List of NCAA Division II institutions
There are currently 308 American, Canadian, and Puerto Rican colleges and universities classified as Division II for NCAA competition. During the 2020–21 academic year, five schools are in the process of reclassifying to Division II. Forty-four of the 50 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 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
- Becomes Converse University in 2021–22.
Reclassifying
The reclassification process from one NCAA division to another requires four years, except for moves to Division II. Moves from Division III to Division II require three years, and moves from Division I to Division II require two years.
| School | Nickname | City | State/ Province |
Enrollment | Conference | Full Membership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen University[2] | Yellow Jackets | Columbia | South Carolina | 600 | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 2023 |
| D'Youville College[3] | Saints | Buffalo | New York | 3,000 | East Coast Conference | 2023 |
| Frostburg State University | Bobcats | Frostburg | Maryland | 5,396 | Mountain East Conference | 2022 |
| College of Staten Island | Dolphins | Staten Island | New York | 13,798 | East Coast Conference | 2022 |
| University of Texas at Tyler | Patriots | Tyler | Texas | 10,527 | Lone Star Conference | 2021 |
Pending
This school is actively pursuing Division II membership. 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 |
Enrollment | Conference | Current Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Waters College[4] | Tigers | Jacksonville | Florida | 1,025 | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (NAIA) |
| Emory and Henry College[5] | Wasps | Emory | Virginia | 1,246 | South Atlantic Conference | Old Dominion Athletic Conference (D3) |
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: 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 (presumably due to the past existence of a Division II championship in that sport). 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, including a postseason tournament. The conference formerly sponsored a women's ice hockey postseason tournament for those teams remaining in D-II but competing as independents during the regular season, but that tournament has been superseded by the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA), which began play in 2017 as a scheduling agreement between all of the existing women's National Collegiate independents (including full D-I member Sacred Heart), organized as a full conference in 2018, and received official NCAA recognition in 2019. Because the NE-10 is the sole Division II hockey league, its postseason champion cannot compete for the NCAA national hockey championship. The Post University men's team competes as D-II and has a scheduling alliance with the NE-10 schools, while its women's team is a member of the NEWHA.
- 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) | Expiry Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lynn University | Entire program | January 31, 2021[6] |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | Women's swimming | April 9, 2021[7] |
| Wilmington University | Women's tennis | April 15, 2021[8] |
| Barry University | Men's soccer | April 15, 2022[9] |
| Saginaw Valley State University | Entire program | February 6, 2023[10] |
| King University | Men's basketball | September 3, 2023[11] |
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 women'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.
- Brown, Mitchell (July 15, 2020). "Allen University makes the jump from NAIA to NCAA Division II". Columbia, SC: WACH. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- "D'Youville accepted for ECC membership, prepares to gain Division II status". The Buffalo News. March 2, 2020.
- Freeman, Clayton (July 9, 2019). "Edward Waters plans to join NCAA Division II". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved April 20, 2020 – via MSN.
- "E&H ATHLETICS: Moving up and out; Emory & Henry College to join NCAA Division-II South Atlantic Conference, leaving D-III and the ODAC". Bristol Herald Courier. November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- "Lynn University Public Infractions Decision" (PDF). NCAA. February 1, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- "Millersville University of Pennsylvania Public Infractions Decision" (PDF). NCAA. April 10, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- "Wilmington University (Delaware) Public Infractions Decision" (PDF). NCAA. April 16, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- "Barry University Public Infractions Decision" (PDF). NCAA. April 16, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- "Saginaw Valley State University Public Infractions Decision" (PDF). NCAA. February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- "King University Public Infractions Decision" (PDF). NCAA. September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
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