Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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"D-I" schools are the major collegiate athletic powers, with larger budgets, more elaborate facilities, and higher numbers of athletic scholarships. This level was once called the University Division of the NCAA in contrast to the College Division; this terminology was replaced with the current numeric (I, II, III) divisions in 1973. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In football only, Division I was further subdivided into Division I-A (the principal football schools) and Division I-AA in 1978. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Subsequently the term "Division I-AAA" was added to delineate Division I schools which do not field a football program at all.

A controversy recently arose in the NCAA over whether schools will continue to be allowed to have one showcased program in Division I with the remainder of the athletic program in a lower division, as is the case of, notably, Johns Hopkins University in lacrosse as well as Colorado College and University of Alabama in Huntsville in ice hockey. Lacrosse is a full contact Team sport played using a solid rubber ball and long handled racket called a crosse or Lacrosse stick. The Colorado College (familiarly known as CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The University of Alabama in Huntsville (also known as UAH or UAHuntsville) is a state-supported public, Coeducational University Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. This is an especially important issue in hockey, which has no Division II competition and has several schools whose other athletic programs compete in Division II and Division III. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice.

This controversy was resolved at the 2004 NCAA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee when the members supported Proposal 65-1, the amended legislation co-sponsored by Colorado College, Clarkson University, Hartwick College, Johns Hopkins University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rutgers University-Newark, St. Lawrence University, and SUNY Oneonta. The Colorado College (familiarly known as CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Clarkson University is a private university located in Rural Potsdam, New York. Hartwick College is a non-denominational private, four-year Liberal arts and sciences College located in Oneonta, New York, in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a Nonsectarian private Research University located in Troy, New York This article discusses Rutgers University's campus in Newark New Jersey St Lawrence University is a private four-year liberal arts college located in the village of Canton in Saint Lawrence County New York. The State University of New York at Oneonta (also know as O-State Oneonta State and SUCO is a four-year liberal arts college in Oneonta New York, United States Each school affected by this debate is allowed to grant financial aid to student-athletes who compete in Division I programs in one men's sport and one women's sport. It is still permitted for other schools to place one men's and one women's sport in Division I going forward, but they cannot offer scholarships without bringing the whole program into compliance with Division I rules.

Subdivisions

Subdivisions in Division I are important only in football. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with In all other sports, all Division I conferences are considered equivalent. The subdivisions were recently given names to reflect the differing levels of football play in them. Additionally, some sports, most notably ice hockey and men's volleyball, have completely different conference structures that operate outside of the normal NCAA sports conference structure. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet

The method by which the NCAA determines whether a school is Bowl or Championship subdivision is first by attendance numbers and then by scholarships. Although scholarships are only one of several methods for the NCAA to determine if they have some form of financial backing for the program they do look at attendance as an additional key consideration.

For attendance they either will allow the tickets sold or the number of actual people attending the season games as reporting methods. They require a minimum of 15,000 people in attendance for each home game as an average every other year. These numbers get posted to the NCAA statistics website for football each year. In the 2005 football season 14 schools were listed with an average below 15,000. With the new rules starting in the 2006 season, the amount of Bowl subdivision schools could drop in the near future if those schools are not able to pull in enough fans into the games. Additionally, 8 schools in the Championship subdivision had enough attendance to be moved up in 2005.

Football Bowl Subdivision

NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as NCAA Division I-A) college football is the only NCAA-sponsored sport without an organized tournament to determine its champion. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies Schools in Division I FBS compete in post-season bowl games, with the champions of six conferences receiving automatic bids to the highly lucrative Bowl Championship Series to determine a national champion. In the United States, a bowl game is traditionally a post-season College football game however the term "bowl" has become synonymous with a major American The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national This is due to many factors, including tradition and certain legal decisions against the NCAA, especially with regard to the sale of television rights.

