All-time members
4
1915-1992
NCAA Division III independent schools
The NCAA Division III independent schools (NDIIS) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1915-1992. 4 programs appear in the membership history, with 2 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
2
Final tracked snapshot
National title seasons
0
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
0
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
1991
UAB, Buffalo
Championship format
Standings
1992: 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 III independent schools (NDIIS) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1915-1992. 4 programs appear in the membership history, with 2 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
NCAA Division III independent schools teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Buffalo, UAB.
Major eras
- 1915-1931: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1977-1978: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1979: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1980-1981: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 1992.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1915
- Last tracked season
- 1992
- Standings seasons
- 0
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 10
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 1915 | 1992 | 33 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| James Madison | 1977 | 1979 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UCF | 1979 | 1981 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UAB | 1991 | 1992 | 2 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership events feed
- 1993: Buffalo departed
- 1993: UAB departed
- 1991: UAB joined
- 1982: UCF departed
- 1980: James Madison departed
- 1979: UCF joined
- 1977: Buffalo joined
- 1977: James Madison joined
- 1932: Buffalo departed
- 1915: Buffalo joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
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1992 standings
UnavailableNo conference games have been completed for this season yet.
Member count
2
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Unavailable
No champion is available for this season in the current dataset.
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
- 1915-1931: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1977-1978: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1979: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1980-1981: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1982-1990: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1991-1992: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1915-1931
Partial1915-1931: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1932: Buffalo departed
- 1915: Buffalo joined
1977-1978
Partial1977-1978: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1979: UCF joined
- 1977: Buffalo joined
- 1977: James Madison joined
1979-1979
Partial1979: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1980: James Madison departed
- 1979: UCF joined
1980-1981
Partial1980-1981: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1982: UCF departed
- 1980: James Madison departed
1982-1990
Partial1982-1990: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1991: UAB joined
- 1982: UCF departed
1991-1992
Partial1991-1992: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1993: Buffalo departed
- 1993: UAB departed
- 1991: UAB joined
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
5
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
5
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
UAB
Joined in 1991
Longest member
Buffalo
33 seasons
Shared members
- Buffalo
Joined since start
- UAB
Departed since start
- No departures in the comparison window.
Realignment timeline
- 1993: Buffalo departed NCAA Division III independent schools after the 1992 season.
- 1993: UAB departed NCAA Division III independent schools after the 1992 season.
- 1991: UAB joined NCAA Division III independent schools for the 1991 season.
- 1982: UCF departed NCAA Division III independent schools after the 1981 season.
- 1980: James Madison departed NCAA Division III independent schools after the 1979 season.
- 1979: UCF joined NCAA Division III independent schools for the 1979 season.
- 1977: Buffalo joined NCAA Division III independent schools for the 1977 season.
- 1977: James Madison joined NCAA Division III independent schools for the 1977 season.
- 1932: Buffalo departed NCAA Division III independent schools after the 1931 season.
- 1915: Buffalo joined NCAA Division III independent schools for the 1915 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Buffalo
33 tracked seasons
Newest member
UAB
First joined in 1991
Most reshaped metric
10
5 joins and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| James Madison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| UAB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| UCF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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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