A 3-TIERED DIVISION ONE?

[EPJr]

Friends of mine working in athletics tell me that the NCAA has been discussing a proposal to expand to three subdivisions for football. Is it a coincidence this comes at the brink of massive realignment? I think not. What you will eventually see, in my opinion, is an FBS playoff involving the four major conferences, a middle-tier playoff made up of conferences comprised of some 80 teams total; and, an FCS playoff involving the other 80 teams involved in D-1 football.

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[SuperHornet]

An unofficial third tier already exists, but it doesn't involve football. I-AAA is that group of D-I schools (think Big West minus Cow Poly and the Manure Pile) that don't sponsor football.

[EPJr]

An unofficial third tier already exists, but it doesn't involve football. I-AAA is that group of D-I schools (think Big West minus Cow Poly and the Manure Pile) that don't sponsor football.

the 4 super conferences would likely go through with a proposal that has indeed been discussed within the NCAA: reclassification of D1 football from 2 subdivisions (FBS and FCS) to THREE subsivisions (BCS, FBS, FCS).

* The BCS conferences of Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Pac-16 would compete at the highest level, perhaps with a “Plus 1″ playoff where the top 4 schools have a playoff.

* “FBS” would now be solely MWC, CUSA, WAC, Sun Belt, MAC.

* FCS would remain as is.

[FargoBison]

It should be...

Tier one- Super conferences
Tier two- FBS/FCS hybrid
Tier three- Limited scholarship

That would create three strong tiers, that I think would have some real stability.

[ODUalum11]

An unofficial third tier already exists, but it doesn't involve football. I-AAA is that group of D-I schools (think Big West minus Cow Poly and the Manure Pile) that don't sponsor football.

think CAA as well....traditional members like VCU, Drexel, Hofstra, Northeastern, George Mason, UNC-Wilmington.