The remaining five conferences, often referred to as "Mid Majors", do not receive automatic bids but their conference champions are eligible for one of the four remaining "at-large" spots. Mid-major is a term mainly used in American College basketball and College football, to describe schools not affiliated with a conference whose football The one exception is a small group of independents. These teams, Notre Dame in particular, have to be either ranked ahead of a champion from one of the six automatic bid conferences in the BCS standings or rank in the top eight of the BCS standings, to ensure a spot in a BCS bowl game.

The NCAA has also pushed for Division I FBS schools to be forced to schedule a minimum number of home games each season and meet attendance requirements for those games (see above). This has met with resistance from smaller conferences, whose schools often receive large amounts of money to play road games against schools from the BCS conferences.

FBS schools are currently limited to a total of 85 football players receiving financial assistance. Since for competitive reasons a student on partial scholarship counts fully against the total of 85, virtually all FBS schools that are not on NCAA probation give 85 full scholarships. The service academies—in this context, Army, Navy, and Air Force—are exempt from this rule, as all of their students receive full scholarships from the federal government. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, The United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, United States that educates and commissions officers of the United States The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air

In 2007, there were 119 full members of Division I FBS. Western Kentucky University was in its first year of a two-year transition period from Division I FCS; it will become a full FBS member in 2009. Western Kentucky University ( WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green Kentucky, USA

Any conference with at least 12 football teams is allowed to split its teams into two divisions and conduct a championship game between the division winners. The prize is normally a specific bowl game bid for which the conference has a tie-in, or a spot in the BCS (depending on the conference).

Conferences

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* Of the 16 Big East schools, only eight play football in the conference. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen Universities in the northeastern southeastern and midwestern United Park Ridge Illinois, is a suburb of 37775 residents Fifteen miles northwest of downtown Chicago it is close to O'Hare Airport, major expressways and rail transportation The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. Irving (pronounced 'er-ving' is a city located in the US state of Texas within Dallas County. Reasons for being Independent In recent years most Independent FBS schools have joined a conference for two primary The Mid-American Conference ( MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division I college athletic conference with a membership Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state The Mountain West Conference (or MWC) the youngest of the College athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division I FBS (I-A officially The City of Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, The Pacific-10 Conference ( Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. Walnut Creek is a Suburban community located 16 miles east of the city of Oakland The Southeastern Conference (SEC is a College Athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I since 1976. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack" was formed on July 27 1962 making it the sixth oldest of the 11 College The City of Greenwood Village is a prominent suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area and a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County Two schools sponsor football teams in the lower Football Championship Subdivision, and one plays football as an independent school. The rest do not play college football. Additionally, the conference features one associate member, Loyola College, which plays women's lacrosse in the Big East. Loyola College in Maryland is a private Coeducational University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with the
^ In addition to the 12 full members, Conference USA features three schools, Florida International University, the University of Kentucky, and the University of South Carolina which play men's soccer in the conference. Florida International University, commonly referred to as FIU or Florida International, is a public Research University located The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located This article is about the University of South Carolina in Columbia Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Colorado College, a Division I school in men's ice hockey and a Division III school for all other sports, plays women's soccer in Conference USA. The Colorado College (familiarly known as CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States.
† In addition to the 12 full members, the Mid-American Conference features four members who only participate in one sport each: Chicago State University in men's tennis, Hartwick College in men's soccer, Missouri State University in women's field hockey and Temple University in football. Chicago State University (CSU is a State university in Chicago, Illinois. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Hartwick College is a non-denominational private, four-year Liberal arts and sciences College located in Oneonta, New York, in the Missouri State University is a State university located in Springfield, Missouri. Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick Temple University is a state-related public research University in Philadelphia. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with
# The Pac-10 also includes several associate members who compete in a single sport in the conference; San Diego State University plays men's soccer and six additional schools participate in men's wrestling. History Established on March 13 1897 San Diego State University first began as the San Diego Normal School intended to educate local future female elementary school teachers Collegiate wrestling is the commonly-used name of the style of Amateur wrestling practiced at the College and University level in the United States
$ Only eight schools in the Sun Belt Conference currently sponsor football teams. Two additional schools, Western Kentucky University and University of South Alabama, are scheduled to begin Division I FBS football programs in the future. Western Kentucky University ( WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green Kentucky, USA The University of South Alabama ( USA) is a public, doctoral-level University in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

