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Conference changes and new programs

One team left the FCS to transition to FBS while two schools added football at the FCS level, all moves officially taking effect on July 1, 2015.

Updated stadiums

No FCS schools opened new stadiums for the 2015 season, however two new programs debuted in the season: * East Tennessee State plays at Kermit Tipton Stadium located on the campus of Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee. * Kennesaw State plays on campus at Fifth Third Bank Stadium, which has a capacity of 8,318. There are plans to expand the capacity to over 10,000.

FCS team wins over FBS teams

(FCS rankings from the STATS poll) *September 4: ** No. 20 Fordham 37, Army 35 *September 5: ** North Dakota 24, Wyoming 13 **

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24, Washington St 17 ** No. 16 South Dakota State 41, Kansas 38 *September 19: ** Furman 16, UCF 15 *September 26: ** No. 9 James Madison 48, SMU 45 *October 3: ** No. 18 Liberty 41, Georgia State 33 *October 10: ** No. 25

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23, South Carolina 22

Conference standings

Conference summaries

Championship games

Other conference winners

Note: Records are regular-season only, and do not include playoff games.

Playoff qualifiers

Automatic berths for conference champions

At large qualifiers

Abstentions

* Ivy League – Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn *

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– North Carolina A&T * Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State

Postseason

NCAA Division I playoff bracket

* ''Home team''
† ''Overtime''
Winner

Bowl Games

Coaching changes

Preseason and in-season

This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2015. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2015, see 2014 NCAA Division I FCS end-of-season coaching changes.

End of season

References

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