Conference changes

KnightSlappy · March 06, 2025, 10:47:28 AM

Kean and NJCU are proposing a merger (NJCU into Kean) that would also combine athletics programs

https://www.kean.edu/media/kean-jersey-city-proposal

(Athletics Pg 41)

QuoteComprehensive Realignment of Athletics
The merger brings together two vibrant athletic traditions under the umbrella of Kean University Athletics & Recreation.
• Unified Entity
• Combines 23 NCAA athletics programs with expanded club sports and intramural activities

Headquarters and Campus Reach
• Union campus as the central hub for athletics
• Recreational, intramural and club sports offerings on
the Jersey City campus tailored to student needs

Program Expansion
• Inclusion of NJCU's Men's and Women's Wrestling, Women's Cross Country and eSports
• Introduction of new activities like Women's Flag Football and Pickleball

ziggy · March 14, 2025, 10:44:51 AM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 19, 2025, 07:28:35 PMHmmm. What is the C2C item on the agenda?

I think we have an answer to this now that the report has been posted, assuming I am reading and understanding everything correctly...

First, from the meeting report:

QuoteRequest from the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference. The committee approved the request from the Coast-To-Coast Conference to waive the current application of Bylaw 20.9.1.2 (composition of conference) and apply the new legislated standard immediately.

One of the legislative items at the D3 Convention in January was to align the membership standards between multi-sport and single-sport conferences. Previously a multi-sport conference required a minimum of seven members while a single-sport conference required six. The legislative action item changed this to require six across the board.

With six core members for the 2024-2025 academic year I believe this would have been year one of the grace period for retaining the conference's automatic qualifier to national tournaments. It seems that is no longer the case with an approved waiver to apply the new standard immediately.

Now, the C2C will fall below six with Mount Mary departing for NAIA but my interpretation of the situation is that this waiver delaying the AQ grace period will be enough for the C2C to avoid any seasons without Pool A access between losing Mount Mary and Regent and JWU-Charlotte reaching Provisional Year 3 and counting toward the membership total required by the bylaws.

Ralph Turner · March 16, 2025, 03:48:56 PM

Quote from: ziggy on March 14, 2025, 10:44:51 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 19, 2025, 07:28:35 PMHmmm. What is the C2C item on the agenda?

I think we have an answer to this now that the report has been posted, assuming I am reading and understanding everything correctly...

First, from the meeting report:
QuoteRequest from the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference. The committee approved the request from the Coast-To-Coast Conference to waive the current application of Bylaw 20.9.1.2 (composition of conference) and apply the new legislated standard immediately.

One of the legislative items at the D3 Convention in January was to align the membership standards between multi-sport and single-sport conferences. Previously a multi-sport conference required a minimum of seven members while a single-sport conference required six. The legislative action item changed this to require six across the board.

With six core members for the 2024-2025 academic year I believe this would have been year one of the grace period for retaining the conference's automatic qualifier to national tournaments. It seems that is no longer the case with an approved waiver to apply the new standard immediately.

Now, the C2C will fall below six with Mount Mary departing for NAIA but my interpretation of the situation is that this waiver delaying the AQ grace period will be enough for the C2C to avoid any seasons without Pool A access between losing Mount Mary and Regent and JWU-Charlotte reaching Provisional Year 3 and counting toward the membership total required by the bylaws.

A beautiful Sunday afternoon pondering the metaphysical contemplations on a secular humanist C2C fan expressing gratitude to the late Pat Robertson for founding Regent University, helping the conference to preserve its Pool A status.

Inkblot · March 17, 2025, 02:42:45 PM

Azusa Pacific (D2) applying for D3 membership next year, joining the SCIAC, and reinstating football: https://thesciac.org/news/2025/3/14/general-sciac-approves-dii-azusa-pacific-for-full-membership-reclassification-to-diii.aspx

KnightSlappy · March 18, 2025, 10:35:47 AM

Cory Hogue reports that McMurry and Schreiner will be leaving the SCAC for the ASC beginning in 2026-27. I think McMurry has only been in the SCAC for two years (but honestly, who can keep track anymore?).

https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2025/03/17/mcmurry-schreiner-join-asc-securing-conferences-ncaa-playoff-bid

KnightSlappy · March 18, 2025, 10:43:59 AM

Provisional Pipeline for 2024-25 (Now confirmed)
Full membership: Asbury, Warren Wilson
3rd year provisional members: Hartford, Lyon
2nd year provisional members: Carlow
1st year provisional: Penn State-Brandywine

