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In the 2024 season, [1] there are a total of 162 Division II football programs - one fewer than 2023. Changes from last season were: Changes from last season were: The University of West Georgia began its transition to Division I , joining the United Athletic Conference for football at the FCS level and the Atlantic Sun Conference for all other ...
The Southland Conference, and all of its members, moved from Division II up to Division I in 1975 but returned to Division I-AA in 1982.; The Big Sky Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, and Yankee Conference, and their respective members, moved from Division II into the newly founded Division I-AA in 1978.
Of the programs that no longer compete in D-II, Akron, Central Michigan, Jacksonville State, Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Troy and Western Kentucky currently compete in Division I FBS. Delaware will play its first FBS season in 2025. All others compete in Division I FCS.
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 ...
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 ).
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 ...
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FBS 1911 Ended by Nebraska's move to the Big Ten: Nebraska–Missouri [80] 1922–2010 89 years FBS 1892 Ended by Nebraska's move to the Big Ten: Ohio State–Illinois [81] 1914–2002 89 years FBS 1902 Ended by Big Ten's change to non-round robin scheduling Presbyterian–Newberry [82] [83] 1919–2006 88 years Div. II: 1913