Does the NCAA need a tournament in DIV.1-A football?
931285
They sure do. I use to think they should have a 4 team playoff, where the final game would be played during the bye-week before the Superbowl. But in a year like this, how could you even pick 4 teams let alone 2? Ohio State is a clear #1. But deciding between Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, USC, Arkansas, West Virginia, etc for the other 3 spots would be just as hard. It must go to an 8 team playoff. The disparity between 1 and 8 is great enough where teams sitting outside of the 8 selected teams wouldn't have much to gripe about. \n\nOnly two things are standing in the way: money (which could be resolved through a revenue sharing system) and time (remember these guys are students and need time for school).
56777
They need to set the tournament before you can get the schedule.  Once it's set it'll be on cbssportsline.com though.
241751
I don't think so; it would be pretty hard to believe that a team good enough to make the top 25 didn't get one of the 34 at-large bids(if they didn't win their conference tourney).
228814
That's a question I've asked myself quite a lot. Being that the ultimate goal is to reach the "Big Dance" one would assume that losing in the first round of the NCAA Tourney would mean more than winning the NIT, however, that would mean that by losing you have accomplished more than a team that has won an NIT championship. When money is bought in to the equation I think reaching the NCAA tournament brings far more exposure to a program, which inevitably leads to more money for the school, so judging by that it is better to lose in round 1 of the NCAA than to win the NIT.
472152
Absolutely. They should offer it free online. Kinda like when CBS offered free ondemand NCAA Tournament online.
378060
no. the violation has to be pretty bad to do that and the burden of proof strong.\n\nand its a bcs champtionship. college football is the only collegiate sport that doenst have a national champion because the bowls are greedy and too short sighted to have a playoff!
266454
div i-AA is football only. NCAA division i-AA is made up of football teams who compete for their own championship. Some i-AA football teams don't compete for the championship such as holy cross or the ivy league schools.There is no division i-AA in basketball or any other sport. Division 1 football teams can play 1-AA teams but must win five or six games against division one schools to be bowl eligible. In basketball a division 1 school can play against a division two school, in football no.  That is why I believe the division i-AA was made.
218226
Simple. A new conference was formed no more than 10 years ago. This made the automatic bid number jump from 33 to 34. They decided to keep this and number have a play-in. In a way, this game doesn't even matter, since they are playing for a number 16 seed. The number 16 has never beat a #1 in the history of the tournament. They let the play-in game happen just to give more schools a chance, drawling larger national attention. And keeping more dreams alive.
990751
First thing the NCAA has to do is decide on a 64 team field (just like basketball you have auto qualifiers and then fill it up with at large bids). Then they have to decide where the16 sites for the regionals will be. Most of the time, these sites will be home to the #1 seeds. Then the NCAA has a huge puzzle on their hands: they have to figure how to fit the seeds into the closest regionals to keep travel to a minimum. This doesn't always work out ideally  though, as for one example this year Miami a #2 seed had to go to the Nebraska regional. After these regionals are set, the bracket is set up so that the winners of the regionals will face each other based on where the regional was hosted so that theoritically it would minimize travel for super regionals. However, also taking into account that bracket is set up so that top 8 national seeds don't play each other in the super regionals, and that if all the top 8 seeds won out, they would be set up to play in Omaha as a 8 team tourney (i.e. #1 national seed would play #8 national seed).  Hope this wasn't too confusing and helps out.
108395
YES..BUT THE TOURNAMENT SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN HYDERABAD, AND ONLY 3 OTHER INDIAN PLAYERS ALLOWED TO PLAY. IN TENNIS, "SEED" MEANS ONE PLAYER'S CHANCE OF VICTORY. IF YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT NO.1 RANKING, MY ANSWER IS A BIG 'NEVER'.
915890
I think Division 1-A are the biggest schools in college football, while the rest are progressively smaller school and hence, smaller budgets for football,and a smaller fanbase from to draw support, and the quality isn't quite as good. The higher the number, the lower the quality of football and smaller the school, in general. 1-A is better than 1-AA in terms of quality of teams.\nD-1" schools are the major collegiate athletic powers, with larger budgets, more elaborate facilities, and higher numbers of athletic scholarships. This level was once called the "University" division of the NCAA in contrast to the "College" division; this terminology was replaced with the current numeric (I, II, III) divisions in 1973. In football only, Division I was further subdivided into Division I-A (the principal football schools) and Division I-AA in 1978. Subsequently the term "Division I-AAA" was added to delineate Division I schools which do not field a football program at all.\n      Unlike other sports, NCAA college football has a Division 1AA division also. A major realignment came in 1979, when the NCAA established a Division I-AA for schools that have strong over-all athletic programs but aren't among the major football powers. Unlike the Division 1A conferences, these conferences playdown for a championship.
