D2 games as counters for FCS playoffs
Posted: July 2nd, 2013, 1:56 pm
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In a surprise move that blindsided almost everybody including NDSU athletic director Gene Taylor, the FCS Championships Committee last week approved a new ratings system to gauge the quality of a team’s schedule. It will take into account games with Football Bowl Subdivision, FCS and Division II opponents.With the move to 24 teams going to the playoffs next season, addition of D2 counter games & the ineligibility of App State & Georgia Southern during transition and ODU to CUSA, I think the Flames are a lock for the playoffs.
The expansion of the FCS playoff field from 20 to 24 teams was a reason cited for the change, Taylor said.
“There will be levels of strength of schedule,” Taylor said. “For instance, a Division II win will not count as much as an FBS win. Home wins and road wins are also counted differently.”
Taylor said the exact formula still needs to be finalized, so it has yet to be publically released.
In the past, a Division II win was the same as not playing at all in the eyes of the FCS playoff committee. Ironically, Taylor said he was going to bring up the subject at a meeting of FCS athletic directors at a meeting in Orlando, Fla.