Football Bowl Subdivision

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NCAA football subdivision college football division sports competition level

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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All labels observed (29)

Label Occurrences
NCAA Division I FBS 201
Football Bowl Subdivision canonical 85
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision 78

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA football subdivision ⓘ
college football division ⓘ
sports competition level ⓘ
abbreviation FBS ⓘ
broadcastOn national television networks ⓘ
championshipDetermination College Football Playoff ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distinguishedFrom FCS ⓘ
NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
eligibility National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
surface form: NCAA member institutions
fullName Football Bowl Subdivision self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hasConference American Athletic Conference ⓘ
Atlantic Coast Conference ⓘ
Big 12 Conference ⓘ
Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Conference USA ⓘ
Mid-American Conference ⓘ
Mountain West Conference ⓘ
Pac-12 Conference ⓘ
Southeastern Conference ⓘ
Sun Belt Conference ⓘ
independent schools ⓘ
hasDraftRelationshipWith National Football League ⓘ
levelOfPlay highest level of NCAA college football ⓘ
maximumScholarshipsPerTeam 85 ⓘ
minimumAttendanceRequirement 15,000 average home attendance over a rolling two-year period ⓘ
nameChangeFrom Football Bowl Subdivision self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Division I-A
nameChangeYear 2006 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 134 ⓘ
organizes New Year’s Six bowls ⓘ
surface form: New Year’s Six bowl games
overtimeRuleType NCAA college football overtime rules ⓘ
partOf NCAA Division I ⓘ
postseasonFormat College Football Playoff ⓘ
bowl games ⓘ
conference championship games ⓘ
predecessor Football Bowl Subdivision self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I-A
primaryFeederTo National Football League ⓘ
surface form: NFL
recruitingScope national ⓘ
relatedCompetition College Football Playoff ⓘ
surface form: College Football Playoff National Championship
revenueLevel highest revenue level in college football ⓘ
ruleSet NCAA football rules ⓘ
season fall ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
talentLevel highest overall talent level in college football ⓘ
teamComposition college and university teams ⓘ
typicalSeasonMonths August to January ⓘ
usesScholarships yes ⓘ
website https://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/fbs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.

Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Football Bowl Subdivision
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (452)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arizona Wildcats football team → subdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
Big Game (American football) → sportLevel → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
CFP → appliesTo → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
subject surface form: College Football Playoff
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football → division → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football → NCAAClassification → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
Michigan Wolverines football → division → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SEC → subdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Conference
Tennessee Volunteers athletics program → NCAASubdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
FBS → fullName → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
FBS → predecessor → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I-A
FBS → formerName → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I-A
FBS → reorganizedFrom → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I football
Bowl Championship Series → governingBody → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
NCAA Division I Council → includesRepresentationFrom → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
Oregon–Oregon State football rivalry → division → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
P5 → division → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Fiesta Bowl → competitionLevel → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
Southeastern Conference → footballSubdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
Atlantic Coast Conference → subdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Peach Bowl → levelOfPlay → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
Cotton Bowl Classic → levelOfCompetition → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
Army Black Knights → footballConference → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS independent
CFP National Championship Game → competitionLevel → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
CFP National Championship Game → determines → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS national champion
Oregon State Beavers football team → league → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Oregon State Beavers football team → playsInDivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
California Memorial Stadium → league → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
Big Ten Conference → subdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Big 12 Conference → subdivisionInFootball → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Bayou Bucket Classic → competitionLevel → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
SMU Mustangs → footballSubdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
American Athletic Conference → footballSubdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
Texas Longhorns → subdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
Southwest Conference → subdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I-A football
Wildcats → competitionLevel → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
subject surface form: Arizona Wildcats football
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
Arizona State Sun Devils football team → competitionLevel → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Arizona State Sun Devils football team → division → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
Territorial Cup → competitionLevel → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
Kent State Golden Flashes football team → division → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Pac-12 South Division → subdivisionOf → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Football Bowl Subdivision → fullName → Football Bowl Subdivision self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Football Bowl Subdivision → predecessor → Football Bowl Subdivision self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I-A
Football Bowl Subdivision → nameChangeFrom → Football Bowl Subdivision self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Division I-A
Mustangs → competesIn → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
Cal–Stanford Big Game → levelOfPlay → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
The Red Zone → sportLevel → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
Mountain West Conference → footballSubdivision → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
New Year’s Six bowls → competitionLevel → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
Neyland Stadium → usedFor → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS football
Texas Tech Red Raiders football team → division → Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FBS