Vacated NCAA National Championships

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Yesterday the USC Trojans became the first major college football program to have a national championship vacated by the NCAA.  I decided to research other programs that have had national championships vacated by the NCAA.

School	Year	Sport	Div	Reference
Arkansas	2005	Men’s Outdoor Track	I	NCAA.org D1 M OTF
Arkansas	2004	Men’s Outdoor Track	I	NCAA.org D1 M OTF
Cal Poly	1989	Baseball	II	NCAA.org D2 BB
Florida St	2007	Men’s Outdoor Track	I	ESPN.com
Hawaii	2002	Men’s Volleyball	I	NCAA.org D1 M VB
Howard (DC)	1971	Men’s Soccer	I	NCAA.org D1 SOC
Illinois	1927	Men’s Outdoor Track	I	NCAA.org D1 M OTF
Lewis (IL)	2003	Men’s Volleyball	I	NCAA.org D1 M VB
Lynn (FL)	2005	Softball	II	NCAA.org D2 SOFT
Mississippi College	1989	Football	II	NCAA.org D2 FB
Plattsburgh St (NY)	1987	Men’s Hockey	III	NCAA.org D3 M HK
San Francisco	1978	Men’s Soccer	I	NCAA.org D1 SOC
St. Augustine’s (NC)	2007	Men’s Indoor Track	II	NCAA.org D2 M ITF
Stanford	1925	Men’s Outdoor Track	I	NCAA.org D1 M OTF
Syracuse	1990	Men’s Lacrosse	I	NCAA.org D1 M LAX
The College of NJ	1992	Women’s Lacrosse	III	NCAA.org D3 W LAX
Tulsa	1988	Women’s Golf	I	NCAA.org D1 W GLF
UCLA	1995	Softball	I	NCAA.org D1 SOFT
USC	2004	Football	I-FBS	ESPN.com
USC	1926	Men’s Outdoor Track	I	NCAA.org D1 M OTF
UTEP	1983	Men’s Cross Country	I	NCAA.org D1 CC

* USC will hold onto their 2004 Associated Press National Championship, however they have lost their BCS title.  The later being the most recognizable national championship selector in college football today.

Some interesting notes:

• USC is the first school in the NCAA to have to vacate national championships in two different sports (1926 OTF, 2004 FB).

• USC now joins Arkansas as the only schools that have had to vacate two national championships.

• USC is only the second NCAA football program to have to vacate a national championship (Mississippi College the other).