Playoffs May Expand to 18 Teams

[SLCBengal]

The Division I-AA football playoffs will grow by two teams to 18 next season if the NCAA board of directors approves expansion at its April meeting.

One of the teams will be a conference champion and the other an at-large entry. The proposal was approved by the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet last week.

Still to be determined: how to encompass an extra week in the schedule and which conference will receive an automatic qualifier. The new field will have nine conference champs and nine at-large schools.

FCS Playoffs May Expand to 18 Teams

 

[biobengal]

This is a huge development. So, which conference receives and autobid? NEC?

You know, it's to bad this didn't happen before 2002, ISU would have been a playoff team.