The same exact thing happened to my Long Beach State team in Knight. After four seasons of building a pretty good team I forgot to renew, quickly went to re-apply, but was automatically rejected for not having the qualifications. This was after going 27-3, #21, and a first round NT birth. My team prestige went up to C+ from C, which seemed to make me ineligible for my own team, because I was unqualified for other similar C+ or higher prestige teams. Lame. They need to fix this asap.