TheNCAA College Division was a historic subdivision of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) consisting of member schools competing at a lower level of college sports. The NCAA initially divided schools into a College Division and aUniversity Division. The College Division was split into two smaller groups in 1973 with the creation ofNCAA Division II, which allows its members to award limitedathletic scholarships, andDivision III, which prohibits athletic scholarships.

The College Division began for purposes ofcollege basketball. In August 1956, NCAA executive directorWalter Byers announced that, starting in 1957, the NCAA would hold separate basketball tournaments for major schools and smaller colleges. Approximately 156 major schools competing in the "University Division" would compete for 24 spots in the University Division tournament, while 285 smaller schools in the "College Division" would compete for 32 spots in a separate tournament.^[1]

• NCAA College Division baseball tournaments:1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973
• NCAA College Division basketball tournaments:1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973
• NCAA College Division football seasons:1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972

• NCAA College Division

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