NCAA Division I men's basketball alignment history

This is an NCAA Division I men's basketball alignment history. NCAA Division I is the highest level of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the main governing body for U.S. college sports.

For its first half-century of existence, the NCAA, founded in 1906 as the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States and adopting its current name in 1910, was a single body for competitive purposes. It did not split into separate divisions for competition and governance purposes until 1956, when it established the University Division and College Division. In 1973, the University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split into today's Divisions II and III. However, the NCAA now considers the 1947–48 season as the first in which an equivalent to today's Division I existed in basketball. This particular season was the first in which the Associated Press published college basketball rankings, with the news service choosing to publish separate rankings for what it called "major colleges" and "small colleges". The AP's "major colleges" of 1948 correspond directly to today's Division I, with "small colleges" corresponding to today's Divisions II and III.

Teams in italics are no longer in Division I. Seasons are listed by the calendar year in which they end—for example, if a school's first Division I season was the 1991–92 school year, it will be listed as having begun in 1992.

Dates used reflect when the school first became eligible for NCAA-sponsored postseason play—either the NCAA tournament for men or women, the NIT since it was acquired by the NCAA in 2005, or the WBIT upon its launch in 2024. Note that it is possible for a school that is not eligible for NCAA postseason play to play in a tournament not operated by that organization. For example, South Dakota State's women's team, which was not eligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until 2009, played in the WNIT, which is not an NCAA-controlled tournament, in 2007 and 2008. Similarly, the Omaha men's team played in the 2014 CIT before becoming eligible for NCAA postseason play in 2016. The Tarleton State men's team played in the 2023 CBI and the 2024 CIT before becoming eligible for NCAA postseason play in 2025.

School names listed here reflect those in current use, which do not always reflect names used in an institution's earlier history.

A Abilene Christian 1971–1973, 2018–present Air Force 1958–present Akron 1948–1950, 1981–present Alabama 1948–present Alabama A&M 2000–present Alabama State 1983–present Albany 2000–present Alcorn State 1978–present American 1967–present Appalachian State 1974–present Arizona 1948, 1951–present Arizona State 1951–present Arkansas 1948–present Arkansas–Pine Bluff 1999–present Arkansas State 1971–present Armstrong Atlantic 1983–1987 Army 1948–present Auburn 1948–present Augusta State 1984–1990 Austin Peay 1964–present

B Baldwin Wallace 1948–1953 Ball State 1970–present Baltimore 1979–1983 Baylor 1948–present Bellarmine 2025–present Belmont 2000–present Bethune–Cookman 1981–present Binghamton 2002–present Birmingham–Southern 2004–2006 Boise State 1972–present Boston College 1948–present Boston University 1948–1949, 1958–present Bowling Green 1948–present Bradley 1948–present Brooklyn 1948–1949, 1983–1992 Brown 1948–present Bryant 2013–present Bucknell 1948–present Buffalo 1974–1977, 1992–present Butler 1948–present BYU 1948–present

C California 1948–present California Baptist 2023–present Cal Poly 1995–present Cal State Fullerton 1975–present Cal State Los Angeles 1971–1975 Cal State Northridge 1991–present Campbell 1978–present Canisius 1948–present Catholic 1977–1981 CCNY 1948–1953 Centenary (LA) 1960–2011 Central Arkansas 2011–present Central Connecticut 1987–present Central Michigan 1974–present Charleston 1992–present Charleston Southern 1975–present Charlotte 1973–present Chattanooga 1978–present Chicago State 1985–present Cincinnati 1948–present Citadel 1948–present Clemson 1948–present Cleveland State 1973–present Coastal Carolina 1987–present Colgate 1948–present Colorado 1948–present Colorado State 1948–present Columbia 1948–present Coppin State 1986–present Cornell 1948–present Creighton 1948–56, 1960–present CSU Bakersfield 2011–present

D Dartmouth 1948–present Davidson 1948–present Dayton 1948–present Delaware 1958–present Delaware State 1974–present Denver 1948–80, 1999–present DePaul 1948–present Detroit Mercy 1948–present Drake 1948–present Drexel 1974–present Duke 1948–present Duquesne 1948–present

