(07-15-2017 12:19 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(07-15-2017 10:45 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(07-15-2017 09:25 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(07-15-2017 08:37 AM)bluesox Wrote:  Never heard of a lot of these schools. I would go d3 over d2 or naia. In d3 there are no scholarships to worry about and the academic standing of schools is better. Guess it depends on conference affiliations

It does in many ways, a great example of this is the D3 Northwest Conference. It is made up on small private schools in Oregon and Washington. Half of the membership has been together since 1926. The conference was part of the NAIA until 1996 when the conference moved to NCAA D3.

NAIA was not around until 1937. As it was, the D3 conference had a different name before 1926. The founding members of that conference were Idaho, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State and some members of you are in that conference. Other members also included Montana and College of Idaho. At the time of this conference? Idaho, Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State and Montana had a duel membership.

You are wrong about this one David St. Founding members are Willamette U, Pacific U, Whitman, Puget Sound and Linfield.

http://nwcsports.com/information/history/index

here is the link to their history.

They didn't play at a high level and were in the NAIA until 1996 when the conference move to D3.

The conference before that name was Pacific Northwest Conference.

https://sites.google.com/site/ncaahistor...conference

That is now what we call the D3 conference. The membership change, but the conference had a number of name changes throughout the years.

http://mwal.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_defun...onferences

Quote:Pacific Northwest Conference (1908-1925) - Originally University of Idaho, University of Oregon, Whitman College, Oregon Agricultural College (Oregon State University), University of Washington, Washington State College (University). Later members included University of Montana, Willamette University, Pacific University, Gonzaga University. Pacific Coast Conference member schools maintained dual membership in PCC and PNC. Circa 1925, the six PCC schools left and the remaining active PNC schools formed the Northwest Conference.

It was renamed the Northwest Conference after the 6 PCC schools left.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_No...Conference

As it is, before 1926. The conference would have been considered a major conference under the Pacific Northwest Conference. The name of the conference have changed throughout the history to what it is today.