Predicting the FCS Playoffs: October Edition

The 2026 FCS season is already half over, or at least the regular season is. As October nears its midway point, the playoff typically gets clearer. While it has in some ways this year, it has also gotten more muddy in some aspects also. Chaos has not been at a premium in the subdivision this year and it makes for a playoff projection seven weeks in that is quite different than the one we put out in August during the preseason.