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On April 26, 2006, the NCAA announced that they were relaxing the rules for eligibility starting with the 2006–07 bowl season, particularly in light of the new twelve-game college football season. Now, teams with a minimum non-losing, or .500, record can qualify for bowl games if their conference has a contract with a bowl game.
The harshest sanction is a ban on a school's competing in a sport for at least one year. Sometimes referred to as the NCAA's death penalty, this sanction has been imposed once against an FBS college football program: SMU football for the 1987 season as a result of the Southern Methodist University football scandal.
The champion goes to the Orange Bowl or Peach Bowl unless they are selected for the College Football Playoff. Traditionally, the SEC champion or runner up would play in the Sugar Bowl versus a highly ranked Big 12 opponent, unless the game was selected for the College Football Playoff. No. 2 The Citrus Bowl versus Big Ten
The 12-team College Football Playoff has given us more games and also juggled the bowl schedule. Bowl season begins on Dec. 14 and now ends on Jan. 4 for the non-playoff bowls.
38. Potato Bowl (Dec. 23, 3:30 p.m., ESPN) Georgia State (6-6) vs. Utah State (6-6) QB Levi Williams’ powerful run in overtime got the Aggies a win over New Mexico in Week 13 to get to a bowl game.
Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei (5) warms up for the team's NCAA college football game against Notre Dame on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in South Bend, Ind. (Matt Cashore/Pool Photo via AP ...
NCAA single game national record. 11 interceptions: St. Cloud State College vs Bemidji, Oct. 31, 1970. (5 by safety Bill Trewick, 3 by linebacker Mark Swedlund and 3 by safety Ted Lockett). [citation needed] * The NCAA lists two different records for team interceptions in a game. The listed record is for "Most passes intercepted by against a ...
Several college football games and plays throughout its history have been given names by the media, football fans, and as part of a team's or rivalry's lore as a result of a distinctive play associated with the game, a unique outcome of or circumstance behind the game, the rivalry or undefeated nature of both teams, or for other reasons that make the game notable.