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Post by kersting13 on Dec 5, 2022 13:41:06 GMT -8
I see the FCS playoffs will have their 3rd round of games this weekend, but what's the deal with how they choose teams?
It seems that half of the FCS leagues either choose not to participate, or simply don't qualify any teams for the playoffs?
Is that due to there being some non-scholarship teams, or ??
I only started looking at the FCS playoffs because of Deion Sanders moving on from Jackson State to Colorado, but 12-0 JSU isn't in the playoffs.
As I understand it, the Ivy league doesn't participate. Basically, the playoff pool appears to be dominated by Big Sky, Missouri Valley, Colonial League, and maybe Southern?
I guess FCS has its own "Power 5" conferences, but with 24 playoff spots, you'd think that they have enough room to fit the champions of most of their conferences, if not all 15.
Anyone?
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Post by Judge Smails on Dec 5, 2022 13:48:05 GMT -8
I see the FCS playoffs will have their 3rd round of games this weekend, but what's the deal with how they choose teams? It seems that half of the FCS leagues either choose not to participate, or simply don't qualify any teams for the playoffs? Is that due to there being some non-scholarship teams, or ?? I only started looking at the FCS playoffs because of Deion Sanders moving on from Jackson State to Colorado, but 12-0 JSU isn't in the playoffs. As I understand it, the Ivy league doesn't participate. Basically, the playoff pool appears to be dominated by Big Sky, Missouri Valley, Colonial League, and maybe Southern? I guess FCS has its own "Power 5" conferences, but with 24 playoff spots, you'd think that they have enough room to fit the champions of most of their conferences, if not all 15. Anyone? The SWAC league (Jackson St.), the MEAC and the Ivy league are the ones that don't participate. There are 12 other conferences that participate. The 12 league winners get automatic bids. The Big Sky, the WAC and the Missouri Valley tend to take up a lot of the 12 at large bids. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Dec 5, 2022 14:42:47 GMT -8
There are 20 teams in the playoffs. The top four seeds get byes. Games are played on campus until the finals, which are in Frisco, Texas.
Teams have 63 scholarships, which can be divided up among up to 85 players. The Ivy League choses not to participate, a real Title IX violation, but no one seems to want to sue about it. The SWAC doesn't participate because it has the Celebration Bowl instead, which is more of a money-maker. But teams not in the bowl can be selected at-large.
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Post by Judge Smails on Dec 5, 2022 14:47:54 GMT -8
There are 20 teams in the playoffs. The top four seeds get byes. Games are played on campus until the finals, which are in Frisco, Texas. Teams have 63 scholarships, which can be divided up among up to 85 players. The Ivy League choses not to participate, a real Title IX violation, but no one seems to want to sue about it. The SWAC doesn't participate because it has the Celebration Bowl instead, which is more of a money-maker. But teams not in the bowl can be selected at-large. There are 24 teams. They expanded it. Top 8 teams get byes. 10 conferences have auto bids, not 12 as I mentioned. MEAC and SWAC teams can technically participate if they're not in their championship games, but there hasn't been one of those teams chosen in the last 6 years. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Dec 5, 2022 15:34:07 GMT -8
There are 20 teams in the playoffs. The top four seeds get byes. Games are played on campus until the finals, which are in Frisco, Texas. Teams have 63 scholarships, which can be divided up among up to 85 players. The Ivy League choses not to participate, a real Title IX violation, but no one seems to want to sue about it. The SWAC doesn't participate because it has the Celebration Bowl instead, which is more of a money-maker. But teams not in the bowl can be selected at-large. The Ivy League does not offer athletic scholarships, so I believe that Title IX does not apply. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Dec 5, 2022 17:26:54 GMT -8
There are 20 teams in the playoffs. The top four seeds get byes. Games are played on campus until the finals, which are in Frisco, Texas. Teams have 63 scholarships, which can be divided up among up to 85 players. The Ivy League choses not to participate, a real Title IX violation, but no one seems to want to sue about it. The SWAC doesn't participate because it has the Celebration Bowl instead, which is more of a money-maker. But teams not in the bowl can be selected at-large. The Ivy League does not offer athletic scholarships, so I believe that Title IX does not apply. Every Ivy League women's sports team can participate in NCAA playoffs. Football cannot. Sounds to me as if they are being discriminated against on the basis of sex, since football is a male sport. The Ivy league awards de facto athletic scholarships. It just classifies them as need-based academic aid. And yes, 24 teams now participate. They expanded the field recently. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Dec 5, 2022 19:34:12 GMT -8
There are 20 teams in the playoffs. The top four seeds get byes. Games are played on campus until the finals, which are in Frisco, Texas. Teams have 63 scholarships, which can be divided up among up to 85 players. The Ivy League choses not to participate, a real Title IX violation, but no one seems to want to sue about it. The SWAC doesn't participate because it has the Celebration Bowl instead, which is more of a money-maker. But teams not in the bowl can be selected at-large. There are 24 teams. They expanded it. Top 8 teams get byes. 10 conferences have auto bids, not 12 as I mentioned. MEAC and SWAC teams can technically participate if they're not in their championship games, but there hasn't been one of those teams chosen in the last 6 years. Florida A&M received an invite just last year. The MEAC has not received an invite since 2016. |
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Post by kersting13 on Dec 5, 2022 22:23:49 GMT -8
Thanks for the info, everyone. One of life's great mysteries, solved.  |
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