My annual tournament map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1ItNjVj0RbEhTGVDrkEJ7IJdz0HDQ8BE&usp=sharing

The agenda for next week's membership committee meeting is up. https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/committees/d3/memb/Feb2025D3Memb_Agenda.pdf

There are of course the two applicants for provisional membership. No applications for exploratory membership are listed.

Quote from: GusD on January 29, 2025, 06:52:25 PMSt. Joseph College Maine sticker in back window of a car in line at the drive thru window at the McDonald's on S. Naper Blvd in Naperville, IL

I know people in both areas, but I don't think any of them attended St. Joseph's.

Elmhurst Lacrosse shirt in Norman, Oklahoma.

Mayville's status changed from "conference is falling apart" to "conference is merging with another conference".

UMW is in an awkward location for D2. The CIAA most likely wouldn't be interested in a non-football non-HBCU. The only non-CIAA D2 schools within 150 miles are UDC (the only non-New York member of the ECC) and Shepherd (the only non-Pennsylvania member of the PSAC).

If CNU ever wanted to go D2, they'd be a home run for Conference Carolinas.

Quote from: gordonmann on July 13, 2024, 05:34:21 PM1st year provisional: Penn State-Brandywine (I don't see a report on this one yet)

They were approved in February. https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/committees/d3/memb/Feb2024D3Memb_Feb26Report.pdf

UT Dallas was accepted into provisional D2 membership, and the process will only take two years instead of three.

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2024/7/11/media-center-four-schools-to-become-active-dii-members-on-sept-1.aspx

Quote from: Berewyn on July 01, 2024, 06:36:57 PMSUNY New Paltz isn't leaving the SUNYAC until 2026-2027: https://nphawks.com/news/2024/4/3/general-suny-new-paltz-initiating-two-year-process-to-seek-a-new-athletic-conference.aspx

And now we know where they're going. https://njacsports.com/news/2024/7/2/general-suny-new-paltz-to-become-a-full-member-of-the-njac-in-2026-27.aspx

https://pacathletics.org/news/2024/6/3/pac-football-to-start-divisional-play-hold-championship-game-in-2025.aspx

"Football affiliates Carnegie Mellon and Case Western Reserve will play in the South Division to match with non-football playing schools Chatham and Franciscan to maintain consistent divisions within all sports."

Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 10, 2024, 02:21:18 AMWasn't UMHB D2 before joining the ASC and adding football?

They started the D2 membership process but switched to the D3 process after about a year.

Only surprising thing about this is that it hadn't already happened. https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2024/04/16/sources-letourneau-expected-to-depart-the-asc-for-the-scac

Also, given that Hendrix is playing Southwestern in week 3 and is off in week 11, I have a hunch that Southwestern was the team originally slated to be off in week 11 when it was a 9-team schedule, and that they scheduled a game against Texas Lutheran (who's the odd team in week 11 in the SCAC's 5-team schedule) for that week.

Centre's updated schedule (https://centrecolonels.com/sports/football/schedule/2024) shows that the SAA schedule has been completely redone. It's now seven games in weeks 5–11, with no resemblance to the previously released schedule. Centre's schedule shows "TBA" in week 3. Berry and Millsaps still have the old schedules with BSC up; Sewanee has taken theirs down.

I also see that Huntingdon has a schedule up featuring Hendrix; this game is shown in week 2, but perhaps it should be week 4 given that Hendrix seems to be playing ETBU in week 2.

They briefly had a travel partner, but the Denver campus of Johnson & Wales closed after two years in the SCAC.