After playing 26 fixtures, the league would then split into two tiers of eight and six.
After the first two seasons, the league has split into two divisions.
The year 1966 saw the league split into a northern and a southern group.
In 1897, the league briefly split into two divisions.
The league also split into two divisions that year.
In 2010 the league officially split into three divisions.
Once every team has played each other three times the league splits into two halves for another five games.
This format stayed through 2004, when the league split into three conferences based on enrollment.
As of 2007, the league split its teams into two division to help with travel costs.
With the addition of more teams, the league split into two divisions - North and South.
