The last sport to move through the program was women’s wrestling, which was approved last month to be the NCAA's 91st championship sport.

According to the NCAA Sports Sponsorship and Participation Rates Database, a sport must have at least 40 schools sponsoring it at the varsity level and meet minimum contest and pa

The Empire 8 officially announced the addition of women’s flag football as a conference-sponsored championship sport for the 2025-26 season in collaboration with the National Football

In a landmark move for women's sports, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics has recommended that women's flag football be added to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program. Th

The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics has recommended that Divisions I, II and III sponsor legislation to add flag football to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program. The committee's recommendation Wednesday gives all three divisions an opportunity to sponsor legislation that would move the fast-growing sport through NCAA governance structures.