Published on November 20, 2016 by Philip Poole  
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Â鶹¹û¶³’s football Bulldogs received an at-large bid to the 2016 NCAA Football Championship Series playoffs and play at Youngstown State University Nov. 26 in a first-round game.

The 23rd ranked Bulldogs are one of four Southern Conference teams to make the 24-team playoff.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.