NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference. This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition like conference schools do.

The most recent changes to the independent ranks came in 2023 when BYU joined the Big 12 Conference, and Liberty and New Mexico State joined Conference USA. A year later, Army joined Navy as a football-only member of The American. In 2025, UMass will become a full member of the Mid-American Conference.

Connecticut
huskies
Pratt & Whitney Stadium
at Rentschler Field
(STORRS,CT)
(2003-)
Massachusett
Minutemen
Warren McGuirk
Alumni Stadium
(HADLEY,MA)
(1965-2011,2014-)
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
Notre Dame
Stadium
(Notre Dame,IN)
(1930-)