Playing for a state title is a long way from earning the program's first playoff bid in 2011 and winning the first league championship in 2014. (sportstarsmag.com)
While winning a division no longer earns you an automatic playoff bid, it is an important factor in tie - breaking scenarios. (sportsinsights.com)
The Patriot League, a Division I - AA nonscholarship conference modeled after the Ivy League, with a level of talent and academic rigor that's close to the Ivy's, began accepting football playoff bids in 1997, and its teams have gone 2 - 6 in the postseason. (si.com)