Real numbers, school by school.
237 programs across every division — including 48 HBCUs — organized by conference. Each profile carries federal admissions data (acceptance rate, SAT middle 50%, size, net price) and the eligibility bar that division sets on a recruit.
Division I
The strictest academic entry bar in college sports, and since August 2023 it is entirely core-GPA based.
2.30 full qualifier · 2.00–2.29 academic redshirt
Division II
The same 16 core courses at a lower line, and none of them lock before senior year the way D1's first ten do.
2.20 full qualifier · 16 core courses
Division III
No NCAA-wide GPA minimum — each school's admissions office sets the bar, which is what the profile pages show you.
No national floor · school admissions standards
237 schools
NCAA D1
SEC · 16
Big Ten · 18
ACC · 17
Big 12 · 16
Pac-12 · 9
Big East · 11
American (AAC) · 14
Mountain West · 7
Sun Belt · 11
Conference USA · 6
SWAC (HBCU) · 12
MEAC (HBCU) · 8
CAA · 6
Ohio Valley / Big South · 4
Independent · 1
NCAA D2
CIAA (HBCU) · 12
SIAC (HBCU) · 13
Sunshine State · 3
Northeast-10 · 2
NCAA D3
NESCAC · 9
UAA · 7
Conference alignment reflects the 2026–27 season, including the moves effective July 1, 2026. Realignment is the one detail that changes yearly — always confirm a program's current conference with the school or the NCAA before you rely on it. Admissions figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Where to go next
Rules by state
Your state association decides whether you play this season; the NCAA decides whether you play in college.
50 state guides
Eligibility Center
The 16 core courses, the GPA lines, and the grade-by-grade timeline that gets you to them.
16 core courses · 4 grade levels
Questions & answers
The questions families actually type into Google, answered on the rules that are in force today.
75 answers