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The NCAA was founded in 1906, but the first NCAA-sponsored championship would not be held until 1946. Before 1977, individual wins counted in the team's total points. In 1977, a dual-match, single-elimination team championship was initiated, eliminating the points system.
The NCAA discontinued the Division II singles and doubles championships in 1995. From 1946 to 1976, players' individual performances were awarded points which were tallied to determine the NCAA "team" champion. In 1977, the NCAA began a dual-match single-elimination team tournament with 16 schools to determine the team championship.
NCAA Division I champions are the winners of annual top-tier competitions among American college sports teams. This list also includes championships classified by the NCAA as "National Collegiate", the organization's official branding of championship events open to members of more than one of the NCAA's three legislative and competitive divisions.
The NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament is an annual event that leads to the championship in women's volleyball from teams in Division I contested by the NCAA each winter since 1981. Penn State won the most recent tournament, defeating Louisville 3–1 at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
It was the 70th edition of the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship* [1] and the 34th edition of the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship*, [2] and the tenth time that the men's and women's tournaments were held at the same venue. It consisted of a men's and women's team, singles, and doubles championships.
It is has been organized by the NCAA every year since 1982, except for 2020. [1] Stanford have been the most successful program across all three events (singles, doubles, and team). Texas A&M are the reigning team national champions, winning their first national title in 2024. The Division I NCAA team tournament was expanded to 64 teams in 1999.
The column in the list below that sets forth NCAA championships includes (but is not limited to) all non-football titles won at the highest level organized by the NCAA (Division I/Collegiate), as of July 1, 2023, for sports years through that date [2] and with updated results for subsequent sports year(s).
It had been the only NCAA championship in the sport from 1970 until 2012, when the NCAA launched a Division III championship. Unlike most NCAA sports, men's volleyball uses a modified version of the National Collegiate championship format, which means Division I and Division II teams compete against each other in the same tournament.