NCAA Division II independent schools are four-year institutions that compete in
college athletics
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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 ...
level, but do not belong to an established
athletic conference
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for a particular sport. These schools may however still compete as members of an athletic conference in other sports. A school may also be fully independent, and not belong to any athletic conference for any sport at all. The reason for independent status varies among institutions, but it is frequently because the school's primary athletic conference does not sponsor a particular sport.
Full independents
Current members
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Former members
Men's sponsored sports by school
Departing members in pink.
Women's sponsored sports by school
Departing members in pink.
Other sponsored sports by school
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‡ — D-I sport
Baseball independents
Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (Bluefield State and Salem), since they have been listed before.
Current member
Football independents
Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (Bluefield State), since they have been listed before.
Current members
Soccer independents
Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (UPR Bayamón and Salem men's soccer and Bluefield State, UPR Bayamón, UPR Río Piedras and Salem women's soccer), since they have been listed before.
Current members
Wrestling independents
Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (Bluefield State and UPR Mayagüez), since they have been listed before.
Current members
Other sports
Field hockey
Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport, since they have been listed before.
Golf
Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (Bluefield State men's & women's golf), since they have been listed before.
Rowing
Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport, since they have been listed before.
Swimming & diving
Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport, since they have been listed before.
Tennis
Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (all of them in men's & women's tennis), since they have been listed before.
Sports not sponsored by D-II
References
See also
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NCAA Division I independent schools
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NCAA Division III independent schools
NCAA Division III independent schools are four-year institutions that compete in college athletics at the NCAA Division III level, but do not belong to an established athletic conference for a particular sport. These schools may however still compe ...
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NAIA independent schools
NAIA independent schools are four-year institutional members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that do not have formal conference affiliations. NAIA schools that are not members of any other athletic conference are ...
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