NCAA approves rule allowing replay officials to call targeting penalties

Replay officials will have more power in 2016 when it comes to targeting penalties.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a rule Tuesday allowing replay officials to make targeting calls that may have been missed by an on-field official. Those officials will also be required to review any targeting calls that are made on the field.

Targeting is a difficult penalty to call and the NCAA rules committee believes a small number of players were "incorrectly disqualified from games" in 2015.

The replay officials will be on the lookout for launching and forcible contact to the head when determining whether a hit should be deemed targeting.