Football Playoff Likely to Impact Scheduling, FCS Budgets

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What impact the new Division I college football playoff will have on regular-season scheduling is anybody's guess right now, since the makeup of a selection committee and criteria won't be determined until late April. That's when it might be known how much weight strength of schedule will carry when the first four-team playoff field is picked following the 2014 season.

However, the practice of schools from the major Division I football conferences scheduling non-conference games against teams representing the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA) may be coming to an end, if word out of the Big Ten Conference earlier this week is any indication.

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