The Liberty Flames football program represents Liberty University, located in Lynchburg, Virginia, in college football. The Flames compete in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as an independent. The program previously competed in Football Championship Subdivision, announced it would start a transition to the top level of NCAA football in July 2017.
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The Liberty Flames football program represents Liberty University, located in Lynchburg, Virginia, in college football. The Flames compete in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as an independent. In 2007, the Flames captured their first Big South Conference Football championship with a 31–0 victory over Gardner-Webb. In 2010, Liberty ran its unbeaten Big South streak to 11-straight games, finishing back-to-back conference championship seasons with a 30–10 victory over Gardner-WeBB. In 2012, Liberty won a share of the Big South title along with Stony Brook and Coastal Carolina with a record of 6–5.
The 2013 Flames shared the conference championship for a second consecutive year in 2013. In 2020, Liberty entered the rankings in the AP Poll at 25 for the first time in program history. The program previously competed in Football Championship Subdivision, announced it would start a transition to the top level of NCAA football in July 2017. The Flames became a provisional FBS member in 2018, and became a full FBS members with bowl eligibility in 2019. They finished the season 6–1 in Big South play to share the championship with Charleston Southern.
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