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We once took for granted that our mens swim team would win whatever conference we competed in and make a run at a Top 10 national finish. My how times have changed. Sure wish I had the money to fund a new facility. Have to believe we could come back in a hurry with competitive facilities.

How many sports does a D-1 school have to have to keep that status.

And are all other sports referred to as D1 with only football as BCS of FCS?

I think conference affiliations dictate how may sports you have to have for membership; not sure what CUSA requires. If you are suggesting we consider dropping men's swimming to help with the whole Title IX issue...I can't imagine that happening but I guess I didn't think we would drop men's track & field, either. Obviously we don't have many conference mates funding any swim programs.

I guess we don't have enough passionate (and wealthy) swim alumni

No not saying drop anything!
Was just curious with out doing all the research. I like the water.

Per Wikipedia (so take it with a grain of salt):

"All Division I schools must field athletes in at least seven sports for men and seven for women (or six for men and eight for women) with two team sports for each sex."

I think to qualify for 1-A or 1-AA, football must be included in that list.

Our coaches (Stillson, Collins and Sinnott) have done miraculous jobs with prehistoric facilities. This performance is screaming evidence that our coaches, who are among the best in the country, are being taken for granted and treated as second-class (at best) citizens by the athletic administration. It's amazing that we have kept these coaches as long as we have. Build a real natatorium and watch what these guys can do — namely putting SMU back in its rightful place among the nation's elite programs.

So all other sports besides football are still referred to as D1 D2 D3

The Wikipedia article says subdivisions in Division 1 football exist but in all other sports they are equivalent.

For D2 and D3, I think the schools offer fewer sports options and can't give as many scholarships but are still identified as D2 or D3.

The article is interesting in that I didn't know there was an attendance requirement that determined which football subdivision a team played in. I'm glad we sold out the TCU game and the bowl game this year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_I_(NCAA)

The cheat is it's sold tickets not actual attendance. Other wise UAB would have been long gone.


BTW. FCS = D2. FBS refers to D1