The State Bowl Championship Series (SBCS):
The State Bowl Championship Series (SBCS) is a selection system that puts the top 2 teams (or more) from each state (or more) that failed to make the playoffs into a bowl game (or single elimination tournament) to determine the intra-state (or interstate) champion. The teams are selected using a combination of polls and the USIAA bonus point system.
There are several 4-team basketball tournaments due to the sheer amount of team in each state:
Host sites for D1 football & basketball are neutral-site games chosen based on at least 1 of the following criteria:
D2, D3, & D4 Football & Basketball teams will have their bowl games hosted by the higher-ranked team.
There are several 4-team basketball tournaments due to the sheer amount of team in each state:
- In these tournaments, the final game cannot be played more than 4 days after the semi-finals.
- California (D2 & D4)
- Florida (D4)
- Georgia (D4)
- Illinois (D4)
- Kansas (D4)
- Massachusetts (D3)
- New York (D3 & D4)
- Pennsylvania (D3 & D4)
- Texas (D4)
Host sites for D1 football & basketball are neutral-site games chosen based on at least 1 of the following criteria:
- In the capital city and/or a large metropolitan area in the state.
- In a football stadium with at least 40,000 seating capacity and/or has a roof (in cooler climates).
- In a basketball arena with at least 10,000 seating capacity.
- In a stadium that has hosted a bowl game in the past within the borders of each region (i.e. all states that have members in either region).
- In a stadium that hosts a NFL or NBA team.
- Any combination of the above.
D2, D3, & D4 Football & Basketball teams will have their bowl games hosted by the higher-ranked team.