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The NCAA officially classifies all championship events that are open to schools from more than one division as "National Collegiate", except in men's ice hockey, in which the top-level championship is styled as a Division I championship (presumably due to the past existence of a Division II championship in that sport). Division II members are ...
The main reason for Division II and Division III schools to compete in Division I is that certain sports have either only a single division or only Divisions I and III. As a result of this, there are some D-II and III conferences with a conference championship in a sport that has only one or two NCAA divisions (e.g. bowling, men's volleyball).
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 East Coast Conference, features D-I Bryant as an associate member in bowling, a sport with a single NCAA championship event open to all divisions.
Map of NCAA Division II football programs, 2024. This is a list of the schools in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States that have football as a varsity sport. In the 2024 season, [1] there are a total of 162 Division II football programs – one fewer than 2023. Changes from last season were:
Sport sponsorship Foot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Soccer M W M W Coppin State Eagles: Coppin State University: Baltimore: MEAC [a] Loyola Greyhounds: Loyola University Maryland: Baltimore: Patriot: Maryland Terrapins: University of Maryland, College Park: College Park: Big Ten: FBS: Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks: University of Maryland ...
Sport sponsorship Foot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Ice hockey Soccer M W M W M W Minnesota Golden Gophers: University of Minnesota Twin Cities: Minneapolis: Big Ten: FBS [a] St. Thomas Tommies: University of St. Thomas: Saint Paul: Summit: FCS [b] [c] [c
Sport sponsorship Foot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Ice hockey Soccer M W M W M W Arizona Wildcats: University of Arizona: Tucson: Big-12: FBS: Arizona State Sun Devils: Arizona State University: Tempe: Big-12: FBS [a] Grand Canyon Antelopes: Grand Canyon University: Phoenix: WAC [b] Northern Arizona Lumberjacks: Northern Arizona ...
Conferences in the Football Bowl Subdivision must meet a more stringent set of NCAA requirements than other conferences. Among these additional NCAA regulations, institutions in the Football Bowl Subdivision must be "multisport conferences" and participate in conference play in at least six men's and eight women's sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, and at least two other ...