Sources – Ivy League to take part in FCS playoffs

In a dramatic shift, the Ivy League’s soccer groups at the moment are going to have the ability to compete for FCS nationwide championships, sources instructed ESPN.

Starting within the 2025 season, the Ivy League groups will now have the ability to play within the FCS postseason, sources mentioned.

Football had loomed as the one sport that Ivy League groups couldn’t compete for NCAA nationwide championships in. The league had lengthy ended its season on the finish of the common season.

Per sources, the Ivy League has confirmed with the NCAA that the league’s winner will get an automated bid to the FCS playoffs beginning in 2025.

The genesis for the change for the Ivy League to play in FCS playoffs got here by way of a proposal from Ivy League student-athletes, per sources.

And the proposal from the league’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) was permitted Tuesday by a vote of the Ivy League Council of Presidents.