Future of Division III – Phase II

Future Team Sport Brackets/Ratios

Championship	Year the Championship Will Reach a 64-Team Bracket (Based on a 1:6.5 access ratio.)	Year the Championship will reach a 1:7.0 access ratio.
Men’s Basketball	2010-11	2016-17
Women’s Basketball	2006-07	2011-12
Men’s Soccer	2012-13	2017-18
Women’s Soccer	2009-10	2014-15
Softball	2010-11	2015-16
Volleyball	2008-09	2013-14

• All other sports (e.g., baseball; field hockey; men’s ice hockey; women’s ice hockey; men’s lacrosse; women’s lacrosse; and rowing) fall within the 1:6.5 ratio through at least 2016-17.
• Chart is based on 2004-05 sponsorship numbers (championship eligible institutions).
• Assumed growth is based on an increase in the sponsorship numbers of six members in all sports.
• Bracket sizes, when applying the 1:6.5 ratio, have been rounded to the nearest whole number (e.g., 52.23 rounds to 51 teams and 52.61 rounds to 53 teams).
• Brackets will not be increased to accommodate even bracket sizes (e.g., a 62-team bracket will not increase to a 64-team bracket).
• Chart is based on assumption that the football bracket remains capped at 32 and all other brackets are capped at 64.