(10-14-2020 08:57 AM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  

(10-13-2020 06:38 AM)esayem Wrote:  Former University Division (FBS) programs Detroit Mercy, Marquette, Villanova, and Xavier all dropped football for monetary reasons, not academics. Villanova is of course back, and won a FCS title. I’m not sure about longtime University Division Independent, Dayton. They dropped to DIII in the late 70’s.

Dayton plays in I-AA/FCS and has since 1993.

Let me ask the contra question: under what means would a school "reemphasize" football when there are no conferences open to accept them? For sake of argument, Marquette goes all-in on I-A football. They have no place to play. The Big 10 certainly won't take them. C-USA is full. The Sun Belt isn't exactly Milwaukee. The barriers to entry are significant.

I couldn’t find anything about why Dayton dropped down.

Fordham and Villanova brought football back, although not back to the level they were before cutting the program.