FCS/Small College Football Playoff Predictions And Brackets: Thanksgiving Weekend

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

NOTE: All games are listed in bracket order. All games scheduled will be played on Saturday, November 27, 2021, unless otherwise indicated.

FCS First Round

Interactive Bracket

First Round Byes: In Order Of Seeding

1. Sam Houston State

2. North Dakota State

3. James Madison

4. Sacramento State

5. Villanova

6. Montana

7. East Tennessee State

8. Montana State

Incarnate Word (9-2) at Stephen F. Austin (8-3) 

UT Martin (9-2) at Missouri State (8-3)

Sacred Heart (8-3) at Holy Cross (9-2)

UC Davis (8-3) at South Dakota State (8-3)

Florida A&M (9-2) at Southeastern Louisiana (8-3)

Northern Iowa (6-5) at Eastern Washington (9-2)

Davidson (8-2) at Kennesaw State (10-1)

Southern Illinois (7-4) at South Dakota (7-4)

NCAA Division II Second Round

Interactive Bracket

First Round Byes: Kutztown, Valdosta State, Ferris State, Colorado School of Mines

New Haven (10-1) at Kutztown (10-1)

Notre Dame (11-1) at Shepherd (11-1)

West Georgia (9-2) at Valdosta State (9-1)

Newberry (10-2) at Bowie State (11-1)

Grand Valley State (10-1) at Ferris State (10-0)

Northwest Missouri State (10-1) at Harding (11-1)

Bemidji State (10-2) at Colorado School of Mines (10-1)

Nebraska-Kearney (10-2) at Angelo State (10-2)

NCAA Division III Second Round

Interactive Bracket

Linfield (10-0) at St. John's (Minn.)-(11-0)

Birmingham-Southern (10-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (11-0)

DePauw (9-2) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (11-0)

Wheaton (10-1) at Central (11-0)

Wisconsin-LaCrosse (9-2) at North Central (11-0)

RPI (10-1) at Cortland (11-0)

Johns Hopkins (10-1) at Mount Union (11-0)

Muhlenberg (10-1) at Delaware Valley (11-0)

NAIA Quarterfinals

Press Release (courtesy of the NAIA)

Keiser (8-2) at Lindsey Wilson (11-0)

Kansas Wesleyan (11-1) at Morningside (11-0)

Concordia (Mich.)-(9-1) at Grand View (12-0)

Marian (9-2) at Northwestern (Iowa)-(11-1)

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