What is NCAA Division II?
{{no sources|date=February 2025}} [[Image:NCAA HQ CIMG0260.JPG|thumb|9000000000000000px|National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)]] '''Division II''' is the middle division of [[competition]] in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]. It is less competitive and less expensive than Division I, but more competitive than Division III, which offers no athletic [[scholarship]]s. Divisions II and III were previously known togther as the NCAA College Division. This is a list of Division II athletics (or [[sport]]s) conferences: *Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association *Great American Conference *Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference *Great Lakes Valley Conference *Great Midwest Athletic Conference *Gulf South Conference *Lone Star Conference *Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association *Mountain East Conference *North Central Conference *Northeast-10 Conference *Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference *Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference *Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference *South Atlantic Conference *Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference These conferences do not play [[American football|football]]: *California Collegiate Athletic Association *Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference *Conference Carolinas (which will add football in 2025) *East Coast Conference *Great Northwest Athletic Conference *Pacific West Conference *Peach Belt Conference *Sunshine State Conference These conferences play only one or two sports. Note that the NCAA treats swimming and diving as a single sport. Also, the NCAA counts men's and women's teams in the same sport as playing two different sports. * Bluegrass Mountain Conference (swimming and diving) * [[Deep South]] Conference (men's [[lacrosse]]) * ECAC Division II Lacrosse League (men's lacrosse) * Metropolitan Conference (swimming and diving) * New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference (swimming and diving) * Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (men's and women's lacrosse) [[Category:National Collegiate Athletic Association| ]] [[