Exploratory: Regent, Johnson and Wales (NC)

Provisional Pipeline for 2025-26
Application expected: Asuza Pacific (reclassification from D2)

*Games against Year 3 provisional members count the same as games against full-members for NPI and tournament selection purposes (possibly changing to include provisionals that conform to all D3 bylaws but may be earlier in the pipeline)

Conference Changes Starting in 2024-2025
Asbury joins the CCS
Berea leaves the CCS for the HCAC
Birmingham-Southern (SAA) closes
Brockport leaves the SUNYAC for the E8
Cabrini (AEC) closes
Clarks Summit (UEC) closes
Concordia (Texas) leaves the ASC for the SCAC
Defiance (HCAC) leaves D3 for NAIA
Eastern Nazarene (NAC) closes
Fontbonne athletics in limbo? (closing in 2025-26)
Keystone (UEC) have accreditation revoked; cannot enroll students during the appeal process.
McMurry leaves the ASC for the SCAC
Morrisville State leaves the NAC for the SUNYAC
Penn State-Brandywine joins the UEC (provisional pending)
Pratt leaves the C2C for the AEC
SUNY Canton leaves the NAC for the SUNYAC
SUNY Geneseo leaves the SUNYAC for the E8
SUNY Poly leaves the NAC for the E8
Texas-Dallas leaves the ASC for D2 (application accepted)
University of the Ozarks leaves the ASC for the SCAC
Wells (AMCC) closes
CCS expected to gain Pool A bid
Expecting 43 Pool A bids, 0 Pool B bids, 21 Pool C bids

Conference Changes Starting in 2025-2026
Anna Maria leaves GNAC for the MASCAC
Ferrum leaves the ODAC for D2 (application pending)
Fontbonne (SLIAC) closes
Hendrix leaves the SAA for the SCAC
Hiram leaves the NCAC for the PAC
John Carroll leaves the OAC for the NCAC
Johnson & Wales (NC) joins the C2C
Johnson & Wales (RI) leaves the GNAC for the CNE
LeTourneau leaves the ASC for the SCAC
Regent joins the C2C
Southwestern leaves the SCAC for the SAA
Trinity (Texas) leaves the SCAC for the SAA
Expecting 43 Pool A bids, 0 Pool B bids, 21 Pool C bids

Conference Changes Starting in 2026-2027
Asuza Pacific joins the SCIAC (full NCAA member 2028-29 academic year)
Maryville leaves the CCS for the SAA
McMurry leaves the SCAC for the ASC.
Schreiner leaves the SCAC for the ASC
SUNY New Paltz leaves the SUNYAC for the NJAC

PauldingLightUP · March 18, 2025, 11:47:04 AM

My question is for the ASC, I thought you had to have eight members to make "conference"? And then six members that sponsor each sport to get an AQ for said sport?

What's the actual rules?

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · March 18, 2025, 11:49:35 AM

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on March 18, 2025, 11:47:04 AMMy question is for the ASC, I thought you had to have eight members to make "conference"? And then six members that sponsor each sport to get an AQ for said sport?

What's the actual rules?

It was 7 for a new conference, but 6 to keep a conference. They change it this year so it's 6 all the way around.

Gregory Sager · March 18, 2025, 12:57:52 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 16, 2025, 03:48:56 PM
Quote from: ziggy on March 14, 2025, 10:44:51 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 19, 2025, 07:28:35 PMHmmm. What is the C2C item on the agenda?

I think we have an answer to this now that the report has been posted, assuming I am reading and understanding everything correctly...

First, from the meeting report:
QuoteRequest from the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference. The committee approved the request from the Coast-To-Coast Conference to waive the current application of Bylaw 20.9.1.2 (composition of conference) and apply the new legislated standard immediately.

One of the legislative items at the D3 Convention in January was to align the membership standards between multi-sport and single-sport conferences. Previously a multi-sport conference required a minimum of seven members while a single-sport conference required six. The legislative action item changed this to require six across the board.

With six core members for the 2024-2025 academic year I believe this would have been year one of the grace period for retaining the conference's automatic qualifier to national tournaments. It seems that is no longer the case with an approved waiver to apply the new standard immediately.

Now, the C2C will fall below six with Mount Mary departing for NAIA but my interpretation of the situation is that this waiver delaying the AQ grace period will be enough for the C2C to avoid any seasons without Pool A access between losing Mount Mary and Regent and JWU-Charlotte reaching Provisional Year 3 and counting toward the membership total required by the bylaws.
A beautiful Sunday afternoon pondering the metaphysical contemplations on a secular humanist C2C fan expressing gratitude to the late Pat Robertson for founding Regent University, helping the conference to preserve its Pool A status.

