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20.9.9.3 Football-Attendance Requirements. [FBS] Once every two years on a rolling basis, the
institution shall average at least 15,000 in actual or paid attendance for all home football games. (Revised:
4/25/02 effective 8/1/04, 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)

20.9.9.1 Sports Sponsorship. [FBS] The institution shall sponsor a minimum of 16 varsity intercollegiate
sports, including football, based on the minimum sports sponsorship and scheduling requirements set
forth in Bylaws 20.9.6 and 20.9.6.3, including a minimum of six sports involving all-male teams or mixed
teams of males and females, and a minimum of eight varsity intercollegiate sports (of which a maximum
of two emerging sports per Bylaw 20.02.4 may be used) based on the minimum sports sponsorship and
scheduling requirements set forth in Bylaws 20.9.6 and 20.9.6.3 and involving all-female teams, subject
to the waiver provision in Bylaw 20.9.6.2. (Revised: 1/11/94 effective 9/1/94, 4/25/02 effective 8/1/04)

20.9.9.2 Football Scheduling Requirements. [FBS] The institution shall schedule and play at least 60
percent of its football games against members of the Football Bowl Subdivision. The institution shall
schedule and play at least five regular-season home games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents.
For purposes of satisfying the home-games requirement, a contest shall be considered a home contest if it
is played in the stadium in which an institution conducts at least 50 percent of its home contests. In
addition, an institution may use one home contest against a Football Bowl Subdivision member conducted
at a neutral site to satisfy the home-games requirement. (Revised: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/04, 1/12/04,
12/15/06, 10/6/17)

20.9.9.4 Additional Financial Aid Requirements. [FBS] The institution shall satisfy the following
additional financial aid requirements: (Adopted: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/04)
(a) Provide an average of at least 90 percent of the permissible maximum number of overall
football grants-in-aid per year during a rolling two-year period; and
(b) Annually offer a minimum of 200 athletics grants-in-aids or expend at least $4 million on
grants-in-aid to student-athletes in athletics programs.

17.1.7.2.2.5 Summer Athletic Activities.

17.1.7.2.2.5.1 Basketball. In basketball, a student-athlete who is enrolled in summer school may
engage in required weight-training, conditioning and skill-related instruction for up to eight weeks
(not required to be consecutive weeks). A student-athlete who is enrolled in at least three degree-
applicable (pursuant to Bylaw 14.4.3.1.7) credit hours in one summer term that is fewer than eight
weeks in duration may engage in required weight-training, conditioning and skill-related instruction
for up to eight weeks (not required to be consecutive weeks). Participation in such activities shall be
limited to a maximum of eight hours per week with not more than four hours per week spent on skill-
related instruction. (Adopted: 1/14/12, Revised: 1/19/13, 4/28/16, 4/25/18)
17.1.7.2.2.5.2 Football. [FBS/FCS] In football, a student-athlete who is enrolled in summer school
may engage in required weight-training, conditioning and review of practice and game film for up to
eight weeks (not required to be consecutive weeks). A student-athlete who is enrolled in at least three
degree-applicable (pursuant to Bylaw 14.4.3.1.7) credit hours in one summer term that is fewer than
eight weeks in duration may engage in required weight-training, conditioning and review of practice
and game film for up to eight weeks (not required to be consecutive weeks). Participation in such
activities shall be limited to a maximum of eight hours per week with not more than two hours per
week spent on film review. (Adopted: 10/30/13, Revised: 4/28/16)

