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It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> and to the scholarship-free environment offered in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">Division III</a>. </p><p>Before 1973, the NCAA's smaller schools were grouped together in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_College_Division" title="NCAA College Division">College Division</a>. In 1973, the College Division split in two when the NCAA began using numeric designations for its competitions. The College Division members who wanted to offer athletic scholarships or compete against those who did became Division II, while those who chose not to offer athletic scholarships became Division III. </p><p>Nationally, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> televises the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Football Championship">championship game</a> in <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a>, <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> televises the men's <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">basketball</a> championship, and <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a> televises the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_basketball" title="Women's basketball">women's basketball</a> championship. <a href="/wiki/Stadium_(sports_network)" title="Stadium (sports network)">Stadium</a> broadcasts six football games on Thursdays during the regular season, and one men's basketball game per week on Saturdays during that sport's regular season. </p><p>The official slogan of NCAA Division II, implemented in 2015, is "Make It Yours."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NCAA argues that Division II offers a "balanced" approach to student athletics, providing a high level of competition with regional championships that require less travel and cost and more access to championships than the other divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For athletes, Division II mandates a mandatory day off from athletic activities per week;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this requirement was eliminated from Division I in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership">Membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are currently 303 full, seven reclassifying and two provisional members of Division II.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Division II schools tend to be public universities with less than 15,000 students and many private institutions. A large minority of Division II institutions (91 schools / 30%) have fewer than 2,499 students. Only 18 institutions have more than 15,000 undergraduates, and only five have more than 25,000, led by <a href="/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University" title="Simon Fraser University">Simon Fraser University</a>. Eighty-nine percent of Division II institutions have fewer than 7,500 students.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Division II has a diverse membership, with two active member institutions in Alaska and three in Hawaii. Additionally, it is the only division that has member institutions in Puerto Rico and the only division that has expanded its membership to include an international member institution. <a href="/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University" title="Simon Fraser University">Simon Fraser University</a> became the first institution outside the US to enter the NCAA membership process. This occurred after the Division II Membership Committee accepted the institution's application during a July 7–9 meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. Simon Fraser, located in the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a> suburb of <a href="/wiki/Burnaby" title="Burnaby">Burnaby</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, began a two-year candidacy period September 1, 2009. Prospective members also must complete at least one year of provisional status before being accepted as full-time Division II members. In the fall of 2012, the NCAA President's Council officially approved Simon Fraser University as the organization's first international member.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2017, the NCAA made permanent the pilot program under which Simon Fraser was admitted to the NCAA,<sup id="cite_ref-CETYS_NYT_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CETYS_NYT-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> allowing each division to determine whether to allow Canadian or Mexican schools to join.<sup id="cite_ref-Mexico_D-II_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mexico_D-II-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2018, Division II became the first NCAA division to officially allow Mexican schools to apply for membership, provided that they meet the same standards as US-based D-II members, including US regional accreditation.<sup id="cite_ref-Mexico_D-II_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mexico_D-II-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, <a href="/wiki/Centro_de_Ense%C3%B1anza_T%C3%A9cnica_y_Superior" title="Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior">Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior</a> (CETYS), which is fully accredited in both the U.S. and Mexico, was seeking to become the first Mexican school to join the NCAA with the backing of the <a href="/wiki/California_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="California Collegiate Athletic Association">California Collegiate Athletic Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CETYS_NYT_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CETYS_NYT-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as of 2024, neither CETYS nor the NCAA has made any further announcements regarding such a move. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_team_sports"><span id="Men.27s_team_sports"></span>Men's team sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Men's team sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="35">Number </th> <th width="100">Sport </th> <th width="110">Teams<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_2019–20_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_2019–20-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="50">Conferences </th> <th width="55">Scholarships<br />per team </th> <th width="80">Season </th> <th width="200">Most championships </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">Football</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_II_football_programs" title="List of NCAA Division II football programs">164</a> </td> <td align="center">16 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7001360000000000000♠">36.0</span> </td> <td align="center">Fall </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Football Championship">Northwest Missouri State (6)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_basketball_programs" title="List of NCAA Division II men's basketball programs">306</a> </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10.0</span> </td> <td align="center">Winter </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_basketball_tournament#Championships_by_school" title="NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament">Kentucky Wesleyan (8)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_II_baseball_programs" title="List of NCAA Division II baseball programs">256</a> </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠">9.0</span> </td> <td align="center">Spring </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Baseball_Championship#Champions" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Baseball Championship">Florida Southern (9)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/College_soccer_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="College soccer in the United States">Soccer</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_soccer_programs" title="List