NCAA College Division football national championship
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The NCAA College Division football national championship was the former postseason system used to determine small-college national champions in U.S. college football before the creation of the modern NCAA Division I Football Championship.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1041020 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: NCAA College Division football national championship Context triple: [NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, precededBy, NCAA College Division football national championship]
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NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Game is the annual title contest that determines the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
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Football Bowl Subdivision
The Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) is the highest level of NCAA Division I college football in the United States, featuring the largest programs and culminating in major bowl games and the College Football Playoff.
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College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is the postseason system that determines the national champion of top-tier U.S. college football through a bracket-style tournament of elite teams.
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NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States, featuring the largest and most competitive college sports programs.
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NCAA Division I FCS
NCAA Division I FCS is the second tier of top-level college football in the United States, featuring schools that offer fewer athletic scholarships than the higher-profile FBS and that compete in an NCAA-run playoff to determine a national champion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: NCAA College Division football national championship Target entity description: The NCAA College Division football national championship was the former postseason system used to determine small-college national champions in U.S. college football before the creation of the modern NCAA Division I Football Championship.
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A.
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Game is the annual title contest that determines the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
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B.
Football Bowl Subdivision
The Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) is the highest level of NCAA Division I college football in the United States, featuring the largest programs and culminating in major bowl games and the College Football Playoff.
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C.
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is the postseason system that determines the national champion of top-tier U.S. college football through a bracket-style tournament of elite teams.
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NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States, featuring the largest and most competitive college sports programs.
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NCAA Division I FCS
NCAA Division I FCS is the second tier of top-level college football in the United States, featuring schools that offer fewer athletic scholarships than the higher-profile FBS and that compete in an NCAA-run playoff to determine a national champion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
NCAA football postseason system
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college football national championship system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | small-college football national championship system ⓘ |
| category | defunct college football championship system ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | below NCAA University Division ⓘ |
| competitionType |
national championship determination system
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postseason system ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| division | NCAA College Division ⓘ |
| era | pre–Division II and Division III era ⓘ |
| format | poll-based national championship system ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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surface form:
NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| historicalRole | forerunner of modern lower-division NCAA football championships ⓘ |
| level | small college football ⓘ |
| participantType |
NCAA College Division
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surface form:
NCAA College Division member institutions
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| partOf |
NCAA College Division football national championship
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NCAA College Division football
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| predecessor |
NCAA College Division football national championship
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NCAA Division II football championship
NCAA College Division football national championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division III football championship
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| region |
contiguous United States
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surface form:
continental United States
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| relatedTo |
NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs
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surface form:
NCAA Division I Football Championship
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| replacedBy |
NCAA College Division football national championship
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NCAA Division II football championship
NCAA Division III football championship ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | polls of coaches and sportswriters ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| timePeriod | before creation of the NCAA Division I Football Championship ⓘ |
| usedFor |
determining small-college national champions
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ranking NCAA College Division football teams ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: NCAA College Division football national championship Description of subject: The NCAA College Division football national championship was the former postseason system used to determine small-college national champions in U.S. college football before the creation of the modern NCAA Division I Football Championship.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
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precededBy
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NCAA College Division football national championship
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NCAA College Division Tournament Most Outstanding Player
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competitionScope
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NCAA College Division football national championship
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this entity surface form:
NCAA College Division national championship tournament
NCAA College Division football national championship
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predecessor
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NCAA College Division football national championship
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division II football championship
NCAA College Division football national championship
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predecessor
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NCAA College Division football national championship
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division III football championship
NCAA College Division football national championship
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replacedBy
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NCAA College Division football national championship
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division II football championship
NCAA College Division football national championship
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partOf
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NCAA College Division football national championship
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
NCAA College Division football