JMU is not eligible for a bowl game as a second-year transitioning team up from FCS unless there aren’t enough 6-6 teams.
James Madison sent a letter to the NCAA Board of Directors on Monday requesting relief from NCAA legislation to allow full bowl eligibility for the Dukes, who are 9-0 this season and 17-3 since joining the Football Bowl Subdivision. Here’s what you need to know: is not eligible for a bowl game as a second-year transitioning team up from FCS unless there aren’t enough 6-6 teams. The same goes for 7-3 .
— Nicole Auerbach, senior college football writer Backstory Amid massive conference realignment in 2021, James Madison moved up to the Sun Belt and did so almost immediately, beginning play in fall 2022. Because the Dukes started that two-year process at the FBS level instead of FCS like most transitioning teams, the school hoped it could get a waiver to make for a one-year transition.
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