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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 ...
[1] [2] [3] The first game played outside the United States occurred on October 23, 1874, when the Crimson defeated McGill 3–0 at Montreal, Quebec. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Several other games were played during the early years of the game in Canada until the differences between American and Canadian football became significant enough that Canadian and ...
ACAC (Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference) [2] MCAC (Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference) OCAA (Ontario Colleges Athletic Association) [3] RSEQ (Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec) [4] ACAA (Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association) [5]
The NAIA began sponsoring intercollegiate championships for women in 1980, the second coed national athletics association to do so, offering collegiate athletics championships to women in basketball, cross country, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track and field, softball, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball.
U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body for universities in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country and four regional conferences: Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), Canada West (CW), and Atlantic University Sport (AUS).
The inaugural NCAA Division I Football Championship was played in Wichita Falls, Texas on December 16, 1978 following the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Division I–AA (now FCS) schools are usually smaller in size than Division I–A (now FBS) schools while they also offer fewer athletic scholarships.
College sports in the United States is measured by the large number of universities that participate in more than 24 different NCAA sports. [20] This allows more than 460,000 student-athletes, both male and female, to participate in those NCAA sports. [21]
In 1963, the NCAA began holding regional football championships within the College Division. At that time, 120 of the 419 NCAA football programs were classified as being part of the University Division. [5] Classification into the University Division for purposes of basketball was broader and included more schools than for purposes of football. [6]