New Jersey’s Princeton (AP) The Ivy League has declared that starting the next season, its football programs will participate in the FCS playoffs. The league announced on Wednesday that its Student-Athlete Advisory Committee had started a year-long process that culminated in the decision to participate in the playoffs. The chairman of the committee is Yale senior football player Mason Shipp. Go earn us some hardware, he told the next generation of Ivy League football players, calling today a historic day. At the end of the 2024 season, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Columbia shared the Ivy League championship. It was the first Ivy League championship for Colombian football since 1961.
New Jersey’s Princeton (AP) On Wednesday, the Ivy League revealed that its football programs will start playing in the FCS playoffs the following season.
According to the league, its Student-Athlete Advisory Committee started a year-long process that culminated in the decision to participate in the playoffs.
This is a historic day, according to Mason Shipp, a senior football player at Yale who chairs the committee. He told the next generation of Ivy League football players, “Go win us some hardware!”
At the end of the 2024 season, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Columbia shared the Ivy League championship. It was the first Ivy League championship for Colombian football since 1961.
The league said that it will create a tiebreaker mechanism to decide who will automatically qualify for the playoffs.
The Ivy League takes great pleasure in its long history of competitive achievement, impact, and influence in college football. The league’s executive director, Robin Harris, stated, “With our participation in the NCAA FCS playoffs, we look forward to a new chapter of success and to further enhancing the student-athlete experience.”
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