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A varsity team is the highest level sports team regularly representing a high school. [1] Varsity teams compete against each other during a given athletic season. [2] In the United States, a varsity team is one step above a school's junior varsity (JV) team and composed of more experienced players. [3]
Varsity jackets trace their origins to letter sweaters, first introduced by the Harvard University baseball team in 1865. [1] The letter was usually quite large and centered (if the sweater was a pullover); stripes on one sleeve designated the number of letters won, with a star indicating a team captain.
Map of FBS football programs as of 2024. This is a list of the 134 schools in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. [1] By definition, all schools in this grouping have varsity football teams.
The 'H' was embroidered on the gray flannel shirt. The football team started to use the 'H' in 1875. For 25 years following the introduction in 1865 of the letter, it was the practice for the team captain to allow certain players who played in the most important games (Yale or Princeton) to keep the 'H' jerseys as an award.
Map of NAIA football programs, 2024. This is a list of schools in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that have football as a varsity sport. [1] In the 2024 season, there are a total of 97 NAIA football programs.
Map of the FCS football programs, 2024. This is a list of schools in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that play football in the United States as a varsity sport and are members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), known as Division I-AA from 1978 through 2005.
When the Varsity Blues scandal hit in 2019, it rocked American academia in unprecedented ways. Five years later, a Times investigation revisited the scandal with a trove of new documents that ...
Intercollegiate sports began in the United States in 1852 when crews from Harvard and Yale universities met in a challenge race in the sport of rowing. [13] As rowing remained the preeminent sport in the country into the late-1800s, many of the initial debates about collegiate athletic eligibility and purpose were settled through organizations like the Rowing Association of American Colleges ...