In 1970 they were co-champions of the NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship.

* NCAA Division I Football Championship ( includes only Division I FCS teams )

* NCAA Division I FCS Consensus Mid-Major Football National Championship

* NCAA Division II National Football Championship

* NCAA Division III National Football Championship

However, the NCAA does not officially recognize the National Champion in the Football Bowl Subdivision as the Division I National Champion.

* February 10 – June Jones, American quarterback and current NCAA Football head coach at Southern Methodist University

* Mid-American Conference, an NCAA Division I ( Football Bowl Subdivision ) sports conference

* Football: Men's NCAA Division II

Eight of the seventeen conference schools are football members and the Big East competes as a BCS conference in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ), the top level of NCAA competition in that sport ( also known by its former designation: Division I-A ).

Football garnered much attention as being one of the most successful NCAA Division II teams in the northwest.

The conference competes in the NCAA's Division I ; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport.

It is a member of the NCAA's Division I for all sports ; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ; formerly Division I-A ), the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition.

It participates in the NCAA's Division I ; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ; formerly Division I-A ), the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition.

The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I in athletic competitions ; for football, it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ), formerly known as Division I-A.

On the gridiron, the conference as been the biggest draw on the Football Championship Subdivision level of the NCAA, leading the nation in average home attendance for 19 of the 20 years the FCS has been in existence.

It participates in Division I of the NCAA ; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ; formerly known as Division I-AA ), the lower of two levels of Division I football competition.

It has also garnered considerable national attention from its recent success in these sports: in particular, three-time Division I NCAA Football champion Appalachian State Mountaineers, who stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines 34 – 32 on September 1, 2007 ; and from the Davidson Wildcats, who reached the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by upsetting power programs Gonzaga ( a mid-major school which became a power program in the 2000s ), Georgetown and Wisconsin.

The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football ( formerly Division I-AA ) and to Division I Sports for all other sports.

* 1986: Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York, Lexington Herald-Leader ( Kentucky ), " for their series ' Playing Above the Rules ,' which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations.

Colleges in America generally play under the code defined in NCAA Football Rules and Interpretations.

The NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee, consisting of coaches from all three divisions of the NCAA, sets the rules for college men's basketball play.

On the NCAA court, the three point line had been a constant, but the NCAA Rules Committee voted in May 2007 to extend it a foot more to, which became effective beginning the 2008 – 09 season.

* NCAA 2007 Men ’ s and Women ’ s Basketball Rules ( PDF )

In May 2006, the NCAA and National Federation of State High School Associations Rules Committees announced a rule change allowing the colored balls to be used in all NCAA and NFHS sanctioned games.

* NCAA: 2006 NCAA Baseball Rules ( pdf )

* Soccer Rules of the Game ( NCAA )

* 2008 NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Rules

* 2008-10 NCAA Men ’ s and Women ’ s Ice Hockey Rules and Interpretations

Chait strongly criticized the editorial staff of the Detroit Free Press following a controversial article by Michael Rosenberg that alleged systematic infractions of NCAA Rules by the Michigan football team.

* Karcher, Richard T. “ The NCAA ’ s Regulations Related to the Use of Agents in the Sport of Baseball: Are the Rules Detrimental to the Best Interest of the Amateur Athlete ?” 7 Vand.

Carr serves on the NCAA Rules Committee and is a member of the American Board of Trustees.

He was the Chairman of the NCAA Rules Committee from 1951 – 55

Following the 1996 season, Kessinger resigned his head coaching position to become Mississippi's Associate Athletics Director for Internal Affairs, while concurrently serving as Chair of the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee.

They do not award athletic scholarships per NCAA DIII Rules.

Sharp served on NCAA Basketball Rules Committee for seven years.

Rules in place for NFL, NCAA, and high school football require that all helmets be certified by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment.

On April 20, 2011, UNO officially received transition approval from NCAA Division II Membership Committee.

Opponents of the clarification – including the NCAA Executive Committee, which issued a resolution soon afterward asking Association members not to use the survey – claimed the survey was flawed in part because of the way it counted non-responses.

The Committee, composed of two athletes from every sports team and a few athletic administrators, discusses issues relevant to WSU athletes and legislative changes in the NCAA.

In 1977 league presidents voted to allow post-season participation by member schools if they were so invited by the NCAA Division III Football Committee ( Harburn 4 ).

MC won the Division II National Championship in 1989 ; however, Mississippi College's football tournament participation, along with its NCAA Division II national football championship, were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for recruiting violations.

The NCAA has credited Bob Walsh of the Seattle Organizing Committee for starting the March Madness celebration in 1984.

The remaining thirty-seven tournament slots are granted to at-large bids, which are determined by the Selection Committee, a special committee appointed by the NCAA.

The remaining teams are granted " at-large " bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

On March 1, 2011, Bowling Green State University's director of intercollegiate athletics, Greg Christopher, was appointed chair of the NCAA Division I Women ’ s Basketball Committee during the 2011 – 12 academic year.

On January 12, 2010, the NCAA Men ’ s Water Polo Committee has reprimanded the University of Southern California men ’ s water polo team for inappropriate behavior following the championship event at the 2009 NCAA Water Polo Championship.

The bowl originally applied for certification by the NCAA Division I Championship Committee in 1981, but certification was delayed until 1982.

His ratings have been a regular feature in the USA Today sports section since 1985, have been used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee to help determine the participants in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament since 1984, and have been a part of the Bowl Championship Series since its inception in 1998.

Marsh left Auburn after the 2007 season to become the Head Elite Coach and CEO of the United States Olympic Committee Center of Excellence in Charlotte, North Carolina and was succeeded by former Auburn head coach Richard Quick who led Stanford and Texas to 12 NCAA titles in two decades of coaching between 1984 and 2005.

However, on July 9, 2010, the University's membership application was rejected by the NCAA Division II Membership Committee, which led to the University filing an appeal.

Participants in the championships are selected by the NCAA Division I Women ’ s Rowing Committee.

He is the acting president of the American Southwest Conference Executive Committee: a conference of sixteen colleges and universities located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas which are members of the NCAA Division III athletic conference.