This is the final regular season polls: Bisonville.com - Week 12 FCS Rankings (11/20/2023)

Here's the STATS poll with final records and playoff results:

01. South Dakota State (14-0) In championship game
02. Montana (13-1) In championship game
03. South Dakota (10-3) Destroyed by NDSU in quarters
04. Idaho (9-4) knocked out by Albany in quarters
05. Montana State (8-4) knocked out by NDSU in the first round
06. Villanova (10-3) knocked out by SDSU in quarters
07. Furman (10-3) knocked out by Montana in quarters
08. North Dakota State (11-4) knocked out by Montana in semis
09. SUNY-Albany (11-4) Destroyed by SDSU in the semis
10. Florida A&M (12-1) Opted out of playoffs to play Howard
11. Delaware (9-4) Knocked out by Montana in second round
12. North Dakota (7-5) Knocked out by Sacramento in first round
13. Austin Peay (9-3) Knocked out by Chattanooga in first round
14. Southern Illinois (8-6) Knocked out by Idaho in second round
15. Sacramento State (7-4) Knocked out by USD in second round
16. North Carolina Central (9-3) Knocked out by Richmond in first round
17. Mercer (GA) (9-4) Knocked out (41-0) by SDSU in second round
18. Chattanooga (8-5) Knocked out by Furman in second round
19. Incarnate Word (8-2) Didn't make playoffs
20. Lafayette College (9-2) Knocked out by Delaware in first round
21. Youngstown State (8-5) Knocked out by Villanova in second round
22. Richmond (9-4) Destroyed by Albany in second round
23. Western Carolina (7-4) no playoffs
24. Tennessee-Martin (8-3) no playoffs
25. UC Davis (7-4) no playoffs


Drake, Duquesne, Gardner-Webb, and Nicholls were unranked autobids - they got outscored 158-17