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20.9.6.3 Minimum Contests and Participants Requirements for Sports Sponsorship. In each sport,
the institution's team shall engage in at least a minimum number of intercollegiate contests (against four-
year, degree-granting collegiate institutions) each year. In the individual sports and women's rowing, the
institution's team shall include a minimum number of participants in each contest that is counted toward
meeting the minimum-contests requirement. The following minimums are applicable: (Revised: 1/11/94
effective 9/1/94, 1/12/99, 1/25/02 effective 8/1/02, 10/31/02, 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, 1/17/09 effective
8/1/09, 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11, 1/18/14 effective 8/1/14, 7/31/15, 4/28/16 effective 8/1/16, 4/25/18
effective 8/1/18)
20.9.7.1 Scheduling Requirement -- Sports Other Than Football, Basketball, Cross Country, Men's
Swimming and Diving, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, and Wrestling. In sports other than
football, basketball, cross country, men's swimming and diving, indoor and outdoor track and field, and
wrestling that an institution uses to meet the Division I sports sponsorship criteria, an institution shall
schedule and play 100 percent of its contests against Division I opponents to meet the minimum number
of contests specified in Bylaw 20.9.6.3. The institution shall schedule and play at least 50 percent of its
contests beyond the number specified in Bylaw 20.9.6.3 against Division I opponents. (Adopted: 1/10/91
effective 9/1/94, Revised: 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11, 6/3/13, 4/25/18 effective
8/1/18)
20.9.7.2 Scheduling Requirement -- Cross Country, Men's Swimming and Diving, Indoor and
Outdoor Track and Field, and Wrestling. In cross country, men's swimming and diving, indoor and
outdoor track and field, and wrestling, an institution shall schedule and play at least 50 percent of its
contests against Division I opponents to satisfy the minimum number of contests specified in Bylaw
20.9.6.3. (Adopted: 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, Revised: 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11, 6/3/13, 4/25/18 effective
8/1/18)

20.9.8.2 One-Third of Contests in Home Arena. [Basketball] An active or reclassifying member must
play at least one-third of its regular-season basketball contests in the arena regularly used for the
institution's home games. (Revised: 1/11/94 effective 9/2/94, 3/10/04, 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11)

31.3.4.1 Requirements -- Division Championship. To be eligible for automatic qualification in a

Division Championship, a member conference must meet the following requirements: (Revised: 12/9/91,
8/13/93, 12/5/94, 10/18/95, 10/27/98, 4/20/99, 1/9/06 effective 8/1/06, 12/15/06)
(a) Conference competition must be conducted in the applicable sport and the conference
champion in that sport must be determined not later than the date on which participants are
selected for the NCAA championship, either by regular in-season conference competition or a
conference meet or tournament, as indicated at the time of application. If a conference's
competition to determine its automatic qualifier is unexpectedly terminated (e.g., due to
inclement weather), the conference may designate its qualifier, provided it has established
objective criteria for making that designation and has communicated that information to the
appropriate sports committee by a specified deadline.
(b) In the event of a tie for the conference championship, the conference shall have the
responsibility of determining which team or individual shall represent the conference in NCAA
competition. If a play-off is held, such competition shall be considered conference competition,
not NCAA competition.
(c) In sports other than championship subdivision football, a conference may establish
subdivisions and conduct competition within each subdivision to determine a conference
champion, as long as each subdivision consists of at least four members. Conferences with
subdivisions of four members must conduct double round-robin competition within each
subdivision, plus a postseason tournament, to determine their champion. Conferences with
subdivisions of five or more members may conduct either single or double round-robin
competition within each subdivision, plus a postseason tournament to determine their champion.
(Note: This regulation does not apply to Division I men's or women's basketball. In those sports, a

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conference may conduct either double round-robin, in-season competition, or a minimum of 14
conference games in order to determine its champion.)
(d) In championship subdivision football, football-playing conferences that subdivide into five or
more teams are required to conduct a single round-robin competition within each division and
develop a formula for determination of the conference champion, which must be approved by the
Football Championship Committee prior to the start of the season. A postseason championship
game is not required.
(e) The conference must maintain and actively enforce compliance with eligibility rules at least as
stringent as those in Bylaw 14 applicable to its members. The use of an ineligible student-athlete
by a team in a conference that has been granted automatic qualification may result in the involved
team being denied the right to be the automatic entry in the NCAA championship. The governing
sports committee may recommend loss of the automatic-qualification privilege for the conference
during the season in which the violation occurred or for a future championship.
(f) All eligible member institutions must agree to participate in the appropriate NCAA
championship. If a conference champion is ineligible to compete, declines to compete or cannot
compete for any reason, automatic qualification shall be withdrawn for that year and the
remaining conference members shall be considered at large. Automatic qualification for a
conference shall not be withdrawn if a conference champion declines to compete in an NCAA
championship for reasons related to written religious policies against competition on certain days.
Under such circumstances, the conference's second-place team (as determined by the conference)
shall receive the automatic bid to the NCAA championship.
(g) All institutions may hold membership in only that conference in the sport in which automatic
qualification is sought and may participate in only that conference's process to determine the
automatic qualifier.