Learn about the 6 new NCAA rules ahead of the 2024 football season

College football is a month away and people are already scheduling out which games they're going to fight traffic to attend and which ones they’ll stay in the comfort of their own homes for.

Luckily for super fans, there will not only be games on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays but there will also be some rule changes for everyone to get used to.

Before you commit your favorite team's 2024 home schedule and depth chart to memory, learn about the six new rules in college football:

1. 2-minute warnings

Taken straight from the NFL rulebook, college football is implementing a two-minute warning.

The official timeout will come at the two-minute mark at the end of each half, or the end of the second and fourth quarters.

After the break, the clock will stop following a first down and a ten-second runoff can be imposed following pre-snap penalties while the clock is running.

2. Horse collar tackles in the tackle box will be a 15-yard personal foul

Yes, horse collar tackles have been penalized for a long time.

However, the NCAA is implementing a specificity to the penalty.

If an offensive player within the tackle box is taken down by a horse collar tackle, it will now be a personal foul and will result in a 15-yard penalty.

3. In-helmet communications

Coaches will be able to communicate with one player on the field for a specific amount of time, until 15 seconds remain on the play clock or until the ball is snapped, whichever occurs first.

The player with in-helmet communications will be signified by a green dot on the back of the player's helmet.

The NCAA used some of the bowl games at the end of the 2023 season as trial runs for the in-helmet communication systems and it was a resounding success.

4. Tablets for in-game video review

One of the more visible changes to football will be 18 tablets on each sideline.

Coaches and staff will be able to use handheld tablets to review in-game videos. They will not be able to access any video from practices or previous games.

The tablets can also not access any analytical information or data about the team itself, not the opponent.

5. Conference-wide video review system

Each conference can utilize its own video-replay system to review plays and assist the officials in reversing (or confirming) a call.

In other words, you may not have to see any more referees peeping into those teeny tiny replay monitors.

6. Head coach interviews after 1st and 3rd quarters

Get ready to see more and hear more of your favorite coaches (*cough cough* Dan Lanning)... as well as your least favorite (*cough cough* Lincoln Riley, Kalen DeBoer, and more).

Broadcast teams and on-field reporters will get the opportunity to speak with head coaches between the first and third quarters, instead of just before and after the halves.

Unlike college basketball, players will still not be available for interviews between quarters.

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