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For the FCS season contested during fall 2020/spring 2021, see2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

2021 NCAA Division I FCS season

Regular season
Number of teams	128
Duration	August 28 – November 27
Payton Award	Eric Barriere,QB,Eastern Washington
Buchanan Award	Isaiah Land,DL,Florida A&M
Playoff
Duration	November 27 – December 18
Championship date	January 8, 2022
Championship site	Toyota Stadium,Frisco, Texas
Champion	North Dakota State
NCAA Division I FCS football seasons
«2020 2022»

The2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part ofcollege football in the United States, was organized by theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at theDivision I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level.

Afterthe prior season was impacted by theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States, resulting in some conferences canceling their seasons and significant rescheduling by other conferences, the 2021 season returned to its traditional fall scheduling. The season ended with asingle-elimination tournament, with thechampionship game held on January 8, 2022 atToyota Stadium inFrisco, Texas.North Dakota State won its ninth championship in eleven seasons, defeatingMontana State, 38-10, for the title.

Conference changes and new programs

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TheWestern Athletic Conference (WAC), which had last played football in the2012 season as an FBS league, reinstated football for the 2021 season at the FCS level.^[1]^[2] TheASUN Conference also announced in 2021 that it would sponsor FCS football in the future.
Because WAC and ASUN programs reclassifying from Division II could not be counted toward the minimum of six members required for a conference champion to be an automatic qualifier (AQ) for the FCS postseason, the two conferences pooled their seven members with active FCS programs in 2021 (four WAC, three ASUN) to form theWAC–ASUN Challenge, a temporary league also referred to as theAQ7.^[3]^[4]^[5]

School	2020-21 conference	2021 conference
Abilene Christian	Southland	WAC–ASUN Challenge (WAC)
Bethune–Cookman	MEAC	SWAC
Central Arkansas	Southland	WAC–ASUN Challenge (ASUN)
Dixie State	FCS Independent	WAC
Eastern Kentucky	Ohio Valley	WAC–ASUN Challenge (ASUN)
Florida A&M	MEAC	SWAC
Jacksonville State	Ohio Valley	WAC–ASUN Challenge (ASUN)
Lamar	Southland	WAC–ASUN Challenge (WAC)
North Carolina A&T	MEAC	Big South
Presbyterian	FCS independent	Pioneer
St. Thomas (MN)	MIAC (D-III)	Pioneer (FCS)
Sam Houston State	Southland	WAC–ASUN Challenge (WAC)
Stephen F. Austin	Southland	WAC–ASUN Challenge (WAC)
Tarleton State	FCS Independent	WAC

Notable headlines

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September 4 – InKevin Kelley's debut as head coach ofPresbyterian, Ren Hefley threw for 10 touchdowns in theBlue Hose's 84–43 win overNAIA memberSt. Andrews, breaking the previous FCS record of 9 first set in 1984 byWillie Totten ofMississippi Valley State and equaled in2007 by Drew Hubel ofPortland State. Blue Hose backup quarterback Tyler Huff added 2 TD passes to set a new Division I team record (for both FCS and FBS) of 12, surpassing the previous record of 11 thrown byDavid Klingler ofHouston againstEastern Washington in 1990.^[6]
November 12 – The Utah Legislature approved changing the name of FCS memberDixie State University to Utah Tech University, effective in the 2022–23 academic year.^[7]

FCS team wins over FBS teams

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September 2:UC Davis 19,Tulsa 17
September 3:Eastern Washington 35,UNLV 33
September 3:South Dakota State 42,Colorado State 23
September 4:Holy Cross 38,UConn 28
September 4:Montana 13, No. 20Washington 7
September 4:East Tennessee State 23,Vanderbilt 3
September 11:Duquesne 28,Ohio 26
September 11:Jacksonville State 20,Florida State 17
September 18:Incarnate Word 42,Texas State 34
September 18:Northern Arizona 21,Arizona 19
November 6:Rhode Island 35,UMass 22
November 13:Maine 35, UMass 10

