List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs

This is a list of schools in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that play football in the United States as a varsity sport and are members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), known as Division I-AA from 1978 through 2005.

The teams in this subdivision compete in a 24-team playoff for the NCAA Division I Football Championship.

The following programs are transitioning from NCAA Division II to FCS, or have announced definitive plans to do so.

Under current NCAA rules, they must have an invitation from a Division I conference to begin the transition.

On July 15, 2020, it was announced that the NCAA had approved this transition, and St. Thomas has played in Division I starting with the 2021 season.