E East Carolina 1965–present East Tennessee State 1959–present East Texas A&M 2026–present Eastern Illinois 1982–present Eastern Kentucky 1948, 1952–present Eastern Michigan 1974–present Eastern Washington 1984–present Elon 2000–present Evansville 1978–present

F Fairfield 1965–present Fairleigh Dickinson 1968–present FIU 1988–present Florida 1948–present Florida A&M 1979–present Florida Atlantic 1994–present Florida Gulf Coast 2012–present Florida State 1957–present Fordham 1948–present Fresno State 1956–1958, 1971–present Furman 1948–present

G Gardner–Webb 2003–present George Mason 1979–present George Washington 1948–present Georgetown 1948–present Georgia 1948–present Georgia Southern 1974–present Georgia State 1974–present Georgia Tech 1948–present Gettysburg 1948–51, 1959–73 Gonzaga 1953–present Grambling 1978–present Grand Canyon 2018–present Green Bay 1982–present

H Hamline 1948–48 Hampton 1996–present Hardin–Simmons 1951–63, 1965–90 Hartford 1985–2023 Harvard 1948–present Hawaii 1971–present High Point 2000–present Hofstra 1967–present Holy Cross 1948–present Houston 1951–present Houston Christian 1974–89, 2012–present Howard 1974–present

I Idaho 1948–present Idaho State 1959–present Illinois 1948–present Illinois State 1972–present Incarnate Word 2018–present Indiana 1948–present Indiana State 1948, 1969–present Iona 1954–present Iowa 1948–present Iowa State 1948–present IU Indy 1999–present

J Jackson State 1978–present Jacksonville 1967–present Jacksonville State 1996–present James Madison 1977–present John Carroll 1948–55

K Kansas 1948–present Kansas City 1990–present Kansas State 1948–present Kennesaw State 2010–present Kent State 1948, 1952–present Kentucky 1948–52, 1954–present Kentucky Wesleyan 1957–58

L La Salle 1948–present Lafayette 1948–present Lamar 1970–present Lawrence Tech 1948 Lehigh 1948–present Le Moyne 2027–future Liberty 1989–present Lindenwood 2026–present Lipscomb 2004–present Little Rock 1979–present LIU 1948–51, 1969–present Long Beach State 1970–present Longwood 2008–present Louisiana 1972–73, 1976–present Louisiana–Monroe 1974–present Louisiana Tech 1974–present Louisville 1948–present Loyola Chicago 1948–present Loyola Marymount 1950–present Loyola (LA) 1952–53, 1955–72 Loyola (MD) 1948–50, 1982–present LSU 1948–present LSU New Orleans 1976–present

M Maine 1962–present Manhattan 1948–present Marist 1982–present Marquette 1948–present Marshall 1948, 1954–present Maryland 1948–present Maryland Eastern Shore 1974–75, 1982–present Massachusetts 1962–present McNeese 1974–present Memphis 1956–present Mercer 1974–present Mercyhurst 2029–future Merrimack 2024–present Miami (FL) 1949–53, 1955–71, 1986–present Miami (OH) 1948–present Michigan 1948–present Michigan State 1948–present Middle Tennessee 1959–present Milwaukee 1974–80, 1991–present Minnesota 1948–present Mississippi 1948–present Mississippi State 1948–present Mississippi Valley State 1980–present Missouri 1948–present Missouri State 1983–present Monmouth 1984–present Montana 1948, 1952–present Montana State 1948, 1958–present Morehead State 1956–present Morgan State 1985–present Morris Brown 2002–03 Mount Saint Mary's 1989–present Muhlenberg 1948–63 Murray State 1954–present

N Navy 1948–present Nebraska 1948–present Nevada 1948, 1970–present New Hampshire 1962–present NJIT 2010–present New Haven 2029–future New Mexico 1951–present New Mexico State 1951–present Niagara 1948–present Nicholls 1981–present Norfolk State 1998–present North Alabama 2023–present North Carolina 1948–present North Carolina Central 2012–present North Carolina A&T 1974–present North Carolina State 1948–present North Dakota 2013–present North Dakota State 2009–present North Florida 2010–present North Texas 1958–present Northeastern 1973–present Northeastern Illinois 1991–98 Northern Arizona 1951–53, 1972–present Northern Colorado 1974–78, 2008–present Northern Illinois 1968–present Northern Iowa 1981–present Northern Kentucky 2012–present Northwestern 1948–present Northwestern State 1977–present Notre Dame 1948–present NYU 1948–71; 1984

