NCAA Division I-AA national football championship
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The NCAA Football Championship Subdivision is a football game played to determine the champion of NCAA Division I-AA football.
The Championship Subdivision Championship Game is played annually on Davenport Field at Finley Stadium, on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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[edit] NCAA Football Championship Subdivision
On August 3, 2006, the Division I Board of Directors took action regarding the two football subdivisions in Division I (Division I-A and I-AA), the Board approved new labels. The presidents approved a change in terminology to "Football Bowl Subdivision" for the former I-A classification and "NCAA Football Championship Subdivision" for the former I-AA group. The Collegiate Commissioners Association helped develop the new labels.
The presidents believe the new nomenclature, which becomes effective in December 2006, more accurately distinguishes Division I institutions for purposes of governing football, the only sport for which such a distinction is necessary. Members felt the old nomenclature inaccurately tiered Division I institutions in all sports, not just football, and produced instances in which media outlets and other entities incorrectly cited institutions as being Division I-AA in basketball or baseball, for example.
The new nomenclature does not effect the voting structure used in Division I governance matters.
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[edit] See also
- NCAA Division I-A national football champions
- NCAA Division I-AA Consensus Mid-Major Football National Championship
- NCAA Division II national football championship
- NCAA Division III national football championship
- List of college bowl games