Conference standings

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2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10Sacramento State $^	8	–	0	9	–	3
No. 2Montana State ^	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 7Eastern Washington ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 6Montana ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 17UC Davis ^	5	–	3	8	–	4
Weber State	5	–	3	6	–	5
Northern Arizona	4	–	4	5	–	6
Portland State	4	–	4	5	–	6
Idaho	3	–	5	4	–	7
Northern Colorado	2	–	6	3	–	8
Cal Poly	1	–	7	2	–	9
Idaho State	1	–	7	1	–	10
Southern Utah	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Big South Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11Kennesaw State $^	7	–	0	11	–	2
Monmouth	6	–	1	7	–	4
North Carolina A&T	3	–	4	5	–	6
North Alabama	3	–	4	3	–	8
Charleston Southern	3	–	4	4	–	6
Hampton	3	–	4	5	–	6
Robert Morris	3	–	5	4	–	6
Campbell	2	–	5	3	–	8
Gardner–Webb	2	–	5	4	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3James Madison +^	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 8Villanova +^	7	–	1	10	–	3
Elon	5	–	3	6	–	5
Rhode Island	4	–	4	7	–	4
Maine	4	–	4	6	–	5
Richmond	4	–	4	6	–	5
William & Mary	4	–	4	6	–	5
Stony Brook	4	–	4	5	–	6
Delaware	3	–	5	5	–	6
Towson	3	–	5	4	–	7
New Hampshire	2	–	6	3	–	8
Albany	1	–	7	2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Ivy League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 20Dartmouth +	6	–	1	9	–	1
No. 24Princeton +	6	–	1	9	–	1
Harvard	5	–	2	8	–	2
Yale	4	–	3	5	–	5
Columbia	4	–	3	7	–	3
Penn	1	–	6	3	–	7
Brown	1	–	6	2	–	8
Cornell	1	–	6	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
South Carolina State $	5	–	0	7	–	5
North Carolina Central	4	–	1	6	–	5
Delaware State	2	–	3	5	–	6
Norfolk State	2	–	3	6	–	5
Howard	1	–	4	3	–	8
Morgan State	1	–	4	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion

2021 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1North Dakota State $^	7	–	1	14	–	1
No. 14Missouri State ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 16Southern Illinois ^	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 18South Dakota ^	5	–	3	7	–	5
No. 4South Dakota State ^	5	–	3	11	–	4
No. 23Northern Iowa ^	4	–	4	6	–	6
Indiana State	3	–	5	5	–	6
North Dakota	3	–	5	5	–	6
Western Illinois	2	–	6	2	–	9
Illinois State	2	–	6	4	–	7
Youngstown State	2	–	6	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Northeast Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Sacred Heart $^	6	–	1	8	–	4
Duquesne	5	–	2	7	–	3
Bryant	5	–	2	7	–	4
Central Connecticut	4	–	3	4	–	7
Saint Francis (PA)	4	–	3	5	–	6
Merrimack *	2	–	5	5	–	6
LIU	2	–	5	2	–	8
Wagner	0	–	7	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Note: Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II

2021 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13UT Martin $^	5	–	1	10	–	3
Southeast Missouri State	4	–	2	4	–	7
Austin Peay	4	–	2	6	–	5
Tennessee State	3	–	3	5	–	6
Murray State	3	–	3	6	–	5
Eastern Illinois	1	–	5	1	–	10
Tennessee Tech	1	–	5	3	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Patriot League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19Holy Cross $^	6	–	0	10	–	3
Colgate	5	–	1	5	–	6
Fordham	4	–	2	6	–	5
Lehigh	3	–	3	3	–	8
Lafayette	2	–	4	3	–	8
Georgetown	1	–	5	2	–	8
Bucknell	0	–	6	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Pioneer Football League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Davidson +^	7	–	1	8	–	3
San Diego +	7	–	1	7	–	4
St. Thomas (MN) *	6	–	2	7	–	3
Morehead State	6	–	2	7	–	4
Marist	5	–	3	5	–	5
Dayton	5	–	3	6	–	4
Valparaiso	4	–	4	4	–	7
Stetson	2	–	6	4	–	7
Drake	1	–	7	2	–	9
Butler	1	–	7	3	–	8
Presbyterian	0	–	8	2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – St. Thomas (MN) ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition fromNCAA Division III

