FCS

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NCAA football subdivision college football competition level

FCS is the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, the tier of top-level college football that determines its national champion through a playoff system rather than traditional bowl games.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
FCS canonical 25
FCS independent 1
FCS, BUK 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA football subdivision ⓘ
college football competition level ⓘ
allowsAthleticScholarships true ⓘ
championshipGame NCAA Division I Football Championship Game ⓘ
championshipOrganizer National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
surface form: NCAA
championshipRecognition official NCAA national championship ⓘ
comparedTo FBS ⓘ
competitionFormat playoff system ⓘ
contrastWithFBS FBS national champion not determined by NCAA-run playoff ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
determines NCAA Division I FCS national champion ⓘ
distinguishedBy use of playoff to determine national champion ⓘ
distinguishedFrom bowl-based postseason system ⓘ
eligibility four-year colleges and universities ⓘ
focus playoff-based national championship at Division I level ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
surface form: Division I-AA
fullName NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
governingRules NCAA football rules ⓘ
hasConferences Big Sky Conference ⓘ
Big South–OVC Football Association ⓘ
Colonial Athletic Association ⓘ
Missouri Valley Football Conference ⓘ
Northeast Conference ⓘ
Ohio Valley Conference ⓘ
Patriot League ⓘ
Pioneer Football League ⓘ
Southern Conference ⓘ
Southland Conference ⓘ
United Athletic Conference ⓘ
hasIndependentTeams true ⓘ
higherSubdivision FBS ⓘ
includesPostseasonIn December ⓘ
January ⓘ
level top-level college football subdivision using playoffs ⓘ
lowerDivisions NCAA Division II ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division II football

NCAA Division III ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division III football
nameChangeEffectiveSeason 2006 ⓘ
partOf NCAA Division I ⓘ
postseasonType single-elimination tournament ⓘ
primaryMediaCoverageLevel lower than FBS ⓘ
scholarshipLimitRelativeToFBS lower ⓘ
seasonTimeframe fall ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
subdivisionOf NCAA Division I ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I football
teamType varsity college teams ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

NCAA Division I FCS → abbreviation → FCS ⓘ
Penn Quakers football → competitionLevel → FCS ⓘ
Missouri Valley Football Conference → footballSubdivision → FCS ⓘ
Big Sky Conference → footballLevel → FCS ⓘ
Princeton Tigers football → subdivision → FCS ⓘ
Southland Conference → footballCompetitionLevel → FCS ⓘ
Football Bowl Subdivision → distinguishedFrom → FCS ⓘ
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference → competitionLevelInFootball → FCS ⓘ
Florida A&M University → NCAASubdivision → FCS ⓘ
South Dakota State University → NCAASubdivision → FCS ⓘ
Jackson State University → NCAASubdivision → FCS ⓘ
Northern Iowa Panthers football → competitionLevel → FCS ⓘ
Independent (football) → abbreviation → FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: FCS independent
Ivy → footballSubdivision → FCS ⓘ
subject surface form: Ivy League
Big Green → subdivisionInFootball → FCS ⓘ
MVFC → footballSubdivision → FCS ⓘ
Columbia Lions football → subdivision → FCS ⓘ
UAC → hasCompetitionLevel → FCS ⓘ
subject surface form: United Athletic Conference
Rattlers → subdivision → FCS ⓘ
Fordham Rams → hasFootballSubdivision → FCS ⓘ
Northeastern Huskies football → competitionLevel → FCS ⓘ
South Carolina State University → NCAASubdivision → FCS ⓘ
AFCA Coach of the Year → hasCategory → FCS ⓘ
Southern Jaguars and Lady Jaguars → NCAASubdivision → FCS ⓘ
Toreros → footballSubdivision → FCS ⓘ
New Hampshire Wildcats football team → competitionLevel → FCS ⓘ
Faculty of Clinical Sciences → abbreviation → FCS ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Bayero University Kano
this entity surface form: FCS, BUK