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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
FCS playoffs aren't regionalized to minimize travel. That was my point.
Why do the games have to be at neutral sites?
I know the answer.
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Pairings
[Reference: Championship Structure (page 11) in this handbook and Bylaw 31.3 in the
NCAA Manual.]
All pairings will be made by the Division I football championship committee. The
following principles are applied when pairing teams:
1. The teams awarded the top four seeds are placed in the appropriate positions in the
bracket (Nos. 1 and 4 in the upper half, and Nos. 2 and 3 in the lower half), and will
be paired with teams that are in closest geographic proximity;
2. The remaining teams will be paired according to geographic proximity and placed in
the bracket according to geographic proximity of the four pairings previously placed
in the bracket.
3. Teams from the same conference will not be paired for first-round games;
4. Once the first-round pairings have been determined, there will be no adjustments to
the bracket.
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http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/champ...A_Football.pdf
Of course, that doesn't explain how the University of Montana hosts Texas State, Wofford (SC), McNeese St. (LA), Northwestern St. (LA) x3, Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois, etc. in the past 10 years.
But according to the rulebook, it is a consideration.