College Football Teams by First Season

For each college football season, name a team that made its debut in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the highest level of competition at the collegiate level.

Includes teams that are no longer in FBS

The Ivy League, Missouri Valley Conference, Southern Conference, and Southland Conference initially competed in FBS (I-A) before transitioning their entire leagues to FCS (I-AA)

The Missouri Valley Conference initially had members in both the FBS (I-A) and FCS (I-AA). Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and West Texas State competed in FCS

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Season	#	Team(s)
1978	133	Air Force \| Alabama \| Appalachian State \| Arizona \| Arizona State \| Arkansas \| Arkansas State \| Army \| Auburn \| Ball State \| Baylor \| Boston College \| Bowling Green \| Brown \| BYU \| Cal State Fullerton \| California \| Central Michigan \| Chattanooga \| Cincinnati \| Clemson \| Colgate \| Colorado \| Colorado State \| Columbia \| Cornell \| Dartmouth \| Duke \| East Carolina \| Eastern Michigan \| Florida \| Florida State \| Fresno State \| Furman \| Georgia \| Georgia Tech \| Harvard \| Hawaii \| Holy Cross \| Houston \| Illinois \| Indiana \| Iowa \| Iowa State \| Kansas \| Kansas State \| Kent State \| Kentucky \| Lamar \| Long Beach State \| Louisiana \| Louisiana-Monroe \| Louisiana Tech \| Louisville \| LSU \| Marshall \| Maryland \| McNeese \| Memphis \| Miami \| Miami of Ohio \| Michigan \| Michigan State \| Minnesota \| Mississippi State \| Missouri \| Navy \| NC State \| Nebraska \| New Mexico \| New Mexico State \| North Carolina \| North Texas \| Northern Illinois \| Northwestern \| Notre Dame \| Ohio \| Ohio State \| Oklahoma \| Oklahoma State \| Ole Miss \| Oregon \| Oregon State \| Pacific \| Penn \| Penn State \| Pittsburgh \| Princeton \| Purdue \| Rice \| Richmond \| Rutgers \| San Diego State \| San Jose State \| SMU \| South Carolina \| Southern Miss \| Stanford \| Syracuse \| TCU \| Temple \| Tennessee \| Tennessee State \| Texas \| Texas A&M \| Texas Tech \| The Citadel \| Toledo \| Tulane \| Tulsa \| UCLA \| UNLV \| USC \| UT Arlington \| Utah \| Utah State \| UTEP \| Vanderbilt \| Villanova \| Virginia \| Virginia Tech \| VMI \| Wake Forest \| Washington \| Washington State \| West Virginia \| Western Carolina \| Western Michigan \| Wichita State \| William & Mary \| Wisconsin \| Wyoming \| Yale
1979	1	East Tennessee State
1987	1	Akron
1992	1	Nevada
1996	4	Boise State \| Idaho \| UAB \| UCF
1999	2	Buffalo \| Middle Tennessee
2000	2	Connecticut \| South Florida
2001	1	Troy
2004	2	FIU \| Florida Atlantic
2008	1	Western Kentucky
2012	4	Massachusetts \| South Alabama \| Texas State \| UTSA
2013	1	Georgia State
2014	3	Appalachian State \| Georgia Southern \| Old Dominion
2015	1	Charlotte
2017	1	Coastal Carolina
2018	1	Liberty
2022	1	James Madison
2023	2	Jacksonville State \| Sam Houston
2024	1	Kennesaw State
2025	1	Delaware

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