James Madison formally petitioned for the NCAA to relax its rules prohibiting the program from earning a postseason bowl berth this year.
The Dukes are 9-0, which would ordinarily mean competing in a bowl game and perhaps earning a New Year's Six bid. However, NCAA rules stipulate a team is ineligible for a bowl within the first two years of moving from the FCS to the FBS levels.
The school wrote a letter to the NCAA requesting to attain bowl eligibillity:
Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbachUnbeaten JMU sent a letter to the NCAA Board of Directors on Monday requesting relief from NCAA bylaws restricting transitioning teams from bowl participation.