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>>>Unless I missed or overlooked something, the >>>conference pages should now all be updated to reflect >>>the proper alignment for 2023. There are some new >>>conferences to replace some old ones, so refresh the >>>index frame to make sure they're showing up (you >>>should see 'Big South-OVC Football Assocation' now >>>instead of Big South and Ohio Valley Conference >>>separately, for example). Please let me know if i >>>missed something. >>> >>>A new thing to facilitate navigation: if you click on >>>the helmet image at the top of the conference page it >>>will jump down to the section for that team on the >>>page. This has only been done thus far for three >>>conference pages (the FBS conferences that had major >>>realignment upheaval this year) but I will likely >>>eventually do it for at least most of the Division I >>>conferences. I consider this to be a low priority so >>>it likely will not be completed anytime soon. >>> >>>'Countable opponents' >>> >>>Both the NCAA and NAIA now maintain a list of >>>'non-countable opponents' to help their membership >>>know who they cannot schedule and have those games >>>count for win-loss records, statistics, etc. The >>>criteria for the two organizations seem to be nearly >>>identical and I've noticed only one apparent >>>contradiction between the two. >>> >>>The NCAA list is here, and was updated most recently >>>June 28, 2023: >>> >>>http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/ForSIDs/CountOppDefinit >i >>o >>>n.pdf >>> >>>The NAIA list is here, and was updated at least as >>>recently as May 16, 2023: >>> >>>https://www.naia.org/legislative/countable-opponents >>> >>>Both NCAA and NAIA state that the list of teams above >>>are not complete - other 'non-countable' opponents >>>exist. >>> >>>It is my current policy to include at the website >NCAA >>>and NAIA teams, plus currently 'countable opponents' >>>for either, so again please let me know if I missed >>>anything. Both the NCAA and NAIA include as countable >>>opponents members of the National Christian College >>>Athletic Association (NCCAA), but upon inspecting a >>>list of the 15 NCCAA institutions which had football >>>teams in 2022-23 at: >>> >>>https://thenccaa.org/stats.aspx?path=football&year=20 >2 >>2 >>> >>>I noticed only two that are not also members of >either >>>the NCAA or NAIA. Those two are Virginia University >>>Lynchburg and University of Fort Lauderdale, both of >>>which are included at the 'helmet project' website on >>>the page labelled 'other college teams' down towards >>>the bottom of the site index. >>> >>>Lincoln University in Oakland, CA apparently >qualifies >>>as "countable" via some other means, as it is not an >>>NCCAA team. Accreditation via various bodies is >>>another way to achieve "countability". >>> >>>The one discrepancy I found between NAIA and NCAA is >>>the Apprentice School, the shipbuilding school in >>>Virginia which has played small-college opponents in >>>the mid-Atlantic region for more than a hundred >years. >>>Presently the school appears on the "non-countable" >>>NAIA list, but is not listed as "non-countable" by >the >>>NCAA. At least five NCAA teams show Apprentice School >>>on their 2023 football schedule but none label the >>>game as an "exhibition", so I would assume Apprentice >>>School remains countable for NCAA. >>> >>>Could there be some "countable" opponents (via the >>>accreditiation qualification) that nonetheless choose >>>not to schedule NCAA or NAIA opponents? If so, I >>>suppose they should be included at the website...but >>>I'm unaware of any such team. >>> >>>Thanks as always for your reports and contributions! >> >> >>A third football school would be in NCCAA next year >>which would be countable. Carolina Christian College >>is joining the NCCAA and be adding football 2024. They >>recently added sports, and have been around since the >>50s. >> >>Williamson Trades might be changing from 2 year to 4 >>years since they are a candidate I think with Middle >>States. >> >>Somebody already pointed out John Melvin. >> >>Blue Lights Academy is actually a different type, and >>it is a police academy. They introduced sports for >>their cadets. > > > >Williamson may not be alone; I'm hearing that The >Apprentice School is also applying to Mid States and >moving to 4 years, adding some associate degree >courses. How this affects their membership i the >Seaboard Conference will be interesting. > >Blue Lights falls somewhere between a post-graduate >prep school and a juco, with a choice of 7-week police >training and two year courses. They also recommend >their students to transfer to Wake Tech Community >College for further education. I see no accreditation >from Mid States, or the other 5 regional accreditation >sources, or even ABHE or TRACS, yet their website says >they compete with NCAA D2, D3, NAIA and NCCAA. NCAA >lists them as non-countable. If they want >recognition, I suggest they get some accreditation and >maybe apply to USCAA for now.
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