The NCAA Football Rules Committee determines the playing rules for Division I ( both Bowl and Championship Subdivisions ), II, and III games ( the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) is a separate organization, but uses the NCAA rules ).

* 235 lb ( Only the National Collegiate Wrestling Association ( NCWA ), which governs college wrestling for institutions outside of the NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA, currently allows this weight class, which ranges from 174 lb to 235 lb.

Huntingdon College participates at the NCAA Division III level and Faulkner University is a member of the NAIA and is a nearby rival of Auburn University at Montgomery.

ASU's Men's cross-country team is most notably known for becoming the first team in cross-country history to record a perfect score at the National Championships in 1992, the first year Adams competed in NCAA Division II after competing in the NAIA previously.

In July 2011, Shorter University and Union University ( Jackson, Tenn .) were accepted into the NCAA and will begin the multi-year transition process from the NAIA to NCAA.

* 2012: Minot State University and the University of Sioux Falls will begin full membership after joining NCAA Division II from the NAIA.

The WVIAC moved into the NCAA Division II in 1994 after that long affiliation with the NAIA

In 2011, the Lady Bearcat basketball team, led by All-American Brittany Sedlock, became the first team in school history to qualify for the NCAA Division-III postseason since the school made the move from the NAIA.

Accomplishments include 24 conference championships, four NAIA College World Series appearances and, most recently, the 2001 NCAA Division II conference, regional and national championships.

The softball team has led the way, winning several conference titles, appearing in 12 NAIA national tournaments and two NCAA Division II national tournaments and winning the 2002 Division-II National Championship.

The public two-year institution boasts excellent degree programs as well as competitive athletics where many athletes transfer to NCAA Division I, II, and NAIA universities.

A large number of young men from Milan High have gone on to play college football for NCAA division I and II teams, as well as NAIA teams.

Howard Payne University teams achieved national championship status in 1957 and 1964 in NAIA Cross Country, and in 2008 with NCAA Division III Women's Basketball.

Hnida is the third woman to have scored in a college football game, after Liz Heaston, who played for NAIA Willamette University in 1997, and Ashley Martin, who played for NCAA Division I-AA Jacksonville State University in 2001.

This includes colleges and universities that are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ), National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ), and the National Junior College Athletic Association ( NJCAA ).

Schools that are not members of an NCAA or NAIA athletic conference, including:

The major governing bodies for college sports, the NCAA and NAIA, divide their member schools into large competitive groups.

< sup >*</ sup > The Apprentice School is not a college or university, and is not associated with either the NCAA or the NAIA.

However, ever since the school was founded in 1919 it has fielded athletic teams ( including football ) that compete against small college NCAA / NAIA teams.

The Conference was at 11 schools until its 80th Anniversary year ( 2001-02 ) when William Penn decided to leave and switch its affiliation from the NCAA to the NAIA.

With the dissolution of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women in 1982, the member schools joined their male counterparts in either the NCAA or NAIA.

Wacker won two NAIA Division II National Championships with Texas Lutheran in 1974 and 1975, and two NCAA Division II National Championships with Southwest Texas State in 1981 and 1982.

The NCAA requires college cheer coaches to successfully complete a nationally recognized safety-training program.

Since the NCAA has yet to recognize cheerleading as an official college sport, there are no solid numbers on college cheerleading, yet when it comes to injuries, 67 % of female athlete injuries at the college level are due to cheerleading mishaps.

* CollegeInsider. com Postseason Tournament, an NCAA college basketball postseason tournament.

NCAA Divisions II and III do not usually compete platform ; if a diver wishes to compete platform in college, he or she must attend a Division I school.

The NCAA limits the number of years a college student can represent any school in competitions.

In The NCAA rulebook defines eligible receivers for college football in Rule 7, Section 3, Article 3.

The college is a dual member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division III and National Christian College Athletic Association ( NCCAA ) Division I.

In NCAA softball, the rule is invoked if one team is ahead by at least eight runs after five innings and, unlike with college baseball, applies in the NCAA tournament as well ( but not in the Women's College World Series ).

At the college level, there is no NCAA mercy rule.

The most famous team by far is the men's basketball team, which has won 8 NCAA championships and is the winningest program in college basketball history, being the first to reach 2000 wins.

The NCAA dates its formation to two White House conferences convened by President Theodore Roosevelt to " encourage reforms " to college football practices in the early 20th century, which had resulted in repeated injuries and deaths and " prompted many college and universities to discontinue the sport.

In conjunction with the Final Four of each year's men's and women's Division I NCAA basketball tournaments the Naismith Hall gives out several awards to college basketball athletes:

The Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois.

The Mountain West Conference ( formally abbreviated MW since July 2011 ; informally MWC ), popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA ’ s Division I FBS ( formerly I-A ).

The SEC was also the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a championship game ( and award a subsequent title ) for college football, and was one of the founding members of the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ).

The Southern Conference ( or SoCon ) is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ).

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ( MAAC, ) is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference consisting of ten schools coming from various parts of the northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and New York.

The Northeast Conference ( NEC ) is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA.

The Gulf South Conference ( GSC ) is an NCAA Division II college athletic conference which operates in the southeastern United States.