This means that FCS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition as conference schools do.

Merrimack and Sacred Heart are confirmed to play as FCS independents in 2024.

The "Current Conference" column indicates affiliations for the 2023 college football season.

The years listed in this table are football seasons; since football is a fall sport, this means that the final season of independent status, or membership in a given conference, is the calendar year before a conference change took effect.

Because James Madison met FBS scheduling requirements in its first season in the Sun Belt Conference in 2022 (specifically five home games against FBS opposition), it was allowed to skip the first year of the normal two-year process.