July 1 - Moving Day 2023

[laker]

I wonder if there are many NAIA or d3 teams in those 16 states?

List of NAIA football programs - Wikipedia

[sportsvine]

Which one is unaffiliated? Also you are correct, there are no NJCAA football schools in Nebraska. NJCAA football should be extinct outside of the southern US by the end of the decade, I'm predicting (and unfortunately).

I used wikipedia for my information. They list Union College (Lincoln) as an independent. Never heard of them. I searched for an athletics page, and they don't have much of one, but they do have a page for their women's and men's basketball teams. They have a schedule listed and they play a mix of some private religious colleges (such as Kansas Christian, Faith Baptist Bible College, for ex; and some NAIA JVs such as Peru State, Nebraska Wesleyan JVs, for example).

https://ucollege.edu/mens-basketball/

[ctrabs74]

In FCS news......Bryant is leaving the Big South Conference to join the CAA as its 16th football member

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-university-24

Bryant's been all over the map since leaving the NE-10... NEC to Big South to CAA for football (but, America East - which is mostly state-schools like Binghamton and UMass-Lowell - for other sports). Pretty surreal, when you think about it.

[Jayhawk Juco Guy]

Here is KS from Wiki.
D1-3 (2)
D2- 5(4)
D3-0
NAIA- 15 (13) they still list Haskell, and I think it closed down.
NJCAA- 21 doesn't say which have football.
NCCAA-3. No idea if they have football

7 Kansas jucos have football. Ft Scott dropped program after 21 season.

[UCObluejay]

Wisconsin has the WIAC - a very proud, very old, and very competitive D3 conference. The lack of representation in football beyond that I believe has to do with the mothership not wanting competition on Saturdays. Parkside is the only D2 school, non-football. I'm not sure what their NAIA representation is but I'm sure they have a couple private schools. No FCS or FBS outside of UW.

California has more JUCO football programs than the rest of the country combined. CA just isn't a college football state. I looked a few years ago and they had fewer four-year football programs than Minnesota did. I believe that still holds true.

How could a D2 WIAC be more of a competition for the Badgers than a D3? Serious question.

[Brandon]

I have always thought that the GLVC was geographically similar to the GLIAC, just a lesser version. But that's not really true, geographically. Most of the GLVC footprint is in Missouri and Southern Illinois, and none of the football-playing GLVC schools are anywhere near any of the Great Lakes. If anything, the GLVC is kinda a lesser version of the MIAA.

It has four former MIAA schools.

[Brandon]

According to this awesome website, there are 163 football playing D2 schools in this coming 2023 season. Can anyone name the state with the most teams? (That should be pretty easy). Sixteen states do NOT have any D2 representation. Can anyone name these states?

Most - Pennsylvania.

None
1. Alaska
2. Hawaii
3. California
4. Idaho
5. Wyoming
6. Montana
7. Nevada
8. Arizona
9. Utah
10. Wisconsin
11. Louisiana
12. Delaware
13. Maine
14. Vermont
15. New Hampshire
16. New Jersey

I think that's right but who knows.

[SW_Mustang]

How could a D2 WIAC be more of a competition for the Badgers than a D3? Serious question.

No idea. That's just what I've heard. W probably assumes less fan interest the lower the division? I have no idea.

The WIAC schools are definitely fine being D3 though.

[SW_Mustang]

I used wikipedia for my information. They list Union College (Lincoln) as an independent. Never heard of them. I searched for an athletics page, and they don't have much of one, but they do have a page for their women's and men's basketball teams. They have a schedule listed and they play a mix of some private religious colleges (such as Kansas Christian, Faith Baptist Bible College, for ex; and some NAIA JVs such as Peru State, Nebraska Wesleyan JVs, for example).

https://ucollege.edu/mens-basketball/

Interesting. I've never heard of them either.

[Tech Boys]

Most - Pennsylvania.

None
1. Alaska
2. Hawaii
3. California
4. Idaho
5. Wyoming
6. Montana
7. Nevada
8. Arizona
9. Utah
10. Wisconsin
11. Louisiana
12. Delaware
13. Maine
14. Vermont
15. New Hampshire > Rhode Island
16. New Jersey

I think that's right but who knows.

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[Brandon]

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Ah yes. Bryant was in RI.

[sportsvine]

Here is the list of states ranked for how many D2 football-playing schools they have.

Pennsylvania 16
North Carolina 14
West Virginia 10
Michigan 9
Missouri 9
Oklahoma 8
Georgia 8
Ohio 8
Minnesota 7
Arkansas 6
Colorado 6
South Carolina 6
Texas 5
South Dakota 5
Virginia 4
Kansas 4
Nebraska 3
Kentucky 3
Tennessee 3
Alabama 3
Connecticut 3
New Mexico 3
Massachusetts 3
New Hampshire 2
Maryland 2
North Dakota 2
Florida 2
Illinois 2
Mississippi 2
Indiana 1
Oregon 1
New York 1
Washington 1
Iowa 1

As already mentioned, the 16 states without D2 football representation
Alaska
Arizona
California
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Louisiana
Maine
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Also, the District of Columbia also has no D2 football.

Canada used to with Simon Fraser in British Columbia, but no more.

[IUPNation]

Most - Pennsylvania.

None
1. Alaska
2. Hawaii
3. California
4. Idaho
5. Wyoming
6. Montana
7. Nevada
8. Arizona
9. Utah
10. Wisconsin
11. Louisiana
12. Delaware
13. Maine
14. Vermont
15. New Hampshire
16. New Jersey

I think that's right but who knows.

New Hampshire has 2.

St. Anselm and Franklin Pearce say hello!

:-)

[cwfenn]

New Hampshire has 2.

St. Anselm and Franklin Pearce say hello!

:-)

To be fair, it’s the NE10…if I didn’t go to an NE10 school I probably wouldn’t know about them either.

[laker]

Vermont

Poor Vermont. No D1, D2 or NAIA. Only Alaska is worse off.