Why Every G5 Team Deserves a CFP Shot!

[Ragin9221]

If you compete in Division I-A, you have a pathway to the national championship. Baseball, soccer, volleyball, track etc. your conference affiliation doesn’t block access.

Lets list all the sports that have a pathway to national championship for every team if you play in that division !

• Basketball (Men’s & Women’s)
• Baseball
• Softball
• Soccer (Men’s & Women’s)
• Volleyball (Men’s & Women’s, plus Women’s Beach Volleyball)
• Lacrosse (Men’s & Women’s)
• Ice Hockey (Men’s & Women’s)
• Water Polo (Men’s & Women’s)
• Field Hockey (Women’s)
• Rowing (Women’s)


• Cross Country (Men’s & Women’s)
• Indoor Track & Field (Men’s & Women’s)
• Outdoor Track & Field (Men’s & Women’s)
• Swimming & Diving (Men’s & Women’s)
• Tennis (Men’s & Women’s)
• Golf (Men’s & Women’s)
• Wrestling (Men’s)
• Gymnastics (Men’s & Women’s)
• Fencing (Men’s & Women’s)
• Rifle (Co-ed)
• Bowling (Women’s)
• Skiing (Co-ed)
• Equestrian (Women’s)

Here are the major varsity-level sports where the NCAA does not run the championship, but every Division I program still has a route to a national title:

Sport Governing Body Championship Pathway

Men’s Rowing Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) IRA National Championship

Regatta (all varsity programs eligible)
Squash (M/W) College Squash Association (CSA) CSA National Championships (team and individual titles)

Sailing (Co-ed) Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) ICSA National Championships (fleet racing, team racing, match racing)

Rugby (M/W) USA Rugby / NCR (National Collegiate Rugby) Collegiate Rugby Championships (15s and 7s formats)

Equestrian (W) National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) NCEA National Championship

Acrobatics & Tumbling (W) National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) NCATA National Championship
Other Club-Variety Sports NCRHA (
roller hockey), ACHA (club ice hockey), etc. National championships recognized within their governing bodies

Did I leave a sport out? So why should FBS football be different?

[jaxmc1023]

They'll still have a shot for legal reasons, but they're going to axe the auto-bids in favor of a BCS style committee vote where they hand pick the teams

It will still be possible for UL to get in as long as they:

1. Go undefeated

2. Beat one or more quality P4 teams

3. Win the Sunbelt in a year where there are several quality teams on our schedule

4. Make sure that our gettng in does not force out a popular powerhouse -- Texas, ND, etc.

Football has the most attention on it so that's the main target, but just like how the money has trickled down into diamond and even less popular sports, the "G6 cant compete at this level" attitude will eventually consume the other sports as well. Thr best evidence of this is just how rapidly our baseball/softball teams have gone from title contenders to tournament berth hopefuls

[CajunNation]

The NCAA needs to step up. Many years ago, the NIT was the big tournament for basketball. The CFP is the NIT. The NCAA needs to make a 1A Championship Tournament. All conference champions get invite plus some at-large bids. The rich snobs will reject it to keep their NIT. The rest of us will compete for an NCAA National Championship.