2021 Southern Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 9East Tennessee State $^	7	–	1	11	–	2
Mercer	6	–	2	7	–	3
Chattanooga	5	–	3	6	–	5
Western Carolina	4	–	4	4	–	7
Furman	4	–	4	6	–	5
VMI	4	–	4	6	–	5
Samford	3	–	5	4	–	7
The Citadel	3	–	5	4	–	7
Wofford	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Southland Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12Incarnate Word $^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 15Southeastern Louisiana ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
Nicholls	5	–	3	6	–	5
McNeese State *	3	–	5	4	–	7
Northwestern State	3	–	5	3	–	8
Houston Baptist	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 22Jackson State x$	8	–	0	11	–	2
No. 25Florida A&M ^	7	–	1	9	–	3
Alabama A&M	5	–	3	7	–	3
Mississippi Valley State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Alabama State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Bethune–Cookman	2	–	6	2	–	9
West Division
Prairie View A&M x	6	–	2	7	–	5
Alcorn State	5	–	3	6	–	5
Grambling State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Southern	3	–	5	4	–	7
Texas Southern	2	–	6	2	–	8
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	1	–	7	2	–	9
Championship:Jackson State 27, Prairie View A&M 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 WAC–ASUN Challenge football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5Sam Houston $^	6	–	0	11	–	1
No. 21Stephen F. Austin ^	4	–	2	8	–	4
Eastern Kentucky	4	–	2	7	–	4
Central Arkansas	3	–	3	5	–	6
Jacksonville State	3	–	3	5	–	6
Abilene Christian	1	–	5	5	–	6
Lamar	0	–	6	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

2021 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5Sam Houston $^	5	–	0	11	–	1
No. 21Stephen F. Austin ^	4	–	1	8	–	4
Abilene Christian	2	–	2	5	–	6
Tarleton State *	2	–	3	6	–	5
Dixie State *	0	–	3	1	–	10
Lamar	0	–	4	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Ineligible for FCS playoffs due to transition from Division II Rankings fromSTATS Poll

Playoff qualifiers

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Automatic berths for conference champions

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Conference	Team	Appearance	Last bid	Result of last appearance
Big Sky Conference	Sacramento State	2nd	2019	Second Round (L –Austin Peay)
Big South Conference	Kennesaw State	4th	2019	Second Round (L –Weber State)
Colonial Athletic Association	Villanova	14th	2019	First Round (L –Southeastern Louisiana)
Missouri Valley Football Conference	North Dakota State	12th	2020	Quarterfinals (L –Sam Houston State)
Northeast Conference	Sacred Heart	4th	2020	First Round (L –Delaware)
Ohio Valley Conference	UT Martin	2nd	2006	Second Round (L –Southern Illinois)
Patriot League	Holy Cross	4th	2020	First Round (L –South Dakota State)
Pioneer Football League	Davidson	2nd	2020	First Round (L –Jacksonville State)
Southern Conference	East Tennessee State	3rd	2018	First Round (L –Jacksonville State)
Southland Conference	Incarnate Word	2nd	2018	First Round (L –Montana State)
Western Athletic Conference	Sam Houston State	13th	2020	National Champions (W –South Dakota State)

At large qualifiers

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Conference	Team	Appearance	Last bid	Result of last appearance
Big Sky Conference	Eastern Washington	15th	2020	First Round (L –North Dakota State)
	Montana	25th	2019	Quarterfinals (L –Weber State)
	Montana State	11th	2019	Semifinals (L –North Dakota State)
	UC Davis	2nd	2018	Quarterfinals (L –Eastern Washington)
Colonial Athletic Association	James Madison	18th	2020	Semifinals (L –Sam Houston State)
Missouri Valley Football Conference	Missouri State	3rd	2020	First Round (L –North Dakota)
	Northern Iowa	23rd	2019	Quarterfinals (L –James Madison)
	South Dakota	2nd	2017	Second Round (L –Sam Houston State)
	South Dakota State	11th	2020	Championship Game (L –Sam Houston State)
	Southern Illinois	10th	2020	Quarterfinals (L –South Dakota State)
Southland Conference	Southeastern Louisiana	4th	2019	Second Round (L –Montana)
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Florida A&M	8th	2001	First Round (L –Georgia Southern)
Western Athletic Conference	Stephen F. Austin	8th	2014	First Round (L –Northern Iowa)

