2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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2024 NCAA Division I FBS season | |
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Number of teams | 134 |
Duration | August 24, 2024 – December 14, 2024 |
Preseason AP No. 1 | TBD |
Postseason | |
Duration | December 20, 2024 – January 20, 2025 |
Bowl games | 42[a] |
College Football Playoff | |
2025 College Football Playoff National Championship | |
Site | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia |
NCAA Division I FBS football seasons | |
← 2023 |
The 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season will be the 155th season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The regular season will begin on August 24 and will end on December 14. The postseason will begin on December 20, and, aside from any all-star games that are scheduled, end on January 20, 2024, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. This will be the first season of the new College Football Playoff (CFP) system, with the bracket being expanded to 12 teams.[1]
Conference realignment
1 school will play their first FBS season in 2024. Kennesaw State (from FCS independents) began their transition from Division I FCS in 2022 and will join Conference USA in July 2024.[2]
1 independent school, Army, will join the American Athletic Conference in 2024.[3] After Army's transition was announced, SMU announced they would join the ACC in 2024.[4]
10 schools from the Pac-12, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah will join the Big 12 in 2024[5], California and Stanford will join the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024[4], and Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington will join the Big Ten in 2024.[6] After the 4 Pac-12 schools announced they were joining the Big 12, Oklahoma and Texas announced they would join the Southeastern Conference.[7]
Team | Conference in 2023 | Conference in 2024 |
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Arizona | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
Arizona State | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
Army | Independent (FBS) | American |
California | Pac-12 | ACC |
Colorado | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
Kennesaw State | Independent (FCS) | C-USA |
Oklahoma | Big 12 | SEC |
Oregon | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
SMU | American | ACC |
Stanford | Pac-12 | ACC |
Texas | Big 12 | SEC |
UCLA | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
USC | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
Utah | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
Washington | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
One FCS school, Delaware, will start the transition of its program to FBS in the 2024 season by leaving the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference and playing the 2024 season as an FCS independent. It will join C-USA in 2025.[8]
School | Current conference | Future conference |
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Delaware | Independent (FCS) | C-USA |
Kickoff games
Week 0
The regular season will begin on Saturday, August 24 with four games in Week 0.
- Aer Lingus College Football Classic (Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland): Florida State, Georgia Tech
- Eastern Illinois, Illinois
- Oregon, Hawaii
- Montana State, New Mexico
Week 1
- Aflac Kickoff Game:
- Vegas Kickoff Classic:
- LSU, USC (at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada)
- Duke's Mayo Classic:
Conference standings
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Rankings
The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls
Pre-season Polls
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Postseason
There are 50 team-competitive FBS post-season bowl games, with two teams advancing to a 51st – the CFP National Championship game. Normally a team required to have a .500 minimum winning percentage during the regular season to become bowl-eligible (six wins for an 11- or 12-game schedule, and seven wins for a 13-game schedule) if there are not enough winning teams to fulfill all open bowl slots, teams with losing records may be chosen to fill all 82 bowl slots. Additionally on the rare occasion in which a conference champion does not meet eligibilty requirements, they are usually still chosen for bowl games via tie-ins for their conference.
All-star games
Each of these games features college seniors, or players whose college football eligibility is ending, who are individually invited by game organizers. These games are scheduled to follow the team-competitive bowls, to allow players selected from bowl teams to participate. The all-star games may include some players from non-FBS programs.
The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, which debuted in 2012 and was played 12 times through January 2023, was discontinued. The East–West Shrine Bowl relocated from Nevada (where its prior two editions had been played) to Texas.
Date | Time (EST) | Game | Site | Television | Participants | Results | Ref. |
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Jan. 2025 | 12:00 p.m. | Hula Bowl | FBC Mortgage Stadium Orlando, Florida |
CBS Sports Network | Team Kai Team Aina |
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Jan. 2025 | 11:00 a.m. | Tropical Bowl | Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida |
Varsity Sports Network | American Team National Team |
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Feb. 2025 | 8:00 p.m. | East-West Shrine Bowl | Ford Center at The Star Frisco, Texas |
NFL Network | West Team East Team |
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Feb. 2025 | 1:00 p.m. | Senior Bowl | Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, Alabama |
National Team American Team |
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Feb. 2025 | 4:00 p.m. | HBCU Legacy Bowl | Yulman Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana |
Team Robinson Team Gaither |
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Coaching Changes
Preseason and in-season
This is restricted to coaching changes taking place on or after May 1, 2024, and will include any changes announced after a team's last regularly scheduled game but before its bowl game. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2024, see 2023 NCAA Division I FBS end-of-season coaching changes.
School | Outgoing Coach | Date | Reason | Replacement |
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Television changes
This is the second year of television deals for the Big Ten Conference and Conference USA. The Big Ten's deal includes CBS, NBC/Peacock, Fox and the Big Ten Network.[14]. This is also the first year of a new ten year television deal for the Southeastern Conference with new Television partners. ESPN and ABC.[15]. This new television deal will replace former SEC network partner CBS whose contract ended in December 2023.
Notes
- ^ 41 FBS bowl games plus the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
References
- ^ Thamel, Pete (November 30, 2022). "Rose Bowl agrees to deal allowing early CFP expansion in '24". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ Alexander, Nolan (October 14, 2022). "Kennesaw State to Join Conference USA in 2024-25". Kennesaw State Owls. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ Helwick, Steve (October 26, 2023). "Army will join the AAC in 2024: What to know about the Black Knights' conference move". SBNation. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ a b Russo, Ralph D.; Beard, Aaron (September 1, 2023). "ACC adds two Pac-12 schools to become latest super conference". The Salt Lake Tribune. Associated Press. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ Parks, James (August 4, 2023). "Big 12 votes to add Arizona, Arizona State, Utah in realignment move; Pac-12 responds". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (August 4, 2023). "Big Ten adds Oregon, Washington as newest members in blow to Pac-12". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ Silverstein, Adam (February 9, 2023). "Texas, Oklahoma leaving Big 12 early, joining SEC in 2024 season after reaching exit agreement". CBSSports.com. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ "CUSA Adds Delaware, Blue Hens to Join in 2025". Conference USA (Press release). November 28, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ "Caribe Royale Orlando Resort to Serve as Title Sponsor of the 2024 Hula Bowl". hulabowl.com (Press release). Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "TV – Trillion Tropical Bowl". tropicalbowl.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Events". shrinebowl.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Game Central". seniorbowl.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Home". hbculegacybowl.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ Strauss, Ben; Giambalvo, Emily (August 8, 2022). "Big Ten lands multibillon-dollar TV Deal". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
- ^ "SEC ESPN Deal Now Official ABC Replacing CBS Will Go Into Effect In 2024". SportsMediaWatch.com. December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.