D3 Football Map

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Etchglow

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 29, 2023, 04:48:04 PM
Quote from: ncc_fan on December 15, 2022, 04:47:59 PM
Those SAA road trips to/from Trinity look brutal!  Is the 2200 mile round trip between Centre & Trinity typically done by bus?   :o
LOL, Almost as bad as from Waco, Texas to Morgantown, West Virginia!

Or Los Angeles to College Park, Maryland...

;D

I bet Sul Ross is looking forwards to playing Central Washington University when they go D2 (a short 1800 miles) :D

Ralph Turner

Quote from: Etchglow on March 29, 2023, 06:23:47 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 29, 2023, 04:48:04 PM
Quote from: ncc_fan on December 15, 2022, 04:47:59 PM
Those SAA road trips to/from Trinity look brutal!  Is the 2200 mile round trip between Centre & Trinity typically done by bus?   :o
LOL, Almost as bad as from Waco, Texas to Morgantown, West Virginia!

Or Los Angeles to College Park, Maryland...

;D

I bet Sul Ross is looking forwards to playing Central Washington University when they go D2 (a short 1800 miles) :D.
... it is even longer than SRSU to Belhaven!

Gray Fox

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 29, 2023, 04:48:04 PM


Or Los Angeles to College Park, Maryland...

;D
Or Los Angeles to New Jersey.
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As we approach 1 month until kickoff of the 2023 season, I've done a thorough checkup on everything. Updated the links and freshened up the street views.
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The Third Division

Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on July 30, 2023, 10:01:49 AM
MAP

As we approach 1 month until kickoff of the 2023 season, I've done a thorough checkup on everything. Updated the links and freshened up the street views.

Lyon is missing.

Fannosaurus Rex

That is some good work.  Thank you very much.
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MediaGuy

Out of curiosity, is there any way to have a map which allows you to search by driving distance from a school to another.  Or have a listing of which schools are within a 500 mile drive from one another.  Might be a handy tool for amateurs trying to do a mock bracket.

MediaGuy

Also, outstanding work BTW

Etchglow

Quote from: MediaGuy on October 30, 2023, 12:06:49 PM
Out of curiosity, is there any way to have a map which allows you to search by driving distance from a school to another.  Or have a listing of which schools are within a 500 mile drive from one another.  Might be a handy tool for amateurs trying to do a mock bracket.

Easiest way to calculate that is to use this:

https://web2.ncaa.org/mileage

MediaGuy

Quote from: Etchglow on October 30, 2023, 12:12:49 PM
Quote from: MediaGuy on October 30, 2023, 12:06:49 PM
Out of curiosity, is there any way to have a map which allows you to search by driving distance from a school to another.  Or have a listing of which schools are within a 500 mile drive from one another.  Might be a handy tool for amateurs trying to do a mock bracket.

Easiest way to calculate that is to use this:

https://web2.ncaa.org/mileage

Thanks a bunch...I've been typing so many different schools into google maps lately that the only ads I see on social media are for gas stations, hotels and car insurance... ;D

Etchglow

Quote from: MediaGuy on October 30, 2023, 02:04:03 PM
Quote from: Etchglow on October 30, 2023, 12:12:49 PM
Quote from: MediaGuy on October 30, 2023, 12:06:49 PM
Out of curiosity, is there any way to have a map which allows you to search by driving distance from a school to another.  Or have a listing of which schools are within a 500 mile drive from one another.  Might be a handy tool for amateurs trying to do a mock bracket.

Easiest way to calculate that is to use this:

https://web2.ncaa.org/mileage

Thanks a bunch...I've been typing so many different schools into google maps lately that the only ads I see on social media are for gas stations, hotels and car insurance... ;D

I feel you there lol.  There are some quirks and things that aren't quite right in there I think.  Recently looked up two schools and the distance was different depending on the direction.  But, that's what the NCAA goes off of to determine mileage.

The Third Division

I went ahead and made the 2024 #d3fb map.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1ctIuk6dHbQ2n9r5xmltwczcK5G6by8M&usp=sharing

Changes from 2023:
1. Sul Ross moved to D2
2. Addition of SCAC Conference (TLU, MCM & AC moved from ASC, Centenary's new program and Lyon from NAIA)
3. Castleton moved from ECFC to MASCAC
4. Hilbert joined E8
5. Calvin adding football and joining the MIAA

George Thompson

Why are no colleges between the midwest and San Francisco area?   Only the NWC and SCIAC.  Makes out of conference games a long trip for those these two conferences.
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Kuiper

Quote from: George Thompson on March 21, 2024, 11:58:51 AMWhy are no colleges between the midwest and San Francisco area?   Only the NWC and SCIAC.  Makes out of conference games a long trip for those these two conferences.


There is literally only one school playing D3 athletics between the Midwest and California, and that's Colorado College, which discontinued football in 2008 (probably because of the travel costs).  The only D3 school in Northern California is UC Santa Cruz and I don't know if they ever have had football. 

It takes a massive commitment for both schools to be in D3.  Both Colorado College and UC Santa Cruz have to travel far in all sports for their games.  Colorado College has to fly to most or all of of its conference games in the SCAC and in most years flies elsewhere a couple of weekend for non-conference games.  The only D3 school in realistic driving distance is Nebraska Wesleyan.  UCSC is in the Coast-to-Coast Conference because the SCIAC doesn't want to have to travel 6+ hours every other year for conference games when every other team is relatively close by.  In many sports, UCSC comes down to SCIAC territory probably three weekends a season and 1-2 teams travel to UCSC every year, while UCSC travels to NWC maybe one weekend a season for a couple of games.  The rest of its games are against DII or NAIA opponents in the area since the C2C conference has no conference games - only a year-end tournament.

You have to get a critical mass of schools that want to be in D3 to make it worth anyone's while if they aren't as committed as Colorado College and UC Santa Cruz to going it alone and incurring the travel costs.  It basically takes a whole conference of NAIA schools wanting to move to DIII, like Northwest Conference did in 1996, for it to work. The reality is that for a lot of schools in the far midwest and mountain area, NAIA is cheaper, has fewer regulations, and allows them to use athletic $ to recruit students they need to keep their institution going.