(10-04-2016 04:56 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  Actually, Oklahoma Panhandle State was actually a duel membership in both NAIA and NCAA.

At the beginning of the 1900s, a lot of the NAIA schools were considered D1 if they stayed at the highest level. Baker and many of the other Kansas schools at the NAIA level were conference mates with Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State, and so forth.

Same with most of the Oklahoma schools including Kingfisher College which is closed down.

KCAC started started in 1890 which Kansas, Kansas State and Washburn were founding members. First football game played in Kansas was between Baker against Kansas Jayhawks. Baker won that game. The members of this conference were.

Bethany 1902 joined
Bethel 1902
Friends 1902
Kansas Wesleyan 1902
McPherson 1902
Ottawa 1902
Southwestern, Kansas 1902
Sterling 1902
Baker 1902 left 1970
College of Emporia 1902 left 1970 closed in 1974
Emporia State 1924 left 1928
Fort Hays State 1902 left 1928
Kansas City 1902 left 1923 closed 1933
Pittsburg State 1902 left 1928
St. Benedict's 1902 left 1928
St. John's Kansas 1902 left 1923 closed in 1968
St. Mary's Kansas 1902 left 1931 dropped sports
Washburn 1902 left 1928
Wichita State 1902 left 1923

The original name of the conference was called Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Many of the schools above were part of this including Kansas 1890 to 1902, Kansas State 1890 to 1902. KIAA was a 17 member conference from Kansas.
Wichita State was called Fairmont State back then, and St Benedict's new name is Benedictine Kansas now.

NAIA did not formed until 1940. So, any conferences formed before 1940 was considered major conferences before the split.

Other conferences NAIA that would have been considered D1.
Frontier Conference 1935
River States was Kentucky 1916

I could see some of the NAIA publics that could go to D2.


Davenport and Biola was accepted to NCAA D2. Indiana U.-Northwest formally Indiana U.-Calumet was rejected and need to fix their academics to reapply.
Emmanuel U. of Georgia got booted from the process to upgrade, and need to reapply in the future.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/medi...31064577=1