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The 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 152nd season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision. The regular season began on August 28, 2021, [1] and ended on December 11, 2021.
[1] [2] The inaugural tournament was held at the end of the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season under a four-team format. [3] The CFP Board of Managers voted in 2023 to expand the playoff to twelve teams beginning in 2024, an arrangement that will last at least through the end of the 2025 season.
The 2021 Championship Game matched the final two teams from a 16-team playoff bracket, reduced from the normal 24-team bracket. [4] The playoffs began with a first round on April 24, followed by quarterfinals on May 1, and then semi-finals on May 8.
The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) is the highest level of college football in the United States. The FBS consists of the largest schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As of the 2024 season, there are 10 conferences and 134 schools in FBS.
The participating teams in the College Football Playoff National Championship are determined by two semifinal games, hosted by an annual rotation of bowls commonly known as the New Year's Six. Thus, the teams to compete in the final are not directly selected by a selection committee, as had been the format used for the BCS National Championship ...
The 2021–22 CFP selection committee was chaired by Iowa athletic director Gary Barta.Its other members were Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart, former The Arizona Republic reporter Paola Boivin, Wyoming athletic director Tom Burman, Georgia State athletic director Charlie Cobb, NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan, Colorado athletic director Rick George, former NFL player Will ...
Three of the four teams were champions of their respective conferences: No. 1 Alabama from the Southeastern Conference, No. 2 Clemson from the Atlantic Coast Conference, and No. 3 Ohio State from the Big Ten Conference. The final participant, No. 4 Notre Dame, was an FBS independent.
The 2021 Big Ten conference football season was the 126th season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the Big Ten's eighth season with 14 teams. The league's champion was Michigan.