<div>I don't see an "every other year" rule. Maybe there's something I'm missing.</div><div>
</div><div>18.7.2.2 Contest Status. [FBS] A contest shall be licensed only if it serves the purpose of providing a national contest between deserving teams. A “deserving team” shall be defined as one that has won a number of</div><div>games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents that is equal to or greater than the number of its overall</div><div>losses. Tie games do not count in determining a team’s won-lost record. Further, when forfeiture of a regularseason football victory is required by the Committee on Infractions or a conference, or is self-imposed by an</div><div>institution as a result of a violation of NCAA rules, neither of the competing institutions may count that contest</div><div>in satisfying the definition of a “deserving team.” (Revised: 10/18/89, 10/12/93, 4/20/99, 12/15/06, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 7/30/10)</div><div>18.7.2.2.1 Exception—Football Championship Subdivision Opponent. [FBS]
Each year, a Football Bowl Subdivision institution may count one victory against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent toward meeting the definition of a “deserving team,” provided the opponent has averaged 90 percent</div><div>
of the permissible maximum number of grants-in-aid per year in football during a rolling two-year period.</div><div>(Adopted: 10/28/97 effective 8/1/98, Revised: 4/28/05, 12/15/06, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 7/30/10)</div><div>18.7.2.2.1.1 Waiver. [FBS] The Football Issues Committee may approve a waiver of the 90 percent</div><div>requirement to permit a Football Bowl Subdivision institution to count a victory against a Football</div><div>Championship Subdivision opponent toward meeting the definition of a “deserving team,” if a unique</div><div>or catastrophic situation affects the Football Championship Subdivision institution’s ability to average</div><div>90 percent of the permissible maximum number of football grants-in-aid per year during a rolling twoyear period. (Adopted: 8/11/98, Revised: 4/28/05, 12/15/06, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 7/30/10)</div><div>18.7.2.2.2 Waiver for Conference Champion. [FBS] The Leadership Council, by a two-thirds majority of its members present and voting, or a committee designated by the Leadership Council, may approve a waiver of the definition of a “deserving team,” to enable a conference champion to participate in a</div><div>bowl game when the conference champion is scheduled contractually to participate in the game. (Adopted:</div><div>1/12/93, Revised: 10/28/97, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 7/30/10)</div>