Abstentions

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Postseason

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After the prior season's playoffs were reduced to a 16-teambracket, FCS returned to a 24-team bracket for this season: 11 of the teams were decided via automatic bids issued to conference champions (listed above) and 13 teams were determined viaat-large bids; the top eight teams were seeded.^[8]

Bowl game

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Date	Game	Site	Television	Participants	Affiliations	Results	References
Dec. 18	Celebration Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 12:00 pm	ABC	South Carolina State Bulldogs (6–5) Jackson State Tigers (11–1)	MEAC SWAC	South Carolina State 31 Jackson State 10	^[9]^[10]

NCAA Division I playoff bracket

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First Round November 27 Campus sites		Second Round December 3/4 Campus sites			Quarterfinals December 10/11 Campus sites			Semifinals December 17/18 Campus sites			National Championship January 8 12:00 pmEST Toyota Stadium,Frisco, Texas

		1	Sam Houston State	49
Stephen F. Austin	28		Incarnate Word	42
Incarnate Word	35				1	Sam Houston State	19
					8	Montana State	42
		8	Montana State	26
UT Martin	32		UT Martin	7
Missouri State	31							8	Montana State	31
									South Dakota State	17
		5	Villanova	21
Sacred Heart	10		Holy Cross	16
Holy Cross	13				5	Villanova	21
						South Dakota State	35
		4	Sacramento State	19
UC Davis	24		South Dakota State	24
South Dakota State	56										8	Montana State	10
											2	North Dakota State	38
		3	James Madison	59
Florida A&M	14		Southeastern Louisiana	20
Southeastern Louisiana	38				3	James Madison	28
					6	Montana	6
		6	Montana	57
Northern Iowa	9		Eastern Washington	41
Eastern Washington	19							3	James Madison	14
								2	North Dakota State	20
		7	East Tennessee State	32
Davidson	21		Kennesaw State	31
Kennesaw State	48				7	East Tennessee State	3
					2	North Dakota State	27
		2	North Dakota State	38
Southern Illinois	22		Southern Illinois	7
South Dakota	10

Source:^[11]

Rankings

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Main article:2021 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

The top 25 from the Stats Perform and USA Today Coaches Polls.

Pre-season polls

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Stats Perform
Ranking	Team
1	Sam Houston State (39)
2	James Madison (8)
3	South Dakota State (4)
4	North Dakota State
5	Delaware
6	Weber State
7	Southern Illinois
8	North Dakota
9	Montana
10	Jacksonville State
11	Eastern Washington
12	Montana State
13	Monmouth
14	Central Arkansas
15	Southeastern Louisiana
16	Villanova
17	VMI
18	Chattanooga
19	Kennesaw State
20	Austin Peay
21	Northern Iowa
22	Nicholls
23	UC Davis
24	Missouri State
25	North Carolina A&T

USA Today Coaches
Ranking	Team
1	Sam Houston State (18)
2	James Madison (9)
3	North Dakota State
4	South Dakota State (1)
5	Delaware
6	Weber State
7	North Dakota
8	Jacksonville State
9	Montana
10	Southern Illinois
11	Montana State
12	Monmouth
13	Central Arkansas
14	Eastern Washington
15	Villanova
16	Northern Iowa
17	Southeastern Louisiana
18	Chattanooga
19	VMI
20	Kennesaw State
21	UC Davis
22	Richmond
23	Nicholls
24	North Carolina A&T
25	Austin Peay

