NCAA initial-eligibility lines, as encoded

A 2.30 core-course GPA for Division I and 2.20 for Division II, computed across 16 approved core courses in the NCAA's category breakdown. These are the lines a prospect's academic-risk read and a player's own eligibility checklist use.

Standardized test scores are not graded anywhere in the product. The NCAA removed the SAT and ACT from Division I and II initial eligibility for anyone enrolling on or after August 1, 2023 (2023 NCAA Convention). An earlier sliding scale that traded test score against GPA no longer exists and is not modeled.

Only the NCAA Eligibility Center certifies eligibility. Sightline's read is a flag against the published line from the GPA a player or coach entered; it does not verify transcripts, course approval, or amateurism, and its copy says so wherever the read appears. Some schools still ask for a test score for admission — that is an admissions question, not an eligibility one.

• NCAA Eligibility Center — Division I and II academic requirements
• NCAA 2023 Convention — removal of standardized test requirement (effective August 1, 2023)

Compiled September 5, 2026. A source with no link is a court filing, a research pack, or a table inside Sightline named in the entry.

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