Division I Membership Requirements/20.9.3.3 – 20.9.3.3.8.1

20.9.3.3  Minimum Contests and Participants Requirements for Sports Sponsorship.  In each sport, the institution’s team shall engage in at least a minimum number of intercollegiate contests (against four-year, degree-granting collegiate institutions) each year.  In the individual sports, the institution’s team shall include a minimum number of participants in each contest that is counted toward meeting the minimum-contests requirement.  The following minimums are applicable:  (revised: 1/11/94 effective 9/1/94, 1/12/99)

Team
Sports	Minimum
Contests	Individual
Sports	Minimum
Contests	Minimum 
Participants	
Baseball	27	Women’s Archery
(Revised: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)	5	5	
Basketball	25	Women’s Badminton	8	6	
Field Hockey	11	Women’s Bowling	8	5	
Football	9	Cross Country	6	5	
Men’s Ice Hockey	25	Equestrian
(Revised: 1/25/02 effective 8/1/02)		12	
Women’s Ice Hockey	20	Men’s Fencing	9	5	
Lacrosse	10	Women’s Fencing	9	5	
Women’s Rowing	6	Golf	8	5	
Soccer	11	Men’s Gymnastics	9	6	
Softball	27	Women’s Gymnastics	9	5	
Women’s Synchronized Swimming	8	Rifle	8	4	
Women’s Team Handball	10	Skiing	5	5
	
Volleyball	19	Women’s Squash	8	9	
Men’s Water Polo	15	Swimming and Diving	10	11	
Women’s Water Polo	10	Tennis	12	5	
		Track and Field, Indoor	6	14	
		Track and Field, Outdoor	6	14	
		Wrestling	13	7