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Unlike other college football divisions and most other sports — collegiateor professional — the Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-A college football, does not employ a playoff system to determine a champion.

Instead, it has a series of postseason " bowl games ".

The annual National Champion in the Football Bowl Subdivision is then instead traditionally determined by a vote of sports writers and other non-players.

This system has been challenged often, beginning with an NCAA committee proposal in 1979 to have a four-team playoff following the bowl games.

However, little headway has been made to institute a playoff tournament, given the entrenched vested economic interests in the various bowls.

However, the NCAA does not officially recognize the National Champion in the Football Bowl Subdivision as the Division I National Champion.

That honor goes to the winner of the Football Championship Subdivision as they are the highest level of Division I football to field a playoff.