Disappointed that I won't be able to watch any College Ball today (unless I stumble back at 2am and am able to turn on the NC State vs UNC game, but we'll move on from that), missing games such as Utah vs Colorado and San Diego St at the famous blue Boise St field, so, instead, I'm going to go deep into the well of thoughts to figure out what all these F's and S's actually mean.
It is actually pretty simple. NCAA College Football is split into 3 distinct Divisions, Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3. Division 1 is the top tier and Division 3 the bottom of the ladder.
All the prospects push to get into Division 1 schools and be on the top of the College food chain, however, even then, there is a distinct divide, FCS and FBS, but what does that actually mean?
FBS stands for Football Bowl Subdivision and is the top half of Division 1, this is where teams such as Georgia, Alabama and Clemson play, the beauty of the Bowl games and the College Football Playoffs. However, there is also its little brother, the FCS, the Football Championship Division.
The FCS doesn't have the glitz and glamour of the FBS, it doesn't have the TV sponsorships attached, but that doesn't make it any less important, with teams such as North Dakota State giving us prospects such as Carson Wentz and even more recently Trey Lance.
Even though FCS schools are seen as worse than their FBS counterparts, FCS schools can often move up a conference. An example of this is Liberty who, in 2017, were the most recent team to make the transition from FCS to FBS, becoming an independent and have been invited to join the Conference USA in 2023.
So, that is it in a nutshell. FBS is the best of the best and FCS is the younger sibling who is there to make the big brother look better and occasionally burst with a superstar. It is important but not as golden and ready for the limelight like the FBS.
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