User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2017 NCAA Division I Football Tournament

The 2017 NCAA Division I Football Tournament is a proposed tournament which sees the merging of FBS and FCS football into one league and one tournament created in result. The tournament features 64 teams of the 230 programs. There are 23 automatic conference berths, along with 25 at-large berths.

2017 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues
The following sites were selected to host each round of the 2017 tournament

First Four
 * March 14 and 15
 * UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second Rounds
 * March 16 and 18
 * Amway Center, Orlando, Florida (Hosts: University of Central Florida and Stetson University)
 * BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee (Host: Marquette University)
 * KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York (Host: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Niagara University and Canisius College)
 * Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City (Host: University of Utah)
 * March 17 and 19
 * Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis (Hosts: Horizon League and IUPUI)
 * BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Host: University of Tulsa)
 * Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina, (Hosts: Southern Conference and Furman University)
 * Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California (Host: California State University, Sacramento)

Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)
 * March 23 and 25
 * Midwest Regional, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Big 12 Conference)
 * West Regional, SAP Center, San Jose, California (Host: Pac-12 Conference)
 * March 24 and 26
 * East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York City (Hosts: St. John's University and Big East Conference)
 * South Regional, FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee (Host: University of Memphis)

National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)
 * April 1 and 3
 * University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona (Host: Arizona State University)


 * Notes

Qualification and selection

 * Round of 64 - November 23
 * Round of 32 - December 1
 * Sweet Sixteen - December 9
 * Elite Eight - December 16
 * Final Four - December 23
 * National Championship - January 1, 2018

Automatic qualifiers
The following 23 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid:

Tournament seeds

 * First eight out: FIU, UCLA, Florida State, UCLA, Central Michigan, Arizona, West Virginia, Ole Miss