Eligibility Requirements for Division II Football
(Division II is also known as the Football Championship Subdivision)
Requirements are subject to change, please check with your guidance counselor and coach to verify any information.

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Division II: 2005 and Later

If you enroll in a Division II college in 2005 or later and want to participate in athletics or receive an athletics scholarship during your first year, you must: 

• Graduate from high school,
• Complete these 14 core courses:
- 3 years of English
- 2 years of math (algebra 1 or higher)
- 2 years of natural or physical science (including one year of lab science if offered by your high school)
- 2 extra years of English, math or natural or physical science
- 2 years of social science
- 3 years of extra core courses (from any category above, or foreign language, non-doctrinal religion or philosophy);
• Earn a 2.000 grade-point average or better in your core courses; and
• Earn a combined SAT score of 820 or an ACT sum score of 68.  There is no sliding scale in Division II.

Note: Computer science courses can be used as core courses only if your high school grants graduation credit in math or natural or physical science for them, and if the courses appear on your high school’s core-course list as a math or science course.

You will be a qualifier if you meet the academic requirements listed above. As a qualifier, you:
• Can practice or compete for your college or university during your first year of college;
• Can receive an athletics scholarship during your first year of college; and
• Can play four seasons in your sport as long as you maintain your eligibility from year to year. You will be a partial qualifier if you do not meet all of the academic requirements listed above but you have graduated from high school and meet one of the following:
• The combined SAT score of 820 or ACT sum score of 68; OR
• Completion of the 14 core courses with a 2.000 core-course grade-point average.

As a partial qualifier, you:
• Can practice with your team at its home facility during your first year of college;
• Can receive an athletics scholarship during your first year of college;
• Cannot compete during your first year of college; and
• Can play four seasons in your sport as long as you maintain your eligibility from year to year. You will be a non-qualifier if you did not graduate from high school, or, if you graduated and are missing both the core-course grade-point average or the required ACT or SAT scores. 

As a non-qualifier, you:
• Cannot practice or compete for your college or university during your first year of college;
• Cannot receive an athletics scholarship during your first year of college, although you may receive need-based financial aid; and
• Can play four seasons in your sport as long as you maintain your eligibility from year to year.

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Sign up and take the SAT / ACT as early as possible.
This will enable you to know if you need to retake the test again or work to increase your GPA to meet the NCAA standards and give you to do so.

Keep track of your GPA.
A failed class may have to be retaken before graduation.
Contact Coach Meadows and your guidance counselor if you have any questions about your Core GPA or dates for SAT and ACT tests.

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