The UNH football team receives at-large bid to NCAA's FCS tournament after win over rival Maine in regular-season finale.

Montana State is the No. 2 seed while Montana is No. 3 for the upcoming Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

Austin Peay is now in a tough spot at 7-4 overall with a road game against Tarleton State on deck for Week 13. The Govs will need to pull off the upset to make the field. They would be 8-4 overall with an FBS win over Middle Tennessee State, but at 7-5, the Govs would most likely be one of the first teams on the outside looking in.

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North Dakota State leads six teams from the Missouri Valley Football Conference into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

Sunday was a busy one on the Illinois State University campus, despite Thanksgiving being just days away. The Redbird football team received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs for the second straight year,

The Rams instead will host a postseason rematch with Central Connecticut State in the preliminaries. No. 9 URI and the Blue Devils will meet at noon Saturday, a game that will be broadcast on ESPN+. The encounter will occur a year after the Rams grinded to a tight victory over the Blue Devils at this same stage of the 24-team bracket.

The Ivy League is participating in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the first time, and the conference will be well represented as both Yale and Harvard were named to the 24-team field Sunday,