The 2025 FCS football season promises to be stuffed with one memory after another. Here’s a list of many key dates to know from July to January.
Everybody’s anticipating the first whistle of college football on Aug. 23, but there are many key dates to know before, during and after the 2025 FCS season.
The FCS again includes 129 programs and 13 leagues this season. North Dakota State is the reigning national champion, and the title game is shifting to Nashville, Tennessee, for the first time.
Following are many key dates before, during and after the 2025 FCS season (subject to change).
2025 FCS Football Season
Conference Media Days/Preseason Release Dates
Dates without cities are considered virtual media days
July 16 – Southwestern Athletic Conference (Birmingham, Alabama)
July 16 – United Athletic Conference (Nashville, Tennessee)
July 17 – Big South-OVC Football Association
July 19-21 – Big Sky Conference (Airway Heights, Washington) – preseason poll and team on July 21
July 20-21 – Southland Conference (San Antonio) – preseason poll and team on July 21
July 21 – Missouri Valley Football Conference (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
July 21-22 – Southern Conference (Greenville, South Carolina)
July 23-24 – CAA Football – preseason poll on July 23
July 23-24 – Patriot League – preseason poll and team on July 23
July 26 – Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (Baltimore)
July 28-29 – Pioneer Football League – preseason poll on July 28 and preseason team on July 29
Aug. 11 – Ivy League – preseason poll on Aug. 4
TBA – Northeast Conference
Stats Perform FCS Football Preseason Honors
July 15 – FCS Preseason All-America Team
July 29 – Walter Payton Award Watch List
July 30 – Buck Buchanan Award Watch List
July 31 – HBCU National Player of the Year Watch List
Aug. 4 – FCS Preseason Top 25 Poll
The Analyst FCS Football Conference Previews
Aug. 6 – United Athletic Conference
Aug. 7 – Big Sky Conference
Aug. 8 – OVC-Big South Football Association
Aug. 11 – Southwestern Athletic Conference
Aug. 12 – Southland Conference
Aug. 13 – Missouri Valley Football Conference
Aug. 14 – Northeast Conference
Aug. 15 – Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Aug. 18 – Southern Conference
Aug. 19 – Patriot League
Aug. 20 – CAA Football
Aug. 21 – Pioneer Football League
Aug. 22 – Ivy League
FCS In-Season/Postseason Dates
Aug. 23 – Week 0 games kick off 2025 college football season, including North Carolina Central vs. Southern in MEAC-SWAC Challenge and UC Davis vs. Mercer in Montgomery FCS Kickoff
Aug. 28 – Traditional Week 1 kickoff
Aug. 29 – New Haven’s first game as FCS program at Marist
Aug. 30 – UTRGV’s first game at FCS program vs. Sul Ross
Sept. 1 – Weekly in-season start to Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll and National Players/Team of the Week
Sept. 6 – South Dakota State at Montana State (considered season’s top nonconference matchup)
Oct. 22 – Jerry Rice Award Watch List announced
Oct. 25 – North Dakota State at South Dakota State (two most-recent FCS national champions)
Nov. 22 – Final full Saturday of FCS regular season, including Lehigh at Lafayette in 161st meeting (college football’s most-played series)
Nov. 23 – 24-team FCS playoff pairings announced (11 conference champions and 13 at-large bids)
Nov. 24 – Jerry Rice Award and Eddie Robinson Award finalists announced
Nov. 25 – Walter Payton Award and Buck Buchanan Award finalists announced
Nov. 26 – HBCU FCS National Player of the Year finalists announced
Nov. 29 – FCS playoffs (first round)
Dec. 2 – Top 3 voter-getters invited to announcement of Walter Payton Award on Jan. 3
Dec. 2 – Top 3 voter-getters invited to announcement of Buck Buchanan Award on Jan. 3
Dec. 3 – Jerry Rice Award recipient announced
Dec. 4 – Eddie Robinson Award recipient announced
Dec. 6 – FCS playoffs (second round)
Dec. 6 – SWAC Championship Game
Dec. 8 – HBCU FCS National Player of the Year recipient announced
Dec. 9 – Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award recipient announced
Dec. 12-13 – FCS playoffs (quarterfinals)
Dec. 13 – Celebration Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta (MEAC and SWAC champions)
Dec. 17 – Stats Perform FCS All-America Team announced
Dec. 20 – FCS playoffs (semifinals)
Jan. 3 – Stats Perform FCS National Awards Banquet – Walter Payton Award and Buck Buchanan Award recipients announced
Jan. 5 – FCS Championship Game at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee
Jan. 6 – Season-ending Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll
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