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[QUOTE="AirForceOrange, post: 546129, member: 1668"]
[B]Bowl eligibility[/B] in [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/College_football'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]college football[/COLOR][/U][/URL] at the [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Division_I_(NCAA)#Football_Bowl_Subdivision'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]NCAA Division I FBS[/COLOR][/U][/URL] level is the standard through which teams become available for selection to participate in postseason [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Bowl_game'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]bowl games[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. When a team achieves this state, it is described as "[B]bowl-eligible[/B]". Under current regulations, in order for this to occur, a team must have a winning record, which may include one win against a [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Division_I_(NCAA)#Football_Championship_Division'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Division I FCS[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Athletic_scholarship'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]scholarship[/COLOR][/U][/URL]-awarding[URL='http://syracusefan.com/#cite_note-1'][U][COLOR=#0066cc][1][/COLOR][/U][/URL] opponent, or win their conference, and the team must not be on probation. The NCAA allows one victory per season over a Division I FCS (formerly I-AA) team to count toward an FBS team's bowl eligibility, so long as the FCS team has supplied financial aid for football averaging out to at least 56.7 full scholarships (90% of the limit of 63 allowed to FCS schools) over "a rolling two-year period" that can include the current season.
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