College Football Divisions and Conferences
College football is divided into a series of conferences and divisions to ensure the best possible competition among schools. The top division in NCAA Football is Division I, which features some of the best teams in the nation and some of the biggest universities and colleges around. Division I has several subdivisions, including Division I-A, I-AA, I-AAA, which is meant to put smaller schools with limited football budgets at a great competitive advantage. With the lesser Division I schools, the conferences are often schools within a small region or instate to save on transportation costs. Even further down the list are Division 2 and Division 3 schools, which are typically the smallest colleges and universities in the country.
At the Division I-A level, there are a number of major conferences that feature the elite schools mentioned before. The Big Ten Conference encompasses eleven schools in the Upper Midwest, including the Universities of Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, and Indiana. The Big Ten is considered one of the more competitive conferences in Division I-A football. The southeastern part of the United States is organized into the Southeastern Conference, which is divided into an Eastern and Western Division. Schools like Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee compete in one of the most storied conferences in college football.
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There are a number of other major conferences, including the Big East, the Pacific Athletic Conference (PAC), the Big Twelve, and the ACC. However, minor conferences like the Mountain West and Conference USA have begun to challenge the major conferences for college football supremacy. While many people think of the SEC or Big Ten when they think of competitive football, schools from these minor conferences are often in bowl games and are competitive with even the best major conference schools week in and week out.
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by Mike Jones at
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