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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Surface form Occurrences
FCS independent 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 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: FCS independent