All-time members
3
1973-2005
NCAA Division I independent schools
The NCAA Division I independent schools (NDIIS) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1973-2005. 3 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 3 national title seasons and 1 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
1
Final tracked snapshot
National title seasons
3
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
1
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Current teams
1
Final tracked membership snapshot
Latest champion
No champion available
No champion is available yet
Most conference titles
Unavailable
No official title leader is available yet
Newest members
1973
Notre Dame
Championship format
Standings
1977: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The NCAA Division I independent schools (NDIIS) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1973-2005. 3 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 3 national title seasons and 1 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
NCAA Division I independent schools teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Notre Dame.
Major eras
- 1973-1977: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1978-2005: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 2005.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1973
- Last tracked season
- 2005
- Standings seasons
- 5
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 8
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | 1973 | 2005 | 33 | Former | 3 | 1 |
| Army | 1973 | 1977 | 5 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Navy | 1973 | 1977 | 5 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership events feed
- 2006: Notre Dame departed
- 1978: Army departed
- 1978: Navy departed
- 1978: Notre Dame departed
- 1978: Notre Dame joined
- 1973: Army joined
- 1973: Navy joined
- 1973: Notre Dame joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
2005 alignment is available, but no completed conference standings are available yet. Showing latest usable standings: 1977.
View 2005 alignment1977 standings
InferredDerived from 3 completed conference games.
Member count
3
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Notre Dame
Champion inferred from best conference record.
How this season was decided
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Win % | Overall | PF | PA | +/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame Champion | 2-0 | 100.0 | 11-1 | 67 | 10 | 57 | AP #1 |
| 2 | Army | 1-1 | 50.0 | 7-4 | 17 | 38 | -21 | — |
| 3 | Navy | 0-2 | 0.0 | 5-6 | 24 | 60 | -36 | — |
Champions
Conference title history by season.
| Season | Champion | Co-champion | Qualifiers | Title game | Notes |
|---|
Champion leaders
- No official title leaders are available yet.
Era breakdown
- 1973-1977: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1978-2005: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1973-1977
Partial1973-1977: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1978: Army departed
- 1978: Navy departed
- 1978: Notre Dame departed
- 1978: Notre Dame joined
1978-2005
Partial1978-2005: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2006: Notre Dame departed
- 1978: Army departed
- 1978: Navy departed
- 1978: Notre Dame departed
Division history
Historical division assignments are not stored in the current dataset.
Selected season tiebreak summary
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
Realignment
Membership changes and before/after conference snapshots.
Join events
4
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
4
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Army
Joined in 1973
Longest member
Notre Dame
33 seasons
Shared members
- Notre Dame
Joined since start
- No new members in the comparison window.
Departed since start
- Army
- Navy
Realignment timeline
- 2006: Notre Dame departed NCAA Division I independent schools after the 2005 season.
- 1978: Army departed NCAA Division I independent schools after the 1977 season.
- 1978: Navy departed NCAA Division I independent schools after the 1977 season.
- 1978: Notre Dame departed NCAA Division I independent schools after the 1977 season.
- 1978: Notre Dame joined NCAA Division I independent schools for the 1978 season.
- 1973: Army joined NCAA Division I independent schools for the 1973 season.
- 1973: Navy joined NCAA Division I independent schools for the 1973 season.
- 1973: Notre Dame joined NCAA Division I independent schools for the 1973 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Notre Dame
33 tracked seasons
Newest member
Army
First joined in 1973
Most reshaped metric
8
4 joins and 4 departures tracked.
Team contribution leaderboard
In-conference totals only count seasons when the program was a member. All-time totals count the full program history.
| Team | Conference titles | National title seasons (in conference) | National title seasons (all-time) | Heismans (in conference) | Heismans (all-time) | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 33 |
| Army | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Navy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Data Sources
How CFBTrack treats membership, standings, champions, and future-season caveats.
Membership is tracked from curated CFBTrack conference tables. Standings and champions may be official, curated, or inferred depending on season. Future seasons are provisional until games are played and source records settle.
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