Obviously a case of Pat using his pull from the Great Beyond to divert the path of a hurricane away from the C2C.

Inkblot · March 18, 2025, 02:03:05 PM

The deadline for 2025–26 applications has passed. Azusa Pacific will apply in 2026–27.

Greek Tragedy · March 19, 2025, 07:17:56 AM

So the ASC will have 4 members next season? Geez. Then they get McMurry (again) and Schreiner the following year.

ccd494 · March 25, 2025, 12:13:09 PM

https://sfuathletics.com/news/2025/3/25/inside-athletics-saint-francis-university-announces-move-from-ncaa-division-i-athletics-to-division-iii-athletics.aspx

I don't know that this is the first of MANY, but probably won't be the only one.

Ralph Turner · March 25, 2025, 06:00:32 PM

Where is Hartford likely to land in 2025-26? CNE?

Pat Coleman · March 25, 2025, 08:24:29 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 25, 2025, 06:00:32 PMWhere is Hartford likely to land in 2025-26? CNE?

They are there already and have been since they moved.
https://d3sports.com/notables/2022/06/hartford-finds-its-d3-home
(Was named the CCC when this was written.)

Inkblot · March 27, 2025, 02:49:49 AM

Provisional Pipeline for 2024-25 (Now confirmed)
Full membership: Asbury, Warren Wilson
3rd year provisional members: Hartford, Lyon
2nd year provisional members: Carlow
1st year provisional: Penn State-Brandywine

Exploratory: Regent, Johnson and Wales (NC)

Provisional Pipeline for 2025-26
Applications approved: Regent, Johnson and Wales (NC)

Provisional Pipeline for 2026-27
Applications expected: Asuza Pacific (reclassification from D2), St. Francis (PA) (reclassification from D3)

*Games against Year 3 provisional members count the same as games against full-members for NPI and tournament selection purposes (possibly changing to include provisionals that conform to all D3 bylaws but may be earlier in the pipeline)

Conference Changes Starting in 2024-2025
Asbury joins the CCS
Berea leaves the CCS for the HCAC
Birmingham-Southern (SAA) closes
Brockport leaves the SUNYAC for the E8
Cabrini (AEC) closes
Clarks Summit (UEC) closes
Concordia (Texas) leaves the ASC for the SCAC
Defiance (HCAC) leaves D3 for NAIA
Eastern Nazarene (NAC) closes
Fontbonne athletics in limbo? (closing in 2025-26)
Keystone (UEC) have accreditation revoked; cannot enroll students during the appeal process.
McMurry leaves the ASC for the SCAC
Morrisville State leaves the NAC for the SUNYAC
Penn State-Brandywine joins the UEC (provisional pending)
Pratt leaves the C2C for the AEC
SUNY Canton leaves the NAC for the SUNYAC
SUNY Geneseo leaves the SUNYAC for the E8
SUNY Poly leaves the NAC for the E8
Texas-Dallas leaves the ASC for D2 (application accepted)
University of the Ozarks leaves the ASC for the SCAC
Wells (AMCC) closes
CCS expected to gain Pool A bid
Expecting 43 Pool A bids, 0 Pool B bids, 21 Pool C bids

Conference Changes Starting in 2025-2026
Anna Maria leaves GNAC for the MASCAC
Bryn Athyn (UEC) drops athletics
Ferrum leaves the ODAC for D2
Fontbonne (SLIAC) closes
Hendrix leaves the SAA for the SCAC
Hiram leaves the NCAC for the PAC
John Carroll leaves the OAC for the NCAC
Johnson & Wales (NC) joins the C2C
Johnson & Wales (RI) leaves the GNAC for the CNE
LeTourneau leaves the ASC for the SCAC
Regent joins the C2C
Southwestern leaves the SCAC for the SAA
Trinity (Texas) leaves the SCAC for the SAA
Expecting 43 Pool A bids, 0 Pool B bids, 21 Pool C bids

Conference Changes Starting in 2026-2027
Asuza Pacific joins the SCIAC (full NCAA member 2028-29 academic year)
Maryville leaves the CCS for the SAA
McMurry leaves the SCAC for the ASC.
St. Francis (PA) joins the PAC (full NCAA member 2028-29 academic year)
Schreiner leaves the SCAC for the ASC
SUNY New Paltz leaves the SUNYAC for the NJAC