186265
According to the NCAA, here are the differences between Division I II and III:\n\nDivision I\nDivision I member institutions have to sponsor at least seven sports for men and seven for women (or six for men and eight for women) with two team sports for each gender. Each playing season has to be represented by each gender as well. There are contest and participant minimums for each sport, as well as scheduling criteria. For sports other than football and basketball, Division I schools must play 100 percent of the minimum number of contests against Division I opponents -- anything over the minimum number of games has to be 50 percent Division I. Men's and women's basketball teams have to play all but two games against Division I teams; for men, they must play one-third of all their contests in the home arena. Schools that have football are classified as Division I-A or I-AA. I-A football schools are usually fairly elaborate programs. Division I-A teams have to meet minimum attendance requirements (average 15,000 people in actual or paid attendance per home game), which must be met once in a rolling two-year period. Division I-AA teams do not need to meet minimum attendance requirements. Division I schools must meet minimum financial aid awards for their athletics program, and there are maximum financial aid awards for each sport that a Division I school cannot exceed. \n\nDivision II\nDivision II institutions have to sponsor at least four sports for men and four for women, with two team sports for each gender, and each playing season represented by each gender. There are contest and participant minimums for each sport, as well as scheduling criteria -- football and men's and women's basketball teams must play at least 50% of their games against Div. II or I-A or I-AA opponents. For sports other than football and basketball there are no scheduling requirements. There are not attendance requirements for football, or arena game requirements for basketball. There are maximum financial aid awards for each sport that a Div. II school must not exceed. Division II teams usually feature a number of local or in-state student-athletes. Many Division II student-athletes pay for school through a combination of scholarship money, grants, student loans and employment earnings. Division II athletics programs are financed in the institution's budget like other academic departments on campus. Traditional rivalries with regional institutions dominate schedules of many Division II athletics programs. \n\nDivision III\nDivision III institutions have to sponsor at least five sports for men and five for women, with two team sports for each gender, and each playing season represented by each gender. There are minimum contest and participant minimums for each sport. Division III athletics features student-athletes who receive no financial aid related to their athletic ability and athletic departments are staffed and funded like any other department in the university. Division III athletics departments place special importance on the impact of athletics on the participants rather than on the spectators. The student-athlete's experience is of paramount concern. Division III athletics encourages participation by maximizing the number and variety of athletics opportunities available to students, placing primary emphasis on regional in-season and conference competition.
931655
your comments only show the need for a true playoffs in college football....it doesnt take much to pick the four top teams and let the winner play in semifinal bowl games chosen by the bcs and then a championdship game for the winners of those games...it always leaves a bad taste when writers and pundits get to pick a national champion when it should be done and decided in the field
160906
Selection sunday is the 12th of March. The play in game is March 14th, the first round games will be played March 16th and 17th. These dates are for the NCAA Div I basketball championship. IF you are talking about your state's high school "March Madness" - I don't know. Also, the term is commonly applied to any post season hoops tourney.
916685
I like your idea about getting the smaller bowls to cooperate, but here's a plan:\n\nThe national championship game is January 8, 2007 - a *full week* after New Year's Day, which is when the bowl season used to finish. In other words, 01-08-2007 is about 5-6 weeks after the end of the regular season, which would allow plenty of time for a 32-team, single-elimination playoff, especially if the season were shortened back to 11 games (as it was for so long).\n\nNow, take the first round, which would be a total of 16 games: those could be the most insignificant bowls (where you usually have a 6-6 team playing a 7-5 team). As the rounds progress, each round has the more significant bowls, ultimately ending up in the semifinal round (say, Orange and Sugar Bowls) and the final round (championship). The championship game should be the Rose Bowl, or "the grandaddy of 'em all."\n\n\n\n\n\nRegardless, a playoff is necessary, so I like that you're thinking about that.
153541
I dont think so because then half of the teams would be in the playoffs, it needs to be only the elite teams. However, i think we should have a second leauge alltogether.  Not nfl europe, arena football, or xfl but a second NFL.  Sorta like minor leauge but better.  It would take place during the offseason of NFL1.  It would do that well at first, but once people started to get to know the teams and players it would be great.  If people do good in NFL2 they could get drafted over to 1.  And if people suck in 1 they could go to 2 (not europe or arena leauge).  This would mean year round football!!!
986395
No, ND'S is a long way from being a Big 10 team. They did dominate in NCAA Div 2, but they are going to have a much harder time of it as a NCAA Div 1 team. Notre Dame would be a much better candidate for the Big 10.