2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season

2011 NCAA Division I FCS season
Duration	September – November
Playoff
Duration	November 26, 2011 – January 7, 2012
Championship site	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
Champion	North Dakota State
Payton Award	Bo Levi Mitchell, Eastern Washington
Buchanan Award	Matt Evans, New Hampshire
Division I FCS football season
«2010 2012»

2011 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#7 Montana State +^		7	–	1					10	–	3
#5 Montana		5	–	1					6	–	3
Portland State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Washington		5	–	3					6	–	5
Weber State		5	–	3					5	–	6
Northern Arizona		3	–	5					4	–	7
Sacramento State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Northern Colorado		0	–	8					0	–	11
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Montana vacated five wins and playoff participation; Idaho State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to APR violations Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2011 Big South football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#18 Stony Brook $^		6	–	0					9	–	4
#25 Liberty		5	–	1					7	–	4
Coastal Carolina		3	–	3					7	–	4
Presbyterian		3	–	3					4	–	7
Gardner–Webb		2	–	4					4	–	7
VMI		2	–	4					2	–	9
Charleston Southern		0	–	6					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of January 12, 2012; Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2011 CAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#9 Towson $^		7	–	1					9	–	3
#10 Old Dominion ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
#8 Maine ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
#11 New Hampshire ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
#17 Delaware		5	–	3					7	–	4
#15 James Madison ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
William & Mary		3	–	5					5	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6					3	–	8
Villanova		1	–	7					2	–	9
Richmond		0	–	8					3	–	8
UMass		0	–	0					5	–	6
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant UMass' conference record is listed as 0-0 because they were in the process of transitioning to FBS As of January 9, 2012; Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2011 Great West football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#23 North Dakota +		3	–	1					8	–	3
Cal Poly +		3	–	1					6	–	5
South Dakota		2	–	2					6	–	5
Southern Utah		1	–	3					6	–	5
UC Davis		1	–	3					4	–	7
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2011 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#16 Harvard $		7	–	0					9	–	1
Brown		4	–	3					7	–	3
Dartmouth		4	–	3					5	–	5
Penn		4	–	3					5	–	5
Yale		4	–	3					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					5	–	5
Columbia		1	–	6					1	–	9
Princeton		1	–	6					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2011 MEAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#19 Norfolk State $^		7	–	1					9	–	3
Bethune-Cookman		6	–	2					8	–	3
South Carolina State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Florida A&M		5	–	3					7	–	4
Hampton		5	–	3					7	–	4
Howard		4	–	4					5	–	6
Morgan State		4	–	4					5	–	6
North Carolina A&T		4	–	4					5	–	6
Delaware State		1	–	7					3	–	8
North Carolina Central		1	–	7					2	–	9
Savannah State		1	–	7					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2011 MVFC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#4 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1					14	–	1
#2 Northern Iowa +^		7	–	1					10	–	3
#18 Illinois State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Indiana State		4	–	4					6	–	5
South Dakota State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Youngstown State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Southern Illinois		2	–	6					4	–	7
Missouri State		2	–	6					2	–	9
Western Illinois		1	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2011 NEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Duquesne +		7	–	1					9	–	2
Albany +^		7	–	1					8	–	4
Bryant		5	–	3					7	–	4
Monmouth		4	–	4					5	–	6
Wagner		4	–	4					4	–	7
Sacred Heart		3	–	5					5	–	6
Central Connecticut		3	–	5					4	–	7
Robert Morris		2	–	6					2	–	9
Saint Francis (PA)		1	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2011 OVC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#21 Tennessee Tech +^		6	–	2					7	–	4
Eastern Kentucky +^		6	–	2					7	–	5
Jacksonville State +		6	–	2					7	–	4
Murray State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Tennessee State		4	–	4					5	–	6
UT Martin		4	–	4					5	–	6
Austin Peay		2	–	6					3	–	8
Southeast Missouri State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Eastern Illinois		1	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began on September 1, 2011 and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on January 7, 2012 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. North Dakota State University won their first FCS championship, defeating Sam Houston State by a final score of 17–6.

In addition to UTSA, three other schools began transitions to the FBS. They are subject to the same restrictions as UTSA regarding postseason eligibility until 2013.

No teams from the conferences that do not have automatic bids—currently the Great West Conference and Pioneer Football League—received bids.

January 7
Pizza Hut Park,
Frisco, Texas

* Host institution

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