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FCS Update: 10-of-10 Automatic Qualifers set; Ivy and MEAC Champs Crowned, SWAC Title Game Set

November 18, 2023 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff

The FCS Playoff Selection Show will begin at 12:30 p.m. ET on Sunday on ESPNU.

FCS Playoff Automatic Qualifiers:

Conference AQ Clinched
ASUN-WAC (UAC) Austin Peay
Big Sky Montana
Big South-OVC Gardner-Webb
CAA Villanova
MVFC South Dakota State
NEC Duquesne
Patriot Lafayette
Pioneer Drake
SoCon Furman
Southland Nicholls

At-large bid predictions (14):

Big Sky (3): Montana State, Idaho, UC Davis (iffy: Sacramento State)
Big South/OVC (2): UT-Martin, Eastern Illinois
CAA (3): Albany, Richmond, Delaware
MVFC (3): South Dakota, Youngstown State, North Dakota State
SoCon (2): Mercer, Chattanooga
Patriot: None
Pioneer: None
Southland (1): Incarnate Word
UAC (ASUN/WAC): None

Non-playoff conference champs:

IVY: Yale

MEAC: Howard

SWAC: Florida A&M (East) vs. Prairie View A&M (West)

Celebration Bowl: Howard vs. SWAC Championship Game winner