There are 239 NCAA Division III football programs in the United States. Teams and conference affiliations are current for the 2024 season. [1]
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* | Former NCAA Division I (or equivalent) national champions |
^ | Former NCAA Division I (or equivalent) member |
School | Nickname | City | State/ province | Future conference | Stadium | Cap. | Note | Begins play |
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Maine Maritime | Mariners | Castine | Maine | CCC | Ritchie Field | 1,500 | [F2 1] | 2025 [2] |
New England College | Pilgrims | Henniker | New Hampshire | CCC | TBD | TBD | 2025 [3] [4] | |
Roanoke | Maroons | Salem | Virginia | ODAC | Salem Stadium | 7,157 | 2025 [5] | |
Schreiner | Mountaineers | Kerrville | Texas | SCAC | TBD | TBD | 2025 [6] |
The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champion. The tournament was formally held in 1959, when it was an eight-team tournament. Since then, the tournament has expanded to 48 teams, in which every Division I conference tournament champion is allocated a berth. Among the most successful programs, Saint Louis won 10 titles during dynasty years between 1959 and 1973. Indiana has won 8 titles beginning in 1982, whereas Virginia has won 7 titles beginning in 1989. Syracuse won its first national title in its first appearance in 2022.
The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its current members are public universities, and upon UC San Diego's departure on July 1, 2020, all are members of the California State University system.
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Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) primarily at the Division II level. It is also considered as one of the seven Division I conferences for men's volleyball. Originally formed in 1930, the league reached its modern incarnation in 1994. Member institutions are located in the southeastern United States in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Conference Carolinas membership currently consists of 14 small colleges or universities, 12 private and two public.
The LIU Post Pioneers were the athletic teams that represented the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, located in Brookville, New York, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports through the 2018–19 school year. The Pioneers most recently competed as members of the East Coast Conference for most sports; the football team was an affiliate of the Northeast-10 Conference. LIU Post has been a member of the ECC since 1989, when the league was established as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference.