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Ivy League to Join College Football Playoffs in 2025

Ivy League schools used to skip the postseason, but now that student athletes have spoken out, the schools will compete in the FCS playoffs.
Ivy League to Join College Football Playoffs in 2025
Harvard wide receiver Henry Taylor stretches for a touchdown against Yale during the first half of a game at Fenway Park in Boston on Nov. 17, 2018. Charles Krupa/AP Photo
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The Ivy League will jump on the college football playoffs bandwagon next year, league executive director Robin Harris announced on Wednesday.

Ivy League schools compete in the FCS, which has long fielded a playoff format before the arrival of the 12-team College Football Playoff in the FBS this year. Despite longtime membership in the FCS, Ivy League schools have skipped the postseason until student athletes from the league’s student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC) called for it.

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