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The Buck Buchanan Award is given to the most outstanding defensive player in Division I FCS. In 2002, Rashean Mathis of Bethune–Cookman won the award. [ 5 ] Mathis holds the NCAA FCS/ I-AA records for most interceptions in a season (14), most interceptions during a career (31), most yards on interception returns in a season (455), and most ...
The Bethune–Cookman Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Bethune–Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference and participates in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
Mid-Eastern Athletic Association - Bethune-Cookman, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central Missouri Valley Football Conference - Illinois State, North Dakota State Northeast Conference - Duquesne Ohio Valley Conference - Jacksonville State Patriot League - Colgate Pioneer Football League - Dayton, San Diego
Currently, there are 364 institutions classified as Division I (including those in the process of transitioning from other divisions), making it the second largest division by school count in the NCAA. [1] An additional 206 institutions in one of the NCAA's other two divisions compete or will compete in Division I in at least one sport.
Sonja O. Stills became the first female commissioner of the MEAC on January 1, 2022. She is also the only female commissioner of a Division I HBCU athletic conference. The MEAC experienced its first expansion in 1979 when Bethune–Cookman College (now Bethune–Cookman University) and Florida A&M University were admitted as new members. That ...
After competing in NCAA Division II for 50 years, the team was invited to play in the NCAA Division I. In 2021, Bethune–Cookman accepted an invitation to join the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Originally, the team played in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). During this time, the only tournament the Wildcats have made is ...
Florida A&M, Bethune–Cookman, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, Morgan State, and Norfolk State opted out of the spring season. The MEAC suspended the spring season on February 11, due to only having three schools playing in the spring.
The 2023 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune–Cookman University as a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Raymond Woodie and played home games at Daytona Stadium in Daytona Beach ...