of NCAA Division II men's soccer programs">206</a> </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠">9.0</span> </td> <td align="center">Fall </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Men%27s_Soccer_Championship#Schools_ranked_by_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship">Southern Connecticut (6)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/College_lacrosse" title="College lacrosse">Lacrosse</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_II_lacrosse_programs" title="List of NCAA Division II lacrosse programs">75</a> </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7001108000000000000♠">10.8</span> </td> <td align="center">Spring </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Men%27s_Lacrosse_Championship#Team_Championship_records" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship">Adelphi (7)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_men%27s_volleyball_tournament" title="NCAA men's volleyball tournament">Volleyball</a><sup id="cite_ref-DI_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DI-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_men%27s_volleyball_programs" title="List of NCAA men's volleyball programs">31</a> </td> <td align="center">6<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000450000000000000♠">4.5</span> </td> <td 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class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DI_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DI_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Championships are combined with Division I.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As of the upcoming 2023 season (2022–23 school year), 7 conferences in all sponsor men's volleyball at the National Collegiate (Divisions I and II) level. Of these conferences, one consists entirely of D-I members and thus is not included in the count of 6. Four conferences consist of a mix of D-I and D-II members, and two consist solely of D-II members.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p>Sports are ranked according to total possible scholarships (number of teams × number of scholarships per team). Since all Division II sports are considered equivalency sports (as opposed to the "head-count" status of several Division I sports: men's and women's basketball, FBS football, women's gymnastics, women's tennis, women's [indoor] volleyball), all scholarship numbers are indicated with a decimal point, with a trailing zero if needed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_individual_sports"><span id="Men.27s_individual_sports"></span>Men's individual sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Men's individual sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="40">No. </th> <th width="145">Sport </th> <th width="75">Teams<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_2019–20_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_2019–20-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="90">Athletes<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_2018–19_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_2018–19-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="95">Season </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>Track (outdoor) </td> <td>223 </td> <td>7,555 </td> <td>Spring </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>Track (indoor) </td> <td>173 </td> <td>6,289 </td> <td>Winter </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>Cross country </td> <td>275 </td> <td>3,640 </td> <td>Fall </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>Swimming & diving </td> <td>75 </td> <td>1,619 </td> <td>Winter </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>Golf </td> <td>227 </td> <td>2,353 </td> <td>Spring </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>Tennis </td> <td>167 </td> <td>1,617 </td> <td>Spring </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>Wrestling </td> <td>70 </td> <td>1,884 </td> <td>Winter </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_team_sports"><span id="Women.27s_team_sports"></span>Women's team sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Women's team sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="35">No. </th> <th width="105">Sport </th> <th width="70">Teams<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_2019–20_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_2019–20-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="55">Conferences </th> <th width="55">Scholarships<br />per team </th> <th width="80">Season </th> <th width="200">Most championships </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>Basketball </td> <td>306 </td> <td>24 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10.0</span> </td> <td>Winter </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament">Cal Poly Pomona and North Dakota State (5)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td align="center">Soccer </td> <td align="center">259 </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000990000000000000♠">9.9</span> </td> <td align="center">Fall </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Women%27s_Soccer_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship">Grand Valley State (6)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td align="center">Volleyball </td> <td align="center">295 </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8.0</span> </td> <td align="center">Fall </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Women%27s_Volleyball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship">Concordia St. Paul (8)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td align="center">Softball </td> <td align="center">283 </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000720000000000000♠">7.2</span> </td> <td align="center">Spring </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Softball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Softball Championship">Cal State Northridge (4)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td align="center">Lacrosse </td> <td align="center">111 </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000990000000000000♠">9.9</span> </td> <td align="center">Spring </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Women%27s_Lacrosse_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship">Adelphi (8)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td align="center">Rowing </td> <td align="center">16 </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠">20.0</span> </td> <td align="center">Spring </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Rowing_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Rowing Championship">Western Washington (8)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td align="center">Field Hockey </td> <td align="center">36 </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000630000000000000♠">6.3</span> </td> <td align="center">Fall </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Field_Hockey_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship">Bloomsburg (13)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td align="center">Water Polo* </td> <td align="center">12 </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8.0</span> </td> <td align="center">Spring </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Water_Polo_Championship#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship">UCLA (7)</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>* Championships are combined with D-I</small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_individual_sports"><span id="Women.27s_individual_sports"></span>Women's individual sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Women's individual sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="40">No. </th> <th width="145">Sport </th> <th