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Since 1978, the first official year of Division I-AA, there have been 23 different schools to have won a National Championship. Currently, 12 still remain in the subdivision, while the other 11 have moved up to what is now known as FBS.

Here are the schools that have currently won a title that are still in the Subdivision:

Shockingly, the Penguins are the current kings of FCS/I-AA titles that are still in the subdivision. And I only say shockingly since their last title was 30 years ago, because Jim Tressel was a great coach.

Now, for the dearly departed schools that have won a title:

It goes without saying that NDSU and Georgia Southern were absolute JUGGERNAUTS at the FCS level.

I could go in deeper, like how Montana has the second most title game appearances (8) but only has 2 titles to show for it, or that EKU made it to 4 straight title games between 1979-1982 and won 2, or that App State went 3-for-3 in title games that all came in 3 straight years, or that NDSU made 11 title games and only lost one. Unfortunately both McNeese and Illinois State tie for most title appearances without a title at 2.

It's just interesting to see how the title counts stack up in the first year post-NDSU Dynasty. Especially since Youngstown is now the title king. The Big Sky has 4 teams with a title, while the MVFC has 3, and shockingly the Patriot League is in third with 2 teams with a title.

So after all that, what school that has never won a title do you think will join this list with their first ever FCS title?

After NAIA Louisiana Christian defeated FCS Northwestern State last night, a lot of publications and journalists claimed this was the first time a scholarship Division I school had ever lost to an NAIA team. This is definitively false. Unfortunately, FCS and even more so NAIA were absolutely horrible at recordkeeping their history before the last few seasons, so it's tough to find previous instances of NAIA over D1 wins.

After some research and being corrected on Twitter, here is an incomplete list of NAIA teams who beat scholarship Division I teams:

• 1979 Presbyterian defeats The Citadel 21-13
• 1988 Mesa State defeats Montana State 41-10
• 1993 St Ambrose defeats Western Illinois 27-25
• 2003 Edward Waters defeats Savannah State 34-28
• 2005 St Francis (IN) defeats Indiana State 42-10
• 2007 Edward Waters defeats Savannah State 24-7
• 2009 Sioux Falls defeats North Dakota 28-13 (UND was in transition from D2 to FCS, but was playing an FCS schedule)
• 2009 Webber International defeats Savannah State 35-20
• 2010 Lambuth defeats Georgia State 35-20
• 2011 St Francis (IL) defeats Georgia State 30-27 (OT)
• 2026 Louisiana Christian defeats Northwestern State 42-37

There's honestly probably more that have been lost to the sands of time, but these all for-sure happened.

After NAIA Louisiana Christian defeated Northwestern State last night, a lot of publications and journalists claimed this was the first time a scholarship Division I school had ever lost to an NAIA team. This is definitively false. Unfortunately, FCS and even more so NAIA were absolutely horrible at recordkeeping their history before the last few seasons, so it's tough to find previous instances of NAIA over D1 wins.

After some research and being corrected on Twitter, here is an incomplete list of NAIA teams who beat scholarship Division I teams:

• 1979 Presbyterian defeats The Citadel 21-13
• 1988 Mesa State defeats Montana State 41-10
• 1993 St Ambrose defeats Western Illinois 27-25
• 2003 Edward Waters defeats Savannah State 34-28
• 2005 St Francis (IN) defeats Indiana State 42-10
• 2007 Edward Waters defeats Savannah State 24-7
• 2009 Sioux Falls defeats North Dakota 28-13 (UND was in transition from D2 to FCS, but was playing an FCS schedule)
• 2009 Webber International defeats Savannah State 35-20
• 2010 Lambuth defeats Georgia State 35-20
• 2011 St Francis (IL) defeats Georgia State 30-27 (OT)
• 2026 Louisiana Christian defeats Northwestern State 42-37

There's honestly probably more that have been lost to the sands of time, but these all for-sure happened.

This includes CAA football. Party hard, Coastal bros

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