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2024 NCAA Division I FBS season
Number of teams134
DurationAugust 24, 2024 – December 14, 2024
Postseason
DurationDecember 20, 2024 – January 20, 2025
Bowl games42[a]
College Football Playoff
2025 College Football Playoff National Championship
SiteMercedes-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, 2025, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. 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

Main article: 2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment

One school will play its first FBS season in 2024; Kennesaw State (from FCS independents) began its transition from Division I FCS in 2023 and will join Conference USA (CUSA) in July 2024.[2] One formerly independent school, Army, will join the American Athletic Conference in 2024.[3] SMU announced it would join the ACC in 2024.[4]

Overall, 10 schools from the Pac-12 are leaving for another conference in 2024. The 10 teams and conferences are:

The remaining two schools in the Pac-12, Oregon State and Washington State, made an agreement with the Mountain West Conference (MW) such that each remaining Pac-12 team will play six MW teams in 2024.[7]

Team Conference in 2023 Conference in 2024
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) CUSA
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. It will play that season in CAA Football (in full the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference), but will not be eligible for the FCS playoffs due to NCAA transition rules. Delaware will join CUSA in 2025.[8]

School Current conference Future conference
Delaware CAA Football (FCS) CUSA


Kickoff games

Week 0

The regular season will begin on Saturday, August 24 with four games in Week 0.

Week 1


Conference standings

2024 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Army   1 – 0     2 – 0  
Navy   1 – 0     2 – 0  
Memphis   0 – 0     3 – 0  
East Carolina   0 – 0     2 – 1  
North Texas   0 – 0     2 – 1  
South Florida   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Charlotte   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Rice   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Tulane   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Tulsa   0 – 0     1 – 2  
UAB   0 – 0     1 – 2  
UTSA   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Florida Atlantic   0 – 1     1 – 2  
Temple   0 – 1     0 – 3  
Championship: December 6, 2024
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Syracuse   1 – 0     2 – 0  
Virginia   1 – 0     2 – 1  
Boston College   1 – 0     2 – 1  
Georgia Tech   1 – 1     3 – 1  
California   0 – 0     3 – 0  
Duke   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 8 Miami (FL)   0 – 0     3 – 0  
North Carolina   0 – 0     3 – 0  
Pittsburgh   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 19 Louisville   0 – 0     2 – 0  
NC State   0 – 0     2 – 1  
SMU   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Virginia Tech   0 – 0     2 – 1  
No. 21 Clemson   0 – 0     1 – 1  
Stanford   0 – 0     1 – 1  
Wake Forest   0 – 1     1 – 2  
Florida State   0 – 2     0 – 3  
Championship: December 7, 2024
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Indiana   1 – 0     3 – 0  
Michigan State   1 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 24 Illinois   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 22 Nebraska   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 9 Oregon   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 3 Ohio State   0 – 0     2 – 0  
No. 10 Penn State   0 – 0     2 – 0  
Rutgers   0 – 0     2 – 0  
No. 11 USC   0 – 0     2 – 0  
Iowa   0 – 0     2 – 1  
No. 18 Michigan   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Minnesota   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Northwestern   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Washington   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Wisconsin   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Purdue   0 – 0     1 – 1  
Maryland   0 – 1     2 – 1  
UCLA   0 – 1     1 – 1  
Championship: December 7, 2024
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
UCF   1 – 0     3 – 0  
Arizona State   0 – 0     3 – 0  
BYU   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 14 Oklahoma State   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 13 Kansas State   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 12 Utah   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 20 Iowa State   0 – 0     2 – 0  
Arizona   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Baylor   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Cincinnati   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Colorado   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Texas Tech   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Houston   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Kansas   0 – 0     1 – 2  
West Virginia   0 – 0     1 – 2  
TCU   0 – 1     2 – 1  
Championship: December 7, 2024
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Liberty   2 – 0     3 – 0  
Western Kentucky   1 – 0     2 – 1  
Sam Houston   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Louisiana Tech   0 – 0     1 – 1  
FIU   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Jacksonville State   0 – 0     0 – 3  
Kennesaw State*   0 – 0     0 – 3  
Middle Tennessee   0 – 1     1 – 2  
New Mexico State   0 – 1     1 – 2  
UTEP   0 – 1     0 – 3  
Championship: December 6, 2024
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Toledo   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 23 Northern Illinois   0 – 0     2 – 0  
Buffalo   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Eastern Michigan   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Ohio   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Ball State   0 – 0     1 – 1  
Bowling Green   0 – 0     1 – 1  
Akron   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Central Michigan   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Western Michigan   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Miami (OH)   0 – 0     0 – 2  
Kent State   0 – 0     0 – 3  
Championship: December 7, 2024
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
San Jose State   1 – 0     3 – 0  
UNLV   0 – 0     3 – 0  
Fresno State   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Boise State   0 – 0     1 – 1  
Colorado State   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Hawaii   0 – 0     1 – 2  
San Diego State   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Utah State   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Nevada   0 – 0     1 – 3  
New Mexico   0 – 0     0 – 3  
Wyoming   0 – 0     0 – 3  
Air Force   0 – 1     1 – 2  
Championship: December 6, 2024
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Washington State   0 – 0     3 – 0  
Oregon State   0 – 0     2 – 1  
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Georgia   1 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 16 LSU   1 – 0     2 – 1  
No. 25 Texas A&M   1 – 0     2 – 1  
South Carolina   1 – 1     2 – 1  
No. 4 Alabama   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 7 Missouri   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 15 Oklahoma   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 5 Ole Miss   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 6 Tennessee   0 – 0     3 – 0  
No. 1 Texas   0 – 0     3 – 0  
Arkansas   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Auburn   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Vanderbilt   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Mississippi State   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Florida   0 – 1     1 – 2  
Kentucky   0 – 2     1 – 2  
Championship: December 7, 2024
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Coastal Carolina   0 – 0     3 – 0  
James Madison   0 – 0     2 – 0  
Appalachian State   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Georgia Southern   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Georgia State   0 – 0     1 – 1  
Marshall   0 – 0     1 – 1  
Old Dominion   0 – 0     0 – 3  
West Division
Louisiana   0 – 0     2 – 0  
Louisiana–Monroe   0 – 0     2 – 0  
Arkansas State   0 – 0     2 – 1  
Texas State   0 – 0     2 – 1  
South Alabama   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Southern Miss   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Troy   0 – 0     0 – 3  
Championship: December 7, 2024
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll
2024 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 17 Notre Dame   –     2 – 1  
UConn   –     1 – 2  
UMass   –     0 – 3  
As of September 17, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

