The numbers and letters in the left column refer to rule, section and article,
respectively. Changed or altered items are identified in the rules by a blue
shaded background, unless the change results in the deletion of the entire
segment containing the change.

The 2024 season will be an “off-year” in the playing rules cycle; however, the committee is able to make changes for the following reasons during this period:
1) Student-athlete safety; 2) Adjustment to a rule change from the previous
season that is not achieving its intent; or 3) Changes that have a significant impact on the image of the game.

The Football Rules Committee made the following major changes for the 2024 season:

MAJOR RULES CHANGES for 2024

1-2-1-h-4 Commercial sponsor logos permitted in up to three locations on the field.
1-4-11-a Exception 3 allows for use of tablets for in-game video.
1-4-11-b Exception to allow coach-to-player communications.
3-2-1-c No replay reviews permitted after the referee declares the first half ended.
3-3-5-a Establishment of Two-Minute Timeout.
3-3-5-b Media partner guidelines for Two-Minute Timeout.
9-1-15 A Horse-Collar Tackle now applies inside the tackle box.
12-4-3-b Codifies the collaborative replay model from experimental to a permissive rule.