All-time members
9
1905-1955
NCAA independent schools prior to divisions
The NCAA independent schools prior to divisions (NISPTD) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1905-1955. 9 programs appear in the membership history, with 2 in the latest snapshot. 2 national title seasons and 2 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
2
Final tracked snapshot
National title seasons
2
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
2
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Current teams
2
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
1906
Navy, Army
Championship format
Standings
1955: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The NCAA independent schools prior to divisions (NISPTD) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1905-1955. 9 programs appear in the membership history, with 2 in the latest snapshot. 2 national title seasons and 2 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
NCAA independent schools prior to divisions teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Army, Navy.
Major eras
- 1905: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1906-1907: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1908: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1909: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 1955.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1905
- Last tracked season
- 1955
- Standings seasons
- 43
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 24
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | 1905 | 1955 | 51 | Former | 2 | 2 |
| Navy | 1906 | 1955 | 50 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Troy | 1908 | 1937 | 30 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Middle Tennessee | 1911 | 1948 | 27 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Illinois | 1905 | 1927 | 18 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Nevada | 1940 | 1953 | 14 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 1938 | 1946 | 9 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana Tech | 1906 | 1914 | 9 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 1906 | 1913 | 8 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership timeline
Membership events feed
- 1956: Army departed
- 1956: Navy departed
- 1954: Nevada departed
- 1949: Middle Tennessee departed
- 1947: Cincinnati departed
- 1942: Middle Tennessee joined
- 1940: Nevada joined
- 1938: Troy departed
- 1938: Cincinnati joined
- 1937: Navy departed
- 1937: Navy joined
- 1931: Middle Tennessee departed
- 1928: Northern Illinois departed
- 1925: Northern Illinois joined
- 1920: Northern Illinois departed
- 1915: Louisiana Tech departed
- 1914: Louisiana departed
- 1911: Middle Tennessee joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
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1955 standings
InferredDerived from 1 completed conference game.
Member count
2
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Army
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.
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
- 1905: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1906-1907: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1908: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1909: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1910: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1911-1913: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
- 1914: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1915-1916: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1917-1918: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1919: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1920-1921: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1922-1924: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1925-1927: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1928-1929: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1930: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1931-1939: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1940-1941: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1942-1946: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1947-1948: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1949-1953: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1954-1955: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1905-1905
Partial1905: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1906: Louisiana joined
- 1906: Louisiana Tech joined
- 1906: Navy joined
- 1905: Army joined
1906-1907
Partial1906-1907: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1908: Troy joined
- 1906: Louisiana joined
- 1906: Louisiana Tech joined
- 1906: Navy joined
1908-1908
Partial1908: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1908: Troy joined
1909-1909
Partial1909: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
1910-1910
Partial1910: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1911: Middle Tennessee joined
1911-1913
Partial1911-1913: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1914: Louisiana departed
- 1911: Middle Tennessee joined
1914-1914
Partial1914: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1915: Louisiana Tech departed
- 1914: Louisiana departed
1915-1916
Partial1915-1916: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1915: Louisiana Tech departed
1917-1918
Partial1917-1918: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
1919-1919
Partial1919: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1920: Northern Illinois departed
1920-1921
Partial1920-1921: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1920: Northern Illinois departed
1922-1924
Partial1922-1924: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1925: Northern Illinois joined
1925-1927
Partial1925-1927: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1928: Northern Illinois departed
- 1925: Northern Illinois joined
1928-1929
Partial1928-1929: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1928: Northern Illinois departed
1930-1930
Partial1930: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1931: Middle Tennessee departed
1931-1939
Partial1931-1939: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1940: Nevada joined
- 1938: Troy departed
- 1938: Cincinnati joined
- 1937: Navy departed
1940-1941
Partial1940-1941: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1942: Middle Tennessee joined
- 1940: Nevada joined
1942-1946
Partial1942-1946: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1947: Cincinnati departed
- 1942: Middle Tennessee joined
1947-1948
Partial1947-1948: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1949: Middle Tennessee departed
- 1947: Cincinnati departed
1949-1953
Partial1949-1953: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1954: Nevada departed
- 1949: Middle Tennessee departed
1954-1955
Partial1954-1955: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1956: Army departed
- 1956: Navy departed
- 1954: Nevada 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
12
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
12
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Nevada
Joined in 1940
Longest member
Army
51 seasons
Shared members
- Army
Joined since start
- Navy
Departed since start
- Northern Illinois
Realignment timeline
- 1956: Army departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1955 season.
- 1956: Navy departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1955 season.
- 1954: Nevada departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1953 season.
- 1949: Middle Tennessee departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1948 season.
- 1947: Cincinnati departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1946 season.
- 1942: Middle Tennessee joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1942 season.
- 1940: Nevada joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1940 season.
- 1938: Troy departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1937 season.
- 1938: Cincinnati joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1938 season.
- 1937: Navy departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1936 season.
- 1937: Navy joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1937 season.
- 1931: Middle Tennessee departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1930 season.
- 1928: Northern Illinois departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1927 season.
- 1925: Northern Illinois joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1925 season.
- 1920: Northern Illinois departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1919 season.
- 1915: Louisiana Tech departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1914 season.
- 1914: Louisiana departed NCAA independent schools prior to divisions after the 1913 season.
- 1911: Middle Tennessee joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1911 season.
- 1908: Troy joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1908 season.
- 1906: Louisiana joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1906 season.
- 1906: Louisiana Tech joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1906 season.
- 1906: Navy joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1906 season.
- 1905: Army joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1905 season.
- 1905: Northern Illinois joined NCAA independent schools prior to divisions for the 1905 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Army
51 tracked seasons
Newest member
Nevada
First joined in 1940
Most reshaped metric
24
12 joins and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 51 |
| Navy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Middle Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Troy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
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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