Rankings

The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls

Preseason polls

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Postseason

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games
See also: 2024–25 College Football Playoff

There are 41 team-competitive FBS post-season bowl games, with two teams advancing to a 42nd – 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 eligibility 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.
Jan. 2025 Hula Bowl FBC Mortgage Stadium
Orlando, Florida 		CBS Sports Network Team Kai
Team Aina 		[9]
Jan. 2025 Tropical Bowl Camping World Stadium
Orlando, Florida 		Varsity Sports Network American Team
National Team 		[10]
Feb. 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas 		NFL Network West Team
East Team 		[11]
Feb. 2025 Senior Bowl Hancock Whitney Stadium
Mobile, Alabama 		National Team
American Team 		[12]
Feb. 2025 HBCU Legacy Bowl Yulman Stadium
New Orleans, Louisiana 		Team Robinson
Team Gaither 		[13]


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


Television changes

This is the first year of a new ten year-television deal for the Southeastern Conference. SEC games will air exclusively on ESPN networks. ABC replaces CBS as the over-the-air television home of the SEC and exclusive television home of the SEC Championship Game.[14]

Oregon State and Washington State, the two remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference, have not announced a television deal for the 2024 season.

UConn's media rights deal with CBS Sports expired following the 2023 season.[15] A new television deal or extension has not been announced for the 2024 season.

Notes

  1. ^ 41 FBS bowl games plus the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.

References

  1. ^ Thamel, Pete (November 30, 2022). "Rose Bowl agrees to deal allowing early CFP expansion in '24". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  2. ^ Alexander, Nolan (October 14, 2022). "Kennesaw State to Join Conference USA in 2024-25". Kennesaw State Owls. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Rittenberg, Adam (August 4, 2023). "Big Ten adds Oregon, Washington as newest members in blow to Pac-12". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  7. ^ Bonagura, Kyle (December 5, 2023). "What Oregon State and Washington State's agreement with Mountain West means moving forward". ESPN. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  8. ^ "CUSA Adds Delaware, Blue Hens to Join in 2025". Conference USA (Press release). November 28, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "Caribe Royale Orlando Resort to Serve as Title Sponsor of the 2024 Hula Bowl". hulabowl.com (Press release). Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "TV – Trillion Tropical Bowl". tropicalbowl.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "Events". shrinebowl.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  12. ^ "Game Central". seniorbowl.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  13. ^ "Home". hbculegacybowl.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  14. ^ "SEC ESPN Deal Now Offcial ABC Replacing CBS Will Go Into Effect In 2024". SportsMediaWatch.com. December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  15. ^ admin (2020-05-11). "UCONN AND CBS SPORTS AGREE TO MULTI-YEAR TELEVISION DEAL FOR HOME FOOTBALL GAMES". LEARFIELD. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
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