Check out The College Sports Madness Projected FCS Playoff Bracket
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | North Dakota State | 1 | |
| 2 |  | Montana State | 3 | |
| 3 |  | Sam Houston State | 2 | |
| 4 |  | Old Dominion | 4 | |
| 5 |  | Eastern Washington | 5 | |
| 6 |  | Georgia Southern | 6 | |
| 7 |  | Central Arkansas | 8 | |
| 8 |  | Wofford | 10 | |
| 9 |  | New Hampshire | 7 | |
| 10 |  | Appalachian State | 12 | |
| 11 |  | Cal Poly | 16 | |
| 12 |  | Illinois State | 9 | |
| 13 |  | Villanova | 15 | |
| 14 |  | Lehigh | 13 | |
| 15 |  | James Madison | 11 | |
| 16 |  | Stony Brook | 17 | |
| 17 |  | Towson | 20 | |
| 18 |  | Northern Arizona | 14 | |
| 19 |  | Bethune-Cookman | 18 | |
| 20 |  | Tennessee-Martin | 25 | |
| 21 |  | Richmond | 24 | |
| 22 |  | South Dakota State | NR | |
| 23 |  | Eastern Kentucky | 21 | |
| 24 |  | Tennessee State | 19 | |
| 25 |  | Indiana State | 22 | |