2007_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season

2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season

2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season

American college football season


The 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2007 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began on August 25, 2007, and concluded on December 14, 2007, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the 2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, where the Appalachian State Mountaineers defeated the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens to win the NCAA Division I Football Championship.[3]

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Rule changes for 2007

The clock rules adopted in the 2006 season were reversed, after coaches in all divisions disapproved of them. The attempt to reduce the time of games sought by those rules was successful, reducing the average college football game from 3 hours and 21 minutes in 2005 to 3 hours and 7 seven minutes in 2006. The reduced game time also reduced the average number of plays in a game by 13, fewer offensive yards per game by 66, and average points per game by 5.

Rules changes for the 2007 season include:[4]

  • Moving the kick-off yard-line from 35 to 30, which matches the yard-line used in the National Football League, to reduce the number of touchbacks.
  • Paring the 25-second play clock to 15 seconds after TV timeouts.
  • Shortening teams' three allotted timeouts per half by 30 seconds each, from 1:25 to 55 seconds.
  • Allowing penalties against the kicking team on kickoffs to be assessed at the end of the runback, avoiding a re-kick, also matching the NFL rule.

Conference changes and new programs

  • The Atlantic 10 Conference ceased football sponsorship after the 2006 season. The A10's football sponsorship was effectively taken over by the Colonial Athletic Association (today's Coastal Athletic Association), with all twelve of the A10 football members (Delaware, Hofstra, James Madison, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Northeastern, Rhode Island, Richmond, Towson, Villanova, and William & Mary) moving to the CAA for the 2007 season.

FCS team wins over FBS teams

Conference standings

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Conference champions

Automatic berths

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Invitation

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Abstains

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Postseason

NCAA Division I playoff bracket

First Round[5]
November 23 and 24
Campus sites
Quarterfinals
December 1
Campus sites
Semifinals
December 7 and 8
Campus sites
National Championship Game

December 14
Finley Stadium
Chattanooga, Tennessee

            
New Hampshire 35
1 Northern Iowa* 38
1 Northern Iowa* 27
Delaware 39
Delaware State 7
Delaware* 44
Delaware 20
4 Southern Illinois* 17
Eastern Illinois 11
4 Southern Illinois* 30
4 Southern Illinois* 34
UMass 27
Fordham 35
UMass* 49
12 Delaware 21
5 Appalachian State* 49
Eastern Washington 44
2 McNeese State* 15
Eastern Washington 35
Appalachian State* 38
James Madison 27
Appalachian State* 28
Appalachian State* 55
Richmond 35
Wofford 23
3 Montana* 22
Wofford* 10
Richmond 21
Eastern Kentucky 14
Richmond* 31

* Host institution

SWAC Championship Game

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Gridiron Classic

The Gridiron Classic is an annual game between the champions of the Northeast Conference and the Pioneer Football League that has been held since December 2006.

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Final poll standings

Standings are from The Sports Network final 2007 poll.

See also

Historic games


References

  1. "Jayson Foster wins 2007 Walter Payton Award". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  2. "Kroy Biermann captures 2007 Buck Buchanan Award". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  3. Associated Press (December 14, 2007). "Months after Michigan upset, Appalachian State completes FCS 3-peat". ESPN. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  4. Steve Wieberg (February 14, 2007). "NCAA rules committee proposes reworking football time-saving rules". USA Today. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  5. "2007 Playoff Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved December 20, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  6. Associated Press (December 15, 2007). "Grambling State 31, Jackson State 42". ESPN. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  7. Associated Press (December 1, 2007). "Dayton 42, Albany, N.Y. 21". ESPN. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  8. "Final Sports Network's 2007 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.

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