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Different sections have different numbers of teams depending upon the class and activity in question. For example, most sections in football have 8 teams. In a typical 8-team section, all 8 teams will make the playoffs regardless of their regular season record. If a football section has 9 teams, then the ninth team will not make the playoffs.
The FCS has held a post-season playoff to award an NCAA-sanctioned national championship since its inception in 1978. The size of the playoff bracket has increased from 4 teams in 1978 to 24 teams in the 2020 season. This makes the FCS the highest level of college football with an NCAA-sanctioned national championship.
July 27 – The Pioneer Football League announced that it would play a conference-only schedule in 2020. [12] July 29 – The Northeast Conference announced the postponement of all fall sports. [13] August 7 – The Pioneer Football League canceled its fall football season, with no announcement made with regard to playing in the spring. [14]
The title game was a rematch of the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship and the SEC Championship played roughly a month prior. In the championship game, Georgia upset Alabama, 33–18, to win their first CFP national championship and their third national championship in school history, the first since 1980.
High school football, also known as prep football, is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both countries. It is the level of tackle football that is played before college football.
November 23 – Cincinnati became the first Group of Five team ever to receive a top-four College Football Playoff ranking, coming in at fourth in this week's rankings. [33] December 5 – The College Football Playoff field was revealed, featuring (in order of seeding) Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, and Cincinnati. This marked the first time a ...
The National Football League playoffs for the 2021 season was the first time that the league featured a 17-game regular season schedule, and consequently the start of the playoffs was pushed a week later to January 15, 2022. [1]
In the inaugural season of Division I-AA, the 1978 postseason included just four teams; three regional champions (East, West, and South) plus an at-large selection. [1] The field doubled to eight teams in 1981, with champions of five conferences—Big Sky, Mid-Eastern, Ohio Valley, Southwestern, and Yankee—receiving automatic bids. [2]