r/fcs • u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota • Nov 29 '25

Game Thread [Game Day Thread] FCS Playoffs, Round 1

IT'S WIN OR GO HOME TIME!! WELCOME TO THE PLAYOFFS

GRAB YOUR FAVORITE YEAST WATER*, AND LET'S WATCH SOME FOOTBALL

*OR BEAN WATER, OR FRUIT WATER, OR WATER WATER. IDC, I'M NOT YOUR MOM

Today's full FCS schedule (all times listed in Central, the heavily disputed best time zone for football) (rankings from NCAA's playoff seedings)

Away Home Time Stream/TV r/FCS Sportsbook spread
Central Connecticut #9 Rhode Island 11am ESPN+ URI -18 (O/U 52)
Harvard #12 Villanova 11am ESPN+ Harvard -5 (O/U 54.5)
Yale #15 Youngstown State 11am ESPN+ YSU -2.5 (O/U 55.5)
Lamar #10 Abilene Christian Noon ESPN+ ACU -13.5 (O/U)
Drake #11 South Dakota Noon ESPN+ USD -13.5 (O/U 50)
North Dakota #13 Tennessee Tech Noon ESPN+ UND -3.5 (O/U 55.5)
New Hampshire #14 South Dakota State Noon ESPN+ SDSU -13 (O/U 50.5)
Illinois State #16 Southeastern Louisiana Noon ESPN+ SLU -5 (O/U 54)
Southern Grambling 1pm NBC Grambling -14 (O/U 52.5)
Florida A&M Mississippi Valley State 2pm SWAC TV FAMU -10.5 (O/U 55.5)

You can find the full schedule for this week with up-to-the-minute results over at the r/CFB Scoreboard

Also seriously do not ask for "alternate" streams, because we don't want to deal with takedown notices. Most games have radio broadcasts available for free if you're really desperate

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u/Zloggt :chicagostate: Southern Illinois • Chicago S… Nov 29 '25

Well…with the notable exception of Yale/Youngstown State, this has been a rather…uneven slate of games, woof…

Guess we got to wait until next week to see more slobberknockers…

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25 edited Nov 29 '25

FCS playoffs are just simply too big. Too many undeserving teams get in. First round is always a bunch of frauds getting blown out.

Edit: lemme soften this comment. I love the FCS playoffs I'm not saying they should contract it. We prove it on the field and not on the internet I love that about FCS. However... An a overwhelming amount of teams just end up proving the haters right every season. We very rarely get one of these bubble teams or shit conference champs past the quarterfinals. I wouldn't change a thing but these first round games are rarely good.

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u/azbkthompson Montana State • Vanderbilt Nov 29 '25

I’ve been thinking a lot about if I prefer the 24 team FCS or the 12 team FBS. I honestly think I prefer a week one that’s mostly blowouts to having a bunch of teams that could hold their own in the playoffs not even have the chance (says the Vandy flair lol). You can’t get a Yale upset if you only take the top 12