[82lsju]

What happened that 25 teams left d1 in 1982?

BC

major re-org

• This was the first season the Ivy League, Southern Conference, and Southland Conference competed at the I-AA (FCS) level.[6] Southwestern Louisiana was the only team from those three conferences to remain in Division I-A, becoming an independent.
  
• Most of the Missouri Valley Conference football schools were also reclassified. This began the few years where the MVC hosted both I-A and I-AA teams. Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and West Texas State did not meet I-A standards and were reclassified to I-AA. New Mexico State, Tulsa, and Wichita State remained in I-A.
  
• This season also saw the loss of Division I-A independent teams Colgate, Holy Cross, Northeast Louisiana, North Texas State, Richmond, and William & Mary; dropping the total number of Division I-A teams down to 106 from the previous season's 137 teams.
  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_NCAA_...w_programs

[82lsju]

What happened that 25 teams left d1 in 1982?

BC

major re-org

• This was the first season the Ivy League, Southern Conference, and Southland Conference competed at the I-AA (FCS) level.[6] Southwestern Louisiana was the only team from those three conferences to remain in Division I-A, becoming an independent.
  
• Most of the Missouri Valley Conference football schools were also reclassified. This began the few years where the MVC hosted both I-A and I-AA teams. Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and West Texas State did not meet I-A standards and were reclassified to I-AA. New Mexico State, Tulsa, and Wichita State remained in I-A.
  
• This season also saw the loss of Division I-A independent teams Colgate, Holy Cross, Northeast Louisiana, North Texas State, Richmond, and William & Mary; dropping the total number of Division I-A teams down to 106 from the previous season's 137 teams.
  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_NCAA_...w_programs