North Dakota state university has been approved as a member of NCAA Division I
North Dakota State University has been approved as an active, certified member of NCAA Division I. The announcement was made today by the NCAA Management Council.
After seven years of talks, numerous studies, the addition of three sports, the expansion of facilities to accommodate them and four years of difficult transition while competing in the Atlantic Sun Conference, the NCAA gave Florida Gulf Coast University its final official nod of approval on Thursday, making FGCU a full-fledged member of Division I. FGCU began as an NAIA program a decade ago before spending four years in Divison II and four years transitioning into Division I. FGCU will officially become a full member of Division I when classes begin Aug. 22.