List of NCAA Division II institutions
There are currently 305 American and Canadian colleges and universities classified as Division II for NCAA competition. During the 2017–18 academic year, 7 schools are in the process of reclassifying to Division II. Forty-four of the 50 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia and the Canadian province of British Columbia are represented. Arizona, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming do not currently have D-II institutions.
Division II institutions
Full members
- Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 All members of the Heartland Conference except Newman will join the Lone Star Conference in 2019.
- ↑ UC San Diego will begin a transition to NCAA Division I in 2020, joining the Big West Conference.
- ↑ Chowan joins Conference Carolinas in 2019.
- ↑ Davis & Elkins joins the Mountain East Conference in 2019.
- ↑ After the 2018–19 school year, the LIU Post athletic program will be merged into the Division I athletic program of its sister campus, LIU Brooklyn, creating a new Division I program that will compete under the LIU name.
- ↑ Merrimack will begin a transition to NCAA Division I in 2019, joining the Northeast Conference.
- ↑ Newman will become a de facto member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 2019. Because the MIAA currently requires its full members to sponsor football, and Newman has no plans to add the sport, it will technically be an associate member, but will house all of its sports in that league.
- ↑ Shepherd joins the Pennsylvania State Atlantic Conference n 2019.
- ↑ Southwest Baptist joins the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2019.
- ↑ UVA–Wise joins the South Atlantic Conference n 2019.
Reclassifying
Pending
These schools are actively pursuing Division II. Schools wishing to move within the NCAA to Division II must apply no later than February 1 of a given year, with the NCAA making its decision that July.
| School | Nickname | City | State/ Province |
Conference | Current Affiliation | Latest Attempt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frostburg State University | Bobcats | Frostburg | Maryland | Mountain East Conference | Capital Athletic Conference (NCAA D-III) | 2018 |
Sports not in D-II
The NCAA does not conduct separate Division II championships in the following sports:
- Men: Gymnastics, ice hockey, volleyball, water polo (note, however, that no Division II member currently sponsors men's gymnastics)
- Women: Beach volleyball, bowling, gymnastics, ice hockey, water polo
- Coeducational: Fencing, rifle, skiing
Some schools have opted to compete in a sport at a higher level and are allowed to do so by the NCAA under certain circumstances. First, when the NCAA placed severe restrictions on the fielding of Division I teams by Division II institutions in 2011, it grandfathered in all then-current D-I teams at D-II schools. Apart from this, Division II members are allowed to compete for Division I championships in sports in which a Division II national championship is not contested.
In some sports, the NCAA only sponsors championships open to all member schools regardless of division, with examples including beach volleyball, fencing, rifle, and water polo. In men's and women's ice hockey and men's volleyball, the NCAA holds Division III championships, but does not hold a separate D-II championship. The NCAA officially classifies all championship events that are open to schools from more than one division as "National Collegiate", except in men's ice hockey, in which the top-level championship is styled as a Division I championship. Division II members are allowed to compete for National Collegiate championships as well as the Division I men's ice hockey championship; in all such sports, they are allowed to operate under the same rules and scholarship restrictions that apply to full Division I members in that sport.
The Northeast-10 sponsors Men's Ice Hockey for its members who choose to remain in D-II. The conference sponsors a Women's Ice Hockey postseason tournament for those teams remaining in D-II but compete as independents during the regular season. Because the NE-10 is the sole Division II hockey league, its postseason champion cannot compete for the NCAA national hockey championship. Post University Ice Hockey teams also compete as D-II and have scheduling alliances with the NE-10 schools.
- Future conference affiliations indicated in this list will take effect on July 1 of the stated year. In the case of spring sports, the first year of competition will take place in the calendar year after the conference move becomes official.
Probation
The following is a list of Division II institutions currently on probation by the NCAA in one or more sports. Probation decisions are made by the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Committee on Infractions.
| Institution | Sport(s) | Expiration Date |
|---|---|---|
| Central State | Entire program | March 3, 2019 |
| Seattle Pacific | Women's soccer | March 9, 2019 |
| West Texas A&M | Football | March 22, 2019 |
| Cheyney | Entire program | August 20, 2019 |
| Eastern New Mexico | Entire program | August 31, 2019 |
| Fayetteville State | Women's basketball | November 13, 2019 |
See also
- List of NCAA Division II football programs
- List of NCAA Division II lacrosse programs
- List of NCAA Division II men's soccer programs
- List of NCAA Division II wrestling programs
- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division III institutions
- List of NAIA institutions
- List of USCAA institutions
- List of NCCAA institutions
- List of NCAA Divisions II & III schools competing in NCAA Division I sports
References
- ↑ "Division II Members". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
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