width="75">Teams<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_2019–20_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_2019–20-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="90">Athletes<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_2018–19_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_2018–19-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="95">Season </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>Track (outdoor) </td> <td>255 </td> <td>7,530 </td> <td>Spring </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>Track (indoor) </td> <td>202 </td> <td>6,399 </td> <td>Winter </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>Cross country </td> <td>300 </td> <td>3,829 </td> <td>Fall </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>Swimming & diving </td> <td>104 </td> <td>2,101 </td> <td>Winter </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>Golf </td> <td>198 </td> <td>1,547 </td> <td>Spring </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>Tennis </td> <td>223 </td> <td>1,901 </td> <td>Spring </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>Gymnastics </td> <td>7 </td> <td>148 </td> <td>Winter </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Championships_Festival">National Championships Festival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National Championships Festival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another feature unique to Division II is what the NCAA calls the "National Championships Festival"—an annual event, explicitly modeled after the <a href="/wiki/Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympics">Olympics</a>, in which a single city hosts national championship finals in multiple sports over a period of several days. Each festival has formal opening and closing ceremonies, and competitors are housed in a centrally located hotel, allowing a village-like experience. The first such festival was held in <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a> in 2004 for spring sports. It became an annual event in the 2006–07 school year, and has been held each school year since with the exception of 2009–10 and 2021 and 2022 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Since the current annual cycle began in 2006–07, the event has rotated between featuring fall, spring, and winter sports, in that order (the cycling was not interrupted by the one-year hiatus).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Requirements">Requirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Requirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Division II institutions have to sponsor at least five sports for men and five for women (or four for men and six for women), with two team sports for each sex, and each playing season represented by each sex. Teams that consist of both men and women are counted as men's teams for sports sponsorship purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are contest and participant minimums for each sport,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as scheduling criteria—football and men's and women's basketball teams must play at least 50 percent of their games against Division II or Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) or Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) opponents. For sports other than football and basketball there are no scheduling requirements, as long as each contest involves full varsity teams. The only NCAA sport in which contests against club teams can count toward a team's contest minimum is women's rugby, in which two such contests per school year can be counted.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are not attendance requirements for football, nor arena size requirements for basketball. There are maximum financial aid awards for each sport, as well as a separate limit on financial aid awards in men's sports, that a Division II school must not exceed. Division II teams usually feature a number of local or in-state student-athletes. Many Division II student-athletes pay for school through a combination of scholarship money, grants, student loans and employment earnings. Division II athletics programs are financed in the institution's budget like other academic departments on campus. Traditional rivalries with regional institutions dominate schedules of many Division II athletics programs.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Athletic scholarships are offered in most sponsored sports at most institutions, but with more stringent limits as to the numbers offered in any one sport than at the Division I level. For example, Division II schools may give financial aid in football equivalent to 36 full scholarships (whereas each school in Division I FBS, the highest level, is allowed 85 individuals receiving financial aid for football), although some Division II conferences limit the number of scholarships to a lower level. Division II scholarship programs are frequently the recipients of student-athletes transferring from Division I schools; a transfer student does not have to sit out a year before resuming sports participation as would usually be the case in the event of transferring from one Division I institution to another. Several exceptions to this rule currently exist, of which three are the most significant. First, <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a> players transferring from a Division I <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a> school to a Division I <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a> school do not have to sit out a year, provided that the player has at least two remaining seasons of athletic eligibility. The same also applies to players transferring from scholarship-granting FCS schools to non-scholarship FCS schools.<sup id="cite_ref-One-time_exception_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-One-time_exception-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Second, a first-time transfer does not have to sit out a year, provided that the player's former institution grants a scholarship release. Before the 2021–22 school year, this applied to sports other than football, baseball, men's and women's basketball, and men's ice hockey;<sup id="cite_ref-One-time_exception_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-One-time_exception-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was extended to the remaining sports effective in 2021–22.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, student-athletes in any sport who complete a bachelor's degree and still have athletic eligibility remaining can transfer to another school and be immediately eligible, provided that they enroll in a separate degree program (whether graduate, undergraduate, or professional) at the new institution. There are also some restrictions with transferring to another school for the same sport in the same conference.