What is NCAA Division I?
{{no source|date=June 2023}} [[Image:NCAA HQ CIMG0260.JPG|thumb|National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)]] '''Division I''' is the highest level of [[college]] [[sports]] in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) in the [[United States]]. Its schools generally have the biggest [[budget]]s, the best facilities, and offer more their students more athletic [[scholarship]]s than [[NCAA Division II|Divisions II]] and [[NCAA Division III|III]]. Below is a list of sports conferences belonging to Division I: ==Football Bowl Subdivision== *[[American Athletic Conference]] *[[Atlantic Coast Conference]] *[[Big Ten Conference]] *[[Big 12 Conference]] *[[Conference USA]] *[[Mid-American Conference]] *[[Mountain West Conference]] *[[Pacific-12 Conference|Pac-12 Conference]] ** Ten of the conference's 12 members left for other leagues after the 2023–24 school year. The Pac-12 still technically exists with Oregon State and Washington State as the only members. Six other schools are confirmed to be joining in 2026. *[[Southeastern Conference]] *[[Sun Belt Conference]] ==Football Championship Subdivision== *[[Big Sky Conference]] *Big South Conference – As of the 2023 football season, the Big South and Ohio Valley Conferences are partners in a football-only alliance that has a single automatic berth in the FCS playoffs. *[[Ivy League]] *Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference *Northeast Conference *Ohio Valley Conference – Partner with the Big South Conference in football. *Patriot League *Southern Conference *Southland Conference *Southwestern Athletic Conference These conferences only play [[American football|football]]: * [[CAA Football]] – Although run by the all-sports Coastal Athletic Association, it is legally separate. * [[Missouri Valley Football Conference]] * Pioneer Football League * [[United Athletic Conference]] – A football-only partnership between the Atlantic Sun Conference and Western Athletic Conference. ==Other conferences== These conferences do not play [[American football|football]], bu