The Findlay Oilers are the athletic teams that represent the

University of Findlay The University of Findlay (UF) is a private university, private Christianity, Christian university in Findlay, Ohio. It was established in 1882 through a joint partnership between the Churches of God General Conference (Winebrenner), Churches ...

, located in

Findlay, Ohio Findlay ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The second-largest city in Northwest Ohio, Findlay lies about 40 miles (64 km) south of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. The population was 40,313 at the 2020 United St ...

, in

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...

intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Oilers currently compete as members of the

Great Midwest Athletic Conference The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It was named the 24th (at the time) NCAA Division II conference and oper ...

. The Oilers were a member of the GLIAC since 1997, when they switched from the NAIA to the NCAA. Findlay sponsors 20 NCAA-sanctioned intercollegiate sports.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports (10) *Baseball *Basketball *Cross country *Football *Golf *Soccer *Swimming and diving *Tennis *Track and field *Wrestling Women's sports (10) *Basketball *Cross country *Golf *Lacrosse *Soccer *Softball *Swimming and diving *Tennis *Track and field *Volleyball

Individual sports

National championships

* 1979: Football – NAIA Division II * 1992: Football – NAIA Division II * 1995: Football – NAIA Division II * 1995: Wrestling – NAIA * 1997: Football – NAIA * 2001: Equestrian team (English) – IHSA * 2001: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA * 2005: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA * 2007: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA * 2009: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA * 2009: Men's Basketball – NCAA Division II National Championship Record 36–0 * 2022: Women's Golf – NCAA Division II National Championship

Football

Conferences

*1892–1920: Independent *1921–1932:

Northwest Ohio League The Northwest Ohio League (also the Northwestern Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Little Ohio Conference) was an College athletics, intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1921 to 1932.Ohio Athletic Conference The Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) was formed in 1902 and is the third oldest athletic conference in the United States. Its current commissioner is Sarah Otey. Former commissioners include Mike Cleary, who was the first General Manager of a profe ...

*1949–1961: Mid-Ohio Conference *1962–1967: Independent *1971–1985: Hoosier-Buckeye Conference *1986–1993: NAIA Independent *1994–1997:

Mid-States Football Association The Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri. The MSFA was organized in 1993, and on-field competition b ...

*1998:

Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference The Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC) was a football-only NCAA Division II conference formed for the 1990 football season. The conference was formed as the result of a merger of the football only Heartland Collegiate Conference a ...

*1999–2017:

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a competitive List of NCAA conferences, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the NCAA Division II, Division II level. ...

*2017–present:

References

External links

* {{Great Midwest Athletic Conference navbox