2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season information
American college football season
For the 2021 FCS season, see 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. For the FCS season contested during fall 2020/spring 2021, see 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
2021 NCAA Division I FBS season
Number of teams
130
Duration
August 28 – December 11, 2021
Preseason AP No. 1
Alabama
Post-season
Duration
December 17, 2021 – February 19, 2022
Bowl games
43[a]
AP Poll No. 1
Georgia
Coaches Poll No. 1
Georgia
Heisman Trophy
Bryce Young, QB, Alabama
College Football Playoff
2022 College Football Playoff National Championship
Site
Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, Indiana
Champion(s)
Georgia
NCAA Division I FBS football seasons
← 2020
2022 →
The 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 152nd season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision. The regular season began on August 28, 2021,[1] and ended on December 11, 2021. The postseason began on December 17, with the main games ending on January 10, 2022, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, and the all-star portion of the post-season concluding with the inaugural HBCU Legacy Bowl on February 19, 2022. It was the eighth season of the College Football Playoff (CFP) system.[2] It was the first time since 2016 that no major team finished the season undefeated as the Cincinnati Bearcats, the season's last undefeated team, were defeated in the 2021 Cotton Bowl Classic.
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