NCAA Division I-AA Independent Schools - Definition and Overview

NCAA Division I-AA independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of a football conference. This does not mean that I-AA independents schedule each other for competition like conference schools do. There are considerably fewer independent schools than in years past; many independent schools later join (or attempt to join) established conferences.

Two of the four I-AA independents that existed in 2003, Cal Poly SLO and Southern Utah, have joined the new Great West Football Conference.

List of schools

• Savannah State University
• St. Mary's College of California