FCS Playoffs. ( CAA. Is WEAK )

[FUATT]

Announced today that the Ivy League will now be an FCS Playoff participant. I think a couple of those teams could be regular QF type teams. They will have an AQ spot in the playoff, so assume that unless we expand that takes away an available at large bid?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... l-playoffs

[FU Hoopla]

Makes sense for the Ivy to finally give their football players something to look forward to if they win the league.......

This season out of the 129 teams, if you take out SWAC, MEAC and IVY that basically don't participate, OMIT teams going FBS like Delaware and Missouri St, and factor in a 24 team playoff field, each FCS school had about a 25% chance to make the playoffs.............
Let's not even get into the fact that many of those 100 schools don't even give full scholarship levels.....

Fairly easy to see how Dakotas and Montana's have dominated this weak version of FCS...................

[The Jackal]

Announced today that the Ivy League will now be an FCS Playoff participant. I think a couple of those teams could be regular QF type teams. They will have an AQ spot in the playoff, so assume that unless we expand that takes away an available at large bid?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... l-playoffs

Sounds like the Ivy League champ will get an autobid. I think the Ivy League teams are also a little unique in that they typically only schedule 10 games, so at large bids may be a bit trickier if they keep that scheduling.

This is a helpful article, which is updated periodically, about what the heck is going on in the FCS landscape: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/arti ... ealignment

There are essentially four conferences that have to rely on joining up to be able to meet the six team threshold.

[Affirm]

Announced today that the Ivy League will now be an FCS Playoff participant. I think a couple of those teams could be regular QF type teams. They will have an AQ spot in the playoff, so assume that unless we expand that takes away an available at large bid?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... l-playoffs

Sounds like the Ivy League champ will get an autobid. I think the Ivy League teams are also a little unique in that they typically only schedule 10 games, so at large bids may be a bit trickier if they keep that scheduling.

This is a helpful article, which is updated periodically, about what the heck is going on in the FCS landscape: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/arti ... ealignment

There are essentially four conferences that have to rely on joining up to be able to meet the six team threshold.

I have verified that the Ivies still only schedule 10 games for regular season. 7 conference games and 3 non-conference.
Consideration should be given to each of the following:
1. Now that the Ivies want to be in playoffs, the NCAA/FCS should require that they have to play the same number of regular season games as everyone else, and not be allowed to play one fewer than everyone else.
2. Allow any and all other conferences that would like to cut back to only 10 regular season games to do so.
3. Allow individual FCS schools who wish to play only 10 regular season games to be eligible for playoffs.
Advantages of each of the above could be discussed on this board.

[FU Hoopla]

Announced today that the Ivy League will now be an FCS Playoff participant. I think a couple of those teams could be regular QF type teams. They will have an AQ spot in the playoff, so assume that unless we expand that takes away an available at large bid?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... l-playoffs

Sounds like the Ivy League champ will get an autobid. I think the Ivy League teams are also a little unique in that they typically only schedule 10 games, so at large bids may be a bit trickier if they keep that scheduling.

This is a helpful article, which is updated periodically, about what the heck is going on in the FCS landscape: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/arti ... ealignment

There are essentially four conferences that have to rely on joining up to be able to meet the six team threshold.

I have verified that the Ivies still only schedule 10 games for regular season. 7 conference games and 3 non-conference.
Consideration should be given to each of the following:
1. Now that the Ivies want to be in playoffs, the NCAA/FCS should require that they have to play the same number of regular season games as everyone else, and not be allowed to play one fewer than everyone else.
2. Allow any and all other conferences that would like to cut back to only 10 regular season games to do so.
3. Allow individual FCS schools who wish to play only 10 regular season games to be eligible for playoffs.
Advantages of each of the above could be discussed on this board.

Playing only 10 games instead of 11 or 12 would seem to be a disadvantage to me.................

But then again its not like they play any FBS games that the FCS has been getting waxed in so................

[The Jackal]

I do not believe the Ivies ever really play a "money game" or an FCS opponent. Their schedules tend to be all FCS.

So, they already play 10 FCS opponents, which is what Furman shoots for most seasons.

I suspect there's a minimum number of games a team has to play to be eligible for the post season. I also suspect there's a minimum number of FCS wins one has to have. If those two standards are met, I doubt the NCAA will care if the Ivies routinely schedule 10 games.

Now, at the same time, the Ivey League teams didn't really kick off their season until late September. Their opening weekend of games was the weekend Furman played William & Mary.