D-III and NAIA Conference Realignments

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 7059

Log Cabin Democrat article with comments from Hendrix College AD regarding today's expected resignation of 7 schools from the NCAA D-3 SCAC to form a new conference.The schools include,Hendrix,Sewanee,Rhodes,Centre,Millsaps,Birmingham Southern,and Oglethorpe.The new league is also expected to invite Berry College.Link at http://thecabin.net/news/local/2011-06- ... conference

Fresno St. Alum · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:08 pm

Covenant and Huntingdon are still floating around since the rest of their conf. left them. I wonder if they get an invite to join the 8 down the road. Huntingdon has fb too. The New conf, has 5 fb members. I wonder if they'll allow the 2 SCAC school to be fb affiliates.

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 7059

Article out of Danville reporting on announced SCAC split and new D-3 conference formation at http://www.wkyt.com/sports/headlines/Ce ... 88038.html

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 7059

Article out of Gwinnett with comments from SCAC Commish regarding rebuilding the SCAC after yesterday's defections.Link at http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/sports ... 13813.html

tute79 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:25 pm **Posts:** 1492

Fresno -

In addition to Covenant and Huntington, are Thomas More, Transylvania, and Spalding (all in Kentucky) out-liers in their respective conferences ?
I don't know if any of them play FB, or if they might find the geography of this new conference appealing...
Same with Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi schools (4 in all) in the American Southwest Conference (ASC) ?

What do you think ?

Regards,
Tute

gsohokiefan · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:54 pm

tute79 wrote:

Thomas More, Transylvania, and Spalding (all in Kentucky) out-liers in their respective conferences ?
I don't know if any of them play FB, or if they might find the geography of this new conference appealing...
Same with Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi schools (4 in all) in the American Southwest Conference (ASC) ?

Thomas More plays football. Spalding and Transylvania do not.

Of the others mentions (Ark., La., Ms.):
Louisiana College and Mississippi College play football. Ozarks (AR) and Rust (MS) do not.

Fresno St. Alum · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:04 pm

Tute, Goshokie is our best D-III guy, so whatever he said, I'm behind that. I just posted the 2 that didn't have a real home and I left Rust off because they're HBCU and don't seem to want to be in a conf.

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 7059

Article out of Colorado Springs with comments from Colorado College AD who believes that the recently depleted NCAA D-3 SCAC will aggressively go after some NAIA schools like Westminster College as new members that would in effect trade reduced scholarship cost for increased travel expenses.Link at http://www.gazette.com/sports/college-1 ... wayne.html

Fresno St. Alum · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:53 pm

I bet the 4 Texas schools will be happy about a Utah school :roll:

Hey let's get a further outlier than CC. They should hit up every NAIA, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska school and Nebraska Wesleyan. Also Johnson & Wales(CO). Most of the Texas/Oklahoma NAIA would rather be D-II. Most of Neb. NAIA would rather be D-III if they were willing. Most of the Kan NAIA are probably not looking to leave the NAIA

Fresno St. Alum · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:13 pm

NAIA: Bathany(CA) of the CPC is closing down

http://www.bethany.edu/about/president.php

mizzoufan1 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:51 am **Posts:** 96

Is La Sierra University continuing its membership in the NAIA? The NAIA website does not have them on their list of member institutions.

Fresno St. Alum · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:24 am

yes as far as I know, they are, they just joined this year. Maybe they haven't added them yet until july or sept. whenever they start the 2011-12 year.

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 7059

Article out of Bangor with report that NAIA Sunrise conference has disbanded with one school,Fisher College remaining in the NAIA but shifting to the AMC and the other league schools leaving the NAIA for the USCAA.Unclear on how many other NAIA schools will be leaving for the USCAA.Link at http://bangordailynews.com/2011/06/17/s ... ssociation

Fresno St. Alum · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:06 am

Valley Forge leaving the NCCAA and applying to NCAA D-III

http://www.vfccpatriots.com/news/2011/6 ... 13206.aspx

Fresno St. Alum · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:23 am

freaked4collegefb wrote:

Article out of Bangor with report that NAIA Sunrise conference has disbanded with one school,Fisher College remaining in the NAIA but shifting to the AMC and the other league schools leaving the NAIA for the USCAA.Unclear on how many other NAIA schools will be leaving for the USCAA.Link at http://bangordailynews.com/2011/06/17/s ... ssociation

Fisher leaving for the AMC which will have 5 schools including them, 3 of which applied to D-II. How is that a conference?

D-III and NAIA Conference Realignments

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