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American college football season
The 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season , part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The season began on September 1, 2011, and concluded with the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game on January 7, 2012, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas . North Dakota State won their first FCS championship, defeating Sam Houston State by a final score of 17–6.
FCS team wins over FBS teams [ edit ]
September 3: Richmond 23, Duke 21
September 3: Sacramento State 29, Oregon State 28OT
September 17: Indiana State 44, Western Kentucky 16
September 24: North Dakota State 37, Minnesota 24
September 24: Sam Houston State 48, New Mexico 45 OT
September 24: Southern Utah 41, UNLV 16
Conference changes and new programs [ edit ]
+ "unclassified" for 2009 (partial season) and 2010 (full season)
Conference standings [ edit ]
Automatic berths for conference champions [ edit ]
At large qualifiers [ edit ]
No teams from the conferences that do not have automatic bids—currently the Great West Conference and Pioneer Football League —received bids.
NCAA Division I playoff bracket [ edit ]
First Round November 26 Campus sites
Second Round December 3 Campus sites
Quarterfinals December 9 and December 10 Campus sites
Semifinals December 16 and December 17 Campus sites
National Championship Game
January 7Pizza Hut Park ,Frisco, Texas
Stony Brook
27
Albany
28
1
Sam Houston State*
34
Stony Brook*
31
1
Sam Houston State*
49
Montana State
13
New Hampshire
25
Montana State*
26
1
Sam Houston State*
31
4
Montana
28
Central Arkansas
14
Central Arkansas
34
4
Montana*
41
Tennessee Tech*
14
4
Montana*
48
5
Northern Iowa
10
Wofford
21
5
Northern Iowa*
28
1
Sam Houston State
6
2
North Dakota State
17
James Madison
14
James Madison
20
2
North Dakota State*
26
Eastern Kentucky*
17
2
North Dakota State*
24
Lehigh
0
Lehigh
40
Towson*
38
2
North Dakota State*
35
3
Georgia Southern
7
Old Dominion
48
Norfolk State
18
3
Georgia Southern*
55
Old Dominion*
35
3
Georgia Southern*
35
Maine
23
Maine
34
Appalachian State*
12
* Host institution
SWAC Championship Game [ edit ]