O Oakland 2000–present Ohio 1948–present Ohio State 1948–present Oklahoma 1948–present Oklahoma City 1951–85 Oklahoma State 1948–present Old Dominion 1977–present Omaha 2015–present Oral Roberts 1972–89, 1994–present Oregon 1948–present Oregon State 1948–present

P Pacific 1954–present Penn 1948–present Penn State 1948–present Pepperdine 1956–present Pittsburgh 1948–present Portland 1954–present Portland State 1973–81, 1999–present Prairie View A&M 1981–present Presbyterian 2013–present Princeton 1948–present Providence 1949, 1958–present Purdue 1948–present Purdue Fort Wayne 2003–present

Q Queens (NC) 2026–present Quinnipiac 1999–present

R Radford 1985–present Regis 1962–64 Rhode Island 1948–present Rice 1948–present Richmond 1948–present Rider 1968–present Robert Morris 1977–present Rutgers 1948–present

S Sacramento State 1992–present Sacred Heart 2000–present St. Bonaventure 1948–present St. Francis Brooklyn 1948–2023 Saint Francis (PA) 1956–2026 St. John's 1948–present Saint Joseph's 1948–present Saint Louis 1948–present Saint Mary's 1948–present Saint Peter's 1965–present St. Thomas 2026–present Sam Houston 1987–present Samford 1973–present San Diego 1980–present San Diego State 1971–present San Francisco 1948–82, 1986–present San Jose State 1953–present Santa Clara 1948–present Savannah State 2003–19 Scranton 1948 Seattle 1953–80, 2013–present Seton Hall 1948–present Siena 1948–49, 1951–60, 1977–present SMU 1948–present South Alabama 1972–present South Carolina 1948–present South Carolina State 1974–present South Carolina Upstate 2012–present South Dakota 2013–present South Dakota State 2009–present South Florida 1974–present Southeast Missouri 1992–present Southeastern Louisiana 1981–89, 1991–present Southern U. 1978–present Southern California 1948–present Southern Illinois 1968–present Southern Indiana 2026–present SIU Edwardsville 2013–present Southern Mississippi 1969, 1973–present Southern Utah 1989–present Stanford 1948–present Stephen F. Austin 1987–present Stetson 1972–present Stonehill 2026–present Stony Brook 2000–present Syracuse 1948–present

T Tarleton State 2025–present TCU 1948–present Temple 1948–present Tennessee 1948–present Tennessee–Martin 1993–present Tennessee State 1978–present Tennessee Tech 1956–present Texas 1948–present Texas A&M 1948–present Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 1973, 2003–present Texas Southern 1978–present Texas State 1985–present Texas Tech 1951–present Texas Wesleyan 1948 Toledo 1948–present Towson 1980–present Trinity (TX) 1971–73 Troy 1994–present Tulane 1948–85, 1990–present Tulsa 1948–present

U UAB 1979–present UC Davis 2008–present UC Irvine 1978–present UC Riverside 2002–present UC Santa Barbara 1964–present UCSD 2025–present UCF 1985–present UCLA 1948–present UConn 1948, 1952–present UIC 1982–present UMass Lowell 2018–present UMBC 1987–present UNC Asheville 1985–present UNC Greensboro 1992–present UNC Wilmington 1977–present UNLV 1970–present U.S. International 1982–1991 UT Arlington 1969–present Utah 1948–present Utah State 1948–present Utah Tech 2025–present Utah Valley 2010–present UTEP 1951–present Utica 1982–87 UTRGV 1969–present UTSA 1982–present

V Valparaiso 1948–50, 1979–present Vanderbilt 1948–present VCU 1974–present Vermont 1962–present Villanova 1948–present Virginia 1948–present VMI 1948–present Virginia Tech 1948–present

W Wagner 1977–present