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NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision

The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the Football Bowl Subdivision. Sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the FCS level comprises 128 teams in 14 conferences as of the 2023 season. The FCS designation is only tied to football with the non-football sports programs of each school competing in NCAA Division I.

Sport

American football

1978

128

United States

www.ncaa.com/sports/football/fcs

Big Sky Conference

Big South–OVC Football Association

Big South Conference

– While administered by the multi-sports Coastal Athletic Association, it is a separate legal entity—although the NCAA considers both sides of the CAA to be a single conference.

CAA Football

Ivy League

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Missouri Valley Football Conference

Northeast Conference

Patriot League

Pioneer Football League

Southern Conference

Southland Conference

Southwestern Athletic Conference

United Athletic Conference

Atlantic Sun Conference

As of the 2023 football season, there are 13 Division I FCS football conferences:

List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs

List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums

List of NCAA Division I FCS playoff appearances by team

List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons

NCAA Division I FBS

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