The college sports landscape updates through September 2025, include numerous institutional changes such as school closures and division transitions for NCAA and NAIA members. The article also provides extensive lists of specific athletic program additions and cuts, as well as conference realignments across all divisions.
Gain an edge over other recruits, trying to get yourself in the best possible spot to get scholarship offers. Stay informed with the latest updates in college athletics: new NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA programs and key developments for 2025/2026.
If you're a student-athlete dreaming of playing college sports, the landscape has shifted in a big way in recent months. Between the recent NCAA settlement and newly introduced roster caps, the recruiting game is changing—and it's changing fast. Here's what you need to know and how it might affect your timeline.
Stay informed with the latest updates in college athletics: new NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA programs, school name changes, and key developments for 2024/2025, ensuring you're well-prepared in the evolving collegiate sports landscape.
Get ahead in college sports recruitment with our Friday Scholarship Guide: Discover our newly added NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA program updates, along with added conferences, ensuring you're in the best possible position to secure a scholarship offer.
This Friday Scholarship Guide offers an overview of recent changes in the college sports landscape: everything you need to know to be one step ahead in your recruiting process.
Very typically, the recruiting process starts later for international student athletes than is the case for their (North-)American peers. Understand the underlying reasons, identify how you can make sure you are on top of things at the right time and get in control of your future recruiting process!
Let's get this straight right from the start: No, you do not need to be quite as young as the kid on the image when you embark on your college tennis recruiting process. :) But you should think through very carefully what to focus on and when to start, as there are quite a number of collegiate coaches who like to be ahead of the crowd in their recruiting work.
Do the exact same rules apply in college tennis compared to the ITF Junior, ATP, or WTA Tour? Find out how the college divisions differ from each other in today's Friday Scholarship Guide.
The USTA/ITA Regionals 2015 are concluded. Some of the prospective student-athletes on Smarthlete have approached us and wanted to know a bit more about how it all works. How many ITA regions (and Regionals) are there within NCAA and NAIA? And what's the reward for those winning?
