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Sacramento State’s attempt to become a Football Bowl Subdivision team hit another roadblock. The NCAA Division I Council officially denied the school’s waiver request to make the transition.
The decision was finalized Wednesday, June 25 after the council voted on it the day prior. Yahoo Sports was first to report the news.
Currently a Championship Subdivision member, Sacramento State’s application to move up to FBS was tied to the “bona fide invitation,” meaning the Hornets needed an invitation from a conference in order to make the jump. The university hoped it could get a waiver through a similar process Liberty did when the Flames were allowed to start as an independent member in 2018 before it joined Conference USA in 2023.
However, the FBS Oversight Committee recommended the Division I Council deny Sacramento State’s waiver application, setting the stage for the decision.
“The committee noted a conference invitation is of paramount importance for entering into the reclassification process because the invitation signals an institution’s readiness to enter the process,” the FBS Oversight Committee said in its recommendation. “Although a waiver of the bona fide invitation requirement was granted in 2017, that decision was made in a different era, under a different set of facts and rules.”
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Sacramento State is a member of the Big Sky Conference but informed the league a week before the NCAA’s decision it would be leaving the conference after the upcoming athletic calendar. The university announced it would join the Big West Conference for…
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