Conference Championship Games

[TxSt02]

I thought you had to have 12 teams in order to have a championship game...

or is this just a I-A rule?

How does the SWAC and Pioneer get around this? Is it because they dont particpate in NCAA post season?

thanks!

[Seven Would Be Nice]

I thought you had to have 12 teams in order to have a championship game...

or is this just a I-A rule?

How does the SWAC and Pioneer get around this? Is it because they dont particpate in NCAA post season?

thanks!

I thought Pioneer participated?

Correct me if I am wrong.

[Model Citizen]

I thought Pioneer participated?

Correct me if I am wrong.

The NCAA allows 12 different exemptions to the maximum number of games.

One is a conference championship game for 12 member conferences.

Another is a I-AA "conference tournament" (championship game for FCS conferences with less than 12 members).

Yet another is the Gridiron Classic, in which the PFL participates. The PFL does not currently have a championship game.

[Model Citizen]

The PFL doesn't participate in the playoffs because they aren't invited. This has nothing to do with the Gridiron Classic.

[BigApp]

:rolleyes: :bawling: :bawling: :rolleyes: xcoffeex

[PantherRob82]

Technically the PFL does participate. Just not well enough to make the playoffs. :thumbsup:

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NCAA Bylaw:
17.11.5.2 Annual Exemptions
The maximum number of football contests shall exclude the following...
(d) Division I-AA Conference Tournament. In Division I-AA, a conference-sponsored, season-ending postseason tournament (i.e., one between teams that are not identified until the end of the preceding regular season), not to exceed one contest for any member institution.