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RE: What happened during the Div 1-A / 1-AA (FBS/FCS) split in 1978?
Would northeastern football be stronger if the NCAA hadn't forced the Ivy League into 1AA?

Additonally, The Socon, the Soutland, and the MVC were especially given a raw deal. NMSU and Witchita St had their histories altered by the NCAA forcing the MVC out of 1A, since only 3 of 8 met the 1A requirements, and the threshold for a conference was 50%.

The MAC had tremendous foresight to fight back

Here is an overview of those forced out
https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin...3-01.2.38#
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