Season III FCS Playoffs

Season III FCS Playoffs
Duration:		1/21/2020 - 2/14/2020
National Championship:		FCS Season III National Championship
Location of Championship:		Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
Champions:		Stony Brook
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Playoff Qualifiers

Automatic Berths for Conference Champions

Seeds are per the final committee rankings, released on January 21st, 2020, with win–loss records at that time.

Conference	Team	Record	Seed	Appearance	Last Bid	Result of Last Appearance
America East Conference	Holy Cross	(10-3)	#12	1st	-	-
Atlantic Sun Conference	Kennesaw State	(9-4)	#18	1st	-	-
Big Sky Conference	Montana	(8-5)	#22	2nd	FCS Season II	Quarterfinals (L - Dayton)
Carolina Football Conference	North Carolina Central	(8-4)	#23	1st	-	-
Colonial Athletic Association	VMI	(10-2)	#14	1st	-	-
Delta Intercollegiate Conference	Mississippi Valley State	(10-3)	#4	2nd	FCS Season II	Second Round (L - Incarnate Word)
Great Plains Conference	Northern Iowa	(11-2)	#1	2nd	FCS Season II	Second Round (L - Yale)
Ivy League	Princeton	(7-6)	#24	2nd	FCS Season II	Semifinals (L - Cal Poly)
Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference	Lehigh	(10-3)	#7	1st	-	-
Southland Athletic Conference	Nicholls State	(9-4)	#19	1st	-	-

At-Large Qualifiers

Conference	Team	Record	Seed	Appearance	Last Bid	Result of Last Appearance
America East Conference	Stony Brook	(11-2)	#2	2nd	FCS Season II	First Round (L - Yale)
Atlantic Sun Conference	Bethune-Cookman	(9-3)	#11	2nd	FCS Season II	Second Round (L - Princeton)
	Jacksonville State	(9-3)	#17	2nd	FCS Season II	First Round (L - Bethune-Cookman)
Big Sky Conference	Cal Poly	(9-3)	#3	2nd	FCS Season II	National Champions (W - Sacramento State)
	Dixie State	(9-3)	#5	1st	-	-
	Montana State	(9-3)	#6	2nd	FCS Season II	Second Round (L - Dayton)
	San Diego	(8-4)	#21	2nd	FCS Season II	Second Round (L - Butler)
	Southern Utah	(8-5)	#20	1st	-	-
Colonial Athletic Association	Villanova	(9-3)	#8	1st	-	-
Delta Intercollegiate Conference	Southern Illinois	(9-3)	#10	1st	-	-
Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference	Marist	(8-3)	#13	1st	-	-
Southland Athletic Conference	Incarnate Word	(9-3)	#16	2nd	FCS Season II	Quarterfinals (L - Princeton)
	Prairie View A&M	(8-4)	#9	1st	-	-
	Texas Southern	(8-4)	#15	1st	-	-

NFCAA FCS Season III Playoff Bracket

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	16.	Incarnate Word	43			1.	Northern Iowa	37
	17.	Jacksonville State	46			17.	Jacksonville State	37
											1.	Northern Iowa	31
											8.	Villanova	13
	9.	Prairie View A&M	10	8.	Villanova	42
	24.	Princeton	27			24.	Princeton	41
																1.	Northern Iowa	17
															4.	Mississippi Valley State	13
	12.	Holy Cross	40			5.	Dixie State	13
	21.	San Diego	69			21.	San Diego	19
											21.	San Diego	24
											4.	Mississippi Valley State	28
	13.	Marist	44	4.	Mississippi Valley State	47
	20.	Southern Utah	27			13.	Marist	25
																					1.	Northern Iowa	34
																					2.	Stony Brook	34
	14.	VMI	49			3.	Cal Poly	38
	19.	Nicholls State	42			14.	VMI	15
											3.	Cal Poly	28
											6.	Montana State	27
	11.	Bethune-Cookman	28	6.	Montana State	28
	22.	Montana	31			22.	Montana	23
																3.	Cal Poly	21
															2.	Stony Brook	35
	10.	Southern Illinois	48			7.	Lehigh	48
	23.	North Carolina Central	55			23.	North Carolina Central	14
											7.	Lehigh	28
											2.	Stony Brook	35
	15.	Texas Southern	63	2.	Stony Brook	1
	18.	Kennesaw State	56			15.	Texas Southern	0