The 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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2015 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
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Frisco, Texas
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Notable changes
Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS programs were allowed to play 12 regular-season games (not counting conference title games) in 2014. In years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays, FCS programs may play 12 games instead of the regular 11. After this season, the next season in which 12-game seasons are allowed will be 2019.
Conference changes and new programs
Several teams changed conferences from the 2013 season, with all moves officially taking effect on July 1, 2014.
Other headlines
* May 14 – The NCAA announces its
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(APR) sanctions for the 2014–15 school year. A total of 36 programs in 11 sports are declared ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the required APR benchmark, including the following seven FCS teams:
** Alabama State
** Arkansas–Pine Bluff
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Florida A&M
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Mississippi Valley State
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** In addition to the above teams, the entire athletic program at Southern, including the
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, is ineligible for postseason play due to failure to supply usable academic data to the NCAA.
FCS team wins over FBS teams
(FCS rankings from the Sports Network poll; FBS rankings from the AP Poll)
* August 30:
** No. 22 Bethune-Cookman 14, Florida International 12
** No. 2
North Dakota State
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Eastern Kentucky
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Indiana State
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Northwestern State
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Note: Records are regular-season only, and do not include playoff games.
Playoff qualifiers
Automatic berths for conference champions
At large qualifiers
Abstentions
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Ivy League
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Alcorn State
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Postseason
NCAA Division I playoff bracket
* ''Home team'' Winner All times in
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2014 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
Two human polls comprise the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS ...
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2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
The regular season began on August 27, 2014 and ended on ...
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2014 NCAA Division II football season
The 2014 NCAA Division II football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on September 4, 2014 and concluded with the National Championshi ...
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2014 NCAA Division III football season
The 2014 NCAA Division III football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, was the most recent season of NCAA Division III football. The season b ...