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conferences">Conferences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Conferences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="California Collegiate Athletic Association">California Collegiate Athletic Association</a><sup id="cite_ref-nfb_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfb-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Atlantic_Collegiate_Conference" title="Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference">Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-nfb_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfb-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conference_Carolinas" title="Conference Carolinas">Conference Carolinas</a><sup id="cite_ref-nfb_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfb-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Conference" title="East Coast Conference">East Coast Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-nfb_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfb-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_American_Conference" title="Great American Conference">Great American Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Valley_Conference" title="Great Lakes Valley Conference">Great Lakes Valley Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Midwest Athletic Conference">Great Midwest Athletic Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Northwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Northwest Athletic Conference">Great Northwest Athletic Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-nfb_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfb-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_South_Conference" title="Gulf South Conference">Gulf South Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Conference" title="Lone Star Conference">Lone Star Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-America_Intercollegiate_Athletics_Association" title="Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association">Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast-10_Conference" title="Northeast-10 Conference">Northeast-10 Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Sun_Intercollegiate_Conference" title="Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference">Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_West_Conference" title="Pacific West Conference">Pacific West Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-nfb_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfb-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peach_Belt_Conference" title="Peach Belt Conference">Peach Belt Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-nfb_22-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfb-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Athletic_Conference" title="Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference">Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_Conference" title="South Atlantic Conference">South Atlantic Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-fb_23-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_State_Conference" title="Sunshine State Conference">Sunshine State Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-nfb_22-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfb-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>conf 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nfb-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nfb_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nfb_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nfb_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nfb_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nfb_22-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nfb_22-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nfb_22-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nfb_22-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Non-football conferences</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fb-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fb_23-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Conferences that sponsor football</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sponsoring football in 2025</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p>The newest D-II conference is the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East Conference</a>, formed in 2012 after the football-sponsoring schools in the <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a> (WVIAC) announced that they would <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference#WVIAC_breakup" title="West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">leave to form a new league</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a move that led to the demise of the WVIAC. The Mountain East was approved by the NCAA Division II Membership Committee in February 2013, and became an official conference on September 1 of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most recent change to the roster of D-II conferences was the demise of the <a href="/wiki/Heartland_Conference" title="Heartland Conference">Heartland Conference</a> at the end of the 2018–19 school year. In August 2017, eight of its nine members announced a mass exodus to the <a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Conference" title="Lone Star Conference">Lone Star Conference</a> (LSC).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining Heartland member, Newman University, announced in February 2018 that it would become a de facto member of the <a href="/wiki/Mid-America_Intercollegiate_Athletics_Association" title="Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association">Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association</a> (MIAA) at that time. Newman technically became an associate member because it does not sponsor football, a mandatory sport for full MIAA members, but now houses all of its varsity sports in that league.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the eight schools that originally announced a move to the LSC, Rogers State University, later changed course and instead chose to follow Newman into de facto MIAA membership (like Newman, and indeed all other Heartland members, Rogers State does not sponsor football).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newman and Rogers State were eventually granted full membership in the league on July 1, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A more recent change saw the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Northwest Athletic Conference">Great Northwest Athletic Conference</a> (GNAC) drop football after the 2021–22 school year. Over time, the GNAC saw most of its football-playing schools drop the sport, and it entered into a football scheduling alliance for 2020 and 2021 with the Lone Star Conference (LSC).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alliance was further extended for 2022 and 2023, by which time the GNAC football membership had dropped to three,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was superseded when the three GNAC schools became football-only LSC members effective in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independents">Independents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Independents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent schools</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scholarship_limits_by_sport">Scholarship limits by sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Scholarship limits by sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NCAA imposes limits on the total financial aid each Division II member may award in each sport that the school sponsors. All Division II sports are classified as "equivalency" sports, meaning that the NCAA restricts the total financial aid that a school can offer in a given sport to the equivalent of a set number of full scholarships.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This differs from Division I, in which some sports are "head-count" sports in which the NCAA limits the total number of individuals who can receive athletic aid. In another practice that differs from Division I, Division II members are limited to a combined total of 60 scholarship equivalents for men's sports apart from football and basketball.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scholarship limits in <b>bold</b> are identical to those for Division I members in the same sport for the same sex. Most, but not all, of these sports have a single championship open to schools from all divisions (for example bowling and rifle), or a combined Division I/II national championship and a separate Division III championship (as in women's ice hockey and men's volleyball). Examples of sports with identical scholarship numbers in the two divisions, but separate national championships for each, include men's cross-country and women's rowing. </p><p>In sports that conduct "National Collegiate" championships open to schools from multiple divisions, Division II schools are allowed to award the same number of scholarships as Division I members.