NCAA Division I-A independent schools

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NCAA Division I-A independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference. This means that I-A independents do not schedule each other for competition like conference schools do. There are considerably fewer independent schools than in years past; many independent schools later join (or attempt to join) established conferences, usually in order to gain a share of television revenue and access to bowl games that agree to take teams from certain conferences.

[edit] NCAA Division I-A independent schools for 2006

Of these schools, only Notre Dame is a Bowl Championship Series school, which can be chosen for an at-large bid to a BCS Bowl game. It can also take one of the Big East's bowl spots depending on how its record compares to teams in that conference.

[edit] Independents' Stadiums

School Football Stadium Capacity
Army Michie Stadium 39,929
Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 34,000
Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium 80,795
Temple Lincoln Financial Field 66,000

[edit] See also


NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision Football Conferences:
Atlantic Coast Conference* – Big 12 Conference* – Big East Conference* – Big Ten Conference* – Conference USA – Mid-American Conference – Mountain West Conference – Pacific Ten Conference* – Southeastern Conference* – Sun Belt Conference – Western Athletic Conference – Independents
* – BCS Conference
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