Div 1 or Div. 1-AA?

NT91 · December 4, 2006

Did Div.1-AA change to Div. 1?

What is Div. 1-A now?

NT03 · December 4, 2006

Did Div.1-AA change to Div. 1?
What is Div. 1-A now?
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Div 1 & Div 1-A are the same thing.

NT91 · December 4, 2006

During the Div 1-AA playoffs on ESPN they were calling it Div. 1 formally Div.1-AA

VideoEagle · December 4, 2006

I think what was 1A became "BSC" and 1AA became something else. Technically everyone in 1A can be in the BSC now.

Eagle1855 · December 4, 2006

i believe Div 1A is now known as the "Bowl Series" and Div 1AA is known as the Championship Series

NT03 · December 4, 2006

i believe Div 1A is now known as the "Bowl Series" and Div 1AA is known as the Championship Series
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In Div IAA they have a True Champion

In Div IA you have a True Chaos

Cr1028 · December 4, 2006

In Div IAA they have a True Champion
In Div IA you have a True Chaos
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Absolutely.

Spaceraider · December 4, 2006

Did Div.1-AA change to Div. 1?
What is Div. 1-A now?
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IIRC, its Championship Subdivision (1aa), and Bowl Subdivision (1A). I'm going to still refer to 1aa as 1aa, for if no other reason, just to piss off the 1aa nut jobs from mcsneeze state and other 1aa programs.

Smitty · December 4, 2006

This stuff is a little confusing. Forgive me if some of this is obvious, but I'll try to put the system into full context. And hopefully I'll get this right.

Start with the major classifications for college athletics: Division I, II, III, and NAIA.

Division I is universities that range widely in size from giants like University of Texas or Ohio State to smaller universities like Youngstown State and Missouri State. Division II schools are smaller programs such as North Dakota or Northwest Missouri State. Division III schools are even smaller, like Wesley, St. John Fisher, and Mary Hardin-Baylor. And NAIA schools are really small, like Sioux Falls and Saint Xavier.

In football, Division I schools are sub-divided into Division I-A and Division I-AA.

Division I-A schools have certain requirements for minimum stadium size, minimum average attendance, and minimum number of sports participated. All schools in I-A are technically eligible for the BCS (Bowl Championship Series), which involves the Fiesta, Orange, Rose, and Sugar bowls. The "BCS conferences" are those mega-conferences - like the Big 12, Big 10, SEC - that are guaranteed that their champion will play in one of the four BCS bowl games. Any Division I-A school can play in a post-season bowl game.

Division I-AA schools do not go to bowl games. Instead, they play a true playoff system (what a concept).

In basketball, however, there is no I-A and I-AA. All Division I schools are eligible for the NCAA post-season tournament (once again, what a concept). So if you watch basketball, annoucers may talk about Division I, while in football they may reference I-A.

Make sense?