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Liberty University's football program will become the 129th team to be part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
Per an official release from Liberty's athletic website, the Flames' FBS reclassification will begin during the 2017-18 academic year before competing as an FBS independent in 2018 and becoming bowl eligible in 2019.
The NCAA approved Liberty's waiver that was submitted in January, a long process that was talked about by university president Jerry Falwell Jr. back in 2012.
"Competing at the highest levels of collegiate competition has been the vision for Liberty University since its founding in 1971," Falwell said in a statement, via Liberty.