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The NCAA Division I Football Championship is a College Football game played to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA). Since 1997, the Championship Subdivision Championship Game has been played annually on Davenport Field at Finley Stadium , in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Finley Stadium is the home field of the University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga . NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION On August 3 2006 , the Division I Board of Directors took action regarding the two football subdivisions in Division I (Division I-A and I-AA), approving new labels. The university presidents approved a change in terminology to " Football Bowl Subdivision " for the former I-A classification and "NCAA Football Championship Subdivision" for the former I-AA group. The Collegiate Commissioners Association helped develop the new labels. The presidents believe the new nomenclature, which became effective in December 2006, more accurately distinguishes Division I institutions for purposes of governing football, the only sport for which such a distinction is necessary. Members felt the old nomenclature inaccurately tiered Division I institutions in all sports, not just football, and produced instances in which media outlets and other entities incorrectly cited institutions as being Division I-AA in Basketball or Baseball , for example. The new nomenclature does not affect the voting structure used in Division I governance matters. When Division I-AA was formed for football in 1978 , the playoffs comprised just four teams, doubling to eight teams in 1981 . The following year ( 1982 ) the playoffs were expanded to 12 teams, with the each of the top four seeds receiving a first-round bye and a home game in the quarterfinals. In 1986 the playoffs were expanded again to the present 16 team format. CHAMPIONS MOST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ^ Now a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision $ Now University of Louisiana at Monroe † In process of reclassifying to Football Bowl Subdivision SEE ALSO
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