Football Championship Subdivision

The Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as I-AA) determines its champion in a 16-team, single-elimination tournament. The champions of eight conferences receive automatic bids to this tournament. However, teams from other conferences are still eligible for one of the eight remaining "at-large" spots. Beginning in 2010, the championship tournament will expand to 20 teams, with ten automatic bids and eight first-round byes. ^[1]

The Ivy League chooses not to participate in this tournament, and the Pioneer Football League and Northeast Conference champions play in the Gridiron Classic, though all conference teams technically remain tournament eligible. The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The Pioneer Football League is a College athletic conference which operates literally from coast to coast in the United States. The Northeast Conference (NEC is a College athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA Because of their own conference title game and games played Thanksgiving weekend, the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) does not play in the playoffs. "Southwestern Conference" redirects here For the former major conference in Texas and Arkansas see Southwest Conference; for the Ohio High School Conference The possible exception here is if a SWAC team other than Alabama State, Grambling State, or Southern (all of whom play Thanksgiving weekend) does not win their division to go to the SWAC championship game and still has seven D-I wins, they are eligible for an at-large spot. Alabama State University, founded 1867 is a historically black university located in Montgomery Alabama. Grambling State University is a public, Coeducational University, which is among the Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs in For other Southern University campuses see Southern University System. However, this scenario has not occurred since the SWAC pulled out of the playoff at-large system.

When I-AA was formed in 1978, the playoffs comprised just four teams, doubling to eight teams in 1981. The following year (1982) changed to a 12-team tourney, with each of the top four seeds receiving a first-round bye and a home game in the quarterfinals. The I-AA playoffs went to the present 16-team format in 1986, but will expand to 20-teams in 2010. After 28 seasons, the "I-AA" was dropped by the NCAA for 2006 season and playoffs, although it is still informally used.

The last SWAC team to participate in the I-AA playoffs was Jackson State in 1997; the SWAC never achieved success in the tournament, going winless in 19 games in twenty years (1978-97). "Southwestern Conference" redirects here For the former major conference in Texas and Arkansas see Southwest Conference; for the Ohio High School Conference Jackson State University (also known as Jackson State or JSU) is a historically black university located in Jackson Mississippi founded in 1877 The Ivy league, which was moved down to I-AA beginning in 1982 (against their wishes), has a strict 10-game schedule policy and has yet to participate in the I-AA/FCS playoffs. The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States.

Schools in a transition period after joining the FCS from Division II are also ineligible for the playoffs. Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Several highly ranked teams in 2006 were excluded, with #3 North Dakota State as the most notable absence ;the Bison will not be eligible for the playoffs until the 2008 season. College Division National Championships 1965 1968 1969 Division II National Championships 1969 1983 1985 1986

The three service academies (Army, Navy, & Air Force) were briefly considered for I-AA status in the early 1980s, but under a recommendation from The Pentagon, have remained in the NCAA's top subdivision. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, The United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, United States that educates and commissions officers of the United States The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government

Division I FCS schools are currently restricted to giving financial assistance amounting to 63 full scholarships. Unlike Bowl Subdivision schools, Championship Subdivision schools may divide their allotment into partial scholarships, but Championship Subdivision schools are limited to 85 players receiving any sort of athletic financial aid for football. Because of competitive forces, however, a substantial number of players in Championship Subdivision programs are on full scholarships.

