Vandals get bye in FCS playoffs, will play at home Dec. 7

The University of Idaho football team secured the No. 8 seed, a first-round bye and a home game in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, the bracket for which was released Sunday.

The Vandals (9-3) will open the playoffs at home Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. They will face the winner of this weekend's matchup between No. 9 Richmond of Virginia and Lehigh of Pennsylvania.

The FCS playoff bracket can be found here.

The Vandals wrapped up the regular season with a 40-17 victory at Idaho State on Saturday evening.

This will be Idaho's third consecutive appearance in the FCS playoffs. The Vandals went 1-1 in the postseason in 2023 and lost their opener in 2022.