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NCAA
Until 1989, this play would have resulted in a Team B touchback. In 1989, the rule was changed to give B the ball at spot of fumble. Rulemakers thought the touchback was too severe a reward for Team B. It stayed that way till 1998 when it changed back to being a touchback.
I don't know why it was changed back but I do know that any other time the ball becomes dead in the defender's end zone and the attacker is responsible for it being there it is a touchback. Doing it this way for fumbles just eliminates an exception and the more exceptions that are eliminated the better.
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