A few Championship Subdivision conferences are composed of schools that offer no athletic scholarships at all, most notably the Ivy League and the Pioneer Football League, a football-only conference. The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The Pioneer Football League is a College athletic conference which operates literally from coast to coast in the United States. The Northeast Conference also sponsored non-scholarship football, but began offering a maximum of 30 full scholarship equivalents in 2006. The Northeast Conference (NEC is a College athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA The Patriot League does not give football scholarships, but permits them in other sports (athletes receiving these scholarships are ineligible to play football for Patriot League schools). The Patriot League is a College athletic conference which operates in the Northeastern United States.

A national championship team for this level of football is determined annually "on the field" in a 16-team tournament. The #1-ranked Championship Subdivision mid-major team is awarded The Sports Network Cup on the eve of the overall Championship Subdivision championship game. The PFL and NEC also meet in an exempted postseason game called the Gridiron Classic, which will match the champions of the two Championship Subdivision football conferences, except if one of the league champions make the playoff, in which the second place team will compete.

Conferences

Division I-Non-Football

Several Bowl Subdivision and Championship Subdivision conferences have member institutions that do not compete in football (such schools are sometimes unofficially referred to as I-AAA). The Big Sky Conference (or BSC) is an intercollegiate College athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division I, with football Ogden is a city in and the County seat of Weber County, Utah, United States. The Big South Conference is a College athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division I. The Colonial Athletic Association, also known as the CAA, is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in East This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. NCAA Football Championship Sub-Division independent schools are four-year institutions in the United States whose football programs are not part of a football Elmhurst is an affluent Suburb of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois. The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. See also Princeton Township New Jersey, Borough of Princeton New Jersey Princeton Borough New Jersey Princeton Township New Jersey this The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC is a Collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs in the Southeastern Virginia Beach (pronounced /vɚˌdʒɪnjəˈbiːtʃ/ is an Independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area and one of the largest cities in The Missouri Valley Football Conference (formerly the Gateway Football Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern United States The Northeast Conference (NEC is a College athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA Somerset is a Census-designated place and unincorporated area located at the eastermost section within Franklin Township, in Somerset County The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States, and an affluent suburb of Nashville. The Patriot League is a College athletic conference which operates in the Northeastern United States. Center Valley is an unincorporated village one mile north of Coopersburg Pennsylvania at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 309 and Pennsylvania Route 378 The Pioneer Football League is a College athletic conference which operates literally from coast to coast in the United States. The Southern Conference (or SoCon) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I Spartanburg is the largest city in and the County seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton Counties in the US state of Texas and a wealthy and rapid growing suburb of Dallas. "Southwestern Conference" redirects here For the former major conference in Texas and Arkansas see Southwest Conference; for the Ohio High School Conference Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. For example, the Big East Conference, a Bowl Subdivision conference in football, has five members that do not play football at all (DePaul, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, and St. John's), plus an additional two members who play football in Championship Subdivision conferences (Georgetown and Villanova); conference member Notre Dame plays football as a Bowl Subdivision independent. The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen Universities in the northeastern southeastern and midwestern United DePaul University is a private institution of Higher education and Research in Chicago, Illinois, U The Marquette Golden Eagles (formerly known as the Marquette Warriors Blue and Gold Hilltoppers and Golden Avalanche (football only is the name of the various sports teams of This page refers to a college in Rhode Island. For the college in Manitoba, see Providence College and Theological Seminary. Cultural traditions "What is a Hoya?" The University admits that the precise origin of the term "Hoya" is unknown Villanova University' is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the varsity sports teams of the University of Notre Dame.

In addition, some schools officially affiliated with conferences that do not sponsor football do, in fact, field football teams. For example, UC Davis and Cal Poly are members of the non-football Big West Conference, but they still participate in football under the FCS Great West Football Conference. The University of California Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, or just UCD, is a public coeducational university located in the city of Davis, California Polytechnic State University, also officially recognized as Cal Poly, is a nationally ranked Public university located in San Luis Obispo The Big West Conference ( BWC) is an NCAA -affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A (now known as Division I FBS

The following Division I conferences do not sponsor football. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with These conferences still compete in Division I for all other sports.

