… The championship tournament expanded from 16 teams to 20, with the Big South and Northeast Conference earning automatic bids for the first time. In the CFP era, the two best teams in college football come together to decide the title on the field. With LSU toppling Clemson in the most recent College Football Playoff National Championship, the sun has finally set on the college football season and … Automatic berths for conference champions, 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, 2010 Big Sky Conference football standings, 2010 Big South Conference football standings, 2010 Colonial Athletic Association football standings, 2010 Great West Conference football standings, 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings, 2010 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings, 2010 Northeast Conference football standings, 2010 Ohio Valley Conference football standings, 2010 Southland Conference football standings, 2010 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings, "Around FCS: Serious competition for FCS title game", "Frisco, Texas Submits Bid To Host NCAA Division I Football Championship Game", "Va. Tech suffers 2nd loss in 6 days as James Madison pulls off upset", "Drake To Play First American Football Game In Africa", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2010_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season&oldid=962633282, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This was only the second win by an FCS school over a ranked FBS team, after, * Not eligible for conference championship, This page was last edited on 15 June 2020, at 05:19. 1/8/2010 Associated Press The team in question also must be ranked an average of 16 or better in the national rankings. Alabama captures first national title since 1992 Alabama is on top of college football again, thanks to its big-play defense and punishing ground game. Eight teams played first-round games, with the remaining participants receiving byes into the second round. The SEC is too hard a conference and a team like Arkansas, a sleeper of mine, will beat them. In addition to Frisco and Chattanooga, three other cities submitted bids:[2], The field of bidders was eventually cut to Chattanooga and Frisco, with Frisco being announced as the winner on February 26, 2010.[1]. The 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2010 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began in September 2010 and concluded with the 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game on January 7, 2011. According to early reports, the championship game would be played sometime between December 29 and January 7,[3] with the latter date ultimately chosen.

We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. In order for a team from a conference without an automatic bid to be eligible for the playoffs, it must have a minimum of seven Division I wins, with at least two against teams in automatic bid conferences. NSAwins.com has posted the odds to win the 2010 BCS National Championship for College Football and vegas oddsmakers have made the Florida Gators the 2/1(+175) favorite to win the trophy once again.