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(6-2)Īpril 24 at Huntsville, Texas, Noon (ET) (ESPN3) (ET) (ESPN3)Īpril 24 at Fargo, North Dakota, 3:30 p.m. (ET) (ESPN3)Īpril 24 at Grand Forks, North Dakota, 4 p.m. (9-2)Īpril 24 at Harrisonburg, Virginia, 2 p.m. (ET) (ESPN3)ĭavidson (4-2) at #4 Jacksonville St. (ET) (ESPN3)Īpril 24 at Jacksonville, Alabama, 2 p.m. (ET) (ESPN3)Īpril 24 at Newark, Delaware, 7 p.m. Longest Stretch between Championship AppearancesĪpril 24 at Brookings, South Dakota, 3 p.m. Schools Making the Championship for the First Time Most Tournament Appearances in the Championship (Including 2020) Longest Consecutive Tournament Appearances in the Championship (Including 2020) Missouri Valley Football - South Dakota StateĢ020 NCAA® DIVISION I FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AT-LARGE SELECTIONS (6) (except for teams from the same conference that did not play against each other during the regular season such teams may play each other in the first round).Ģ020 NCAA® DIVISION I FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS (10) Teams from the same conference will not be paired for first round games. Team pairings are determined primarily according to geographical proximity.

The 2020 championship field consists of 10 automatic qualifiers and six at-large qualifiers. Jacksonville State (9-2) rounded out the top four seeds after capturing its ninth Ohio Valley Conference title and its sixth in the last seven years.ĭuring the previous 43 years of the championship, 21 schools have won a national title, five of which earned a place in this year’s bracket. The Dukes will make their seventh consecutive appearance in the championship and 17th overall. James Madison (5-0) is the number three seed after winning the CAA’s south division title. The Bearkats are making their 12th overall appearance and first since 2017 in the championship. Sam Houston (6-0) is the number two seed earning the automatic qualifying berth from the Southland Conference. North Dakota State won its eighth national championship in nine years, and the MVFC’s four teams went a combined 8-3 in the playoffs with only one of those losses at the hands of a non-conference team. In 2019, four MVFC teams earned selection to the NCAA Division I Championship.The MVFC had 11 intraconference playoff games in the decade, meaning MVFC teams have a combined 56-17 (.767) record against non-league teams in the playoffs since 2010. During the past decade, MVFC teams were 67-28 in the FCS playoffs, and only one other conference (the CAA at 44-39) had a winning record.Overall, a league team has appeared in 14 championship games and in 27 semifinal games. The MVFC is 103-55 during the past 23 years in the FCS playoffs (since 1997).

South Dakota State (5-1), winners of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, earned the top seed in their 10th appearance in the championship. INDIANAPOLIS-The field of 16 teams competing for the 2020 NCAA Division I Football Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee.

Missouri valley football conference division 1