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Women's volleyball team of a U.S. university. College athletics is a major enterprise in the United States, with more than 500,000 student athletes attending over 1,100 universities and colleges competing annually. The largest programs are: National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).
College athletics in the United States. College athletics in the United States or college sports in the United States refers primarily to sports and athletic training and competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education (universities and colleges) in a two-tiered system. [1] The first tier includes the sports that are ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) [b] is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada. [3] It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. [3]
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 ...
Even after the emergence of the professional National Football League (NFL), college football has remained extremely popular throughout the U.S. [4] Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart, the sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game, with Division I programs – the highest level – playing in ...
This is a list of U.S. universities and colleges that have won the most team sport national championships (more than 15) that have been bestowed for the highest level of collegiate athletic competition, be that at either the varsity or club level, as determined by the governing organization of each sport.
Amateur Athletic Union annual United States championship – College teams were runners-up in 1915, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1932, and 1934. Four college teams won the championship (final game results): [14] 1916 Utah def. Illinois Athletic Club, 28–27. 1920 New York University def. Rutgers, 49–24.
College sports championships in the United States (11 C, 9 P) College club sports in the United States (1 C, 1 P) College sports conferences in the United States (42 C, 13 P) College sports tournaments in the United States (2 C) College sports culture in the United States (6 C, 9 P)