North Carolina A&T Football is looking to bounce back from a 1-11 2024 season and are returning several key players to do so in 2025.

The Hampton Pirates are looking to improve on a 5-7 overall and 2-6 conference performance in 2025 and are armed with several returning players. They have also added some key players from the transfer portal, hoping to transform the Pirates into a winning team.

After a 5-7 2024 season, the Maine Black Bears are looking to use their veteran roster to have a winning season. With graduate student Carter Peevy returning to lead the Black Bears offense, Maine has all of the right tools to succeed in 2025.

After a 5-7 2024 season, the Maine Football is looking to use their veteran roster to have a winning season. With graduate student Carter Peevy returning to lead the Black Bears offense, Maine has all of the right tools to succeed in 2025.

After a 6-6 finish last season, the Elon Phoenix is looking to break .500 again and is opening up its season with a challenge, playing ACC team Duke – in Durham. They went 5-3 in conference play last season and are looking to follow it up with another strong conference performance paired with a strong non-conference showing.

The Bryant Bulldogs are looking to bounce back from a subpar 2024 season where they finished 2-10 with a 0-8 conference record. Not only are the Bulldogs looking to bounce back from the 2024 season, but they are going to have to do so without star wide receiver Landon Ruggieri, an All-American.

The Villanova Wildcats celebrated a 10-4 overall record in 2024 and their second consecutive season with 10 wins. They went on to compete through the second round of the FCS Playoffs, holding Incarnate Word to just 13 points but taking a loss. Now they look to revamp on both sides of the ball to keep the success going.

The New Hampshire Wildcats ended at No. 24 in the FCS with a 8-5 overall, 6-2 conference record, and could very well see a repeat if incoming quarterback Matt Vezza rises to the ocassion in wake of quarterback Seth Morgan's departure.

The UAlbany Great Danes finished at 4-8 overall and 2-6 in conference play in 2024 after over a decade under head coach Greg Gattuso, who had just brought the squad to a 11-4 record in 2023. Gattuso has since exited the program and put it in the hands of interim head coach and former associate head coach Jared Ambrose ahead of a daunting 2025 season.

The Towson Tigers completed its most successful season in six years in 2024, and now hope to have another historical run in 2025. The Tigers finished at 7-5 overall and 5-2 in conference play, their best finish since 2019, led by quarterback Sean Brown.

The Stony Brook Seawolves dug themselves out of a winless season in 2023 into a 8-4 overall record in 2024, but are now without the quarterback that made it all possible in just one year.

The Rhode Island Rams are leaving a 11-3 overall, 7-1 conference record in 2024 and look to do it all over again with the return of their best performing quarterback and wide receiver duo, Devin Ferrell and Marquis Buchanan.

The Villanova Wildcats had a stunning 2024 season and recorded their second consecutive with 10 wins. They outscored their opponents by a combined 60 points over 14 games and went on to compete through the second round of the FCS Playoffs.

Things are looking uncertain for the New Hampshire Wildcats heading into the 2025 season, but there is plenty of room for a young quarterback to rise up and lead his team to another winning season.

In his final year as head coach for UAlbany, Greg Gattuso may not have left off on the best season. The Great Danes finished at 4-8 overall and 2-6 in conference play after over a decade under Gattuso's guidance, a dramatic turn from the squad's 11-4 record in 2023.