We're tracking the 11 automatic bids for the 2025 FCS playoffs with clinching scenarios ahead of the 24-team bracket reveal Sunday, Nov. 23.

Montana and Montana State moved up in the top 25 thanks to losses from Tarleton State and South Dakota State. Also, the Big Sky fined Sacramento State's head coach.

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The NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee unveiled its updated in-season top 10 rankings Wednesday, and Montana State and Montana are sitting in strong positions.

The Bison held off Youngstown State 38-30 to improve to 9-0. With losses in the last two weeks, former No. 2 South Dakota State and former No. 3 Tarleton State (Texas) dropped in the rankings, which were aired on ESPN2’s “College Football Live” show.

Kentucky will face a confident Tennessee Tech team that is 10-0 and ranked No. 6 in the AFCA FCS poll. The Golden Eagles have won 15 straight games dating to last season and are chasing their first playoff berth since 2011. But second-year coach Bobby Wilder made clear he is frustrated about this week’s matchup.

The trajectory of Idaho’s season made an abrupt shift when the Vandals lost 28-14 to 11th-ranked UC Davis last Saturday. At 4-6, with two games remaining, Idaho will miss the FCS playoffs for the first time in four seasons.

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In total, GameDay has gone to FCS schools 12 times in its history, making multiple stops only twice at North Dakota State and James Madison. The show, which has already been to Oregon once this season,