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the Division I scholarship limit is higher than the Division II limit, the D-II member must annually file a declaration of intent to compete under Division I rules with the NCAA prior to June 1.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, if the NCAA sponsors a Division I championship but not a Division II championship in a given sport, D-II members are allowed to compete in the D-I championship,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are also allowed to operate under D-I scholarship limits.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An example of this situation can be seen in men's ice hockey, which has not had a Division II championship in the 21st century. Several full members of the Northeast-10 Conference, plus men's hockey-only member Post University, compete under Division II scholarship limits; other Division II schools with programs in that sport choose to play as Division I programs under the higher Division I scholarship limits. </p><p>The NCAA classifies teams that consist of both men and women as men's teams for purposes of sports sponsorship and D-II limitations on total scholarships. Three NCAA sports are open to competitors of both sexes. In rifle, not only is there a single team championship for all divisions, but men and women compete as equals. Fencing and skiing also have single team championships, but schools have separate men's and women's squads, with all bouts or races involving members of a single sex, and the NCAA has separate men's and women's scholarship limits in both sports. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Sport </th> <th>Men's </th> <th>Women's </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Acrobatic_gymnastics" title="Acrobatic gymnastics">Acrobatics</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tumbling_(gymnastics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tumbling (gymnastics)">tumbling</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>9.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">Baseball</a></td> <td>9.0</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td>10.0</td> <td>10.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beach_volleyball" title="Beach volleyball">Beach volleyball</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ten-pin_bowling" class="mw-redirect" title="Ten-pin bowling">Bowling</a></td> <td>–</td> <td><b>5.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">Cross-country</a>/<a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track & field</a></td> <td><b>12.6</b><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>s 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>12.6<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>s 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Equestrianism" title="Equestrianism">Equestrian</a></td> <td>–</td> <td><b>15.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fencing" title="Fencing">Fencing</a></td> <td><b>4.5</b></td> <td>4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Field hockey</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>6.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">Football</a></td> <td>36.0</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">Golf</a></td> <td>3.6</td> <td>5.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Artistic_gymnastics" title="Artistic gymnastics">Gymnastics</a></td> <td>5.4</td> <td>6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/College_ice_hockey" title="College ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></td> <td>13.5</td> <td><b>18.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/College_lacrosse" title="College lacrosse">Lacrosse</a></td> <td>10.8</td> <td>9.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Rifle</a></td> <td><b>3.6</b></td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/College_rowing_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="College rowing (United States)">Rowing</a></td> <td>–</td> <td><b>20.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rugby_union" title="Women's rugby union">Rugby</a></td> <td>–</td> <td><b>12.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Skiing" title="Skiing">Skiing</a></td> <td><b>6.3</b></td> <td>6.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/College_soccer_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="College soccer in the United States">Soccer</a></td> <td>9.0</td> <td>9.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Softball" title="Softball">Softball</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>7.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Stunt</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>9.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">Swimming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diving_(sport)" title="Diving (sport)">diving</a></td> <td>8.1</td> <td>8.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">Tennis</a></td> <td><b>4.5</b></td> <td>6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Triathlon" title="Triathlon">Triathlon</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">Volleyball</a></td> <td><b>4.5</b></td> <td>8.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_polo" title="Water polo">Water polo</a></td> <td><b>4.5</b></td> <td><b>8.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">Wrestling</a></td> <td>9.0</td> <td><b>10.0</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Schools that do not sponsor men's indoor or outdoor track, but do sponsor men's cross-country, are allowed 5.0 equivalents.<sup id="cite_ref-XC,_no_track_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XC,_no_track-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Schools that do not sponsor women's indoor or outdoor track, but do sponsor women's cross-country, are allowed 6.0 equivalents.<sup id="cite_ref-XC,_no_track_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XC,_no_track-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interaction_with_other_divisions">Interaction with other divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Interaction with other divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NCAA does not strictly prevent its member institutions from playing outside of their own division, or indeed playing against schools that are not members of the NCAA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NAIA">NAIA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: NAIA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many Division II schools frequently schedule matches against members of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA), which consists of colleges and universities that offer athletic scholarships similar to NCAA Division II across the United States and Canada. They promote competitive and character-based athletics that is controlled by its NAIA membership, as opposed to the NCAA that serves as a regulating body. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Division_I">Division I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Division I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Division II schools also frequently schedule "money games", usually in football and men's <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, against Division I schools. </p><p>In football, D-II teams once occasionally played games against schools that are now in Division I FBS, but this practice has ended because, under current NCAA rules, FBS schools cannot use victories over schools below the FCS level for establishing a bowl eligibility. Today, D-II "money games" are exclusively against FCS schools, whose postseason eligibility is less seriously impacted by scheduling a D-II opponent. In basketball, where conference tournaments play a large role in determining postseason participants, D-I schools have less of a penalty for scheduling an occasional D-II opponent, resulting in more "money games". </p><p>In any event, the D-II school is almost invariably the visiting team, and is invited to play with the knowledge that it will likely be defeated but will receive a substantial (at least by Division II standards) monetary reward which will help to finance much of the rest of the season and perhaps other sports as well. Such games are funded by Division I schools that can afford such games. </p><p>In recent years, "money games" in men's basketball have also included preseason exhibitions against D-I programs, typically in the same region, that do not count in official statistics for either team. Under NCAA rules, Division I teams are allowed to play two exhibition games in a season and must host these games.