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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/CountOppDefini >t >>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=2 >0 >>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. > >That is interesting about Apprentice. If they go 4 >year and get full accreditation from Middle States? I >could see they go D3.
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