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FCS is not D2

Yeah, I wasn't sure which one it was. According to Google Harvard is FCS. My point is that Harvard is *not* FBS, so it's pointless to compare them with Stanford, Ohio State, etc.

Why is it pointless to compare them?  The FCS schools have a smaller requirement (14) for number of sports required to be a Division I menber than FBS schools (16). But when the NCAA reports on the number of school teams in championship sports, they don't distinguish between FCS and FBS.  Neither does the Directors Cup.   Clearly the NCAA and Directors Cup compares them.

By my count, Stanford has 30 teams competing in the 38 NCAA sports available to Division I schools that have NCAA championship events.  (31 out of 39 if you add in FBS football -- the NCAA doesn't have a championship for FBS, but it seems the NCAA still counts it as a distinct "championship sport" (hence, 39).   38 includes the FCS championship.   Directors Cup gives points for FBS and FCS as distinct sports.)

Number of teams (2024-2025) in D-I  ( "*" = Directors Cup more-equal sport)
* M Basketball 356
* W Basketball 354
W Cross Country 353
* W Soccer 341
W O T&F 345
W I T&F 339
* W VB 338
M Cross Country 321
W Tennis 304
M Golf 301
W Softball 301
* Baseball 300
M O T&F 295
M I T&F 273
W Golf 273
Football 257 (FBS+FCS)
M Tennis 237
M Soccer 206

By the way, despite any thought that Title IX would lead to equal number of male and female athletes, it seems that in Division I, the female athletes on championship teams have never been as many as the man athletes. About 16,000 more males in 2024-2025 (46% F, 54% M). That difference has been increasing the past few years. (In 2020-2021, it was 12,170 (46.7% F, 53.3% M))

[M T]

FCS is not D2

Yeah, I wasn't sure which one it was. According to Google Harvard is FCS. My point is that Harvard is *not* FBS, so it's pointless to compare them with Stanford, Ohio State, etc.

Why is it pointless to compare them?  The FCS schools have a smaller requirement (14) for number of sports required to be a Division I menber than FBS schools (16). But when the NCAA reports on the number of school teams in championship sports, they don't distinguish between FCS and FBS.  Neither does the Directors Cup.   Clearly the NCAA and Directors Cup compares them.

By my count, Stanford has 30 teams competing in the 38 NCAA sports available to Division I schools that have NCAA championship events.  (31 out of 39 if you add in FBS football -- the NCAA doesn't have a championship for FBS, but it seems the NCAA still counts it as a distinct "championship sport" (hence, 39).   38 includes the FCS championship.   Directors Cup gives points for FBS and FCS as distinct sports.)

Number of teams (2024-2025) in D-I  ( "*" = Directors Cup more-equal sport)
* M Basketball 356
* W Basketball 354
W Cross Country 353
* W Soccer 341
W O T&F 345
W I T&F 339
* W VB 338
M Cross Country 321
W Tennis 304
M Golf 301
W Softball 301
* Baseball 300
M O T&F 295
M I T&F 273
W Golf 273
Football 257 (FBS+FCS)
M Tennis 237
M Soccer 206

By the way, despite any thought that Title IX would lead to equal number of male and female athletes, it seems that in Division I, the female athletes on championship teams have never been as many as the man athletes. About 16,000 more males in 2024-2025 (46% F, 54% M). That difference has been increasing the past few years. (In 2020-2021, it was 12,170 (46.7% F, 53.3% M))