Final rankings

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Rank	Stats Perform^[12]	Coaches' Poll^[13]
1	North Dakota State (14–1) (50)	North Dakota State (14–1) (24)
2	Montana State (12–3)	Montana State (12–3)
3	James Madison (12–2)	James Madison (12–2)
4	South Dakota State (11–4)	Sam Houston State (11–1)
5	Sam Houston State (11–1)	South Dakota State (11–4)
6	Montana (10–3)	Montana (10–3)
7	Eastern Washington (10–3)	East Tennessee State (11–2)
8	Villanova (10–3)	Villanova (10–3)
9	East Tennessee State (11–2)	Eastern Washington (10–3)
10	Sacramento State (9–3)	Kennesaw State (11–2)
11	Kennesaw State (11–2)	Sacramento State (9–3)
12	Incarnate Word (10–3)	UT Martin (10–3)
13	UT Martin (10–3)	Incarnate Word (10–3)
14	Missouri State (8–4)	Missouri State (8–4)
15	Southeastern Louisiana (9–4)	Southeastern Louisiana (9–4)
16	Southern Illinois (8–5)	UC Davis (8–4)
17	UC Davis (8–4)	Southern Illinois (8–5)
18	South Dakota (7–5)	Stephen F. Austin (8–4)
19	Holy Cross (10–3)	Jackson State (11–2)
20	Dartmouth (9–1)	South Dakota (7–5)
21	Stephen F. Austin (8–4)	Princeton (9–1)
22	Jackson State (11–2)	Holy Cross (10–3)
23	Northern Iowa (6–6)	Dartmouth (9–1)
24	Princeton (9–1)	Florida A&M (9–3)
25	Florida A&M (9–3)	Northern Iowa (6–6)

Kickoff games

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The regular season began with three games on Saturday, August 28:

Indiana State 26,Eastern Illinois 21
MEAC/SWAC Challenge atCenter Parc Stadium inAtlanta:North Carolina Central 23,Alcorn State 14
San Jose State (FBS) 45,Southern Utah 14

Regular season top 10 matchups

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Rankings reflect theStats Perform Poll.

Week 3
- No. 3James Madison defeated No. 9Weber State, 37–24 (Stewart Stadium,Ogden, Utah)
Week 5
- No. 6Eastern Washington defeated No. 4Montana, 30–24 (Roos Field,Cheney, Washington)
- No. 5North Dakota State defeated No. 10North Dakota, 16–10 (Alerus Center,Grand Forks, North Dakota)
Week 6
- No. 8Southern Illinois defeated No. 2South Dakota State, 42–41^OT (Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium,Brookings, South Dakota)
Week 10
- No. 4Montana State defeated No. 5 Eastern Washington, 23–20 (Roos Field, Cheney, Washington)
- No. 9 South Dakota State defeated No. 2 North Dakota State, 27–19 (Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, Brookings, South Dakota)
Week 11
- No. 7 Eastern Washington defeated No. 6UC Davis, 38–20 (UC Davis Health Stadium,Davis, California)
Week 12
- No. 6 Montana defeated No. 3 Montana State, 29–10 (Washington–Grizzly Stadium,Missoula, Montana)

Upsets

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This section lists instances of unranked teams defeating ranked teams during the season.

Regular season

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During the regular season, 33 unranked teams have defeated a ranked team.

September 4, 2021:
- Furman 29, No. 25North Carolina A&T 18
September 11, 2021:
- Merrimack 35, No. 24Holy Cross 21
September 25, 2021
- Holy Cross 45, No. 20Monmouth 15
- Eastern Kentucky 35, No. 19Austin Peay 27
- UT Martin 34, No. 9Jacksonville State 31
October 2, 2021
- Elon 20, No. 22Richmond 7
- The Citadel 35, No. 18VMI 24
October 9, 2021
- Idaho State 27, No. 7UC Davis 17
- South Dakota 20, No. 13North Dakota 13
- Youngstown State 41, No. 16Missouri State 33
October 16, 2021
- Dartmouth 38, No. 23New Hampshire 21
- Chattanooga 21, No. 10East Tennessee State 16
- Sacramento State 28, No. 5Montana 27
- Stony Brook 34, No. 14Delaware 17
- Towson 28, No. 12Rhode Island 7
October 22, 2021
- Columbia 19, No. 25 Dartmouth 0
October 23, 2021
- Weber State 35, No. 2Eastern Washington 34
- Illinois State 20, No. 15 South Dakota 14
- McNeese State 28, No. 16Incarnate Word 20
October 30, 2021
- William & Mary 31, No. 4Villanova 18
- Maine 45, No. 24 Rhode Island 24
November 5, 2021
- Dartmouth 31, No. 20тPrinceton 7
November 6, 2021
- Portland State 30, No. 24 Weber State 18
- Delaware 24, No. 20т William & Mary 3
- Illinois State 17, No. 13Northern Iowa 10^OT
- Stephen F. Austin 31, No. 25 Eastern Kentucky 17
November 13, 2021
- Alcorn State 31, No. 24Prairie View A&M 29
- Furman 37, No. 21 VMI 31
- Mercer 10, No. 22т Chattanooga 6
November 20, 2021
- Southeast Missouri State 31, No. 13UT Martin 14
- Nicholls 45, No. 15Southeastern Louisiana 42
- Youngstown State 35, No. 17Southern Illinois 18
- Elon 43, No. 25 Rhode Island 28

