NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse

The NCAA Division I initial-eligibility rules are changing!

 

For your information, please be aware that beginning with the class of 2009, students will be required to present a minimum of 16 core courses to the NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse. Upon graduation, in order to qualify for athletically related financial aid, practice and competition in their first year of collegiate enrollment at an NCAA Division I institution, these requirements must be met.

After graduation from high school in the spring of 2008, the final certification report, which is based on the academic record from grades 9 through 12, will be evaluated under the new rule. It is not possible to mix and match rules.

The New Rule

• APPLIES to those students first entering a collegiate institution on or after August 1, 2008.
• INCREASES the number of core courses from 14 to 16.  The additional core courses must come from the following areas:  English, mathematics, natural/physical science, social science, foreign language, philosophy or non-doctrinal religion.  The breakdown of core course requirements is listed below.

DIVISION I

16 CORE-COURSE RULE

2008 and after

16 Core Courses:

• 4 years of English
• 3 years of mathematics (Algebra I or higher)
• 2 years of natural/physical science (1 year of lab if offered by high school)
• 1 year of additional English, mathematics or natural/physical science
• 2 years of social science
• 4 years of additional courses (from any area above, foreign language or non doctrinal religion/philosophy)

DIVISION II

2005 and after

14 Core Courses:

• 3 years of English
• 2 years of mathematics (Algebra I or higher)
• 2 years of natural/physical science (1 year of lab if offered by high school)
• 2 year of additional English, mathematics or natural/physical science
• 2 years of social science
• 3 years of additional courses (from any area above, foreign language or non doctrinal religion/philosophy)

 

All Student-Athletes Must Register

With the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse

QUALIFIER (Can practice, compete and receive athletics scholarship as a freshman)

REQUIREMENTS:

• Graduation from high school;
• The highest scores achieved on the verbal and mathematics section of the SAT or highest scores on the four individual tests of the ACT may be combined to achieve the highest scores;
• The following core GPA in 16 courses meeting the NCAA core-course definition with the corresponding ACT sum or SAT total score is needed:

Core GPA	SAT	ACT		Core GPA	SAT	ACT
3.55 & above	400	37		2.750	720	59
3.525	410	38		2.725	730	59
3.500	420	39		2.700	730	60
3.475	430	40		2.675	740-750	61
3.450	440	41		2.650	760	62
3.425	450	41		2.625	770	63
3.400	460	42		2.600	780	64
3.375	470	42		2.575	790	65
3.350	480	43		2.550	800	66
3.325	490	44		2.525	810	67
3.300	500	44		2.500	820	68
3.275	510	45		2.475	830	69
3.250	520	46		2.450	840-850	70
3.225	530	46		2.425	860	70
3.200	540	47		2.400	860	71
3.175	550	47		2.375	870	72
3.150	560	48		2.350	880	73
3.125	570	49		2.325	890	74
3.100	580	49		2.300	900	75
3.075	590	50		2.275	910	76
3.050	600	50		2.250	920	77
3.025	610	51		2.225	930	78
3.000	620	52		2.200	940	79
2.975	630	52		2.175	950	80
2.950	640	53		2.150	960	80
2.925	650	53		2.125	960	81
2.900	660	54		2.100	970	82
2.875	670	55		2.075	980	83
2.850	680	56		2.050	990	84
2.825	690	56		2.025	1000	85
2.800	700	57		2.000	1010	86
2.775	710	58

TEST SCORES: Please note that only test scores achieved under national testing conditions on a national testing date are acceptable for initial-eligibility purposes.  The NCAA Clearinghouse will not accept scores achieved on state-administered, residential (campus) or regional testing dates, even if scores from these tests may be used to meet admissions requirements.

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE RULE: Please note that the Mountain West Conference (www.theMWC.com) has a non-qualifier rule.  Students who are certified as non-qualifiers by the NCAA Clearinghouse and whose first-time collegiate enrollment occurs at a MWC institution on or after the Fall of 2003 are permanently ineligible for practice, competition and athletically related financial aid.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION: In Division II, there is no Sliding scale.  The Minimum core grade-point average is 2.000.  The minimum SAT score is 820 and the minimum ACT sum score is 68.

For more information about NCAA initial-eligibility standards, please contact the NCAA’s Web site.