Division 1 Football Conferences List

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Division 1 football conferences list. This is a list of schools in division i of the national collegiate athletic association ncaa that play football in the united states as a varsity sport and are members of the football championship subdivision fcs known as division i aa from 1978 through 2005. By definition all schools in this grouping have varsity football teams. Schools that belong to the fbs have different requirements from. Member universities represent a range of private and public.

The national collegiate athletic association ncaa is divided into three divisions based roughly on school sizeeach division is made up of several conferences for regional league play. Three programs are independent while the remaining 121 teams are structured into 13 conferences. The american athletic conference the american or aac is an american collegiate athletic conference featuring 11 member universities and six associate member universities that compete in the national collegiate athletic associations ncaa division i with its football teams competing in the football bowl subdivision fbs. Those that participate in the ncaa run football championship belong to the football championship subdivision.

Division i is subdivided based on a schools football sponsorship. Fbs i a acc american big 12 big ten c usa fbs indep. Conference affiliations are current for the 2020 season. Division 1 football rankings.

Schools in division i fbs are distinguished from those in the division i football championship subdivision fcs by being allowed to provide scholarship aid to a. All conferences atlantic coast american athletic conference big 12 big ten conference usa. Check out all the scores standings and stats from every division i college football conference. The division i football championship subdivision fcs formerly known as division i aa consists of 124 teams as of the 2018 season.

The i aa designation was dropped by the ncaa in 2006 although it is still informally and commonly used. Unless otherwise noted changes in conference affiliation will occur on july 1 of the given year. Schools that have football teams that participate in bowl games belong to the football bowl subdivision. Other schools dont sponsor football at all.

This is a list of the 130 schools in the division i football bowl subdivision fbs of the national collegiate athletic association ncaa in the united states.