NCAA Division I FCS

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NCAA football subdivision college football competition level

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.

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Label Occurrences
NCAA Division I FCS canonical 85
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision 47
Football Championship Subdivision 40

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA football subdivision ⓘ
college football competition level ⓘ
abbreviation FCS ⓘ
allowsNonScholarshipPrograms true ⓘ
atLargePlayoffBids true ⓘ
automaticBidBasis conference champions ⓘ
championshipFormat single-elimination playoff ⓘ
championshipOrganizer National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
surface form: NCAA
classificationStart 1978 season as Division I-AA ⓘ
comparedTo FBS ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
contrastFbsScholarshipLimit NCAA Division I FCS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: FBS allows up to 85 full scholarships
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
determines NCAA-recognized national champion in Division I FCS football ⓘ
exampleNonScholarshipConference Pioneer Football League ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs NCAA Division I FCS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I-AA
fullName NCAA Division I FCS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
governingRulebook National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
surface form: NCAA football playing rules
hasAutomaticPlayoffBids true ⓘ
includesHistoricallyBlackCollegesAndUniversities true ⓘ
includesNonScholarshipConferences true ⓘ
includesPrivateUniversities true ⓘ
includesPublicUniversities true ⓘ
membershipBasis schools that are Division I in most sports and sponsor football at FCS level ⓘ
minimumFootballGamesPerSeason at least 11 regular-season games (typical) ⓘ
nameChangeEffectiveSeason 2006 season ⓘ
nameChangeReason to distinguish subdivisions by postseason format rather than I-A and I-AA labels ⓘ
nationalChampionshipGameSite predetermined neutral site (varies by contract) ⓘ
nationalChampionshipMonth December or January (varies by year) ⓘ
notableHBCUConferences MEAC ⓘ
SWAC ⓘ
partOf NCAA Division I ⓘ
permitsGamesAgainst Division II teams (with scheduling limits) ⓘ
FBS teams ⓘ
playoffFieldSizeHistory 16 teams (historical) ⓘ
20 teams (historical) ⓘ
24 teams (recent era) ⓘ
postseasonContrastWithFBS FBS uses bowl system and College Football Playoff, not NCAA-run championship ⓘ
postseasonType NCAA-run playoff tournament ⓘ
primarySeasonMonths September to December ⓘ
reasonFor1978Creation to separate major and mid-major football programs within Division I ⓘ
revenueLevel generally lower than FBS ⓘ
rosterLimit up to 85 total players receiving aid (equivalency-based) ⓘ
scholarshipEquivalency uses equivalency scholarships rather than all full scholarships ⓘ
scholarshipLimit up to 63 full scholarship equivalents in football ⓘ
scholarshipLimitRelativeToFBS fewer football scholarships than FBS ⓘ
scholarshipType can offer athletic scholarships ⓘ
seasonStructure regular season followed by NCAA playoffs ⓘ
sharesRulesWith FBS ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
someHBCUsPostseasonChoice may play in Celebration Bowl instead of FCS playoffs ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
televisionExposureLevel generally lower than FBS ⓘ
tierLevel second tier of Division I football ⓘ

Referenced by (233)

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

Ivy League → footballSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
Crimson → competitionLevel → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
NCAA Division I → hasSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
NCAA Division I FCS → fullName → NCAA Division I FCS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
NCAA Division I FCS → formerlyKnownAs → NCAA Division I FCS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I-AA
NCAA Division I FCS → contrastFbsScholarshipLimit → NCAA Division I FCS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FBS allows up to 85 full scholarships
FCS → fullName → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
FCS → formerlyKnownAs → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Division I-AA
Pioneer Football League → subdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Pioneer Football League → competitionLevel → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
Pioneer Football League → grantsAutomaticBidTo → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs
MEAC → footballSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
subject surface form: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Penn Quakers football → subdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
SWAC → subdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern Athletic Conference
SWAC → footballSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern Athletic Conference
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
Yale Bulldogs → competesInDivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS (football)
FBS → parallelSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
NCAA Division I Council → includesRepresentationFrom → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
Patriot League → subdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Texas Southern Tigers football → NCAAdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
College of the Holy Cross athletics program → subdivisionInFootball → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game → subdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game → competitionClass → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game → determines → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS national champion
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game → partOf → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS playoffs
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game → divisionRenamedFrom → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I-AA
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game → divisionRenamedTo → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game → subdivisionType → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game → decidesTitleForSeason → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS football season
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game → eligibility → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS members
Colonial Athletic Association → footballSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
Colonial Athletic Association → footballClassification → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
Missouri Valley Football Conference → subdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Big Sky Conference → footballSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Big South–OVC Football Association → subdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
Big South–OVC Football Association → competitionLevel → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
Penn Quakers → subdivisionInFootball → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
Southern Conference → footballSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
Southern Conference → competitionLevel → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
Eagles → subdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
Princeton Tigers football → league → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Penn Quakers athletics → footballSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Southland Conference → subdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Southland Conference → sponsor → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I FCS football
Southland Conference → memberOf → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision
Ohio Valley Conference → footballSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
Cornell Big Red football → league → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Football Bowl Subdivision → distinguishedFrom → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Northeast Conference → footballSubdivision → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
Northeast Conference → footballCompetitionLevel → NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football Championship Subdivision