The University of Texas at Tyler will become the newest member of Division II on Sept. 1.

The Division II Membership Committee made the decision earlier this week in a videoconference after the school successfully completed the three-year reclassification process from Division III to Division II. 

The Division II membership will total 300 colleges and universities in 2021-22.

Staten Island and Frostburg State, both transitioning from Division III to Division II, advanced to provisional year three of the membership process. In addition, D’Youville advanced to provisional year two of the membership process.

The committee agreed that Allen University must repeat provisional year one of the membership process.

Lastly, two schools that applied for Division II membership, Edward Waters College and Emory & Henry, were accepted into the Division II membership process and will begin provisional year one in the fall. Edward Waters College will transition from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, while Emory & Henry will transition from Division III. 

The Division II Management Council will review all membership decisions during its videoconference July 19-20. The changes will take effect Sept. 1.

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The No. 3 seed in the four-team regional bracket won three straight games to advance to the NCAA Division II World Series in Cary, N.C.

ASU beat No. 2 seed West Texas A&M, 10-2, in the opener. The Rams followed that with a 5-2 victory over the top seed in the region, Colorado Mesa. Then ASU left no doubt in the final, drubbing WTAMU, 18-4, to move on in the playoffs.

It is the fourth appearance in the D-II World Series for Angelo State, now 42-7 on the year.

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Due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Division I Football Oversight Committee on Thursday approved a recommendation that Football Championship Subdivision teams must play a minimum of four games to be considered for at-large selection into the NCAA tournament bracket. 

The proposal was moved by the Division I Football Championship Committee. The 2020 FCS championship was moved to the spring, and the bracket will consist of 16 teams. Five of the teams in the field will be at-large selections by the committee.

The four-game minimum is also 50% of the maximum of eight games allowed to be played during the spring of 2021.

This recommendation does not apply to a conference’s designated automatic qualifier. A conference remains eligible for automatic qualification in 2020-21 if it has at least three teams playing against one another other during the regular season.

With the potential for canceled games this fall and spring because of the pandemic, the Division I Football Championship Committee thought it was important to set the minimum number of games required for at-large consideration.

Committee members believe that a minimum of four games should provide both maximum flexibility for teams while also producing adequate win-loss results for the committee to compare them against other deserving teams that played more games.

The committee felt that evaluations will be difficult enough with only four games played. Three or fewer games played would make those evaluations exponentially more problematic.

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