Here are the projected final regular season standings of each FCS conference, according to the Congrove Computer Rankings at CollegeFootballPoll.com.
Coming off their second straight FCS national title, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits are the preseason No. 1 team in the AFCA FCS Coaches Poll.
Tarleton State running back Kayvon Britten (Offensive Player of the Year) and North Alabama defensive back Edwin White Schultz (Defensive Player of the Year) collected the superlative honors and Central Arkansas garnered the top spot in the poll as voted on by the head coaches.
All were voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors
Defending Southland Champion Nicholls is the preseason favorite to repeat as champs as the Colonels received nine first-place votes from the coaches and 119 total points to take the spot.
CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove is a voter for the FCS Punter of the Year award.
Drake University, the defending Pioneer Football League champion, is picked to win the 2024 championship, as selected in the league’s Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
Defending champion Lafayette is picked to repeat in 2024 in a poll completed by Patriot League football head coaches and sports information directors from the seven League schools.
Western Carolina’s Gonzales, Chattanooga’s Taylor earn individual honors; Mocs tabbed to win league
Claiming the NEC regular season crown for the sixth time in program history in 2023, Duquesne will look to buck the trend and prove the coaches right, as Jerry Schmitt’s team pulled in five first-place votes to finish first in the NEC preseason predicted order-of-finish.
The North Carolina Central Eagles were selected as the preseason favorite for the second straight season while the Howard Bison, the reigning 2023 MEAC champions, were picked to finish second.
An MVFC preseason favorite has claimed the league crown just 23 times in 38 previous polls.
The Ivy League membership continues to be the same 8 schools that have participated in the conference since its official creation in 1954.
The Coastal Athletic Association gains one new member in 2024 as Bryant moves from the Big South where the Bulldogs spent just two seasons. The CAA loses Delaware which will compete as a FCS independent without eligibility for the FCS Championship.
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This year, the BS/OVC loses Bryant and Robert Morris, but gains Western Illinois.
The FCS increases its membership in 2024 by a net of one team to 129 schools as two move in from D2 and one moves up to the FBS.