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Collegiate and professional football games are 1 hour long, divided into four quarters of 15 minutes each. In high school football, 12-minute quarters are usually played. However, the game clock is stopped frequently, and a typical college or professional game can exceed three total hours.
Here's a look at college football's new rules for the 2024 season, including coach-to-player communication, a two-minute timeout and more
As of the most recent 2024 season, 16 schools play sprint football, played under standard NCAA rules but with a requirement that all players must weigh less than the average college student (that threshold is set, as of 2024, at 178 pounds (81 kg), with the added requirement of a minimum body fat content of 5%). Nine schools, all in the ...
A standard football game consists of four 15-minute quarters (12-minute quarters in high-school football and often shorter at lower levels, usually one minute per grade [e.g. 9-minute quarters for freshman games]), [6] with a 12-minute half-time intermission (30 minutes in the Super Bowl) after the second quarter in the NFL (college halftimes are 20 minutes; in high school the interval is 15 ...
NCAA rule changes designed to improve the game in 2022 include additions to targeting fouls, fake injuries and blocking below the waist.
The most obvious changes to college football in the 2024 season are the expansion of the College Football Playoff to 12 teams from four and the new-look, post-Pac-12 super conferences.. When the ...
Gridiron football has been played at a collegiate level since its inception, with the modern rules of the game being created in intercollegiate games shortly after the American Civil War. The first college football game was played in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers , using rules based on association football rules from the English Football ...
College football's overtime rules have seen drastic changes in recent years. Here's what to know of CFB's OT periods, including 2-point conversions.