The NCAA Football Championship Series playoffs continued with the quarterfinals on Saturday, Dec. 13. Illinois State pulled off another upset, defeating UC Davis to advance to the semifinals.

FCS playoffs bracket 2025: Updated schedule, TV channels, scores for college football quarterfinal games originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. A year after the top four seeds advanced to the semifinals, this year's FCS playoffs have produced early upsets.

Montana State vs. Illinois State can also be streamed live on Fubo, which offers a free trial to new users. You can listen to the Montana State vs. Illinois State radio broadcast on SiriusXM. Coverage will be available on channel 84 for those in vehicles.

The FCS football season reaches its big finale at Vanderbilt’s FirstBank Stadium today – Monday, Jan. 5 – when No. 2 Montana State (13-2) meets Illinois State (12-4) for the national championship. Learn how you can tune in today for free without cable.

This is the first time the FCS title game has landed in Music City, and the setting fits the moment. A new venue, a national audience, and two teams that took very different paths to reach the same destination.

While getting a seed is an advantage by itself, recent FCS history shows the value of a top seed is even more important than it might appear at first glance.

The Illinois State Redbirds and the Montana State Bobcats will battle for a national championship on Monday, Jan. 5, at FirstBank Stadium on Vanderbilt University’s campus. Kickoff is set

Montana State finally found a way to answer when it mattered most for the program’s first national championship since 1984.