<sup id="cite_ref-Missouri_State_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Missouri_State-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball">University of Kansas</a> helps the state's four Division II members by rotating them onto the Jayhawks' exhibition schedule annually. <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Panthers" title="Milwaukee Panthers">Milwaukee</a>, which has been a Division I member since 1990, has continued its series with their former Division II rival <a href="/wiki/Parkside_Rangers" title="Parkside Rangers">Parkside</a> as part of their exhibition schedule. </p><p>When these exhibition games do happen, there are times when the Division II team does win, and against a well-respected Division I program. In 2009, a Division II team beat the eventual Big East regular season champion.<sup id="cite_ref-yahooii_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahooii-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, two other Division II teams beat teams that reached the NCAA Division I tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-yahooii_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahooii-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, another Division II team defeated a Division I team that finished in the top half of the Pac-12 Conference. In 2012, another Division II team beat<sup id="cite_ref-yahooii_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahooii-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> eventual Atlantic Coast Conference <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season" title="2012–13 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season">regular-season</a> and <a href="/wiki/2013_ACC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2013 ACC men's basketball tournament">tournament</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Miami_Hurricanes_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2012–13 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team">Miami</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in basketball, one of the best-known early-season tournaments for D-I men's teams, the <a href="/wiki/Maui_Invitational_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Maui Invitational Tournament">Maui Invitational</a>, is hosted by D-II member <a href="/wiki/Chaminade_Silverswords_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaminade Silverswords men's basketball">Chaminade</a>. Through the 2017 edition, Chaminade competed in every tournament, but now competes only in odd-numbered years. The now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Great_Alaska_Shootout" title="Great Alaska Shootout">Great Alaska Shootout</a>, which had men's and women's tournaments, was also hosted by a D-II member, <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Anchorage_Seawolves" title="Alaska Anchorage Seawolves">Alaska–Anchorage</a>. Chaminade typically loses all games it plays in Maui; Alaska–Anchorage also typically lost all of its men's Shootout games, but was frequently competitive in the women's version. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-revenue_sports_competition">Non-revenue sports competition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Non-revenue sports competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Matches between the different collegiate divisions in non-revenue sports are often quite competitive. Indeed, in some sports, among them <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> and men's <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a>, there is no Division II national championship. In hockey, many schools whose athletic programs are otherwise Division II compete in Division I, and men's volleyball has a truncated divisional structure with a Division III championship but no Division II championship. In any sport that does not have a Division II national championship, Division II members are allowed to award the same number of scholarships as Division I members. One D-II conference, the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Conference" title="East Coast Conference">East Coast Conference</a>, features D-I <a href="/wiki/Bryant_Bulldogs" title="Bryant Bulldogs">Bryant</a> as an associate member in bowling, a sport with a single NCAA championship event open to all divisions. </p><p>An earlier example is that at least during the 1970s, NCAA golf tournaments in California were usually played with Division I and Division II schools competing together in one group. Sometimes, Division II schools won those tournaments. Additionally, matches involving two or four schools were common among schools from these two divisions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_II&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_II_institutions" title="List of NCAA Division II institutions">List of NCAA Division II institutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_II_football_programs" title="List of NCAA Division II football programs">List of NCAA Division II football programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_II_basketball_arenas" title="List of NCAA Division II basketball arenas">List of NCAA Division II basketball arenas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span 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conference changes since 2010">2010–</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">Baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Baseball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Baseball Championship">championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_World_Series" title="College World Series">MCWS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">Basketball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cross country <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_cross_country_championships" title="NCAA Division I men's cross country championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_cross_country_championships" title="NCAA Division I women's cross country championships">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Field hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_field_hockey_tournament" title="NCAA Division I field hockey tournament">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">Football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">FBS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship">FCS</a></li></ul></li> <li>Golf <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_golf_championship" title="NCAA Division I men's golf championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_golf_championship" title="NCAA Division I women's golf championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_ice_hockey" title="College ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_ice_hockey_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament">men</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_lacrosse" title="College lacrosse">Lacrosse</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Lacrosse_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Women%27s_Lacrosse_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_rowing_in_the_United_States" title="College