Claim: Due to an NCAA rule change passed in January 1991, prior to the 1993 NCAA Division III football season, 20 schools were removed from the D-III Independent conference, including Cal Lutheran.
Evidence: NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their student-athletes. The 1993 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1993, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1993 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. Following an NCAA rule change passed in January 1991, which required Division I schools to conduct all sports at the Division I level by 1993, multiple Division I universities were forced to move their football programs from the Division III level. Buffalo D-III Independent I-AA Independent Cal Lutheran D-II Independent SCIAC (D-III) Canisius D-III Independent MAAC (I-AA) Charleston Southern D-III Independent I-AA Independent Davidson D-III Independent I-AA Independent Dayton D-III Independent Pioneer (I-AA) Drake D-III Independent Pioneer (I-AA) Duquesne D-III Independent I-AA Independent Evansville D-III Independent Pioneer (I-AA) FDU–Florham D-III Independent Middle Atlantic Georgetown D-III Independent MAAC (I-AA) Iona D-III Independent MAAC (I-AA) Quincy D-III Independent IBFC (D-II) St. Francis (PA) D-III Independent I-AA Independent St. John's (NY) D-III Independent MAAC (I-AA) St. Peter's D-III Independent MAAC (I-AA) San Diego D-III Independent Pioneer (I-AA) Siena D-III Independent MAAC (I-AA) UAB D-III Independent I-AA Independent Wagner D-III Independent I-AA Independent Many of these teams became football members of non-scholarship Division I FCS football leagues like the Pioneer Football League, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the Patriot League, and the Big South Conference.