The FCS championship game crowns the winner of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, which is the second-highest tier of football in the NCAA since the divisions split in 1978. Composed of over 120 programs, the 24-team playoffs feature 11 conference winners and 13 at-large bids, selected by the FCS Championship Committee.
North Dakota State is the winningest school in history, having won the title 10 times. Montana State defeated Illinois State 35-34 in overtime in the 2025 title game for the school's first national championship since 1984..
Check out all the winners of the FCS championship below:
2025: Montana State
2024: North Dakota State
2023: South Dakota State
2022: South Dakota State
2021: North Dakota State
2020: Sam Houston
2019: North Dakota State
2018: North Dakota State
2017: North Dakota State
2016: James Madison
2015: North Dakota State
2014: North Dakota State
2013: North Dakota State
2012: North Dakota State
2011: North Dakota State
2010: Eastern Washington
2009: Villanova
2008: Richmond
2007: Appalachian State
2006: Appalachian State
2005: Appalachian State
2004: James Madison
2003: Delaware
2002: Western Kentucky
2001: Montana
2000: Georgia Southern
1999: Georgia Southern
1998: Massachusetts
1997: Youngstown State
1996: Marshall
1995: Montana
1994: Youngstown State
1993: Youngstown State
1992: Marshall
1991: Youngstown State
1990: Georgia Southern
1989: Georgia Southern
1988: Furman
1987: Louisiana-Monroe
1986: Georgia Southern
1985: Georgia Southern
1984: Montana State
1983: Southern Illinois
1982: Eastern Kentucky
1981: Idaho State
1980: Boise State
1979: Eastern Kentucky
1978: Florida A&M
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