rowing in the United States">Rowing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_rowing_championship" title="NCAA Division I rowing championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_soccer" title="College soccer">Soccer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_soccer_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_soccer_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_softball" title="College softball">Softball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_softball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I softball tournament">championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_College_World_Series" title="Women's College World Series">WCWS</a></li></ul></li> <li>Swimming and diving <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_swimming_and_diving_championships" title="NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Women%27s_Swimming_and_Diving_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercollegiate_Tennis_Association" title="Intercollegiate Tennis Association">Tennis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_tennis_championships" title="NCAA Division I men's tennis championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_tennis_championships" title="NCAA Division I women's tennis championships">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Track and field <ul><li>men's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Indoor_Track_and_Field_Championships" title="NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships">indoor</a> and <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships" title="NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">outdoor</a></li> <li>women's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Women%27s_Indoor_Track_and_Field_Championships" title="NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships">indoor</a> and <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Women%27s_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships" title="NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">outdoor</a></li></ul></li> <li>Volleyball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_volleyball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">Wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Wrestling_Championships" title="NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_schools_with_the_most_Division_I_national_championships" title="List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships">Schools with most national championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_schools_with_the_most_NCAA_Division_I_championships" title="List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships">Schools with most championships</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Division II</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_II_institutions" title="List of NCAA Division II institutions">Institutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">Baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_baseball_tournament" title="NCAA Division II baseball tournament">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">Basketball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cross country <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_cross_country_championships" title="NCAA Division II men's cross country championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_cross_country_championships" title="NCAA Division II women's cross country championships">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Field hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_field_hockey_tournament" title="NCAA Division II field hockey tournament">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">Football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Football Championship">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li>Golf <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_golf_championship" title="NCAA Division II men's golf championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_golf_championship" title="NCAA Division II women's golf championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Gymnastics</i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Men%27s_Gymnastics_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Men's Gymnastics Championships">men</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Women%27s_Gymnastics_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Women's Gymnastics Championships">women</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/College_ice_hockey" title="College ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_ice_hockey_tournament" title="NCAA Division II men's ice hockey tournament">men</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_lacrosse" title="College lacrosse">Lacrosse</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Men%27s_Lacrosse_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Women%27s_Lacrosse_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_rowing_in_the_United_States" title="College rowing in the United States">Rowing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_rowing_championship" title="NCAA Division II rowing championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_soccer_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="College soccer in the United States">Soccer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_soccer_tournament" title="NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_soccer_tournament" title="NCAA Division II women's soccer tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_softball" title="College softball">Softball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_softball_tournament" title="NCAA Division II softball tournament">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li>Swimming and diving <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_swimming_and_diving_championships" title="NCAA Division II men's swimming and diving championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_swimming_and_diving_championships" title="NCAA Division II women's swimming and diving championships">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercollegiate_Tennis_Association" title="Intercollegiate Tennis Association">Tennis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_tennis_championship" title="NCAA Division II men's tennis championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_tennis_championship" title="NCAA Division II women's tennis championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Track and field <ul><li>men's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_indoor_track_and_field_championships" title="NCAA Division II men's indoor track and field championships">indoor</a> and <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_outdoor_track_and_field_championships" title="NCAA Division II men's outdoor track and field championships">outdoor</a></li> <li>women's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_indoor_track_and_field_championships" title="NCAA Division II women's indoor track and field championships">indoor</a> and <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_outdoor_track_and_field_championships" title="NCAA Division II women's outdoor track and field championships">outdoor</a></li></ul></li> <li>Volleyball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_volleyball_tournament" title="NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">Wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Wrestling_Championships" title="NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships">championship</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Division III</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_III_institutions" title="List of NCAA Division III institutions"> Institutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">Baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_baseball_tournament" title="NCAA