NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs

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NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision competition college football postseason tournament single-elimination tournament

The NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs are a postseason tournament that determines the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) through a multi-round, bracket-style competition.

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Label Occurrences
NCAA Division I FCS playoffs 8
NCAA Division I Football Championship 3
FCS playoffs 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision competition ⓘ
college football postseason tournament ⓘ
single-elimination tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
surface form: FCS playoffs

NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
surface form: NCAA FCS playoffs
broadcastOn national television in the United States ⓘ
competitionFormat single-elimination bracket ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentNumberOfTeams 24 ⓘ
determines NCAA Division I Football Championship Game ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision national champion
distinctFrom College Football Playoff ⓘ
NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision postseason
eligibility NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I FCS member institutions
excludes Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision teams
expandedTo 12 teams in 1982 ⓘ
16 teams in 1986 ⓘ
20 teams in 2010 ⓘ
24 teams in 2013 ⓘ
8 teams in 1981 ⓘ
finalMatch NCAA Division I Football Championship Game ⓘ
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
governsRules NCAA football rules ⓘ
inception 1978 ⓘ
includes at-large selections ⓘ
conference champions ⓘ
initialNumberOfTeams 4 ⓘ
level Division I ⓘ
nameChange renamed to NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs when Division I-AA became FCS ⓘ
occursDuring late November to January ⓘ
organizer National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
surface form: NCAA
originalName NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs
partOf NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
purpose to determine an undisputed national champion at the FCS level ⓘ
replaced poll-based national championship selection in Division I-AA ⓘ
round first round ⓘ
national championship game ⓘ
quarterfinals ⓘ
second round ⓘ
semifinals ⓘ
season postseason ⓘ
seeding top seeds receive first-round byes ⓘ
selectionCommittee NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee ⓘ
surface form: NCAA FCS selection committee
selectionMethod automatic bids and at-large bids ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
subdivision NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
teamLimitPerConference no fixed maximum, subject to selection criteria ⓘ
tiebreakerFormat NCAA Football Rules and Interpretations ⓘ
surface form: NCAA football overtime rules
uses regionalization in early-round matchups ⓘ
venuePattern higher-seeded teams typically host early-round games ⓘ

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Missouri Valley Football Conference → sendsTeamsTo → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
United Athletic Conference → hasPostseasonPath → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs
Yankee Conference → playoffParticipation → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
NCAA College Division football national championship → relatedTo → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship
NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee → oversees → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs
NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee → oversees → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS national championship structure
North Dakota State Bison football → playoffAppearancesLevel → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs
CAA Football → tournament → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship
CAA Football → sendsAutomaticQualifierTo → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship
MVFC → postseasonPath → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs
NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs → alsoKnownAs → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FCS playoffs
NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs → alsoKnownAs → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA FCS playoffs
NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs → originalName → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs
NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs → distinctFrom → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision postseason
NEC → qualifiesFor → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
subject surface form: Northeast Conference
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS football playoffs
UAC → hasQualificationPath → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
subject surface form: United Athletic Conference
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs
Montana Grizzlies football → playsInSubdivision → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FCS playoffs
Weber State Wildcats football → playoffLevel → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs
Northern Iowa Panthers → competesIn → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS football playoffs
William & Mary Tribe football → hasAppearedIn → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs
Panthers → competesIn → NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs