Nice!

https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/football/opponent-history/azusa-pacific-university/206
Azusa Pacific University (2012)
41-3

I wasn't aware that a Division III Football League existed in Southern California. Are there any lower division college football teams left in Northern California? I thought there was an Oakland football team, but I can't recall it's lower division or even if it's a college football team.

Just working off my aging memory I don't think there are any D-2 football teams in California anymore. I think Humboldt was the last one standing. I think the only D-3 football teams are those in the SCIAC. The last I heard the Lincoln Oaklanders are still not members of the NCAA or NAIA in any division.

"But I could be wrong."

The SCIAC looks pretty cool, with the Sun and Surf Divisions....6 teams total
:cool: :cool: :cool:

Sun:
Pomona-Pitzer
Redlands
La Verne

Surf:
Chapman
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
California Lutheran

A lot of the schools in the conference don't support football, but I seem to remember some of them with teams long ago, like Occidental and Whittier (?)

https://thesciac.org/sports/football

Whittier is reinstating football for the 2026-27 season to coincide with the admission of Azusa Pacific , so the conference will have eight football teams.

https://wcpoets.com/news/2025/2/10/cory-white-to-head-new-era-of-whittier-football.aspx

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Colleges looking for a way to correct this imbalance:

Azusa Pacific:

Male Students: 32%
Female Students: 68%

Nationwide 58% of all college students are women and women graduate at a rate that is 6% higher than men 68% to 62%.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/08/07/women-continue-to-outpace-men-in-college-enrollment-and-graduation/

When will there be targeted efforts, programs, outreach to recruit more men?

I’m not sure that targeted recruiting of any flavor for an institution that receives federal grants would be allowed these days. Small college finances can be tough so to add football, these schools presumably identified a market of people who want to play and people who will watch that drives value. I think it’s great to see more opportunities. There are a lot of high school football players in California who may want to play in college but aren’t D1 players.

A D III FB program probably brings 70-100 players to campus, plus coaches and support.