NCAA to maintain 4-year student-athlete eligibility rules for through 2026-27
The Division I Administrative Committee will "maintain existing eligibility rules" of four years of competition over a five-year period.
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The Division I Administrative Committee on Wednesday, Oct. 22, released a statement regarding eligibility rules for student-athletes for the remainder of the 2025-26 and 2026-27 academic years.
In a statement shared, the committee said it will "maintain existing eligibility rules as they pertain to student-athletes competing in no more than four seasons of athletics competition in a particular sport over a consecutive five-year period."
That ruling from the committee comes after two Vanderbilt football players ― Langston Patterson and Issa Ouattara ― were among 10 current and former college athletes who challenged the NCAA in a lawsuit in September, seeking to allow athletes to compete for all five years of eligibility.
