More and more teams across FCS college football are clinching conference championships and postseason bids.
The first teams are noted below on lists that will keep growing this month.
Conference Champions
ASUN: Austin Peay (7-4, 3-2), Eastern Kentucky (7-4, 3-2) and Central Arkansas (5-5, 3-1) are tri-champions
Big Sky: Sacramento State (11-0, 8-0) and Montana State (10-1, 8-0) are co-champions
Big South: Gardner-Webb (6-5, 5-0) is an outright champion
CAA: William & Mary (10-1, 7-1) and New Hampshire (8-3, 7-1) are co-champions
Ivy: Yale (8-2, 6-1) is an outright champion
MEAC: North Carolina Central (9-2, 4-1) and Howard (5-6, 4-1) are co-champions
Missouri Valley: South Dakota State (10-1, 8-0) is an outright champion
Northeast: Saint Francis (9-2, 7-0) is an outright champion
Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri (9-2, 5-0) and UT Martin (7-4, 5-0) are co-champions
Patriot: Holy Cross (11-0, 6-0) is an outright champion
Pioneer: St. Thomas (10-1, 8-0) is an outright champion
Southern: Samford (10-1, 8-0) is an outright champion
Southland: Southeastern Louisiana (8-3, 5-1) and UIW (10-1, 5-1) are co-champions
SWAC: East champ Jackson State (12-0, 8-0) and West champ Southern (7-5, 5-3)
WAC: Stephen F. Austin (6-5, 3-1) is an outright champion
NCAA Playoffs
The 24-team NCAA FCS playoffs are composed of 11 conference champions that have automatic bids and 13 at-large bid selections, with the pairings to be announced on Nov. 20 (12:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU).
Automatic Qualifiers
ASUN-WAC: Eastern Kentucky (first playoff bid since 2014 and 22nd overall)
Big Sky: Sacramento State (third all-time playoff bid since 2019)
Big South: Gardner-Webb (first-ever playoff bid)
CAA: William & Mary (11th all-time bid and first since 2015)
Missouri Valley: South Dakota State (11th consecutive playoff bid and 12th overall)
Northeast: Saint Francis (second all-time playoff bid after 2016)
Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri (first playoff bid since 2019 and fourth overall)
Patriot: Holy Cross (fourth consecutive playoff bid and sixth overall)
Pioneer: Davidson (third consecutive playoff bid)
Southern: Samford (first playoff bid since 2017 and sixth overall)
Southland: Southeastern Louisiana (third playoff bid in last four seasons and fifth overall)
At-Large Selections
Delaware (7-4), Elon (8-3), Fordham (9-2), Furman (9-2), Idaho (7-4), Montana (7-4), Montana State (10-1), New Hampshire (8-3), North Dakota (7-4), North Dakota State (9-2), Richmond (8-3), UIW (10-1) and Weber State (9-2)
Celebration Bowl
The MEAC and SWAC champions will meet in the seventh Celebration Bowl on Dec. 17 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
MEAC: North Carolina Central (9-2, 4-1)
SWAC: Jackson State (12-0, 8-0)