Total NCAA membership stands at 1,267 as of September 1 -- six more members than ever before.

That figure includes 977 active members, 59 provisional members, 94 voting conferences, 30 nonvoting conferences, 22 corresponding members and 85 affiliated members.

Active membership is the same as last year, while provisional membership -- still affected by a two-year Association-wide membership moratorium that will expire next year -- is down by three.

Division I membership is up by three active members, climbing from 318 to 321, while the number of Division II active members is down from 264 to 260, mostly because of institutions that have completed the reclassification period to Division I. Division III active membership has increased from 395 to 396.

Six institutions completed the reclassification process for all or part of their program for 2001-02. They are:

University of California, Riverside, from Division II to Division I-AAA.

Mercyhurst College, a Division II member now conducting women's ice hockey, rather than women's lacrosse, at the Division I level.

Morris Brown College, from Division II to Division I-AA.

State University of New York at Binghamton, from Division II to Division I-AAA.

University of South Florida, from Division I-AA to Division I-A.

Wayne State University (Michigan), a Division II member now conducting men's and women's ice hockey at the Division I level.

Provisional members

Lesley University and East Texas Baptist University completed the provisional member process and are now active members of Division III.

A total of 31 institutions currently in the fourth year of their provisional membership period will be eligible for active membership in 2002-03. They are:

Division I -- Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi.

Division II -- Benedict College; Bloomfield College; Caldwell College; Converse College; Dallas Baptist University; Dominican College (New York); Felician College; Georgian Court College; University of Minnesota, Crookston; Northwest Nazarene University; Nova Southeastern University; Ohio Valley College; Seattle University; St. Thomas Aquinas College; Teikyo Post University; and Tiffin University.

Division III -- Bay Path College; Becker College; Dominican University (Illinois); Husson College; LeTourneau University; Medaille College; Mount Ida College; Peace College; Pennsylvania State University, Altoona; Philadelphia Biblical University; University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg; University of Texas at Dallas; Schreiner University; and State University of New York at Farmingdale.

Provisional members that will be eligible for active membership in 2003-04 include:

Division I -- Birmingham-Southern College and Lipscomb University.

Division II -- Concordia University, St. Paul; Goldey-Beacom College; Green Mountain College; Holy Family College; North Greenville College; Nyack College; University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon; University of Puerto Rico, Cayey; University of Puerto Rico, Humacao; University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; University of the Sciences in Philadelphia; Spelman College; and Wilmington College (Delaware).

Division III -- Baptist Bible College (Pennsylvania); D'Youville College; Huntingdon College; La Grange College; Louisiana College; Newbury College; New York City Technical College; Northland College; Piedmont College; and Thomas College.