b]Football Championship Subdivision
set to expand playoffs to 24 teams in 2013[/b]


The Football Championship Subdivision is on the verge of expanding its playoff system from 20 to 24 teams by 2013. The proposal would give an automatic bid to all FCS leagues that want one, seeds the top eight teams and gives them first-round byes and home games in the following round.

The proposal goes before an NCAA championships cabinet next month and will be subject to final approval by an executive committee on Aug. 2. It is expected to pass and be in place for the 2013 playoffs, which will include three more at-large bids and one more automatic qualifier in the Pioneer League.

“It’s the next logical step in our development of the FCS championship,” said Kyle Kallender, the Big South commissioner and chairman of the FCS commissioner’s committee.


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