2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season

The 2007 NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football season, part of the college football season, began on August 30, 2007.

Rules changes for 2007

The clock rules adopted in the 2006 season were reversed, after coaches in all divisions disapproved of them.cite web | url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2007-02-14-time-rules-changes_x.htm | title=NCAA rules committee proposes reworking football time-saving rules | author=Steve Wieberg | publisher=USA Today | date=2007-02-14 | accessdate=2007-02-15 | language=English | format=HTML] The attempt to reduce the time of games sought by those rules were successful, reducing the average college football page from 3:21 hours in 2005 to 3:07 hours in 2006. However, the reduced game time also reduced the average number of plays in a game by 13, 66 fewer offensive yards per game and average points per game by 5. Rules changes for the 2007 season include:
*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.

FCS team wins over FBS teams

*September 1, 2007: Appalachian State 34, #5 Michigan 32 (see article)
*September 1, 2007: Nicholls State 16, Rice 14
*September 8, 2007: Northern Iowa 24, Iowa State 13
*September 8, 2007: Southern Illinois 34, Northern Illinois 31
*September 15, 2007: New Hampshire 48, Marshall 35
*September 15, 2007: McNeese State 38, Louisiana-Lafayette 17
*September 22, 2007: North Dakota State 44, Central Michigan 14
*October 20, 2007: North Dakota State 27, Minnesota 21
*October 27, 2007: Delaware 59, Navy 52

Conference Champions

Automatic berths

*Big Sky Conference (Montana)
*Colonial Athletic Association (Massachusetts)
*Gateway Football Conference (Northern Iowa)
*Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (Delaware State)
*Ohio Valley Conference (Eastern Kentucky)
*Patriot League (Fordham)
*Southern Conference (Wofford)
*Southland Conference (McNeese State)

Invitation

*Big South Conference (Liberty)
*Great West Football Conference (South Dakota State)
*Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (Duquesne, Iona & Marist)
*Northeast Conference (Albany)
*Pioneer Football League (Dayton)
*Southern Conference (Appalachian State)
*Colonial Athletic Association (James Madison University)

Abstains

*Ivy League (Harvard)
*Southwestern Athletic Conference (Jackson State)

NCAA FCS Playoff bracket

16TeamBracket | RD1=First Round
November 23 and 24
RD2=Quarterfinals
December 1
RD3=Semifinals
December 7 and 8
RD4=National Championship Game
December 14
Finley Stadium
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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RD1-team03=Delaware State
RD1-score03=7
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RD1-team05=Eastern Illinois
RD1-score05=11
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RD1-team06=*Southern Illinois
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RD1-team07=Fordham
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RD1-seed09=
RD1-team09=Eastern Washington
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RD1-team11=James Madison
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RD1-team12=*Appalachian State
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RD1-seed13=
RD1-team13=Wofford
RD1-score13=23
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RD1-seed15=
RD1-team15=Eastern Kentucky
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RD1-seed16=
RD1-team16=*Richmond
RD1-score16= 31

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=*Northern Iowa
RD2-score01=27
RD2-seed02=
RD2-team02=Delaware
RD2-score02=39

RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=*Southern Illinois
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RD2-seed04=
RD2-team04=Massachusetts
RD2-score04=27

RD2-seed05=
RD2-team05=Eastern Washington
RD2-score05=35
RD2-seed06=
RD2-team06=*Appalachian State
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RD2-seed07=
RD2-team07=*Wofford
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RD2-seed08=
RD2-team08=Richmond
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RD3-seed01=
RD3-team01=Delaware
RD3-score01=20
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=*Southern Illinois
RD3-score02=17

RD3-seed03=
RD3-team03=*Appalachian State
RD3-score03=55
RD3-seed04=
RD3-team04=Richmond
RD3-score04=35

RD4-seed01=
RD4-team01=Delaware
RD4-score01=21
RD4-seed02=
RD4-team02=Appalachian State
RD4-score02=49* "Host institution"

ee also

*2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
*2007 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Historic games

*2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game — first win ever by an FCS team over a ranked FBS team

Notes and references

External links

* [http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec/sponsorship?sortOrder=0&division=1AA&sport=MFB List of FCS Schools]
* [http://ncaasports.com/football/mens/story/10481751 2007 Championship Field Announced]