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(d) Games that are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics football championships;(e) A conference championship game on an open date during the traditional fall season, provided the game isplayed (as opposed to scheduled) the week prior to the first round of an NCAA football championship dateand provided the game is listed on the schedules of all conference members; and(f) Postseason bowl games that meet all requirements and conditions set forth in Bylaw 18.7.2 and the NCAApostseason football handbook. (Revised: 2/1/05, 10/28/11 effective 4/1/12)Delayed effective date. See specific date below.(g) One postseason game between the winners of two exempted postseason bowl games per Bylaw 17.9.5.2-(e).The participants in the two postseason bowl games shall be selected by Football Bowl Subdivision conferencesand independent institutions. (Adopted: 8/2/12 effective 8/1/14)18.7.2 Postseason Bowl Games. [FBS/FCS] The conditions and requirements that must be met in orderfor an institution to participate in a postseason bowl game are set forth in the NCAA postseason football handbook.[Note: For a maximum of three years, beginning April 28, 2011, an institution shall not participate in a newpostseason bowl game.] (Revised: 1/10/92, 2/1/05, 12/15/06, 7/30/10, 4/28/11, 10/27/11 effective 4/1/12)18.7.2.1 Contest Status. [FBS] A contest shall serve the purpose of providing a national contest betweendeserving teams. A “deserving team” shall be defined as one that has won a number of games against FootballBowl Subdivision opponents that is equal to or greater than the number of its overall losses. Tie games do notcount in determining a team’s won-lost record. Further, when forfeiture of a regular-season football victory isrequired by the Committee on Infractions or a conference, or is self-imposed by an institution as a result of aviolation of NCAA rules, neither of the competing institutions may count that contest in satisfying the definitionof a “deserving team.” (Revised: 10/18/89, 10/12/93, 4/20/99, 12/15/06, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 7/30/10,10/27/11 effective 4/1/12)18.7.2.1.1 Exception—Football Championship Subdivision Opponent. [FBS] Each year, a FootballBowl Subdivision institution may count one victory against a Football Championship Subdivision opponenttoward meeting the definition of a “deserving team,” provided the opponent has averaged 90 percentof the permissible maximum number of grants-in-aid per year in football during a rolling two-year period.(Adopted: 10/28/97 effective 8/1/98, Revised: 4/28/05, 12/15/06, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 7/30/10)18.7.2.1.1.1 Waiver. [FBS] The Football Issues Committee may approve a waiver of the 90 percentrequirement to permit a Football Bowl Subdivision institution to count a victory against a FootballChampionship Subdivision opponent toward meeting the definition of a “deserving team,” if a uniqueor catastrophic situation affects the Football Championship Subdivision institution’s ability to average90 percent of the permissible maximum number of football grants-in-aid per year during a rolling twoyearperiod. (Adopted: 8/11/98, Revised: 4/28/05, 12/15/06, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 7/30/10)18.7.2.1.2 Exception—Conference Champion. [FBS] If a conference champion is scheduled contractuallyto participate in a bowl game, the institution that is the conference champion shall be eligible toparticipate regardless of its won-lost record. (Adopted: 1/12/93, Revised: 10/28/97, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08,4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 7/30/10, 5/2/13)18.7.2.1.3 Exception—Deserving Team That Loses Conference Championship Game. An institutionthat finishes its regular season having met the definition of a “deserving team” but loses its conferencechampionship game shall continue to be considered a deserving team. (Adopted: 5/2/13)18.7.2.1.4 Exception—Insufficient Number of Eligible Institutions. [FBS] For a period of fouryears beginning August 2, 2012, if an insufficient number of institutions meet the definition of a “deservingteam” pursuant to Bylaw 18.7.2.1 to participate in postseason bowl games in a particular year, an institutionthat meets a condition set forth below shall be eligible to be selected to participate in such a bowl game. Aparticular bowl game may benefit from this provision only one time within the four-year period. All institutionsthat meet the first condition must be selected before an institution that meets the second conditionmay be selected and so forth in descending order: (Adopted: 8/2/12, Revised: 5/2/13)(a) An institution that would have met the exception in Bylaw 18.7.2.1.1 but for the fact that one victorywas against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent that had not averaged 90 percentof the permissible maximum number of grants-in-aid per year in football during a rolling two-yearperiod and the institution’s waiver request, per Bylaw 18.7.2.1.1.1, was denied.(b) An institution that has won a number of games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents andtwo Football Championship Subdivision opponents that together is equal to or greater than thenumber of its overall losses.(c) An institution that participated in 13 regular-season contests and finished the season with a recordof six wins and seven losses.308