NCAA General Championship
The National Collegiate Athletic Association General Championship is awarded to the school with the most points garnered in an academic year in the NCAA. It is split into the Juniors' division (for male high school students) and to the Seniors' division (for college students). The champion school in a given sport receives 30 points, with the runner-up receiving 20, and the last place receiving one point. All of the points from the different sports are then tabulated, and the school with the most points is the General Champion. Only sports that are official are included (cheerleading  is excluded). The awarded school is judged as the best athletic program in the NCAA for the given academic year. The General Championship is similar to the NACDA Director's Cup of the American NCAA. General champions. Early years. The NCAA was founded by Ateneo, La Salle, FEU, NU, San Beda, UM, UP and UST in 1924. Only in 1960 the NCAA started the general championship race during the time of Ateneo, Letran, La Salle, JRC, Mapúa and San Beda also known as the old-timer six. First expansion. San Sebastian was added. Trinity was also added as a full  member in 1974; it left the league in 1986. First contraction. Ateneo left in 1978 followed by La Salle in 1980. Second expansion. Perpetual Help College of Rizal was added in 1984, the same year San Beda left which rejoined in 1986. Third expansion. In 1996, PCU became a member and followed by CSB in 1998. PCU was suspended in 2007 and had an indefinite leave in 2009. Note: <nowiki>*</nowiki>In the 2005-06 season, San Sebastian College - Recoletos had more championships (4) than La Salle Green Hills (3), San Sebastian won the General Championship, despite being tied  for first place. Fourth expansion. In 2009, AUF, Arellano and EAC were added as guest members. Only Arellano and EAC were accepted as probationary members. Lyceum was added as a guest member in 2011. In 2013, Arellano was granted full membership, followed by EAC and Lyceum in 2015. Number of general championships by school. NOTE Total NCAA Championships per school. Demonstration sports are not included. NOTE