The 2017 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 14–1 overall with an 8–0 mark in CAA play to win the conference title and also finished undefeated in the regular season for the second time in school history (the other being 1975, before the Dukes joined the NCAA). They received an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, where they defeated Stony Brook, Weber State, and South Dakota State to advance to the National Championship Game for the second straight season, where they were defeated 17–13 by North Dakota State.
See also: 2017 East Carolina Pirates football team.
See also: 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team.
See also: 2017 Norfolk State Spartans football team.
See also: 2017 Maine Black Bears football team.
See also: 2017 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team and Delaware–James Madison football rivalry.
See also: 2017 Villanova Wildcats football team.
See also: 2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team.
See also: 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team.
See also: 2017 Richmond Spiders football team.
See also: 2017 Elon Phoenix football team.
See also: 2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team.
See also: 2017 Weber State Wildcats football team.
See also: 2017 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team.
See also: 2017 North Dakota State Bison football team.