Conferences

Of these, the two that most recently sponsored football were the Atlantic-10 and the Big West. Member schools There are nine schools with full membership All-Time Conference Membership The Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun is a college athletic conference which operates primarily on the east coast of the United States Macon is a city located in central Georgia, USA It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia and the county seat of Bibb County. The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10 is a Mid-major college athletic conference which operates mostly on the United States' eastern seaboard Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Big West Conference ( BWC) is an NCAA -affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A (now known as Division I FBS Irvine ( is an incorporated city in Orange County California, United States Membership Former members History Foundation In May 1978 DePaul University hosted a meeting with Bradley Dayton Detroit Member Institutions The MAAC has ten Member Institutions Associate Member Institutions Men's Lacrosse Mount Saint Mary's Edison Township (usually known as Edison) is a township in Middlesex County New Jersey, United States. Membership Affiliate members Eastern Illinois University (men's soccer not sponsored by the Ohio Valley Conference) Membership Associate members Eastern Illinois University (November 3 2005 - swimming and diving Former members Elmhurst is an affluent Suburb of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois. Current members Former members University of the Pacific (1952-1971 San Jose State University (1952-1969 San Bruno is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. The Big West Conference football league was disbanded after 2000, and the A-10 football league dissolved in 2006 with its members going to the Colonial Athletic Association. In addition, four A-10 schools (Dayton, Fordham, Duquesne, and Temple) play football in a conference other than the new CAA, which still includes three full-time A-10 members (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Richmond). The University of Dayton (abbreviated UD) is a private Catholic University operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton Ohio Fordham University is a private University in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Temple University is a state-related public research University in Philadelphia. The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in The University of Rhode Island, commonly abbreviated as URI, is the principal public research university in the State of Rhode Island, with its main campus in The University of Richmond is a private nonsectarian liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia

Other non-football conference schools that sponsor football include six of the Missouri Valley schools (Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Northern Iowa, and Southern Illinois) and three of the Horizon League schools (Butler University, Valparaiso University, and Youngstown State University). Drake University is a private co-educational University located in the city of Des Moines Iowa, USA. Illinois State University is a Public university in Normal Illinois and is the oldest public institution of Higher education in the state. Indiana State University ( ISU) is a Public university that is located in Terre Haute Indiana, United States. Missouri State University is a State university located in Springfield, Missouri. The University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls Iowa, is a state-supported university that offers more than 120 majors across the colleges of Business Administration Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC but usually just referred to as SIU) is located in Carbondale, Illinois. Butler University is a private Liberal arts University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Valparaiso University, known Colloquially as Valpo, is a private University located in the city of Valparaiso in the U Youngstown State University, founded in 1908 is an accredited University located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States.

Division I Ice Hockey

As ice hockey is limited to a much smaller number of almost exclusively Northern schools, there is a completely different conference structure for teams. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. These conferences feature a mix of teams that play their other sports in various Division I conferences, and even Division II and Division III schools. Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. With the exception of Ivy Leagues' hockey playing schools being members of the ECAC, there is no correlation between a team's ice hockey affiliation and its affiliation for other sports. For example, the Hockey East men's conference consists of one ACC school, two Big East schools, four schools from America East, one from the A-10, one CAA school, and two schools from the D-II Northeast Ten Conference, whereas the CCHA and WCHA both have some Big Ten representation, plus Division II and III schools. Hockey East Association is a college athletic conference which operates in New England. Membership Current members Former Members Conference Facilities President's Cup Champions Sports Also, the divisional structure is truncated, with Division II competition in the sport abolished in 1999.

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See also

• College football - Maps of the United States showing locations of Division I-FBS and I-FCS schools
• List of Division I-FBS college football stadiums
• Division II
• Division III
• List of undefeated Division I football teams
• List of Division I Athletic Directors

External links

• FCS College Football Weekly Preview
• List of Division I schools at NCAA.org
• Year-By-Year FCS Playoff Results
• Official Website for college football's Bowl Championship Series