List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs

This is a list of schools in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that play football in the United States as a varsity sport and are members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), known as Division I-AA from 1978 through 2005. There will be 126 FCS programs in the upcoming 2019 season. Conference affiliations are current for the 2019 season. The teams in this subdivision compete in a 24-team playoff for the NCAA Division I Football Championship. All leagues allow scholarships with the exception of the Ivy League and Pioneer Football League.

FCS programs
Alabama


 * Alabama A&M University
 * Alabama State University
 * Jacksonville State University
 * University of North Alabama
 * Samford University

Arizona


 * Northern Arizona University

Arkansas


 * University of Arkansas—Pine Bluff
 * University of Central Arkansas

California


 * California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
 * California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State)
 * University of San Diego
 * University of California, Davis (UC Davis)

Colorado


 * University of Northern Colorado

Connecticut


 * Central Connecticut State University
 * Sacred Heart University
 * Yale University

Delaware


 * University of Delaware
 * Delaware State University

Florida


 * Bethune-Cookman University
 * Florida A&M University
 * Jacksonville University
 * Stetson University

Georgia


 * Kennesaw State University
 * Mercer University

Idaho


 * University of Idaho
 * Idaho State University

Illinois


 * Eastern Illinois University
 * Illinois State University
 * Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Southern Illinois)
 * Western Illinois University

Indiana


 * Butler University
 * Indiana State University
 * Valparaiso University

Iowa


 * Drake University
 * University of Northern Iowa

Kentucky


 * Eastern Kentucky University
 * Morehead State University
 * Murray State University

Louisiana


 * Grambling State University
 * McNeese State University
 * Nicholls State University
 * Northwestern State University
 * Southeastern Louisiana University
 * Southern University and A&M College

Maine


 * University of Maine

Maryland


 * Morgan State University
 * Towson University

Massachusetts


 * Harvard University
 * College of the Holy Cross
 * Merrimack College

Mississippi


 * Alcorn State University
 * Jackson State University
 * Mississippi Valley State University

Missouri


 * Missouri State University
 * Southeast Missouri State University

Montana


 * University of Montana
 * Montana State University

New Hampshire


 * Dartmouth College
 * University of New Hampshire

New Jersey


 * Monmouth University
 * Princeton University

New York


 * University at Albany, SUNY
 * Colgate University
 * Columbia University
 * Cornell University
 * Fordham University
 * Long Island University
 * Marist College
 * Stony Brook University
 * Wagner College

North Carolina


 * Campbell University
 * Davidson College
 * Elon University
 * Gardner-Webb University
 * North Carolina A&T State University
 * North Carolina Central University
 * Western Carolina University

North Dakota


 * University of North Dakota
 * North Dakota State University

Ohio


 * University of Dayton
 * Youngstown State University

Oregon


 * Portland State University

Pennsylvania


 * Bucknell University
 * Duquesne University
 * Lafayette College
 * Lehigh University
 * University of Pennsylvania
 * Robert Morris University
 * Saint Francis University
 * Villanova University

Rhode Island


 * Brown University
 * Bryant University
 * University of Rhode Island

South Carolina


 * Charleston Southern University
 * The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
 * Furman University
 * Presbyterian College
 * South Carolina State University
 * Wofford College

South Dakota


 * University of South Dakota
 * South Dakota State University

Tennessee


 * Austin Peay State University
 * East Tennessee State University
 * University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Chattanooga)
 * University of Tennessee at Martin
 * Tennessee State University
 * Tennessee Technological University

Texas


 * Abilene Christian University
 * Houston Baptist University
 * University of the Incarnate Word
 * Lamar University
 * Prairie View A&M University
 * Sam Houston State University
 * Stephen F. Austin State University
 * Texas Southern University

Utah


 * Dixie State University (2020)
 * Southern Utah University
 * Weber State University

Virginia
 * Hampton University
 * James Madison University
 * Norfolk State University
 * University of Richmond
 * Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
 * College of William & Mary

Washington


 * Eastern Washington University

Washington, D.C.


 * Georgetown University
 * Howard University

Transitioning from Division II
The following programs are transitioning from NCAA Division II to FCS. Under current NCAA rules, they must have an invitation from a Division I conference to begin the transition. During the four-year transition period, they will be ineligible (except LIU) for the FCS playoffs.

Future FCS programs
One school is confirmed to be joining FCS football in the near future, transitioning from Division II—Dixie State. As such, it will be ineligible for the FCS playoffs until completing its four-year transition period in 2024.