21 | Kennesaw State | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Weber State | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Montana | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Montana | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 45 | Southeastern Louisiana | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:[7]
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Kickoff game
- Saturday, August 24 FCS Kickoff (Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama): Youngstown State def. Samford, 45–22
Coaching changes
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Preseason and in-season
This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2019. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2019, see 2018 NCAA Division I FCS end-of-season coaching changes.
† Prince was placed on administrative leave by the university, "after allegations of verbal abuse and intimidation of players."[8]
End of season
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