Division III baseball tournament">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">Basketball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cross country <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_cross_country_championships" title="NCAA Division III men's cross country championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_cross_country_championships" title="NCAA Division III women's cross country championships">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Field hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_field_hockey_tournament" title="NCAA Division III field hockey tournament">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">Football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division III Football Championship">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li>Golf <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_golf_championship" title="NCAA Division III men's golf championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_golf_championship" title="NCAA Division III women's golf championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_ice_hockey" title="College ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_ice_hockey_tournament" title="NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_ice_hockey" title="NCAA Division III women's ice hockey">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_lacrosse" title="College lacrosse">Lacrosse</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_Men%27s_Lacrosse_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_Women%27s_Lacrosse_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_rowing_in_the_United_States" title="College rowing in the United States">Rowing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_Rowing_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division III Rowing Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_soccer_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="College soccer in the United States">Soccer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_soccer_tournament" title="NCAA Division III men's soccer tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_soccer_tournament" title="NCAA Division III women's soccer tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_softball" title="College softball">Softball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_softball_tournament" title="NCAA Division III softball tournament">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li>Swimming and diving <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_swimming_and_diving_championships" title="NCAA Division III men's swimming and diving championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_swimming_and_diving_championships" title="NCAA Division III women's swimming and diving championships">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercollegiate_Tennis_Association" title="Intercollegiate Tennis Association">Tennis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_tennis_championships" title="NCAA Division III men's tennis championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_tennis_championships" title="NCAA Division III women's tennis championships">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Track and field <ul><li>Men's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_indoor_track_and_field_championships" title="NCAA Division III men's indoor track and field championships">indoor</a> and <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_outdoor_track_and_field_championships" title="NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field championships">outdoor</a></li> <li>Women's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_indoor_track_and_field_championships" title="NCAA Division III women's indoor track and field championships">indoor</a> and <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_outdoor_track_and_field_championships" title="NCAA Division III women's outdoor track and field championships">outdoor</a></li></ul></li> <li>Volleyball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_volleyball_tournament" title="NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_volleyball_tournament" title="NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">Wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_Wrestling_Championships" title="NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships">championship</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_National_Collegiate" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA National Collegiate"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Single-division or<br />National Collegiate sports<br />and championships</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Beach volleyball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Beach_Volleyball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Bowling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Bowling_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Bowling Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Boxing</i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/NCAA_boxing_championships" title="NCAA boxing championships">championship</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_fencing" title="Collegiate fencing">Fencing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_fencing_championships" title="NCAA fencing championships">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_ice_hockey" title="College ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_women%27s_ice_hockey_tournament" title="NCAA women's ice hockey tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Gymnastics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_men%27s_gymnastics_championships" title="NCAA men's gymnastics championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_women%27s_gymnastics_tournament" title="NCAA women's gymnastics tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rifle <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_rifle_championships" title="NCAA rifle championships">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li>Skiing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_skiing_championships" title="NCAA skiing championships">championship</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Trampoline</i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_college_athletics_championship_game_outcomes#Trampoline" title="List of college athletics championship game outcomes">championship</a></i></li></ul></li> <li>Volleyball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_men%27s_volleyball_tournament" title="NCAA men's volleyball tournament">men</a></li></ul></li> <li>Water polo <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_men%27s_water_polo_championship" title="NCAA men's water polo championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_women%27s_water_polo_championship" title="NCAA women's water polo championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wrestling <ul><li>women, from 2025–26</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Litigation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/NCAA_v._Board_of_Regents_of_the_University_of_Oklahoma" title="NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma">NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NCAA_v._Smith" title="NCAA v. Smith">NCAA v. Smith</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/O%27Bannon_v._NCAA" title="O'Bannon v. NCAA">O'Bannon v. NCAA</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murphy_v._National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association">Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association_v._Alston" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston">National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/House_v._NCAA" title="House v. NCAA">House v. 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