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Census (APC) in a form approved and administered by the Board of Directors, or an entity designated bythe Board. (Adopted: 8/7/03 effective 8/1/04, Revised: 7/30/10)18.4.2.2.3 Graduation Success Rate—Disclosure. An institution shall not be eligible to enter a teamor individual competitor in an NCAA championship unless it has submitted, by the applicable deadline,its Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in a form approved and administered by the Board of Directors, or anentity designated by the Board. (Adopted: 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, Revised: 7/30/10)18.4.2.2.4 Division II or Division III Institution Petitioning for Division I Classification. A DivisionII or Division III institution petitioning for Division I institutional membership or eligibility in a sport(in accordance with Bylaw 20) shall have operated in conformity with the requirements of Bylaw 18.4.2.2-(a) for a period of two years preceding the effective date of its Division I membership or be ineligible forDivision I championships.18.4.2.3 Academic Performance Program. The Committee on Academic Performance shall have the authorityto determine the circumstances that require an institution or team(s) that fails to satisfy the academicperformance program to be ineligible for postseason competition, including, but not limited to, NCAA championshipsand bowl games. The Committee on Academic Performance shall establish and annually publish to themembership such circumstances. (Adopted: 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, Revised: 1/8/07 effective 8/1/07, 10/27/11; forpenalties assessed for the 2012-13 academic year and beyond)18.4.2.3.1 Appeal Opportunity. An institution may appeal such postseason competition restrictionsto the Committee on Academic Performance, as specified by the committee’s policies and procedures. (SeeBylaw 23.3.) (Adopted: 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, Revised: 1/8/07 effective 8/1/07, 10/27/11; for penalties assessedfor the 2012-13 academic year and beyond)18.5 Automatic Qualification by Conference.18.5.1 Division Championship. To be eligible for automatic qualification into any Division I championship,a conference shall: (Revised: 1/9/06 effective 8/1/06)(a) Have at least six member institutions classified in Division I in the sport in which automatic qualification issought; and(b) Meet all requirements for conference automatic qualification into any division championship as set forth inBylaw 31.3.4. (Revised: 1/9/06 effective 8/1/06)18.5.2 National Collegiate Championship. [#] To be eligible for automatic qualification into any NationalCollegiate Championship, a conference shall: (Adopted: 1/9/06 effective 8/1/06)(a) Have at least six active members that sponsor the applicable sport in any division;(b) Meet all applicable requirements for conference automatic qualification into any National Collegiate Championshipas set forth in Bylaw 31.3.4.18.5.3 Men’s Basketball Eligibility Requirements. For automatic qualification in the sport of men’sbasketball in Division I, a conference shall meet the following additional requirements:(a) It shall determine a conference champion in at least six men’s sports [at least two of which must be team sportsas set forth in Bylaw 31.3.4.1-(a)]; and in each of these six sports, at least six of the conference’s member institutionsshall sponsor the sport on the varsity intercollegiate level; and(b) It shall conduct double round-robin, in-season conference competition, or a minimum of 14 conferencegames, before declaring its champion in basketball. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91)18.6 Playing Rules for Championships.In sports in which the Association maintains rules committees, the rules adopted by said committees shall governthe conduct of all NCAA-sponsored events in those sports. In those sports in which the Association does notmaintain rules committees, the rules to be used are specified in Bylaw 31.1.6.18Postseason Events18.7 Postseason Football.18.7.1 Permissible Football Games. [FBS/FCS] The only football games in which a member institutionmay compete are:(a) Games scheduled as to the identity of a participating college before the beginning of the regular football seasonof the institution for any academic year, including not only games for which the identity of one participatingcollege is known, but also one for which the institution’s opponent is not known at the time of scheduling;(b) Any football game scheduled between two colleges [which is to be played on a common and regular opendate (as defined in Bylaw 18.02.3) of their regular football seasons, on the campus or in the regular playingstadium of either team], even if it is scheduled after the beginning of either participant’s football season;(c) Games that are part of the NCAA championship; (Revised: 12/15/06)307