NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Top level of college football in the U.S.
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| 2025 | Delaware and Missouri State will transition from FCS to FBS, joining CUSA. UMass will become a full member of the MAC. |
| 2024 | Major conference realignment occurred, including Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC, massive Pac-12 membership changes, Kennesaw State upgrading to FBS, SMU joining the ACC, and Army becoming a football-only member of The American. |
| 2024 | The 2024–25 bowl season featured 46 FBS bowl games, including four first-round College Football Playoff games and the College Football Playoff National Championship. |
| 2024 | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision expanded to 46 bowl games, with approximately 61% of teams participating in bowl games. |
| 2024 | Delaware and Missouri State are scheduled to begin their FBS transition and join Conference USA for the 2025 season. |
| 2023 | Current map of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams created, showing the geographical distribution of teams across the United States. |
| October 2023 | NCAA announced major changes to FBS membership requirements, permanently eliminating the average home attendance requirement. |
| July 1 2023 | Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State University joined Conference USA. Kennesaw State University started its FBS transition ahead of its 2024 move to Conference USA. |
| 2022 | Initial conference changes began with the Sun Belt gaining Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, and James Madison. |
| 2022 | Change in scholarship limit rules for FCS opponents, reducing the scholarship equivalents from 90% to 80% for FBS teams scheduling FCS matchups. |
| July 1 2022 | James Madison University, Jacksonville State University, and Sam Houston State University began their FBS transition process. |
| November 2021 | Conference USA announced Liberty University's future addition to the conference, with football set to move to CUSA in 2023. |
| July 1 2021 | College athletes became eligible to receive payments for their name, image, and likeness, marking a significant change in NCAA compensation rules. |
| 2020 | UConn went independent after leaving The American Conference. Notre Dame competed under a full ACC schedule due to COVID-19 logistics. |
| 2020 | NCAA suspended home attendance requirements for FBS membership due to COVID-19 pandemic impacts. |
| 2018 | Sun Belt Conference was the last conference to launch a championship game and split into football divisions. |
| 2018 | Liberty University became an FBS independent team and joined the non-football ASUN Conference. |
| July 1 2017 | Liberty University began its FBS transition process, receiving a special NCAA waiver to start the transition without a conference invitation. |
| 2016 | The Lombardi Award expanded from recognizing only linemen and linebackers to including all players. |
| 2015 | Navy became a football-only member of The American Conference, ending over a century of football independence. |
| 2015 | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision featured 41 bowl games with 62.5% of eligible teams participating. |
| 2014 | The College Football Playoff was established, creating a new system for determining the national champion in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. |
| 2014 | Over 26 million people watched the BCS National Championship Game, highlighting the sport's significant viewership. |
| 2014 | Georgia Southern University joined the Sun Belt Conference and transitioned to the FBS level, becoming the first team to go unbeaten in conference play in their first FBS season with an 8-0 conference record. |
| 2013 | Western Athletic Conference discontinued football sponsorship. |
| 2012 | College football games drew over 400 million viewers, demonstrating the sport's massive media popularity. |
| 2011 | BYU left the Mountain West Conference to become a football independent and joined the non-football West Coast Conference. |
| 2010 | The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) consisted of 11 conferences and 120 teams during this year. |
| 2010 | A map of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision teams was created, providing a visual representation of the geographic distribution of teams across the United States. |
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