Coaching changes

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Preseason and in-season

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This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2021. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2021, see2020 NCAA Division I FCS end-of-season coaching changes.

Team	Outgoing coach	Date	Reason	Replacement
Stetson	Roger Hughes	May 7, 2021	Resigned^[14]	Brian Young
Colgate	Dan Hunt	May 17, 2021	Resigned^[15]	Stan Dakosty
LIU	Bryan Collins	June 29, 2021	Resigned^[16]	Jonathan Gill (interim)
Alabama State	Donald Hill-Eley	November 1, 2021	Fired^[17]	Travis Pearson (interim)
Jacksonville State	John Grass	November 6, 2021	Resigned^[18]	Maxwell Thurmond (interim)
Grambling State	Broderick Fobbs	November 15, 2021	Fired^[19]	Terrence Graves (interim)

End of season

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Team	Outgoing coach	Date	Reason	Replacement
Western Illinois	Jared Elliott	November 10, 2021	Parted ways at end of season^[20]	Myers Hendrickson
Southern Utah	Demario Warren	November 15, 2021	Mutually parted ways^[21]	DeLane Fitzgerald
Idaho	Paul Petrino	November 19, 2021	Will not return in 2022^[22]	Jason Eck
Abilene Christian	Adam Dorrel	November 21, 2021	Fired^[23]	Keith Patterson
Idaho State	Rob Phenicie	November 21, 2021	Fired^[24]	Charlie Ragle
Lafayette	John Garrett	November 22, 2021	Fired^[25]	John Troxell
Alabama State	Travis Pearson (interim)	November 26, 2021	Permanent replacement^[26]	Eddie Robinson
Maine	Nick Charlton	November 28, 2021	Became OC atUConn^[27]	Jordan Stevens
Delaware	Danny Rocco	November 29, 2021	Fired^[28]	Ryan Carty^[29]
Jacksonville State	Maxwell Thurmond (interim)	November 29, 2021	Permanent replacement^[30]	Rich Rodriguez
Butler	Jeff Voris	November 30, 2021	Resigned^[31]	Mike Uremovich
New Hampshire	Sean McDonnell	December 1, 2021	Retired^[32]	Ricky Santos
Presbyterian	Kevin Kelley	December 4, 2021	Resigned^[33]	Steve Englehart
Incarnate Word	Eric Morris	December 5, 2021	Became OC atWashington State^[34]	G. J. Kinne
McNeese State	Frank Wilson	December 7, 2021	Became associate head coach atLSU^[35]	Gary Goff
Southern	Jason Rollins (interim)	December 7, 2021	Permanent replacement^[36]	Eric Dooley
Prairie View A&M	Eric Dooley	December 7, 2021	Hired bySouthern^[36]	Bubba McDowell
Grambling State	Terrence Graves (interim)	December 10, 2021	Permanent replacement^[37]	Hue Jackson
East Tennessee State	Randy Sanders	December 13, 2021	Retired^[38]	George Quarles
LIU	Jonathan Gill (interim)	January 3, 2022	Permanent replacement	Ron Cooper^[39]
Eastern Illinois	Adam Cushing	January 11, 2022	Became OL coach atDuke^[40]	Chris Wilkerson
Morgan State	Tyrone Wheatley	February 12, 2022	Became RB coach forDenver Broncos^[41]	Damon Wilson

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